Matthew warshauer biography

Biography.
Matt Warshauer is a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, his under-graduate alma mater, where he learned that passionate, devoted.
Matthew Warshauer is a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, USA, where he has studied and written extensively on what he calls "the American paradox," the conflicting ideological beliefs and practices of the United States.

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2024 – Bruce Fraser Friend of the Social Studies Award, Connecticut Council for the Social
Studies.
2023 – Distinguished Alumni Award – Central Connecticut State University Alumni
Association.
2023 – Who’s Who in America.

2022 – CCSU Excellence in Teaching Award. Selected as semi-finalist, then finalist among
three other full-time faculty members, and, finally, awarded as the winner of the 2022
award. Some 400 faculty nominated. Only one winner per year.

2019 – Connecticut Council for the Social Studies (CCSS). Department award for service to
the social studies in Connecticut. Dr. John Tully and I are the key members of the
History Department who work with CCSS.

2018 – Central Connecticut State University Distinguished Service Award. The
     University’s highest honor. Recognition for exemplary service to the University,
     exceptional performance in my discipline, dedicated service to students, the community
     and my professional field.

2016 – Champion of Ope

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Matt Warshauer is a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, his under-graduate alma mater, where he learned that passionate, devoted professors can change lives. Originally bored and uninterested in school, he bounced around the country with his family, attending three different high schools in four years – from California to Illinois and then ultimately to Connecticut. He didn’t even want to attend college, but compromised with his parents by going to Norwalk Community College for a few semesters and then transferring to Central.

Even upon his initial arrival at CCSU, Warshauer’s focus was not particularly academic. He studied marketing, but majored in partying. It wasn’t until he met professors like Norton Mezvinsky (History) and Barry Leeds (English) that Warshauer’s mind was turned on. He has been fascinated with American culture ever since and, basically, trying to figure out how the United States got to where it is today. One of his key interests is the paradox – a core dispute about the meaning of the nation – that has always exis

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Lecture and Book Signing | “Artists Explore the Incomprehensible: The 9/11 Terror Attacks”

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Lecture and Book Signing | “Artists Explore the Incomprehensible: The 9/11 Terror Attacks”

Join Dr. Matthew Warshauer, professor of history at Central Connecticut University, for a thought-provoking discussion of how artists confronted 9/11. Confronted with both the horror of the attacks and the stark humanity of the moment, artists are faced with the difficulty of portraying both the awful and beautiful. In doing so, they are often taken to task for “not getting it right” in the eyes of the public. Warshauer explores these realities within the backdrop of his newest book, Creating and Failing the 9/11 Generation: The Real Story of September 11.

Matt Warshauer is a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, where he received his bachelors in American Studies. Fascinated by what he calls “the American paradox,” the ever-challenging conundrum between the nation’s founding document and the difficulties of pursuing essential ideas of fre