Professor of History
Office Location: Dunham Hall, Room 217
Telephone: 630-844-5615
Fax: 630-844-7820
Email Address: gbutters@aurora.edu
Aurora
University is all about the connections between faculty members and
students. As a first generation college student, I was not aware of the
opportunities and challenges that a university education would present. I
attempt to get to know each of my students personally and I frequently ask them
what their career plans are, so that I can hopefully assist them in achieving
their goals.
Education
Ph.D. (History) - University of Kansas
M.A. (History) - University of Missouri-Kansas City
B.A. (History and Political Science) - Washburn University
Areas of Specialization
Film History
U.S. Social and Cultural History
Gender and Race
Courses Taught
The African American Experience
U.S. History I and II
American Urban History
Highlights of Publications, Honors and Professional Contributions
Freeman Institute Fellowship, Tokai
University, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2012
Fulbright Award, Romania, Spring 2011
Co-Chair, African/African American Caucus - Society for Cinema and Media
Studies, 2009-2011
Timuel D. Black Fellowship, Carter G. Woodson Library, 2010
Book - "Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966,"
(Columbia: University Press of Missouri, 2007).
Book - "Black Manhood on the Silent Screen," (Lawrence: University
Press of Kansas, 2002)
Editor - "Screening Noir: Blaxploitation Revisited," vol. 1, no. 1
(Fall/Winter 2005) Center for Black Studies, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Highlights of Campus Involvement
Meritorious Faculty Award, 2012
Advisor, Alpha Phi Alpha (2006-)
Student Advocate of the Year Award, 2005
Outstanding Supporter Award, Black Student Association
Other Interests
Running
with my colleagues at AU.
Movies
Travel
