Positions Since Ph.D.
Publications
Book
Warriors into Workers: The
Civil War and the Formation of Urban-Industrial Society
in a Northern City
(New York: Fordham University Press, 2003). Purchase: Amazon.com
Powells.com
Awarded
the Benjamin F. Shambaugh Prize from the State Historical Society of
Iowa for the most significant book on Iowa history published during
2003. Click here for press release.
Reviewed in:
Civil War Book Review, n.d. URL:
http://www.cwbr.com/index.php?q=1889&field=ID&browse=yes
&record=full&searching=yes&Submit=Search
H-CivWar, H-Net Reviews, Sept. 2006. URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=294881178649189
Civil War History, Vol. 51 (Dec. 2005): 438-9
Journal of American History, Vol. 91, Issue 4 (March 2005): 1470
Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 35, No. 4 (2005): 661-662
Annals of Iowa, Vol. 63 (Fall 2004): 430-433
Journal of Economic History, Vol. 64, No. 4 (2004): 1142-1144
EH-Net, Economic History Services Network, Feb. 2004
Journal Articles/Book Chapters/Enyclopedia Entries
“Clara Bow in Free to Love (1925): Feature Films and Eugenics in the 1920s.” Australasian Journal of American Studies 27 (July 2008): 1-15.
Encyclopedia of American History, vol. IV: Expansion and Reform (1813-1855), ed. Malcolm J. Rohrbough. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2003.
Entries: Adams-Onis Treaty, Clayton-Bulwer Treaty,
Treaty of Ghent, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Oregon Treaty,
and Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
“Stranger in a Not-So
Strange Land: Teaching and Living the Gilded Age and
Progressive Era in Turkey.” Journal
of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 1 (Oct. 2002): 330-346.
“‘Volunteer While You
May’: Manpower Mobilization in Dubuque, Iowa.”
In Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front: Wartime
Experiences, Postwar Adjustments, ed. Paul A. Cimbala and Randall M. Miller. New York: Fordham University Press, 2002. pp. 30-68
“‘Dancing
Mothers’: The Chautauqua Movement in
Twentieth-Century American Popular Culture.” American
Studies International 39 (June 2001): 53-70.
“The Civil War Generation:
Military Service and Mobility in Dubuque, Iowa,
1860-1870.” Journal of Social History 32
(Summer 1999): 791-820.
“‘A Debt Justly
Due’: The Relief of Civil War Soldiers and Their
Families in Dubuque.” The Annals of Iowa 55
(Summer 1996): 207-238.
Teaching Experience [click here for all courses taught, or pick university below; some syllabi are available via these links.]
University of Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand. Department of History. July 2002-present.
Bilkent University. Ankara, Turkey. Department of History. Aug. 1997-June 2002.
The University of Iowa. Iowa City, IA.
History Department, Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring 1997;
Division of Continuing Education, Adjunct Instructor, 1988-1996;
History Dept., Graduate Instructor, 1986-1989, 1991;
History Dept., Teaching Assistant, 1985-1986, 1995.
Grants and Fellowships
New York State Archives Partnership Trust and the New York State Archives. Larry J. Hackman Research Residency. 2005-2006.
University of Otago. Humanities Research Grant. Awarded in 2004 for 2005-2006.
National Endowment for the
Humanities. Summer Stipend. 1999.
University of Iowa. Student Research
Grant. 1992.
State Historical Society of Iowa,
Inc. Dissertation Fellowship. 1990-1991; 1991-1992.
University of Iowa. Louis A. Pelzer
Dissertation Fellowship. 1989-1990.
Professional Service
Vice President for New Zealand. Australia and New Zealand American Studies Association. July 2008-present.
Editorial Board. Scientific Journal of the International Black Sea University. Sept. 2008-present.
Editorial Board. H-SHGAPE. Sept. 2004-present.
Executive Committee Member. Australia and New Zealand American Studies Association. July 2004-present.
University Service. University of Otago:
Digital Research Repository Advisory Group, May 2008-present; Advisory
Group for Film and Media Studies, Feb. 2005-present; Ad hoc Committee:
Supporting Successful Research Staff, June-Dec. 2004.
Departmental Service. Department of History. University of Otago:
Chair,
Curriculum Committee, Jan. 2007-present; Research Committee, July
2004-present; Supervisor of Tutors, Jan. 2008-June 2009; 300-Level
Course Coordinator,
Jan. 2008-June 2009; European History (fixed-term) Appointment
Committee, 2008; East
Asian History Search Committee, 2006-2007; African History Search
Committee, 2005; 200-Level
Course Coordinator, Jan. 2004-Dec. 2006; Curriculum Committee, July
2002-Feb. 2006; Students with Disabilities Officer, Jan. 2004-Jan.
