Margaret G. Dean (Maggy) -History Instructor

Joined University Staff

• 2001

Education

• A.B., European History, Bryn Mawr College
• M.A., British History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• J.D., Indiana University at Indianapolis

Past Experience

• Park-Tudor High School, history and Latin instructor
• Butler University, adjunct English faculty
• St. Richard's School, history and Latin instructor
• IUPUI, adjunct English faculty

Courses

• American Revolution (January Term)
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient History
• Ancient Rome
• Colonial America (January Term)
• Economics
• Great Books
• Just War Theory (January Term)
• Medieval and Renaissance History
• Modern Era
• Mythology (January Term)
• Nonwestern History
• Politics and Current Events (January Term)
• Reformation and Revolution
• Religious Wars
• Revolutionary America (January Term)
• Revolutionary Europe
• The Student and the Constitution (January Term)
• U.S. Government
• Washington, D.C. (January Term)

Extracurricular Activities 

• Chair of self-study for University High School's accreditation by ISACS (2001-2004)
• Chair of self-study for University High School's accreditation by ISACS (2009-2010)
• Academic Affairs
• Cum Laude Society: Faculty Committee
• Politics Club

Civic Involvement

• Alumni Heritage Association, The Orchard School

Professional Memberships

• National Council of Social Studies
• Indiana Council on Economics Education

Presentations

• Participation in colloquia sponsored by the Liberty Fund
• "Akhnaten: Symbol vs. Reality"
• "Genius and Sense: Landscape Gardening in 18th-century England"
• "Labels: The Significance of Naming in Myth and Society"
• "Galileo's Crime: Creativity Divided"
• "Canons and Cannons: Controversies in Children's Literature"
• "Location and Liberty: Movement and Society in Colonial America"
• "Thomas More: Rebel or Martyr"
• "The Spitfire" (An account of the development of the plane and its use in North Africa in Operation Torch where it was flown by my father.)
• "Censorship"
• "Paradigms: Epics and Economics"
• "The Hero and the People"
• "'Strew Lilies With Full Hands': Dante and Politics"

Personal Information

• Family
• Thirteen years in capital goods manufacturing prior to teaching
• Prairie Trek & Turquoise Trail: American Southwest
• Siamese Cats
• Books