Brock Ruggles
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LATTIE F. COOR HALL TEMPE, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 4302Campus: Tempe
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Brock Ruggles studies political and cultural history and teaches courses in U.S. and World History. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in History from Arizona State University after completing a B.A. in Sociology and teaching as an AmeriCorps volunteer.
Review of Cold War Country: How Nashville’s Music Row and the Pentagon Created the Sound of American Patriotism, by of Joseph M. Thompson. North Carolina Historical Review Volume CI, no. 4 (October 2024): 472-473. https://research.ebsco.com/c/qafmae/viewer/pdf/eskt76yuwf.
“Putting a Spiritual Spin on My Love Affair with Vinyl.” The Conversation, September 9, 2024. https://theconversation.com/putting-a-spiritual-spin-on-my-love-affair-with-vinyl-226706.
Substantial preface to English-language edition in Luca Pollini. Staying in Vietnam: On the Enemy’s Side. Elemento 115, 2022.
Substantial preface to Italian-language edition in Luca Pollini. Restare in Vietnam: Dalla parte del nemico. Elemento 115, 2022.
Substantial preface to Spanish-language edition in Luca Pollini. Quedarse en Vietnam: Del Bando del Enemigo. Elemento 115, 2022.
Episode consultant for “Secret Pharmaceuticals of the Cold War.” Attraction Media, PBS Nova, 2021.
Interviews for “The Tunnels of Cu Chi and the Vietnam War.” Smithsonian / Science Channel documentary, 2020-2021.
Not So Quiet on the Western Front: Punk Politics during the Conservative Ascendancy in the United States, 1980-2000, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University, 2008.
Contributed “State Legislation Matrix” to Brian Gratton and Jon Moen, "Immigration, Culture, and Child Labor in the United States, 1880-1920." Journal of Interdisciplinary History 34(3), Winter 2004: 355-391.
“Child Labor Laws, 1910-1920,” in Brian Gratton, “Immigration and Child Labor: The United States, 1880-1920.” Columbia University Seminar on Economic History, October 2, 2003.
“Branded Man: Merle Haggard.” New Times, May 9, 2002.
Child Labor among Italian Immigrant Families in the United States, 1880-1930, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University, 2001.
Numerous music reviews in New Times, 2001-2002.
Numerous music reviews in Milkbone Magazine, 1998-2002.
Numerous music reviews in Up & Coming Magazine, 1997-1998.
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 598 | Special Topics |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 330 | Historical Thinking |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 330 | Historical Thinking |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 325 | Immigration & Ethnicity in US |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 372 | Modern Middle East |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |