EDUCATION:

Ph.D.    University of California at Berkeley, African American Studies, May 2001.
Dissertation: Black Citizen Soldiers, UMI Publications. 420-page oral history and archival data dissertation directed by Professors Charles Henry, Ronald Takaki, and Waldo Martin.

            Specializations: African Diaspora History, Theory, Literature—Afro American, Afro Caribbean

M.A.     University of California at Berkeley, African Diaspora Studies, Spring 1999.

            San Francisco State University, M.A., History, Spring 1997.

            Specializations: Modern US History, African American History, Middle East History

B.A.      San Francisco State University, magna cum laude, Political Science, Spring 1994.

PUBLICATIONS:  

Peer-reviewed article: “The African Diaspora: using the multivalent theory to understand slave autobiographies.” Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: An International Journal (DIME), Taylor & Francis publishers, July 2007, volume 3, pp. 199-216.

Peer-reviewed chapter: “Army Desegregation and Military Leadership,” commissioned for the volume The Long Civil Rights Movement 1945-1973 for the Conflicts in American History series, editor Zoe Trodd, Bruccoli Clark Layman/Manly, publisher, forthcoming. Chapter includes contextual background essay, and ten primary sources including original oral histories.

Peer-reviewed entries: “World War II”, “Military, Racism in”, and “Juneteenth” expertise commissioned for the Encyclopedia of African American History 1896-Present, Oxford University Press, Paul Finkleman and Cary D. Wintz, editors, forthcoming. 1500-3000 word historiographical essays with bibliography.

Associate Editor: War, Freedom, and Patriotism: An Anthology of African American Narratives, Poetry, History and Essays, Rutgers University Press, forthcoming. Historical essays and selection of literary references for World Wars I & II.

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings: “Juneteenth: A Festival of Freedom.” America Celebrates, forthcoming, ed. Pierre Lagayette, PUPS: La Sorbonne, editeur-imprimeur depuis 1470.

Peer-reviewed commissioned Book Review: Roger W. Lotchin’s The Bad City in the Good War: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Diego, published by H-USA for H-NET Reviews, Fall 2006.

Commissioned Book Review: Beyond Bondage: Free Women of Color in the Americas, eds. David Barry Gaspar and Darlene Clark Hine, July 2005, North Carolina Historical Review. 

Commissioned Book Review: The South Carolina Encyclopedia, Walter Edgar, editor, April 2008, North Carolina Historical Review. 

Monograph: Fighting in the Jim Crow Army: Black Men and Women Remember World War II, December 2000, paperback release January 2007, Rowman & Littlefield, Voices & Visions series ed. Robert Allen, oral history and archival research, 249 pgs with photos, illustrations, bibliographic references and index.

Newsletter feature: “War Stories,” From the Archives, African American Museum in Oakland, 1995..

Peer reviewer: University Press of America, 2000.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

University of South Carolina-Aiken, Assistant Professor of History, Fall 2003 to present:

            Research Methods, qualitative research methods for historical analysis, each Spring.

            US History 1865 to present, thematic approach, each semester.

            African American History, survey of the African diaspora in the US, rotating terms.

            Issues in African American History, upper-division intense study of topics. rotating terms

            Recent American History, 1940 forward, political and social history, rotating terms.

            American History Hollywood Style, critical analysis of history-themed films, Maymester.

            US Women’s History, political and social history, rotating terms.

            Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Honors Program core course, each Fall.

            Globalization: Issues and Debates, Honors Colloquium, Spring 2006.

            Graveyard Data: Honors, social and health histories of local communities, Fall 2007. 

Hamilton College, History Department, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2002-2003:

            The Social History of World War II, Fall 2002.

            Recent American History: 1941 to the present, Spring 2003.

            Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration, Spring 2003.

            African American History to 1865, Fall 2002; from 1865 to present, Spring 2003.

UC Berkeley, African American Studies, Lecturer, 1998 – 2002:

            Graduate Seminar on Research Methods, Spring 2002.

            Introduction to African American Studies, Spring 2002.

            Qualitative Research Methods (for undergraduates), Spring 2001. 

            African American History 1865 to present, Spring 1998.

UC Berkeley, African American Studies, Teaching Assistant, 1998 – 2000:           

            Globalization and Minority Communities: American Cultures course, Fall 2000.

            Modern African History, Spring 1999.

