Credentials
Dr. Donald Schwartz, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of History · California State University, Long Beach
For more than twenty years, Dr. Schwartz taught history at CSU Long Beach. His research interests include the experience of Holocaust survivors and European and American history in the 20th century.
He is deeply involved in improving the teaching of American history — working with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and serving as former Executive Director of the California Council for History Education.
Education
- Ph.D. — History, New York University
- M.A. — History, Indiana University
- B.A. — City College of New York
College & University Teaching
- California State University, Long Beach
- Pace University, New York, N.Y.
- The New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y.
Secondary School Training
- Teacher of Social Studies, N.Y.C. High Schools
- K–12 Social Studies Administrator, White Plains Schools, White Plains, N.Y.
Special Projects
- Former Executive Director, California Council for History Education
- Fulbright Specialist Program
- Teaching American History grants
- Director, California History/Social Science Project
- Educational Coordinator, Gilder–Lehrman Institute
- Project Director, NEH Summer Institutes
- Academic Coordinator of Gear-Up Grants
Publications
- Job: The Story of a Holocaust Survivor
- The Road to Hell: A Survivor’s Account of the Nazi Death March
- World History: Traditions and New Direction
- Articles in The History Teacher, Social Education, The Social Studies Journal, The Social Studies Review, and the Newsletter of the Organization of American Historians
Invited Lectureships
- Elder Hostel
- Leisure World
- Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland)
- American Historical Association
- Organization of American Historians
- National Council for the Social Studies
- California Council for History Education
- Pannasastra University, Cambodia
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University