And keep in mind, her BA adviser was Sean Wilentz (who wasn't yet famous
> outside academe), so it was probably to be expected that she would write a
> thesis on New York City labor radicalism - that was Wilentz's bailiwick.
Don't students normally pick advisers whose interests reflect their own? That's how it worked for me.
> Anyone know who Marc Kagan is/was?
>
I've seen a few blogs report that he's this guy:
http://www.bxscience.edu/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=35865&type=u http://www.ratemyteachers.com/marc-kagan/1635529-t
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