Department of History
Dr. Jeff Jones
Link to Dr. Jones' Web Site
Contact Information
Email: jwjones@uncg.edu
Office: 2139 MHRA
Office Phone: 336-334-4068
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2001-
Visiting Professor,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2000-2001
Instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997-99
Instructor, East Carolina University, 1997
Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989-96
Courses Taught
- WCV 101: Western Civilization to 1600
- HIS 216: The Civilizations of Asia - Impact of West on Asia and Asia's response; development of nationalism and Communism. Focus is on India, China, and Japan in nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
- HIS 218: The World in the Twentieth Century since 1945 - Political, social, and economic forces affecting Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Issues include Cold War, imperialism, nationalism, terrorism, world war.
- HIS 223: Modern Europe - Survey of major socio-economic, political, and cultural trends in Europe from the French Revolution to the present.
- HIS 377: Russian History to 1900 - Introduction to old Russia of Kiev and Muscovy, followed by a more intensive survey of eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- HIS 378: Russian History since 1900 - End of Tsarist Empire, Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath, Soviet Union under Stalin, and recent developments.
- HIS 511C: Seminar in Historical Research and Writing - "Stalinist Russia."
- HIS 575: Modern Russian History: Selected Topics - Varying topics in modern Russian history, including "Great Reforms," industrialization, revolutionary movement, Marxism-Leninism, tsarist and Soviet foreigh policy, Soviet politics, post-World War II changes, Gorbachev era, and end of Soviet Union.
- HIS 714: Varieties of Teaching - (Ph.D. level) Introduction to college level teaching history with attention to syllabi, lecturing, examinations, discussions, grading, and responding to student input. Students participate in teaching actual courses.