David T. Benac
- Courses4
- Reviews8
- School: Western Michigan University
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- Department: History
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Location:
1903 Western Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI - 49008 - Dates at Western Michigan University: September 2014 - January 2020
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Would take again: No
For Credit: Yes
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Mandatory
Awful
Prof. Benac is the worst prof I've had at WMU. He will require you to read 4 books but will never discuss them in class. He only talks a lot in lecture which means that everything he says could be on exams but he never writes things down. He doesn't put his slides on eLearning because the pictures he put are copyrighted. Students are also graded only on 4 things.
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Would take again: Yes
For Credit: Yes
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I recommend taking a class with Professor Benac . He is very passionate about what he teaches. Attendance is not taken but it is highly recommended that you attend class because you learn everything out of his lectures. He is a very tough grader and gives little guidance. There are only five grades in the class so be prepared for the two essays and exams.
Biography
Western Michigan University - History
Resume
1997
Ph.D.
My areas of emphasis were US Environmental and Social history.
History
University of Missouri-Columbia
1995
MA
Public History
1993
B.A.
History
Documentation
Oral History
Architectural History
Grants
Research
Composition
Historic Preservation
Museums
Writing
American History
Higher Education
Grant Writing
Archival Research
History
Editing
Museum Studies
Community Outreach
Teaching
Collections Management
Public Speaking
Phase I Cultural Resources Survey and \tArcheological Inventory of the Proposed Southern Natural Gas Company South \tSystem Expansion III Project Fulton
Clayton
Spalding
Lamar
and Upson \tCounties
Georgia
William P. Athens
Susan Barrett Smith
Nathanael Heller
Emily Crowe
Stephanie Perrault
Whose Forest Is This? Hillfolk
Industrialists
and Government in the Ozarks
Susan Flader
“History of Missouri Forests in the Era of Exploitation and Conservation.” Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-73.
William Athens
Emily Crowe
James Eberwine
Ozarkers and Industry: The Integration of Economic and Social Behaviors
At the end of the nineteenth century
the rugged landscape of the Courtois Hills in the Missouri Ozarks was host to an isolated society of tenacious inhabitants
who subsisted almost entirely on the resources of its rich forests. It was this same valuable timber that drew the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company to the area
and sparked an enduring cultural and environmental struggle. Author David Benac has composed a riveting history through his careful look at government documents
company records
local newspapers
and oral histories. This work examines more than sixty years of major social and economic changes for the fiercely independent residents and for the forest itself. In less than a century
the Courtois Hills saw the end of a near hunter-gatherer existence
the rise and fall of the profitable but devastating timber industry
and the beginning of a new era of conservation and environmental awareness.
Conflict in the Ozarks: Hill Folk
Industrialists
and Government in the Courtois Hills
David
Benac
Southeastern Louisiana University
Independent Contractor
Western Michigan University
Experience with \n--field surveys\n--determinations of eligibility\n--national and local register forms\n--section 106 assessments\n--cultural resource reports
Independent Contractor
Western Michigan University
At Western Michigan University I have three prominent responsibilities; coordinating the public history program
and teaching public and environmental history. My work in public history is centered in the areas of historic preservation and heritage tourism. In environmental history I study and teach about the relationship of Americans to their forests.
Associate professor
Public history coordinator
Kalamazoo
Michigan Area
Responsible for creating and administering the graduate-level public history program
Southeastern Louisiana University