2005; Research Seminar Coordinator, July-Dec. 2003; Assessment
Committee, Jan.-Dec. 2003.
Departmental Service. Department of History. Bilkent University:
Curriculum Committee, Jan. 2000-June 2002; U.S. History Search
Committees, 1997-2002 (annual searches); Dept. Webmaster, Feb.
1999-June 2002.
Conference Papers
“Reading Disability in Clara Bow Films: My Lady of Whims
(1926).” 14th Biennial Conference of the Film and History Association
of Australia and New Zealand. Dunedin, New Zealand. Nov. 2008. [abstract (.pdf file)]
“‘The Jazz-Mad
Flapper of Cinemaland’ and the Language of Disability in the 1920s.”
Australia and New Zealand American Studies Association Biennial
Conference. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. July 2008. [abstract (.pdf file)]
“‘We Are Only After
What My Father Intended Us to Have’: Civil War Pensions and Family
Life.” 101st Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians.
New York, New York. March 2008.
“The Flapper and the
Cripple: Clara Bow Films and Disability [Eugenics] in the 1920s.”
Australia and New Zealand American Studies Association Biennial
Conference. Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. July 2006.
“Bow, Boop, and Bestiality: The Limits of the 1920s Sexual Revolution.”
97th Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians. Boston,
Massachusetts. March 2004.
“‘Pre-Conditioning’ for Industry: Civil War Military Service and the
Making of an American Working Class.” 25th North American Labor History
Conference. Detroit, Michigan. Oct. 2003.
“Military Rank, Social Class,
and the Distribution of Pensions after the American Civil
War.” 4th European Social Science History Conference. The Hague, the Netherlands. Feb.-March 2002. [abstract]
“Virgin Nymphomaniacs: Identity
Crisis in Modern America as Seen in Hal Hartley's Amateur.”
26th American Studies in Turkey Seminar. Antalya,
Turkey. Nov. 2001. [abstract]
“‘This Republic Is Not
Ungrateful to Her Heroes’: Divided Views of Pensions
after the American Civil War.” 9th
North American Studies Conference.
Tampere, Finland. May 2001. [abstract]
“‘Dancing Mothers’: Competition and the Decline of Chautauqua in the
Late-1920s.” 30th Popular Culture Association Annual Conference.
New Orleans, Louisiana. April 2000. [abstract]
“‘A Large Fine Looking and Brave Man’: Personal Characteristics, Rank, and Mobility
in the American Civil War.” 3rd European Social
Science History Conference. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. April
2000. [abstract]
“The Excitable Boy in
Margaritaville: Fin de Millennium America as Seen
Through the Songs of Warren Zevon and Jimmy Buffett.”
23rd American Studies in Turkey Seminar. Mersin,
Turkey. Nov. 1998.
“‘Putting on Metropolitan
Airs’: Class, Politics, and the Social Order in 1850s
Dubuque, Iowa.” 19th Mid-America Conference on History.
Stillwater, Oklahoma. Sept. 1997.
“‘This Ought Ye to Do, But
Not to Leave the Other Undone’: The Debate over Aid to
Soldiers and Their Families in Civil War Dubuque.” Iowa
Heritage Expo. Des Moines, Iowa. June 1995.
“‘You Came to be
Killed’: The Army as an Industrial Workplace.”
Midwest Labor History Colloquium. Champaign, Illinois.
Oct. 1993.
“Civil War Soldiers from Des
Moines: A Study of Class and Nativity in Military
Service.” 27th Missouri Valley History Conference. Omaha,
Nebraska. April 1985.
Other Publications and Presentations
“‘Freaks’ and
‘Normals’: Historicizing Disability.” Public lecture for Celebrate
Diversity Week. Dunedin, New Zealand. Sept. 2009 [upcoming].
“Disability is
Everywhere; It’s in Everybody: Disability Studies in the Humanities.”
Public lecture for Disability Awareness Week. University of Otago.
Dunedin, New Zealand. May 2009.
“A Visit to Clara Bow’s America.” Department of History Research
Seminar. University of Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand. March 2008.
“The Flapper and the
Cripple: Disability in Clara Bow’s America, 1919-1933.” Department of
History Seminar. University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa. Nov. 2007.
