Interview of Carolyn Stieber, professor emerita of political science and ombudsman emerita at Michigan State University, on her life, education and career in political science and becoming the first ombudsman at a major university

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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

Place:

Michigan, East Lansing, Michigan, and East Lansing

Subject Topic:

Knowledge and learning, Career in political science, Marriage, Faculty, College teachers, Ombudspersons, World War, 1939-1945, and Sexism in higher education

Subject Name:

Stieber, Carolyn, Stieber, Carolyn, Stieber, Carolyn, Stieber, Carolyn, and Michigan State University

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Biography

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5rx94p9f