Robbie Lieberman

Robbie Lieberman "received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1984, and came to SIUC in 1991. A specialist in recent U.S. history, her particular areas of interest include war and peace, social movements, and music.  She is the author of My Song Is My Weapon:  People's Songs, American Communism, and The Politics of Culture, 1930-1950 (1989); The Strangest  Dream: Communism, Anti-Communism, and the American Peace Movement, 1945-1963 (2000); and Prairie Power:  Voices of 1960s Midwestern Student Protest (2004).  Her current project  focuses on the relationship between civil rights and peace movements in the early cold war years. Professor Lieberman has also distinguished herself by being named "Outstanding Faculty Member in the University Core Curriculum" in 1999, Outstanding Teacher in the College of Liberal Arts in 2001, winner of the SIUC Women of Distinction Award in 2003, given for demonstrated commitment to diversity, and the Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Scholar Award in 2004."


 * Co-Executive Editor, Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research

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