Blog Ghosting Among the younger folk, ‘ghosting’ refers to a sudden and immediate cessation of all communication toward a person, digitally, physically,…Rebecca KoerselmanFebruary 15, 2021
Blog “If you move back far enough, you get perspective” From time to time, librarians cull the stacks. They make decisions about what books to keep and which ones to…Rebecca KoerselmanJanuary 18, 2021
Blog Refuge In Iowa, during January, the nights are long and dark. If it isn’t below zero, I find myself enjoying the…Rebecca KoerselmanJanuary 4, 2021
Blog The Trauma of White America When Mark Charles visits schools, college campuses, and communities, he always begins by introducing himself. According to the matrilineal Diné…Rebecca KoerselmanDecember 21, 2020
Blog Good Intentions There is less information about the teachers at the Indian boarding schools, but I wonder how many of them believed…Rebecca KoerselmanDecember 7, 2020
Blog Democratization of Christianity When I talk with people about the history of religion in the United States, people have a wide variety of…Rebecca KoerselmanNovember 30, 2020
Blog A Tale of Andrew Johnson The oft quoted and misquoted aphorisms about being doomed to repeat history have always confused me. History exists, as do…Rebecca KoerselmanNovember 2, 2020
Blog Trying to Protect the Students’ Innocence While standing at the National Archives Museum, our current president called for a “1776 Commission” to “restore patriotic education to…Rebecca KoerselmanOctober 5, 2020
Blog A Most Excellent Story of Labor It is an interesting time to think about workers and labor. In the aftermath of the Civil War, unions became…Rebecca KoerselmanSeptember 7, 2020
Blog What’s in a Name? Our warriors kicked full speed into their mounts and went racing after , whooping wildly to strike terror in the…Rebecca KoerselmanAugust 10, 2020