TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2001-Present

Associate Professor of History, Central Virginia Community College.  Teach U.S. History and Western Civilization Surveys, Civil War and Reconstruction, and study abroad courses.

2000-2001

Instructor of History and Political Science, Lenoir Community College, Kinston, N.C. - Teach both halves of the U.S. History and the Western Civilization surveys, American National Government, and State and Local Government.

1994-2000

Adjunct Instructor, University of Georgia - Taught both halves of U.S. Survey, part one of World Civilization, and a variety of upper-level courses in American history.

1992-1997

Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia - Responsible for grading student papers and leading weekly discussion sections--in Early Modern Europe and Multicultural United States history courses.  Served as graduate assistant to the Georgia Historical Quarterly for two quarters and to the secretary-treasurer of the Southern Historical Association for one quarter.  Also served one year as departmental advisor for undergraduate majors in history.

1991-1992

Teaching Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Responsible for grading student papers in U.S. Urban History course and assisting professor in research

1982-1991

Instructor and Coordinator of Paralegal Technology Program, Western Piedmont Community College, Morganton, North Carolina -Taught courses in law, political science, and computer programming.  Also responsible for advising students and student organizations, hiring and evaluating part-time instructors.  Served on North Carolina Department of Community Colleges committee for developing model paralegal curriculum.  Served one year as chair and two years as vice-chair of faculty senate.

EDUCATION

1992-2000

University of Georgia, Athens.  Ph.D. in History.  Major field: Civil War and Reconstruction. Dissertation entitled "'On the Edge of the Crater':  The Transformation of Raleigh, North Carolina During the Civil War Era."

1991-1992

Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia - M.A. in History.  Thesis entitled:  “The Twenty-Sixth Regiment North Carolina Troops, C.S.A.”

1978-1981

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina - J.D. in Law.

1975-1978

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina -B.A. in History.

DISTANCE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

·         Developed and taught Western Civilization I as an internet course at Central Virginia Community College and Lenoir Community College.

·         Worked as part of a three-person team to develop a model Western Civilization II internet course for the North Carolina Community College System.

·         Worked as a historical consultant for The History Place website of Peregrine Publishers.  Prepared student learning activities for the site.

PUBLICATIONS AND WORK IN PROGRESS

·        “Raleigh’s Revolutionary Experiences at the Beginning of the Civil War,” article in book honoring Emory M. Thomas to be published in 2005 by LSU Press

·         "'I Have Never Been Free and I am Going to Try It':  The Development of Black Families in Wake County, North Carolina, 1865-1870."  Essay in The Southern Albatross:  Race and Ethnicity in the American South (Mercer University Press).

·         "Home and Friends:  Kinship, Community, and Elite Women in Caldwell County, North Carolina During the Civil War."  North Carolina Historical Review, October 1997.

·         "The Siege of Fort Pulaski:  'You Might as Well Bombard the Rocky Mountains,'" Georgia Historical Quarterly (Spring 1995).

·         Four entries on Raleigh and the Civil War in North Carolina for Dr.William Powell's Handbook of North Carolina History (forthcoming from the University of North Carolina Press).

·         Six entries for the Encyclopedia of the American Civil War published by ABC-CLIO.

·         Co-editor of the letters of Alfred and Mary Bell for a volume to be published by the University of Tennessee Press.

·         Book Reviews:  Georgia Historical Quarterly (Fall 1996), Appalachian Journal (October, 1997)

  PAPER PRESENTATIONS

·         "As by a Stroke of Lightning":  Raleigh, North Carolina’s Revolutionary Experiences at the Beginning of the Civil War.

·         "Changing Relationships between Confederate Soldiers and Their Families and Communities During the Civil War:  The 26th Regiment North Carolina Troops as a Case Study"  Society for Military History, Chicago, April 1998.

·        "'I Have Never Been Free and I am Going to Try It':  The Development of Black Families in Wake County, North Carolina, 1865-1870."  Symposium on Southern History, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May 1997.

  AWARDS AND HONORS

·         Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, University of Georgia, 1997.

·         Nominated Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Western Piedmont Community College, 1990 and 1991.

·         Archie K. Davis Fellowship, North Caroliniana Society, 1996

·         Warner-Fite Award as Outstanding Graduate Student in American History, University of Georgia, 1994.

  PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

·         Southern Historical Association

·         Organization of American Historians

·         Lynchburg Historical Foundation Board of Directors

  HISTORY COURSES TAUGHT  

Survey Courses

·         United States History to 1865.  I have taught large (300 students) and honors sections of this course as well as regular sections.

·         United States History Since 1865.  I have taught regular and large (300 students) sections.

·         World Civilization I, Ancient times to A.D. 1500.

·         Western Civilization I,  Ancient times to 1650 A.D.  I have taught this course in the classroom, as a telecourse, and an internet course

·         Western Civilization II, 1650-Present.  In addition to teaching this course, I also worked as part of a team to develop a model internet course for the North Carolina Community College System.

Upper-level Courses

·         The Civil War Period of American History.

·         Senior Seminar.  Topic:  Family and Community Life in the South during the American Civil War.

·         The Antebellum South.

·         Origins of Modern America, 1877-1920.

·         The Era of Reconstruction. 

·         Modern America, 1945-Present.

·         Topics in European History:  topics included Modern Britain and France, Ancient Greece, and France since the Middle Ages