Buel, Richard, December 9, 2015

In this interview, Richard (Dick) Buel discusses topics including: studying history at Amherst (B.A.) and Harvard (M.A. and PhD); work as faculty of the history department at Wesleyan (1962-2002); his late wife Joy Day's contributions to one of his first published manuscripts Democracy in the American Revolution (1968); institutional upheaval at Wesleyan in the 1960s; Wesleyan's commitment to minority enrollment and the resulting racial tensions; Vietnam War demonstrations at Wesleyan and around the country; co-education of Wesleyan in the 1970s; results of sale of University Press to Xerox; published works throughout his 40 year tenure and 10 year retirement; redesign of the history curriculum from U.S./Eurocentric to one embracing world history; the tenure process at Wesleyan and conflicts involving unionization; the University's sabbatical policy; fellowships through NEH and Guggenheim; Nick Haddad and student radicalization