Paul Lyons, M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Social Work

Courses Taught:

• Critical Thinking Freshman Seminar
• Introduction to Social Work
• History of Social Welfare Policy
• Practicum II (Groups, Communities)
• Research Methodology in Social Work
• Modern U.S. History
• The Sixties
• Senior Seminar: Vietnam

College Service:

• (1992-96) Vice President, Stockton Federation of Teachers
• (1992-94) Research and Professional Development Committee
• (1992) Greek Life Committee
• (1987-91, 1995-96) Faculty Assembly Steering Committee
• Various service on GSS, GIS committees, Affirmative Action, Orientation, Grades and Promotion, Academic Policy, abd Faculty Fellowship (Chair) Committees

Recent Publications:

• (1996). New left, new right, and the legacy of the sixties. Philadelphia:  Temple University Press.
• (1996). Clinton, Vietnam and the sixties. In Slabey, R. M. (ed.). The United States and Vietnam from war to peace: Papers from an interdisciplinary conference on reconciliation. McFarland. Also in Viet Nam Generation, 7 (1-2).
• (1995). New left, new right, new world. Viet Nam Generation (Summer, 1995).
• (1994). Another sixties: The new right. Viet Nam Generation: Big Book. Nobody Gets off the Bus Issue.
• (1994). Class of '66: Mainstream baby boomers in suburban America. Philadelphia:  Temple University Press.
• (1992). Peggy Noonan: Conservative baby boomer. Socialist Review (Spring, 1992).

Recent Presentations:

• (1997) "Teaching the sixties and Vietnam," Teaching Vietnam Conference, Center for the Study of the Vietnam Conflict, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
• (1996) "Bringing it all back home: Summing up the sixties," with Bill Ehrhart, Legacies of the Sixties Lecture Series, Ocean County College.
• (1996) "New left, new right, new world: From redemption to Reaganism: American conservatism in history perspective 1865-1980," Princeton University History Department, Princeton, NJ.
• (1996) "Clinton, the G.O.P. and the war: The decline of Vietnam as a political issue," After the Cold War: Reassessing Vietnam Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Vietnam Conflict, Texas Tech Unversity, Lubbock, TX.
• (1996) "My generation: New left, new right," Legacies of the Sixties Lecture Series, Ocean County College.
• (1995) "Whatever happened to the common man?" Eye on America: Roy Stryker and the Standard Oil Photography Project,  Cape May Courthouse, NJ.
• (1995) "Meaning and legacy of the sixties," Sixties Generation: From Montgomery to Viet Nam Conference, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.
• (1995) "The Sixties generation and the Vietnam War as we approach the 1996 election," Ocean County College 1995 Lecture Series on International Peace.
• (1995) "Vietnam and the crisis of the Left," Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia (Panel Chair).
• (1995) "Computer conferencing and social work field placements: The Stockton College CoSy system," Council on Social Work Education 41st Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
• (1994) "The Sixties: Meaning and legacy," Second Annual Sixties Generation: From Montgomery to Viet Nam Conference, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.
• (1993) "Clinton, Vietnam and the Sixties," The United States and Vietnam: From War to Peace Conference, sponsored by University of Notre Dame, the Kellogg Institute, Kroc Institute, Notre Dame, IN.
• (1993) "A revisionist Sixties: New left, new right, new center," Sixties Generations: From Montgomery to Viet Nam, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
• (1991) "The social construction of masculinity: A multicultural perspective," panel, The New Jersey Project--Integrating the Scholarship on Gender, Gloucester County College, NJ.
• (1991) "Thoughts on social class and politics," Socialist Scholars Conference, NYC.
• (1991) "Peggy Noonan, conservative baby boomer," Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX.

Professional Activities/Community Service:

• Member, Council on Social Work Education
• Member, Organization of American Historians
• Board Member/Executive Committee, The Arc of Atlantic County
• Board Member, Northfield Educational Foundation
• Advisory Board, Viet Nam Generation