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Rachel Brekhus

Rachel Brekhus

Contact:

168 Ellis Library

I am working primarily from home during the Fall 2020 semester, so not listing an office phone.

MU faculty and staff can reach me quickly in Teams chat.

About Me

I do research assistance, instruction and collection development in several Humanities and Social Science disciplines (see Subject Specialties).

I am interested in local history, particularly in the area of housing segregation.

Other expertise:

Languages: German-advanced; Spanish-intermediate; Italian - beginning

Bibliographic management: Zotero

My Subject Specialties

Anthropology Behavioral & Social Sciences History Humanities Religious Studies Sociology & Social Work

My Guides

Anthro 1000 - Intro to Anthropology

Anthro 2570: Parents and Offspring

Anthro 3560W: Plagues and Peoples

Black History and Culture Trivia Night

Book Reviews of Generation Me

Classes and Workshops

Crime and Social Control

Cultural Artifacts in Historical Context

Dialogical Essay

English 1000 - Local Problem-Solving

Gender, Race, and Class in Popular Culture

HIST 1861: History of Modern India

HIST 2004 - Epidemics and Society

HIST 2400 - Missouri Suffragists Project

HIST 2700: History of Pirates and Piracy

HIST 2950 - 16th Century Latin America

HIST 2950 - France: The Interwar Years

HIST 2950 - Plagues in History

HIST 2950 - The Global Cold War

HIST 2950: European Migration in the 19th-20th Centuries

HIST 3550: Origins of Scientific Thought

HIST 3560: The Scientific Revolution: 1550-1800

HIST 4004/7004: Plagues and Contagion in Pre-Modern Europe

HIST 4004: History of Spain

HIST 4270/7270 - African Americans in the 20th Century

HIST 4971 - European History Capstone: The Modern City

HIST 4972W - 19th Century Social History

History 4550: Age of the Vikings

History 4815/7815 - African History Through the Digital Medium

History 4971.1 - Karl Marx: A 19th Century Life

History 4972: Faith Healers, Prosperity Preachers, and Televangelists in American Religion

History 4972: Research Seminar in the Life & Thought of C.S. Lewis

History 8211: (Recent U.S. History)

History as a Text

History of Ireland

History of M.U. Departments & Programs

History of Professions and Institutions

History of the British Empire

History, 17th-18th Century U.S.

History, 19th Century U.S.

History, Recent U.S.

History: Primary Sources

Immigration/The Economy/Ecological Issues

Martin Luther in Early Modern Germany

Medieval Scandinavia and Vikings

MU History and Local History

Parliamentary Papers at MU

PEA_ST 2320, Spanish Literature In Translation: Civil War in Spain

Plagues & Peoples

Portraying People, Groups, Events, Rituals and Customs in Cultural Context

Primary Sources in African-American History

Race and University Life: Readings for MU Faculty and Staff

REL ST 3005: The Body and Healing in Asian Religion

REL ST 4100/7100: Modern Perspectives In the Study of Religion

REL ST 4320/7320: Introduction to Daoism

Religious Studies

RELST/WGST 4750/7750 Women, Religion, and Culture

REL_ST 4005/7005: Tangible Christianity

Research Support

Researching Police Reform

Researching Your Hometown

Rites of Passage

Rural Sociology

RU_SOC 2225W: Science, Technology and Society

RU_SOC 8287: Sustainable Development

Selected Resources for Historical Research

SOC 4220 - Race and Ethnic Relations

Social/Cultural Influences on Technology

SOCIOL 4425W - Sociology of Food

Sociology 2950: Social Research

Sociology 4620: Drugs and Society

Sociology 4970: Senior Seminar

WGST 2050 - Gender and Public Health

WGST 3450 Feminist Methodologies