ProfessorCONTACT:
E-mail: sshirk@mtsu.edu
Phone: (615) 898-2386
Office Location: Peck Hall Room 282
MTSU Box 23
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Web: www.mtsu.edu/~sshirk
TEACHING FIELDS:
U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History
COURSES:
In addition to the surveys, History 4750 U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History, History 3040 Topics in U. S. Cultural History, including history of sexual identity, history of rebellion (Bohemians, Hipsters, Beats, and Hippies) and the history of morality
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
religion, gender, morality/authority, professional culture
OUTSIDE INTERESTS/PUBLIC SERVICE:
I play the violin in a string quartet and volunteer for Nashville Cares
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER CREATIVE WORKS:
See my web site at www.mtsu.edu/~sshirk.
WORK IN PROGRESS:
See my web site at www.mtsu.edu/~sshirk.
EDUCATION:
M.A. and Ph.D., Penn State, 1994 in U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History