David R. Roediger, PhD
International & Interdisciplinary Studies - American Studies, HistoryDavid Roediger is the Foundation Professor of American Studies at University of Kansas where he teaches and writes on race and class in the United States. Educated through college at public schools in Illinois, he completed doctoral work at Northwestern University. His recent books include Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All, How Race Survived U.S. History, and (with Elizabeth Esch) The Production of Difference. His older writings on race, immigration, and working class history include The Wages of Whiteness and Working toward Whiteness.
Teaching
Professor Roediger offers a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses on literature, popular culture, work, gender, and race. All have the teaching of writing as a central goal.
Teaching Interests
- Labor
- Slavery
- Management
- Race
Research
Professor Roediger's work focuses on race and class in the U.S. His current project is a history of the middle class from 1830 until the present.
Research Interests
- Labor
- Race
- Immigration
- Social movements
Service
In 2015 and 2016 Professor Roediger is president of the American Studies Association.