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Rachel Brekhus

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Rachel Brekhus

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168 Ellis Library

(Mon and Fri only). I work from home by default Tuesdays and Thursdays, but come to campus for in-person classes and meetings as needed.

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

Students can reach me using the Email Me and Student Appointments buttons above.

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

Behavioral & Social Sciences History Humanities Peace Studies Philosophy Political Science Public Policy Sociology

My Guides

Black History and Culture Trivia Night

Book Reviews of Generation Me

Crime and Social Control

Cultural Artifacts in Historical Context

Dialogical Essay

English 1000 - Local Problem-Solving

Gender, Race, and Class in Popular Culture

HathiTrust Guide

HIST 1200 - Du Plessis

HIST 1861: History of Modern India

HIST 2004 - Epidemics and Society

HIST 2400 - Missouri Suffragists Project

HIST 2440 - History of Missouri

HIST 2700: History of Pirates and Piracy

HIST 2950 - 16th Century Latin America

HIST 2950 - France: The Interwar Years

HIST 2950 - Making of Modern Europe from the French Revolution to WW2

HIST 2950 - Plagues in History

HIST 2950 - The Global Cold War

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

HIST 3550: Science and Medicine in Ancient and Medieval Europe

HIST 3560: The Scientific Revolution: 1550-1800

HIST 4004: History of Spain

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

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

HIST 4580 - Modern Europe: Democracy and Dictatorship

HIST 4835 - Race and Politics in South Africa

HIST 4971 - European History Capstone: The Modern City

HIST 4971 - World War I

HIST 4971W - History Capstone: Modern French History

HIST 4972W - 19th Century Social History

HIST 4972W - War and Society

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 Columns and Boone County Courthouse

MU History and Local History

Native American/Indigenous Studies

Parliamentary Papers at MU

PEA_ST 2016 - Democracy and Authoritarianism

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

Perseus, Loebs, Commentaries

Plagues & Peoples

Political Science

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

Primary Sources in African-American History

Public Policy and Administration Research

Race and University Life: Readings for MU Faculty and Staff

Researching Police Reform

Researching Your Hometown

Rural Sociology

Selected Resources for Historical Research

SOC 4220 - Race and Ethnic Relations

Social/Cultural Influences on Technology

SOCIOL 3460W: Technology and Society

SOCIOL 4425W - Sociology of Food

Sociology 2950: Social Research

Sociology 4620: Drugs and Society

Sociology 4970: Senior Seminar

Sustainable Development

SW 2000 - Exploration in Social and Economic Justice

United Nations Papers

WGST 2050 - Gender and Public Health

WGST 3450 Feminist Methodologies