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Mary T. Duarte, Chair
Assistant Professor, History
(414) 410-4541
mtduarte@stritch.edu

Education:

• Marquette University, Ph.D. in History
• Marquette University, M.A. in History

• October 9, 2010 – Great Lakes History Conference, Grand Valley State University, MI, Paper presentation:  “Charles Rinaldo Floyd and Honor in Early America.”
• June 2010 National Endowment for Humanities, Summer Seminar:  The American Civil War at 150 – New Approaches; Savannah, Georgia.
• June 13, 2008 - Berkshire Conference of the History of Women, St. Paul, MN, Panel:  On Writing about Women.
• April 4, 2008 - Interdisciplinary 19th Century Studies Conference, Marquette University, WI, Paper presentation:  The Story of Madame de Lavalette.
• November 3, 2007,  Phi Alpha Theta Midwest Regional Conference, University of Milwaukee, commentator and session chair.
• April 21, 2007; MPS History Seminar, Topic:  Women in the 1930s – 1950s; the Birth of 20th Century Feminism and the Civil Rights Movement
• February – March 2007; World History book reviewer for McGraw-Hill Higher Education Group, The Human Journey.
• January 15, 2007; Elmbrook Historical Society, Topic:  Uncommon Lives of Common Women; a Study of Women’s Contribution to Wisconsin History.
• June 19-21, 2006;  Progressive Era/Gilded Age Workshop for Milwaukee Public School Teachers Content specialist.
• Part of the Teaching American History Grant  from the Gilder Lehrman  Institution of American History in partnership with the Milwaukee Public School System.
• June 2, 2006 – 2nd biennial Women and Gender History Conference of the Midwest, Maryville University, St. Louis, Missouri, Emilie Louise de Beauharnais de Lavalette, the ‘Heroine of Conjugal Love.’
• April 16, 2005 – Women’s Studies Conference, University of Wisconsin –Madison, A Heroine in Europe: The Consequences of One Woman’s Bravery in Post-Revolutionary France.

• Teacher quality Improvement Grant in conjunction with the College of Education and Leadership
• Bachelor of Arts Completion Grant in Early Childhood  in conjunction with the College of Education and Leadership

William J. Dahlk
Adjunct Instructor, History
(414) 410-4540
wjdahlk@stritch.edu

Education:

• UW-Milwaukee, M. A. in History
• UW-Madison, B.S. in Political Science

• Against the Wind, Milwaukee African-Americans and Education, 1963-2002. Marquette University Press.

• Stritch Adjunct Teacher of the Year award, 2003-04

• Taught secondary level education in New York City, 1966-1969
• Taught 27 years secondary level in Milwaukee Public Schools

Elizabeth T. Janairo 
Assistant Professor, Political Science
(414) 410-4573
etjanairo@stritch.edu 

• Loyola University Chicago, Ph.D. in Political Science
• Northern Illinois University, M.A. in Political Science
• Marquette University, B.A. in Political Science

• “Tyrants, Tramps and Traitors: Xenophon’s Inadequate Defense of Socrates in Memorabilia 1.1-2,” Northeast Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008.
• “Contemplating the Complexity of Political Virtue: Xenophon’s Biographical Style in the Cyropaedia,” Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.
• Editorial Assistant, History of Political Ideas: Religion and the Rise of Modernity (Collected Works of Eric Voegelin), edited by James Wiser, University of Missouri Press, 1998.
• “The Wages of Friendship: Socrates’ Conversation with Theodote in Xenophon’s Memorabilia,” American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, New York, New York, 1994.
• “Question Order Effects and Public Understanding of Probability,” Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 1994.

• Communications and Writing Consultant, 2000 to present
• Data Analyst for the International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy

Justine Peter, OSF 
Professor, History
(414) 410-4190
jpeter@stritch.edu

• Loyola University, Chicago, M.A. and Ph.D. in History
• St. Clare College, Ph.B. in English

• Fulbright Scholarship
• Teacher Excellence and Campus Leadership Award
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Peacemaker Award
• St. Francis Award

• Academic Dean
• NEH Summer Seminar Grants
• Chautauqua Short Courses at Harvard University, San Francisco University, Temple University           

Daryl A. Webb
Assistant Professor, History
(414) 410- 4818
dawebb@stritch.edu

• Marquette University, Ph.D. in History
• St. Cloud State University, M.A. in History
• Northern State University, B.A. in History

• "'A Great Promise and A Great Threat:' Milwaukee Children in the Great Depression" Dissertation. Marquette University, 2006
• Editor "'A Great Adventure:' Reflections on Life in the Civilian Conservation Corps," Milwaukee History 29 (Spring-Summer 2006): 4-13.
• Section Editor, Milwaukee Stories [Select Articles from the Milwaukee County Historical Society’s Journals], Thomas J. Jablonsky, editor.  Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 2005.
• "Scooters, Skates, Dolls: Toys Against Delinquency in Milwaukee," Wisconsin Magazine of History 87 (Summer 2004): 2-13.
• "'The Reigns of Censorship Are Extremely Tight:' The Inaugural Issue of the Bay View High School Student Opinion," Milwaukee History 26 (Spring-Summer 2003): 25-26.
• "Crusade: George McGovern's Opposition to the Vietnam War," South Dakota History 28 (Fall 1998): 161-190.
• "Just Principles Never Die: The Brown County Populist Party, 1890-1900," South Dakota History 22 (Winter 1992): 366-399.

• Curator of Exhibits, Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneers, Grand Island, NE
• Executive Director, Aberdeen Arts Council, Aberdeen, SD
• Curator Of Exhibits, Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen, SD