Dr. Edward Schmitt

My name is Ed Schmitt and I am an associate professor of history at UW-Parkside. Born and bred in southeastern Wisconsin, I received my B.A. at the University of Notre Dame in 1992 and my Ph.D. at Marquette University in 2003. My research interests include politics in American history since 1945, poverty in American history, and the intersections of race, religion, and political life. I teach courses on twentieth century America, African-American history, race & ethnicity, poverty, and religion in American history.

My book President of the Other America: Robert Kennedy and the Politics of Poverty is available from the University of Massachusetts Press (find out more at http://www.edwardrschmitt.net). I recently completed an essay on the historiography of the War on Poverty for Wiley-Blackwell's forthcoming A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson, and I have published articles on Robert Kennedy's role in anti-poverty politics in Appalachia, and on Catholic interracial activist Anna McGarry. My current research project is a book about civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory.

Away from school I enjoy spending time with family, running, and collecting music and films - sometimes the odder the better - from the 1940s through the 1970s (excerpts from which sometimes mysteriously show up in my courses).

Feel free to stop in to Molinaro 131 or e-mail anytime!