Joanne Schneider

Gaige Hall 208 (401) 456-8039 jschneider@ric.edu

Background

Minnesota native Joanne Schneider received her B.A. in History and German, summa cum laude, from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. She earned her M.A. and Ph. D. at Brown University in Modern European History. Her dissertation examined girls’ schools and education reform in early 19th century Bavaria. Several articles from that research have appeared in scholarly monographs. Other scholarly interests focus on the Enlightenment and social welfare reform in Germany. She has presented several papers based on that research. Her most recognized publication is Women in Western European History, a three volume bibliography co-edited with Linda and Marsha Frey. The first volume of the bibliography received the Choice Outstanding Scholarly Book Award. She is currently working on a manuscript entitled The Age of Romanticism, which will be published by Greenwood Press, as part of its series “Guides to Historic Events 1500 to 1900.”

Schneider taught at the University of Montana, Stonehill College, Wheaton College and Brown University before coming to Rhode Island College in a full-time position in 1991. At R.I.C., she has taught Western Civilization, the Nature of Historical Inquiry, The Age of Enlightenment, The Age of Nationalism, Europe in the 20th century, European Women’s History and the Reading Seminar. She worked on several independent studies, which focused on German history and has also directed two honors’ theses. She is also a member of the Honors’ Faculty and teaches Western Culture II for that program. Her teaching interests focus on social and cultural history with an especial preference for teaching history through literature.

Schneider is currently Chair of the History Department. She is deeply involved with the Shinn Study Abroad Fund Program, having served as the Chair of the Awards Committee for six of the past seven years. She is a past President of the New England Historical Association and has held the post of President of the Humanities Forum of Rhode Island for the past three years. She is a member of the First Baptist Church in America and works as a volunteer tour guide for that National Historic monument. When not involved with academic and related interests, Joanne is an avid sports fan (Yankees and the Celtics) and is an active sportswoman herself, water skiing, sailing and snow skiing. She resides with her husband Arthur Bone in Lincoln, Rhode Island, along with her two cats, Bartholomew and Jennings.