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- Carolyn Stieber, professor emerita of political science and ombudsman emerita at Michigan State University, talks about her life, education and career in political science and becoming the first ombudsman at a major university. Stieber recalls finishing her degree at the University of Chicago, finding a a job with the Navy during World War Two, and marrying her husband Jack Stieber after the war. She also discusses following her husband to MSU in 1957 when he became a professor in MSU's new School of Labor and Industrial Relations and later being asked to teach a political science class which led to her own thirty-seven year career at the university. Stieber recalls the highs and lows of her career including, facing sexism in her department, teaching future Michigan Governor John Engler as an undergraduate and becoming ombudsman. Stieber is interviewed by retired MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-05-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Peter Glendinning, Michigan State University professor of photography, art history, and design, talks about his participation in a project to photograph several of the participants in the UAW/GM Local 602 Oral History Project. Glendinning also recalls the beginning of his career at MSU, his family, his education, his foray into journalism, famed MSU economics professor Charles P. "Lash" Larrow, and how the UAW oral histories captivated him and inspired his photos. Glendinning is interviewed by John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-02-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Kathy Hoag, professor of immunology at Michigan State University and a presiding officer at MSU faculty grievance hearings, talks about the difficulties MSU professors face in balancing their teaching schedules, research and personal time with the demands which the university places on them to earn tenure. She says that the pressure faculty members face to get tenure is not sustainable. Hoag also talks about the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP), her duties as a presiding officer, working with faculty who are unfamiliar with the FGP, ways in which the FGP succeeds, and her recommendations for improving FGP. Hoag is interviewed by John Revitte, former MSU professor Human Resources and Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-05-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dorothy McMeekin, retired professor of Natural Science at Michigan State University, recalls her involvement in faculty unionizing efforts at MSU in the 1970s and 1980s. McMeekin talks about working with a group affiliated with the Michigan Education Association, collecting union membership cards, faculty who supported or resisted union representation, teaching in old Kedzie Hall, gender pay disparity on campus, and running afoul of MSU President Cecil Mackey. She is interviewed by retired MSU Professor of Labor Studies John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-02-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection