Steven Wallech

STEVEN WALLECH is the senior Professor of History at Long Beach City College. He developed the World History program there and integrated the World History curriculum with community colleges and universities throughout California. TOURAJ DARYAEE was born in Tehran, Iran. His elementary and secondary schooling took place in Tehran and Athens, Greece. He earned his Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999. He is currently Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the...See more

STEVEN WALLECH is the senior Professor of History at Long Beach City College. He developed the World History program there and integrated the World History curriculum with community colleges and universities throughout California. TOURAJ DARYAEE was born in Tehran, Iran. His elementary and secondary schooling took place in Tehran and Athens, Greece. He earned his Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999. He is currently Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the History of Iran and the Persianate World and the Associate Director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of California, Irvine. He is editor of the Name-ye-Iran-e Bastan: The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies and the creator of Sasanika: The Late Antique Near East Project. CRAIG HENDRICKS is Professor of History, Emeritus, at Long Beach City College. He has written on Latin America for history journals and edited four books of American Social His-tory readings. He is now completing a study of urban development in southern California. ANNE LYNNE NEGUS received a Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, specializing in Egyptology. Currently she is Professor of History at Fullerton College and an active member of the American Research Center in Egypt, traveling frequently to Egypt and other Middle Eastern areas. PETER P. WAN was born in China, where he received his B.A. from East China Normal University and taught American Literature until he came to the United States on a Harvard-Yanching fellowship. He received his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University. His major interests are American and East Asian History. GORDON MORRIS BAKKEN earned his B.S, M.S., Ph.D. and J.D. at the University of Wisconsin and joined the faculty of California State University, Fullerton, in 1969. He teaches American Legal and Constitutional History, Westward Movement, American Military Heritage, Women of the American West, Women and American Law, as well as Historical Thinking and Writing. He is the author/ editor of twenty-three books and numerous articles. See less