Joan Rezner Gundersen

Background

Gundersen, Joan Rezner was born on November 9, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Charles Louis and Lois Gladys (Baskin) Rezner.

Education

Bachelor, Monmouth College, 1968; Master of Arts, College William and Mary, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Notre Dame, 1972.

Career

Adjunct faculty, Indiana U., South Bend, 1971-1974; visiting assistant professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1974-1975; assistant to full professor, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1975-1990; founding professor, California State University, San Marcos, since 1989.

Achievements

• Joan Rezner Gundersen has been listed as a noteworthy Historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • American History at a Glance: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present

Membership

Board of directors, president Northfield History Society, 1980-1989. Member Executive Board Episcopal Women's History Project, 1988-1996. Board directors San Marcos Boys and Girls Club, since 1991.

Member American Association of University Women, American History Association (Pacific Coast branch county member), Southern History Association (membership committee 1986, 88, 89, 93, 98), Women Historians of theMidwest (president 1988-1990), Alpha Xi Delta (chapter treasurer 1966-1968, Chapter.advisor 1996-1997, regional academic achievement advisor 1998).

Interests

• Avocations: church choir, lay leader, bike touring, swimming.

Connections

Married Robert Peter Gundersen, September 13, 1969. 1 child, Kristina.

Father:

Charles Louis Rezner

Mother:

Lois Gladys (Baskin) Rezner

Spouse:

Robert Peter Gundersen

child:

Kristina Gundersen