Kathleen Wroblewski
Campus: Springfield
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Education
- PhD, History, University of Michigan
- BA, University of Michigan
Teaching
- History 397: History of the Soviet Union
Professional experience
Dr. Wroblewski’s work explores the experiences of peasant labor migrants in 19th and 20th century Poland, and as such she seeks to situate the history of eastern Europe in larger global frameworks of exchange and political economy. Of particular note, her research considers how labor migrants understood ideas of economic uplift, respectability, and commodification and, more broadly, how narrative structure—the way we tell the stories of our economic lives—affects conceptions of citizenship and belonging.
Wroblewski’s specialization in pedagogy considers the intersection of the tools of history—how historians approach things like evidence, scale, periodization, and narrative—and student learning. That is, she is interested in what is valuable about the analytical skills of history and translating that to the classroom.
She teaches courses on eastern Europe and in MSU’s BSED-History Program.
Research and professional interests
- Eastern Europe
- World history
- Migration
- History education