Joellen Vinyard

JoEllen Vinyard obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and is a professor of history at Eastern Michigan University. She has served on the editorial boards of the Wayne State University Press' Great Lakes Series and the Michigan Historical Review. Included among her extensive writings are The Irish on the Urban Frontier: Nineteenth Century Detroit; For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants; and Michigan, the World Around Us, a widely used fourth grade history text....See more

JoEllen Vinyard obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and is a professor of history at Eastern Michigan University. She has served on the editorial boards of the Wayne State University Press' Great Lakes Series and the Michigan Historical Review. Included among her extensive writings are The Irish on the Urban Frontier: Nineteenth Century Detroit; For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants; and Michigan, the World Around Us, a widely used fourth grade history text. She is currently completing work on Behind Democracy, a study of twentieth century grassroots movements in Michigan. See less