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Edward J. Balleisen

Edward J. Balleisen CV

Professor of History
History
eballeis@duke.edu
Box 90003, Durham, NC 27708-0719
216 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
CV

Recent Courses

EHD 795T: Bass Connections Education & Human Development Research Team
Fall 2023
EHD 796T: Bass Connections Education & Human Development Research Team
Spring 2024
HISTORY 301T: Applied Historical Research
Fall 2023
HISTORY 302: Applied Historical Research
Spring 2024
HISTORY 393: Research Independent Study
Fall 2024
HISTORY 394: Research Independent Study
Spring 2025
HISTORY 792: Reading Topics-Independent Study
Spring 2024
HOUSECS 59: House Course
Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2022

Teaching Activities

Over 2019-2021, I am co-leading a Bass Connections Team, American Predatory Lending and the Global Financial Crisis, with Law Professor Lee Reiners and former North Carolina Commissioner of Banks Joseph Smith.  The team has several streams -- one analyzing data from the pre-2008 North Carolina mortgage market; one conducting oral histories of figures who helped to shape North Carolina state mortgage policy; and one working through policy implications of the first two streams.