Faculty Brookwood Labor College

charles a. beard 1 of brookwood s famous faculty members.

brookwood s director a.j. muste, christian , pacifist. served chairman of faculty, , taught world history. john c. kennedy director of studies, , tom tippett director of extension activities. cara cook acted both brookwood s librarian , served administrative assistant muste. in later years, taught classes , tutored students @ college well.

faculty taught either full- or part-time. notable faculty taught there (for part or of school s history) included:

charles a. beard (history)
louis budenz (labor organizing , strike management)
dr. arthur w. calhoun (sociology , history)
sarah norcliffe cleghorn (writing , nonviolent techniques)
josephine colby (public speaking)
katherine pollak ellickson (writing , economics)
jack frager (labor history)
abram lincoln harris (economics)
john c. kennedy (economics)
john martindale (union organization , parliamentary procedure)
dr. broadus mitchell (economics)
helen g. norton (labor journalism)
roy reuther (labor organizing)
liston oak
lawrence rogin (trade union organization , labor journalism)
john nevin sayre (nonviolent techniques)
dr. david j. saposs (economics)
dr. joel seidman (economics , union issues)
mark starr (british labor history)
dr. lazare teper (economics)
tom tippett (strike organizing , music)
nat weinberg (economics)

clinton s. golden claimed have been on faculty. golden s biographer thomas brooks, points out, golden lectured @ brookwood never appointed faculty. role on board of directors precluded it.

it worth noting faculty integrated (harris african american). faculty unionized, teachers members of local 189 of american federation of teachers.

faculty @ brookwood integral part of school s administration. faculty had formal role in directing school , in setting educational policies. faculty helped establish , maintain brookwood s clearinghouse on worker education materials, , hosted annual conference on worker education drew labor educators across nation.