Fields of Interest

American West; Rural and Agricultural History; Public History.

Education

North Dakota State University, accepted to joint NDSU-UND PhD program 3 March 2003.

University of Central Oklahoma, MA in History-Museum Studies,

   with honors, 2003.

University of Texas, Austin, BS in Applied Learning and Development,

   summa cum laude, 1993.

Major Employment

Freelance:  Editor for North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies; Historian for preparation of nomination to the National Register: Probstfield Living History Farm; Historian and Editor for Kindred House, 2006.

Instructor:  North Dakota State University, Distance and Continuing Education.  Duties:  Full responsiblity for coordinating courses Childhood on the Prairie and Sustain America, 2006.

Lecturer in History:  University of North Dakota, spring 2006.  Duties:  Full teaching responsibility for U.S. History survey course.

Graduate Assistant:  North Dakota State University, fall 2005.  Duties:  Full teaching responsibility for U.S. History survey course.

Book Editor, Institute for Regional Studies: North Dakota State University, Fargo, 2004-2005.  Duties: Copyedit books; correspond and work with acquisitions editor, contract coordinator, authors, and style editor.

Managing Editor, Agricultural History:  North Dakota State University, Fargo, 2003-2004.  Duties: Receive academic submissions for journal; edit accepted articles, book reviews, and other pieces intended for publication; liaison with    publisher; maintain web site for the journal; manage office and train editorial assistant; create brochures, posters, and flyers.

Graduate/Research Assistant:  University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, August 2001-December 2002.  Duties: Organize Phi Alpha Theta/Organization of Professional Historians Regional Conference; Assistant Editor, American Review of China Studies; proofread and fact-check manuscripts  for Oklahoma Politics; assist with oversize classes and Laboratory of History Museum; assist with required research and writing undergraduate classes.

Teacher:  Grade 5, Shady Grove Elementary School, Burnet, TX, 1993-2001.  (Certificates: General grades 1-8; History grades 1-8; English as a Second Second Language grades 1-8).

Librarian:  Director, Bertram Free Library, Bertram, TX, 1983-1988.

Internships

Publication Intern:  New Rivers Press, MN, fall 2006.  Duties: Edit manuscripts, write blurbs, communicate with authors, review manuscript submissions for MVP prize.

Editorial Intern:  Chronicles of Oklahoma, Publications Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, fall 2002.  Duties: Verify citations; locate illustrative photos and maps; edit articles and book reviews; write article abstracts.

Museum Intern:  Break O’Day Farm and Augusta Metcalfe Museum, Durham, Oklahoma, summer 2002.  Duties: Initiate archival process; archive materials; teach staff to use PastPerfect; lead guest tours; develop,  publicize, and host exhibit; obtain grant money; write newspaper columns; develop web site; create walking trail.

Professional Activities

Volunteer: 

Co-coordinator Western Social Science Association Rural & Agricultural Studies Section, 2006-2007.

Preservation North Dakota, 2004-present.  Duties: Edit Prairie Churches Success Stories (forthcoming); research and compose nomination of the Ladbury Church to the National Register of Historic Places (listed on the National Register, 4 October 2004); assist with historic building preservation.

History Day, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, spring 2002; North Dakota State University, spring 2003 and spring 2004.  Duties: Judge student entries (poster, media, and dramatic performance divisions).

Social Science Fair, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, fall 2001and fall 2002.  Duties: Judge student entries.

Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, fall 2001.  Duties: Fact-check and edit encyclopedia entries for Encyclopedia of Oklahoma, a forthcoming publication of the Oklahoma Historical Society Centennial Project.

Grants:

North Dakota Council for the Humanities, Speaker’s Program sponsorship, spring 2004.

Oklahoma Arts Council (grant for museum exhibit), summer 2002.

Contract Work:

Probstfield Living History Farm, MN, fall 2006.  Duties: research and compose nomination of Probstfield Living History Farm to the National Register of Historic Places.

Kadermas-Lee-Jackson, Valley City, ND, fall 2004.  Duties: Research and compose Section 106 Review as required by State Historic Preservation Office of North Dakota.

Break O’Day Farm, Durham, Oklahoma, 2003-2004.  Duties: research and compose nomination of Break O’Day Farm to the National Register of Historic Places (listed on the National Register 16 June 2005).

Professional Organization Memberships:

Western History Association, 2001 to present.

Western Social Science Association, 2001 to present.

Oklahoma Historical Society, 2002 to present.

AASLH, 2002 to present.

Mountain-Plains Museums Association, 2002 to present.

Agricultural History Society, 2003 to present.

State Historical Society of North Dakota, 2004 to present.

Oral History Association, 2005 to present.

Public History Association, 2005 to present.

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Service Award, Phi Alpha Theta, Alpha Iota Psi Chapter, 2006.

David B. Danbom Editorial Fellowship, North Dakota State University, 2003-2004, 2004-2005.

Edward Everett Dale Award for Outstanding Graduate Student in History, University of Central Oklahoma, 2003.

Phi Alpha Theta (international history honor society), Rho Lambda Chapter, University of Central Oklahoma, 2001 to 2002  (treasurer, 2001; president, 2002); Alpha Iota Psi Chapter, North Dakota State University, (Historian and Graduate Representative, 2003-2004; Publicist, 2004 to present).  Current duties: Write and edit semester newsletter; publicize organization events; plan programs; create and maintain web site.

National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar, 2000.

Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1995.

Pi Lambda Theta (an invitational education honor society), University of Texas at Austin, 1993.

Kappa Delta Pi (education honor society), University of Texas at Austin, 1992. 

Dean’s List, University of Texas at Austin, 1992.

References

Dr. Mark Harvey

Department of History and Religion

North Dakota State University

Box 5075

Fargo, ND  58105-5075

701-231-8828

mark.harvey@ndsu.edu

(long-time Book Editor for Environmental History and chair of my PhD committee)

Dr. Kimberly Porter

Department of History

University of North Dakota

Box 8096

Grand Forks, ND  58202

701-777-3681

kimberly_porter@und.nodak.edu

(Editor for H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine [H-SHGAPE]; incoming Editor of Oral History Review; Chair of the UND Department of History)

Mary Ann Blochowiak, MA (retired)

Editor, The Chronicles of Oklahoma

Oklahoma Historical Society, Publications Division

2100 North Lincoln Boulevard

Oklahoma City, OK  73105-4997

405-522-5243

mablochowiak@ok-history.mus.ok.us

(long-time Editor, The Chronicles of Oklahoma; my internship supervisor)