            Minorities in a Majority Culture: American Cultures course, Fall 1998.

City College of San Francisco, Lecturer, 1997:

            U.S. History 1865 to present, survey course at downtown campus, Fall 1997.

San Francisco State University, Teaching Assistant, 1992 – 1997:           

            U.S. History 1865 to present, survey course, Fall 1996, Spring 1997.

            International Relations: Middle East politics, 1993, 1993-1994, 1995.

            Introduction to American Government, Fall 1992, Spring 1993. 

The Training Wheel, 1980 – 1990, senior partner in corporate computer training firm:

            Designed customized computer education courses and delivered national training for Genentech, Levi-Strauss, Willamette Industries, Spectra Physics, WA State educators, etc.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

USC Aiken Community Service Award, 2007-2008. 

USC Aiken Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, Digital Documentary, 2008-09..

USC Aiken Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, Oral History Collecting, Summer 2007.

USC Aiken Course Development Grant, Interdisciplinary Honors Course Development, Summer 2005.

USC Aiken Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, Migration Literature Study, Summer 2004.

Ford Foundation Research and Professional Development grant, Fall 2000 and Spring 2001.

Fulbright Research Scholar Award, Trinidad and Tobago, conducted oral histories and archival research about World War II in the Caribbean, 1999-2000.

UC Berkeley Graduate Study Block Grants, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 2000-2001.

NMERTA Fellow: Near & Middle East Research & Training Act, congressionally funded travel and research award to study democracy in the Middle East, summer 1995.

Elected as the top undergraduate honor student to represent the Political Science department, 1994.

Political Science Department Scholarship for study in Washington, D.C., 1993.

World Affairs Council (Northern CA chapter) Scholarship for Annual Conference at Asilomar: Condoleeza Rice keynote speaker, 1992.

CONFERENCE PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND RESEARCH PROJECTS:

 “African Americans in Motion: Current Trends and Migration Patterns,” paper accepted for the annual conference of The Historical Society, Johns Hopkins University, 2008. Conference theme: Migration, Diaspora, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in History, Dr. Franklin W. Knight, chair.

“Free to Move: Contemporary African Diaspora Migrations,” panel organizer for the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora,” annual conference, Barbados, 2007. Paper: “Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places: African Diaspora Return Migration to the New South,” includes oral histories in written and video documentary forms.

Oral history collecting and video documentary production, summer 2007: collected stories of local African American life—“Relocating to the South” and “Life in a Segregated Community.” Data available at the Center for African American History, Art, and Culture (CAAHAC), Aiken, SC.

“Eleanor Roosevelt,” featured speaker and discussant leader for the SC Humanities Council sponsored educational series “First Ladies” at the Kershaw County Library, March 1, 2007. 

Expert testimony and background information on a news story on declining black enlistment in the military, ABC World News Tonight, Felicia Biberica, producer, December 2006. 

“Juneteenth: A Festival of Freedom,” invited expert at the America Celebrates conference hosted by the American Studies Department, Sorbonne Paris IV, October 2006. Presented a scholarly paper accompanied by a photo slide show of this African American freedom celebration.

“Teaching the African American Military Experience,” South Carolina Statewide Conference on African American Studies Across the Curriculum, Charleston, SC, October 2007. Presentation and discussion leader with the Congressional Black Caucus Black Veterans Braintrust president.

“Segregated School Experiences of African American Women in South Carolina,” panel moderator and commentator for the fourth Symposium on Southern Women, USCA, March 2006.

“What You Can Do to Improve Your Community,” keynote speaker for the annual gathering of social workers in the CSRA Equal Opportunity Association, Fort Gordon, Georgia, May 2005.

“Black and Latino Attitudes in South Carolina,” a team research paper with Dr. Elaine Lacy, director of the Latino Immigration Project at USC, presented at the annual Social Science History Association in Portland, Oregon, in November 2005.

“Rosie the Riveter: Women’s Work in World War II,” multimedia presentation about the realities of women’s lives during the war years, USCA Women’s History Month Multicultural Roundtable, and American Association of University Women (Aiken chapter), keynote address, 2005.

“African American Migration Stories: Using Oral History to Understand Southern Return Migration,” paper presented at the Oral History Association meeting in Portland, Oregon, 2004.

