Recent American History American Indian History Historiography
Research Currently in Progress
Books: Triumph Over Termination: The Persistence of Native American Identity, 1953-1961. Journal Article: A Fateful Time, Dwight Eisenhower, Native Americans and the 1952 Presidential Election.
Published David Daly, Battle for the BIA: G.E.E. Lindquist and the Missionary Crusade Against John Collier (University of Arizona Press). Reviewed in Journal of American History, 2005. Category: Book Review
Book reviews
2004
Published Mick Gidley, edward S. Curtis and the North American Field Project Revisited (University of Nebraska Press). Reviewed in Terrae Incognitae., 2004, p. 109. Category: Book Review
Book reviews
2002
Published Paperback edition: Kenneth R. Philp, Termination Revisited: American Indians on the Trail of Selt--Determination, 1933-1953 (University of Nebraska Press, 2002), pp. 1-247. Category: Book
Book
2002
Published Ramona Skinner, Alaska Native Policy In The Twentieth Century (review scheduled to appear in Alaska History, fall 2002). Category: Book Review
Book reviews
1999
Published Kenneth R. Philp, Termination Revisited: American Indians on the Trail to Self-Determination, 1933-1953, (University of Nebraska Press: 1999) pp. 1-247. Recognized in 2003 by the American Library Association (Choice) as an Outstanding Academic book. Category: Book
Book
Presentations and Projects
Rebuilding Indian Communities in the 1960s
October 16, 2005, Chair of Ession, Western History Association
Protecting Sovereignty and Preserving Roots: A Reconsideration of the Termination Era
October 19, 2002, Chair of Session, Western History Association
"Indians and the Government"
American Indian leaders: Red Power and Tribal Politics, University of Kansas, September 15, 2000, Commentator on Panel
"Indian Self-Determination and American Indian Policy Since 1960
October 1999, Western History Associatio, Portland, Oregon, Commentator on Panel
"Southeastern Indians and Federal Termination Policy"
Southern Historical Association, Norfolk, Virginia, November 9-12, 1988, Commentator on session
"Impact of Indian History on the teaching of United States History"
Invited participant for the Newberry Library Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, September 24-26, 1986
"Dillon S. Myer and the Advent of Termination, 1950-1953"
Invited to deliver Keynote address, Indian Rights Section, American Association of Law Schools Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986
"Introducing Indian History into the Public School Curriculum"
Symposium on Southwestern Indian Literature in Context, April 1985, Arlington, Texas
"Stride Toward Freedom: The Federal Relocation of Indians to Cities, 1952-1960"
Lake Mohonk Conference on Federal Indian Policy, Sponsored by the State University of New York, Reform and The American Indians, Lake Mohonk, New York, 1983
"John Collier and the Indian New Deal"
Organizationof American Historian Convention, commentator for the session, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1983
"Terminatiion: A Legacy of the Indian New Deal"
Western History Association, San Antonio, Texas, 1981
"the Federal Indian Policy of Termination: A Reassessment"
Western Writers Conference, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 1980
"Indians in Oklahoma: Sources for Research"
Participant and co-sponsor of the 1979 Symposium, Fort Worth Federal Records Center
"John Collier and the New Deal"
Organization of American Historians Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 1973
"John Collier and the American Indian"
Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1971
Appointments
Duration
Rank
Department / School
College / Office
University / Company
1980-current
Professor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1973-1980
Associate Professor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1968-1972
Assistant Professor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1965-1968
Graduate Teaching Assistant
History Department
Michigan State University
Synergistic Activities
Administrative Service
1987-1999 Chair, Department of History, The University of Texas at Arlington Major Initiatives as Chair: 1989 $200,000 Rudolph Hermanns Endowment for Walter Prescott Webb Lecture Series 1992 Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography 1994 $600,000 from Sid Richardson Foundation for Endowed Chair, Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography 1999 Ph.D. program in Transatlantic History
Consultant and Professional Service
