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    Leslie Heaphy

    Leslie Heaphy

    History
    Associate Chair & Associate Professor
    Campus:
    Stark
    Contact Information
    Email:
    lheaphy@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-244-3304 Stark Campus
    Fax:
    330-672-2943

    Biography

    At Kent State at Stark, I teach all the history survey classes as well as courses in Asian history, 20th century US and sports history. I love all sports but especially baseball -- and I have to admit that I am really a New York Mets fan.  I also co-direct the honors program on the Stark campus.

    Expertise

    U.S. History
    Sports History

    Publications

    • Satchel Paige and Company: Essays on the Kansas City Monarchs, Their Greatest Star and the Negro Leagues, McFarland & Company (May 15, 2007)
    • Black Baseball and Chicago: Essays on the Players, Teams and Games of the Negro Leagues Most Important City, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (July 5, 2006)
    • The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960, McFarland & Company (December 11, 2002)
    • The Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball, McFarland and Company (2006)
    • Editor of journal Black Ball since 2008--semi annual national peer reviewed publication.

      Affiliations

    • Akron - Kent Consortium
    • Documents

      PDF icon Heaphy_CV.pdf
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