Author BIO

Bruce Jenks

I’m a Bachelor of Science in US History, a library office assistant and public history writer.

My specialties in the field of history are US History, the American West, the Reconstruction Era, and Hawaiian History. My approach to research is to use a place-based lens and to investigate the intersections of class, gender, and race.

Education is one of the few things that reliably improves peoples’ lives; and the resources of education are hoarded by the rich. I encourage students to stay in school and learn how to use it for their benefit, but I also encourage those who’ve left to educate themselves outside of the academy.

As someone who dropped out of high school and went to college on and off from the ages of 25-40 while working for a living, I know education is a labor issue.