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Keith Snedegar

Faculty Member

Dr. Keith Snedegar

Biography

Although born in Columbus, Ohio, I consider Grand Rapids, Michigan my home town. I'm married to Linda Potter; we enjoy visiting cemeteries and art environments together.

Education

D.Phil., Oxford University, Array

Major: Modern History

MSc, University of Edinburgh, 1984

Major: Medieval Languages

BA, University of Michigan, 1983

Major: History

Teaching

HONR 2000

Ancient Legacies, Spring 2025

HIST 320R

Issues and Topics in Global History, Spring 2025

HIST 4980

Senior Research Thesis Research Component, Spring 2025

HIST 151G

World History from 1500 to the Present SS GI, Spring 2025

HIST 151G

World History from 1500 to the Present SS GI, Spring 2025

Presentations

Snedegar, Keith , Michigan Academy of Science Arts & Letters Annual Conference, "Creativity and its discontents_ Joseph Brewer at Olivet College, 1934-1944", Michigan Academy, Grand Rapids, Michigan. (March 26, 2010)
Snedegar, Keith , Colloquium, "Telescopes and optics in the age of Galileo", UVU Physics Department, Orem, Utah. (December 9, 2009)
Snedegar, Keith , Great Lakes History Conference, "Reclaiming the sky as a cultural resource", Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan. (November 14, 2009)
Snedegar, Keith , Great Lakes History Conference, "Celestial target practice_ astronomers in the service of ballistics at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1917-1945", Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan. ()

Scholarly/Creative Works

Snedegar, Keith , (2015) "Mission, Science, and Race in South Africa_ A.W. Roberts of Lovedale, 1883-1938" . Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Snedegar, Keith , (2008) "Astronomy in Africa south of the Sahara" . New York: Springer.
Snedegar, Keith , (2008) "A commonwealth of knowledge_ science, sensibility, and white South Africa 1820-2000" (Issue: 3, vol. 98). Isis.
Snedegar, Keith , Snedegar, Keith , Knoell, Tiffany , (2007) "A dedicated voice_ festschrift in honor of Oscar F. Jesperson, Jr." . Utah Valley State College.
Snedegar, Keith , (2007) "Problems and prospects in the cultural history of South African astronomy" (vol. 11). African Skies.
Snedegar, Keith , Reddy, Vishnu , Kumar, B. R., (2007) "Scaling the magnitude_ the fall and rise of N.R. Pogson" (vol. 117). Journal of the British Astronomical Assocation.

Awards

Award of Excellence

Board of Trustees - November 14, 2002