Labor and Political Economy

Labor and Political Economy Graduate students who choose to pursue an area of strength in Labor and Political Economy will explore the interaction of politics, including high politics, popular politics, social movements and political culture, with consumption, technology, economic policy making and markets.

Also of importance is the relationship of these issues with labor, including all forms of paid and unpaid labor, ranging from agricultural work, domestic labor, unskilled, skilled, and professional work as well as the study of ethnicity, labor migration, labor movements and organizations, and labor systems.

Associated Faculty

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Michael Allen

Visiting Assistant Professor

Michael.Allen@mail.wvu.edu

220 Chitwood Hall

Historic Preservation Architectural History Landscape/Cultural Landscape History American Urban History Housing and Gentrification

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Betsy DiSalvo Osborne

Service Assistant Professor of Social Studies Secondary Education

elizabeth.osborne@mail.wvu.edu

110 Chitwood Hall

Social Studies Education, Education

William Hal Gorby

Teaching Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Advising

William.Gorby@mail.wvu.edu

205D Chitwood Hall

West Virginia and Appalachian History, Immigration/Ethnic History, U.S. Working Class 20th Century U.S.

Joseph Hodge

Professor

Joseph.Hodge@mail.wvu.edu

320 Chitwood Hall

Modern Britain, British Imperialism, Comparative Imperial and Postcolonial Societies, Decolonization, Development and the Global Cold War, Western Civilization