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Peter N. Kirstein
Professor of History
Department of History & Political Science
Saint Xavier University
Chicago, IL
Phone: 773.298.3283
Fax: 773.779.9061
kirstein@sxu.edu

[CurlyDave]

Freeped.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Thanks for posting his photo... you beat me to it.

More from the professor's web site:

My Teaching Philosophy

1. Teaching is a moral act.
2. Teach peace, freedom, diversity, multiculturalism and challenge American unilateralism.
3. Move beyond the ideological confines of academe.
4. Instructors should be secure and unafraid to express their opinions. They have every right to do so and should be free to engage in academic revisionism in their field.
5. When emphasizing key concepts in your field, confront the canon so that your "discipline" is challenged by questions and not affirmed with answers.
6. Be demanding and have high expectations for your students. They will respond positively if they sense you are hard working, love your subject matter and are dedicated to their learning.
7. Encourage student discussion and debate. Let them know you like to be challenged and that your ideas and values are not a form of proselytizing or domination but a honest effort at conversation.
8. Teach what interests you even in a required "core" course.
9. Publish papers and attend conferences that interest you. They always energize me and give me new ideas and fresh material for my teaching.
10. Be prepared for occasional frustration when students don't always respond to your enthusiasim and dreams.
11. Be who you are; don't try to reinvent yourself should you possibly be challenged by institutional culture. While you should be receptive to new ideas and respond affirmatively to formative and creative criticism, teaching is an intensely personal act-despite its public posture-and one should be true to one's beliefs and ethics.

[dennisw]

He looks like a cross between Donna Shalayla and Janet Reno. He must really love to perform in front of his captive audience of college kids.

[RightOnline]

I'd love to properly respond to this guy, but it always bothers me to see a grown man cry. Besides, the little pantywaisted dweeb would soil himself during such a confrontation...........no need to get physical; some things in life just wouldn't be fair..............and I couldn't stand the odor.

RightOnline, USAFA, Class of '77

[ChadGore]

This guy needs help typing up his remume'