RISHEL, Joseph F.

Professor

Phone: 412.396.5053
Fax: 412.396.1439
Office: 617 College Hall
rishelj@duq.edu

Dr. Rishel’s field of historical specialization is American social and urban history. His research has focused on Pittsburgh's old elite and, more recently, on the history of Duquesne University. His first book, published in 1991 by the University of Pittsburgh Press, is Founding Families of Pittsburgh: The Evolution of a Regional Elite, 1760-1910. In 1998, he published The Spirit That Gives Life: The History of Duquesne University. His most recent publication, Pittsburgh Remembers World War II, was published in July of 2011 by The History Press.

Ph.D.: University of Pittsburgh
M.A. University of Pittsburgh
M.L.S.: University of Pittsburgh
B.S.: Duquesne University

Courses Offered:

HIST 204: U.S. History from 1877
HIST 352: U.S. Foreign Relations since World War I
HIST 360: Constitutional History of the U.S.
HIST 388: U.S. History: 1945 to the Present
HIST 391: U.S. History: 1917 to 1945
HIST 470W/570: History of Urban America
HIST 699: Introduction to the Graduate Study of History