“Understanding Segregated Life in Our Community,” presentation to the general public at a gathering that included presentations by Mayor Fred Cavanaugh of Aiken, City Councilwoman Lessie Price, and Aiken Standard publisher Scott Hunter. 

“Life in a Black Officer’s Club during WWII: Fort Huachuca’s Mountainside Club,” keynote speaker at the re-opening celebration for the only officer’s club built specifically to entertain African American officers during World War II at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 2004.

“True Stories from the Field: Objectivity/Subjectivity and the Researcher,” conference paper delivered at the Schomburg Center’s “State of Black Studies” conference, 2003.

“Black WWII Soldiers and the Civil Rights Movement,” keynote speaker at the 92^nd Buffalo Soldier Society 2004, and also keynote speaker for the Huachucan Veterans Association, 2003.

“The Challenge of Fieldwork: Non-exploitative Theories and Methods,” conference paper at the annual Caribbean Studies Association meeting in the Bahamas, 2002.

“Integration before Brown v. Board: A Look at the Military Model,” presentation for Black History Month 2002, Defense Information School, Fort Meade, MD.

“Black Citizen Soldiers,” solicited historiographical paper for the proceedings of the February 2001 Double Victory conference hosted by the University of New Orleans and the D-Day Museum.

“War Stories: the Greatest (Black) Generation,” conference paper at the annual American Historical Association meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, 2001.

“War Stories: Personal Battles of Black Soldiers in World War II,” presentation at the Berkeley Diaspora Colloquium, 1999.  

“A Theory of Racialized Governmentality in WWII Military Policies,” conference paper comparing British and US racial policies, presented at the Caribbean Studies Association, Panama 1999.

"Democracy in the Middle East," University of Chicago History and Theory Conference, 1996; and also previewed material for a special audience at the American Embassy, Amman, Jordan, 1995.

"Do You Have to Be From Mars to Teach Astronomy," Harold Cruse Conference at the University of Michigan; and also presented at the St. Clair Drake Forum at UC Berkeley, 1997.

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY

Faculty Advisor, History Intellectuals’ Club (HICs), a newly reconstituted organization of students at USCA interested in pursuing study and activities in the field of history.

Director, Honors Program 2005-2007, first director of a newly instituted rigorous program intended to challenge outstanding students; chair, Honors Faculty Steering Committee; designed and implemented faculty workshops for teaching honors curriculum.   

Steering Committee, Center for African American History, Art and Culture. Board consists of members in the community interested in preserving a Reconstruction-era school for ex-slaves.

Executive Board Historic Aiken Foundation, elected by board members. This preservation board works with city organizations to maintain the historic integrity of the small town of Aiken, SC. 

Executive Board Pine Lawn Cemetery, elected by board members. This National Historic Register site of the original “Colored Cemetery of Aiken” works on behalf of the city and county council to preserve and restore this important site of local African American history.  

Honors Faculty Steering Committee, USCA 2007 to present, appointed by Executive Vice Chancellor.

Academic Services Committee, USCA 2004-2007, elected faculty representative for university wide standing committee.

Faculty search committee chair, USCA 2007-08. Replacement tenure-track positions.

Co-organizer of “Juneteenth” celebration in Aiken, keynote speaker about history of the freedom festival.

Advisor, Black Officers Club Restoration project, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 2003-to present. This project blends scholars, veterans, and activists interested in preserving the building established during WWII for black officers at the base.

McNair Scholars Program at UC Berkeley: Selection Committee, 2002-03. Assisted the program in selecting the cohort of scholars. Faculty Advisor, 2000-01, assisted students in designing and conducting original research. Graduate Mentor, 1998- 99, directed undergraduate researchers.

Event Coordinator for Berkeley Diaspora Colloquium, 2001-2002, coordinated gathering of scholars working on issues of race, ethnicity, and multiculturalism. Scheduled speakers and events.

Provided research and curatorial assistance for the African American Museum and Library at Oakland for an exhibit chronicling the black experience in World War II.

Intern at Senator Barbara Boxer’s SF office, researched and drafted constituent correspondence and interacted with federal agencies.

Wrote and edited several feature articles for Give and Take the SF Food Bank newsletter.

Designed and implemented specialized computer training courses for K-12 teachers in Educational Service District 112 in the state of Washington.

Designed and taught C.M.E.-accredited classes for physicians of the Portland Medical Society.

Regular volunteer in the Toastmasters Speech program at the Oregon State Penitentiary.