Alan Kirshner Ph.D

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Alan M. Kirshner is a professor of political science and history at Ohlone College , Fremont , California. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Hofstra University where he was awarded the History Department's book prize as their outstanding student. He received his M.A. from the City University of New York and his Ph.D. from New York University with a GPA of 3.97 out of 4 points for 75 units of course work. He also studied at Ohio State University , The University of the Americas and The University of Brussels . Professor Kirshner started his teaching career in New York with ninth grade students at East Northport Junior High School and then taught tenth grade World Civilization for two years at Mamaroneck High School . Before Dr. Kirshner came to Ohlone College, he taught upper division and graduate courses at The University of West Florida . While at The University of West Florida he taught Mexican History in the Latin American History Department and worked with the Education Department to supervise student teachers in the local High Schools. Professor Kirshner has written extensively on social movements, ideology, and politics. He has authored four books (one was translated into Spanish and printed by Mexico's Department of Education). His textbook In the Course of Human Events is now in its sixth edition(2009). Dr. Kirshner has published fourteen articles (two appeared in anthologies). His other scholarly activities include some thirty papers delivered to diverse organizations. Sporadically, he has been involved in local, state, and national politics. A renaissance person, Professor Kirshner, a former collegiate gymnast , a competitive bodybuilder and a national and world record holder in powerlifting, continues to produce award winning photographs. Many of these photographs, some of which have appeared in national magazines, can be viewed in his textbook, In the Course of Human Events: Essays in American Government . Professor Kirshner has national licenses to referee powerlifting, soccer and chess. He also holds certificates to coach youth soccer and scholastic chess . In the 1980's, Dr. Kirshner's Mission Muscle Factory was well known for its insistance that none of its members use steroids and for the many team titles it obtained in powerlifting.During this decade he directed numerous local, state and national drug tested powerlifting competitions. Dr. Kirshner also became a strength coach for many track and field athletes. One of his trainees competed in the 1984 Olympics. The Maccabi Sports Committee of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area named Professor Kirshner the coach of the 1996 Track and Field Team attending the Maccabi Regional Games in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1997, he traveled with the Bay Area Maccabi Team to Milwaukee as the coach of the under 17 girls soccer team. They won the silver medal. Dr. Kirshner's Weibel Elementary School Chess Team has won at least one California state title every year since 1990.In 2000 they became the Chess Education Association's national champions in both the Primary and Elementary School Divisions. In 2000, as well, the Chess Education Association named Dr. Kirshner their coach of the year.

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