Professor of HistoryOffice Location: Dunham Hall, Room 217
Telephone: 630-844-5615
Fax: 630-844-7820
Email Address: gbutters@aurora.edu
Aurora University is all about the connections between faculty members and students. As a first generation college student, I was not aware of the opportunities and challenges that a university education would present. I attempt to get to know each of my students personally and I frequently ask them what their career plans are, so that I can hopefully assist them in achieving their goals.
Education
Ph.D. (History) - University of Kansas
M.A. (History) - University of Missouri-Kansas City
B.A. (History and Political Science) - Washburn University
Areas of Specialization
Film History
U.S. Social and Cultural History
Gender and Race
Courses Taught
The African American Experience
U.S. History I and II
American Urban History
Highlights of Publications, Honors and Professional Contributions
Fulbright Award, Romania, Spring 2011
Co-Chair, African/African American Caucus - Society for Cinema and Media Studies, 2009-2011
Timuel D. Black Fellowship, Carter G. Woodson Library, 2010
Book - "Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966," (Columbia: University Press of Missouri, 2007).
Book - "Black Manhood on the Silent Screen," (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2002)
Editor - "Screening Noir: Blaxploitation Revisited," vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 2005) Center for Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Highlights of Campus Involvement
Advisor, Alpha Phi Alpha (2006-)
Phi Eta Sigma Honorary Member, 2006
Student Advocate of the Year Award, 2005
Outstanding Supporter Award, Black Student Association
Other Interests
Running with my colleagues at AU.
Movies
Playing softball with my team
