Wichita State Emeritus Professor Melvin Kahn had an unconventional style of teaching political science; he would dress up as the historical figures he was lecturing about. The former professor, who had taught at WSU for over five decades, died of natural causes at the age of 92 on Sept. 13. He was described by colleagues.
The year is 1968, and you’re a female student at SIU. You must attempt to wrestle success and financial independence from a male-dominated academic environment only just beginning to give women and people of color the first inches of equal ground. You are also treated differently in school policy itself, which condescends to tell female.