Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). College of Social Studies
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Adelstein, Richard, January 11, 2021
File
Abstract
In this interview Richard Adelstein reflects on his scholarly journey to Wesleyan; he describes struggles through MIT and his involvement with the newly formed Upward Bound science and math program. He worked as a teacher in prisons, earned his PhD in Economics and Law from Penn, and then applied to an associate professor position in the Wesleyan Economics Department, and has also engaged in volunteer legal work as a commitment lawyer. Adelstein discusses his appreciation for Wesleyan’s...
Dates:
January 11, 2021
Barber, William (session 1), December 13, 2013
File — Box 1
Scope and Contents
In this first interview of three, William Barber discusses topics including: childhood in Depression-era Kansas; attending Harvard on scholarship; time as a soldier in WWII; attending Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar; work as Assistant Professor at Kansas State; work in Washington D.C. as an economic analyst; futher studies at Oxford (PhD); marriage to wife Sheila; working in the Economics Department at Wesleyan; work as Chairman of College of Social Studies; specialization in the History of...
Dates:
December 13, 2013
Wesleyan University Departments and Academic Programs annual reports
Collection
Identifier: 1000-015
Abstract
Annual reports of academic departments, programs and academic divisions of the university.
Dates:
1874-2007
Found in:
University Archives