Professor Forrant Publishes Two Articles and Co-Edits Two Books

Professor Forrant taught in the Western Massachusetts Five Colleges Public Schools Partnership for the Teaching of American History, Summer 2005.  Topics included industrialization, immigration and social movements in the late 19th century.  The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Professor Forrant has been named co-editor of a book series titled 'Work, Health and Environment' for the Baywood Publishing Company.

With UMass Lowell professor Linda Silka, Professor Forrant is co-editor of Inside and Out: Universities and Education for Sustainable Development, to be published by Baywood Publishing in early 2006.

Two articles published in 2005:

“Greater Springfield Massachusetts Deindustrialization: Staggering Job Loss, A Shrinking Revenue Base and Grinding Decline,” New England Journal of Public Policy, forthcoming October 2005.

“Follow the Work: A Response to Peter Waterman’s ‘Labor and New Social Movements in a Globalizing World System’,” Labor History, 46 (2), 2005.