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
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