CURRICULUM VITAE
RALPH E. SHAFFER
Department of History
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, CA 91768-4055
626/966-4304
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EDUCATION:
B. A. History UCLA 1951, Emphasis: American history
M. A. History U. of California, Berkeley 1955, Major seminar emphasis: California
Ph. D. History U. of California, Berkeley 1962, Major seminar emphasis: California. Dissertation: "Marxian Radicalism in California, 1869-1929," Director of dissertation: Lawrence Kinnaird
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Teacher, Sacramento City High Schools, History and Government,1957-60
Instructor, Oakland City College, History Dept., 1960-63
Professor of History, California State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona,1963-1993.
Department Chair, 1975-1979.
Professor Emeritus, 1993-
AWARDS:
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships:
1974- at Duke University
1977- at U. of Minnesota
1981- at Wayne State University
PUBLICATIONS:
The Accident at Central, So. Calif Labor Hist. Assoc., 1978
Which Path to Freedom? Cal Poly, Pomona, 1986
Toward Pearl Harbor Markus Weiner Co., 1991
The Bork Hearings Cal Poly, Pomona, 1992
ARTICLES:
"Formation of the California Communist Labor Party," Pac. Hist. Rev., Feb., 1967
"Communism in California, 1919-1924." Science and Society, Winter, 1970
"The Race of the Oregon," Oregon Hist. Quarterly, Sept., 1975
"Robert Whitaker: 1919, A Crisis Year," Southwest Economy and Society, Spring, 1984
Op-Ed Articles:Author/co-author of over 100 opinion articles that have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Herald Examiner, La Opinion, Orange Co. Register, San DiegoUnion, Sacramento Bee, Long Beach Press Telegram, San Bernardino Sun, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Los Angeles Business Journal and many other dailies.