1983 Served as a consultant for the Institute of the American West, Conference on Indian Self-Rule: Fifty Years Under the Indian Reorganization Act. 1976-1999 Appointed a member of the Region 7 National Archives Advisory Council. This Council consisted of representatives served by the Archives Branches of the Federal Archives and Records Centers in Kansas City, Denver, and Fort Worth. 1976-1999 I have referred journal articles for publication in the Western Historical Quarterly, Oregon Historical Society, Pacific Historical Review, and the American Indian Quarterly, and the American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 1976-1999 I have reviewed book-length manuscripts to determine whether they should be published by the University of Nebraska Press, University of Oklahoma Press, D.C. Heath Company, and the University of New Mexico Press 1983-84 Editor of the conference proceedings (145 hours of transcribed tapes) on Indian Self-Rule for the Institute of the American West 1976-78i Editor of the Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures 1974-78 Assistant Editor of the Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures
University Service
History Department: Endowed Chair Search Committee, 2005-2006 Curriculum Committee, 2001-2005 Chair, Education and Excet Committee, 1999-2001 Education Committee, 1999-2000 Unit Effectiveness Committee, 1999-2006 Transatlantic Self-Study Committee, 2001 Chairman, Departmental Self-Study Committee, 1984 Executive Committee, 1983-1986 Long Range Planning Committee, 1982-86 (Chairman 1983-1986, Coordinator of Undergraduate Curriculum) Graduate Studies Committee, 1973-2006 Assistant Chairman, 1975-1981 Library, Curriculum (Chairman 1980-85), Scheduling, Hiring, and Organized Research Committee, 1968-1985 Webb Lecture Committee, 1973-1982 History Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1969-1970, (Chairman 1972-1973), 1975-1977, 1980-1981, 1982-1984, 1985-1987, 2003-2004 Program Review Committee, 2001-2003 Faculty Research Enhancement and Nomination Committee (Chair), 2002-2003 Post-Tenure Review Committee 2004 Departmental Chair Review Committee 2004
College of Liberal Arts: Chairs Council 1987-1999 Member of the College Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1985-1987 Member of the Liberal Arts and Science Council 1984-1985 Member of the Search Committee for the Chairman of the History Department, 1981-1982 Liberal Arts Equity Committee, 1976-1977 Liberal Arts Organized Research Committee, 1977-1978 Member of the Search Committee for the Dean of Liberal Arts, 1975 Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee, 1973-1976, 1981-1984, Chairman, 1973-1975) Member of the Undergraduate Assembly 1986-1989 (Core Curriculum Committee) Humanities Ph.D. Graduate Studies Committee, 1980-1983 Rules and Election Committee, 1978-1979
University Committees
Association of Academic Chairs, 1991-1999 Chair, Search Committee for Chair, Department of Political Science, 1996 Chair, Search Committee for Chair, Department of Communication, 1995 Distinguished Service Awards Committee, 1995 President's Staff Meeting Chair Representative, 1993-1994 Association of Academic Department Chairs Representative to President's Council, 1993-1995 University Summer School Committee, 1994-1995 Administrative Council, 1989-1999 University Long Range Planning Committee, 1989-1991 Member of the Graduate Assembly, 1982-1989 (Chair, Membership Committee) Teaching Education Council and Advisory Council on Professional Education,1976-1978 Standard 3-A Self Study Committee,1974. Chairman Departmental Self-Study, 1984-1985 Undergraduate Assembly, 1974, 1987-1989 Scholastic Standards Committee, 1973-1975 Hearing Panel, 1973-74, 1978-1983 Committee on the Core Curriculum, 1987-1992
Organization of American Historians American Historical Association Western History Association Phi Alpha Theta Who's Who in The South and Southwest Honarary Member, Golden Key National Honorary Society (invited by students)
Teaching/Service/Research Recognition
2003 Termination Revisited recognized in 2003 by the American Library Association (Choice) as an Outstanding Academic book. 2001 Friends of the Library Faculty Award-In Recognition of Use of Library Resources and Services to Enhance Teaching 1989 Oscar Winther Award for the best journal article in the Western Historical Quarterly Nominated by the Dean of Liberal Arts (1976) and the Department of History in 1981, and 1983, and 1984 for the AMOCO Teaching Award
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