Interviews 861-870

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Childhood and family life in New Glarus, Wisconsin; early influences; undergraduate study and training in the School of Nursing at UW; public health nursing; graduate study in nursing at UW; development of nursing research; Nurse-Physician Team program; research with infants, feeding, and families; mentoring graduate students; state and professional organizations; awards and honors; family and recreational life; continuing research.

#862. PRICE, T. Douglas (1945 - )
Professor of Anthopology
At UW: 1974-

Childhood and early education in different parts of the south and midwest; travel to Europe as a child; undergraduate education at the University of Michigan; field research experiences; politics and culture of the late 1960s; graduate program at the University of Michigan; the “New Archeology”; hiring by UW; teaching and research; tenure; faculty relations in the department and department review; university administration and faculty governance; future of higher education in the United States.

NOTE: This interview is restricted until 2010 and may not be used without the expressed, written permission of T. Douglas Price.

#863. CZAJKOWSKI, Cynthia (1957- )
Professor of Physiology, UW School of Medicine
At UW: 1994-

Childhood and early education in New York City; family background; undergraduate study at New York University; Ph.D. training at State University of New York; postdoctoral position at Columbia; hiring by UW; research on GABA-A receptors and other areas; grant funding; teaching and mentoring graduate students; culture for women in science at UW; service on campus and national committees; professional organizations and conferences; awards and honors; family and personal life.

#864. FOREST, Katrina (1966 - )
Associate Professor, Department of Bacteriology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
At UW: 2002--

Abstract: Family life and early education; undergraduate study at MIT; doctoral work at Princeton; research and dissertation; postdoctoral position at Scripps Research Center in San Diego; hiring by UW; the UW Department of Bacteriology; research and teaching; grants; tenure process; campus committees, status of women in the sciences at UW; family and personal life.

Early life and education in Madison and Milwaukee; family background; religion in his early life; Coast Guard service during World War II; undergraduate degree in literature and psychology at UW; seminary training at Oberlin; ministerial life; hiring by UW; development of Madison Campus Ministry; campus life during the Vietnam War era; religious programming on campus; the role of campus ministry in the university community; evolution of Madison Campus Ministry.

#866. ADAMS, Teresa (1924 - )
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director of the Midwest Regional University Transportation Center
At UW: 1989-present

Interviewed: 2007	Length: 1.5 hours
Interviewer: Sandy Pfahler

Abstract: Childhood and early education; life in a military family; undergraduate major in civil engineering at the University of Pittsburgh; professional work for Alcoa; graduate study at Carnegie Mellon Institute; hiring by UW; tenure process; research and funding; Regional University Transportation Center and transportation systems management; teaching; climate for women at UW; awards and honors.

#867. BLACKWELL, Helen (1972 - )
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
At UW: 2002-

Childhood and early education in the Cleveland, Ohio area; undergraduate chemistry major at Oberlin College; graduate study at California Institute of Technology; postdoc position at Harvard; hiring by the UW Department of Chemistry; research and funding; teaching; campus climate for women; recreation.

#868. HORWITZ, Susan (1955 - )
Professor of Computer Science
At UW: 1986-

Childhood and early education in Syracuse, New York; family background; undergraduate study at Wesleyan University; graduate work in computer science at Cornell; hiring by UW Department of Computer Science; research; teaching and the Wisconsin Emerging Scholars Program; service on campus and national committees; climate for women at UW; awards and honors; grant funding; family and personal life.

#869. BERGHAHN, Klaus (1937 - )
Professor of German; Founding Director of the Center for German and European Studies

At UW: 1967-

Childhood and early life in Duesseldorf, Germany; World War II and life under the Nazi regime; education in the gymnasium; study at the University of Cologne; Ph.D. work at the University of Munster; hiring by UW; the faculty and culture of the Department of German; teaching and research; tenure; Jewish Studies Program; Institute for Research in the Humanities; service as chair of the Department of German; The Center for German and European Studies; the current status and future of the humanities at UW.

Abstract: In his four June/July 2007 interviews with Bob Lange, John Young discussed his early life, education and career in Meteorology (later rename Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences) at the University of Wisconsin . Young spoke about his experiences, and namely his involvement with the U.S. Weather Bureau, the Center for Climatic Research, the development of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, and the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Program. He also commented on the UW Department of Meteorology’s national reputation, his work as an administrator, and offered his comments on funding and the tenure process. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the UW—Madison Oral History Program.

NOTE: Tape 9 of this interview is restricted until July 4, 2012.

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