“More Than a ‘Sex Kitten’: Reimagining the Jazz Age Through the Films
of Clara Bow.” Public Lecture. Western Illinois University. Macomb,
Illinois. Oct. 2007.
“Monsters or Men? A Disability History Primer--with Examples.”
Department of History Research Seminar. University of Otago. March 2006.
“Anniversaries of American Independence: Centennial, Bicentennial ...
Tricentennial?” Public Address. Rotary Club of Dunedin North. Dunedin,
New Zealand. July 2005.
“Making Better Whoopee: From Clara Bow to Betty Boop at the Movies.”
Department of History Research Seminar. University of Otago. March 2004.
“The American Civil War from the Bottom Up: Military Records and Their
Uses for Social History.” Public Lecture. University of Canterbury.
Christchurch, New Zealand. July 2003.
“The Days After: Thinking about September 11 a Year Later.” Public
Lecture. Bayfield High School. Dunedin, New Zealand. Aug. 2002.
“Winning By Losing: A Historical
Perspective on the 2000 Presidential Election.” Public Lecture.
American Studies Association of Turkey. Ankara, Turkey. February 2001;
also delivered to Ankara Toastmasters, May 2001.
“‘The Most American Thing’: The Chautauqua Movement in Twentieth-Century
American Cultural History.” Symposium--The American
Century: U.S. History from the Twentieth Century to the Third
Millennium. Ankara, Turkey. Dec. 1999.
Unpublished essay on the job market for historians c.1998-99
“Civil War Vets Formed Dubuque’s Working Class.” Julien’s Journal [local history magazine, Dubuque, Iowa] (May 1997): 73-74.
Book Reviews:
Cold War Orientalism: Asia in the Middlebrow Imagination, 1945-1961, by Christina Klein. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 7 (Dec. 2005): 226-229.
Campfires of Freedom: The Camp Life of Black Soldiers during the Civil War, by Keith P. Wilson. History Now [Christchurch, New Zealand] 10 (Winter 2004): 24-25.
The Romance of Small Town Chautauquas, by James R. Schultz. The Journal of American History 90 (Dec. 2003): 1054-1055.
Discovering America As It Is, by Valdas Anelauskas. JAST: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 15 (Spring 2002): 93-95.
The Union Soldier in Battle: Enduring the Ordeal of Combat, by Earl J. Hess. The Annals of Iowa 56 (1997): 385-386.
We Need Men: The Union Draft in the Civil War, by James W. Geary. The Annals of Iowa 53 (1994): 165-167.
Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West, by William L. Shea and Earl J. Hess. The Annals of Iowa 52 (1993): 468-470.
Other Conference Participation
Session Chair: “American Cinema: Style and Culture.” 14th Biennial
Conference of the Film and History Association of Australia and New
Zealand. Dunedin, New Zealand. Nov. 2008.
Session Chair: “Representing American Culture.” Australia and New
Zealand American Studies Association Biennial Conference. Sydney,
Australia. July 2008.
Volunteer C.V. “Doctor.” Session: “How Can I Improve My C.V. for the
Job Market? An Interactive Workshop.” 120th Annual Meeting of the
American Historical Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jan.
2006.
Roundtable Discussion. “Conversations Across the Pacific: Studying the
Americas in New Zealand.” New Zealand Historical Association Biennial
Conference. Auckland, New Zealand. Nov. 2005.
Session Commentator: “Warwork: Soldiering, Labor, and the
Anglo-American Transition to Capitalism, 1759-1945.” 119th Annual
Meeting of the American Historical Association. Seattle, Washington.
Jan. 2005.
Session Chair/Commentator: “Social Practices, Cultural Memory, and the
American Civil War.” Australia and New Zealand Studies Association
Biennial Conference. Auckland, New Zealand. July 2004.
Session Chair: “American Social History in the New Era.” 30th Popular
Culture Association Annual Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. April
2000.
Work in Progress
Article/essay: “‘Great Injustice’: Social Class and the Distribution of Pensions after the Civil War.” [undergoing final revisions based on readers’ reports for an academic journal]
Article/essay: “Clara Bow in My Lady of Whims (1926): Normalcy and Disability in the Jazz Age.” [almost ready for submission to an academic journal]
Current Research
The Flapper and the Cripple: Disability in Clara Bow’s America. [currently most active; click here for brief abstract]
Honestly Poor: The
Civil War Pension System and the Culture of Free Labor. [will come after previous; click here for brief abstract]
