Working Historians

Lauriann Deaver - Instructor, Southern New Hampshire University

Lauriann Deaver is a history instructor for Southern New Hampshire University who recently recorded a conversation about her research on the collapse of the Teton Dam in eastern Idaho in 1976, and the response to that collapse from the state and federal governments and from local civic and religious organizations. That conversation will be available separately as an episode of History Soundbites. In this episode of Filibustering History, Rob and Lauriann discuss her research, her background, and her future endeavors.

This episode’s recommendations:

Edward Baptist, The Half has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism (Basic books, 2016). https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/edward-e-baptist/the-half-has-never-been-told/9780465097685/

Andrés Reséndez, The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016). https://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/The-Other-Slavery/9780544947108

Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Teaching Hard History” Report: https://www.splcenter.org/20180131/teaching-hard-history  

Jeffrey Henry - Museum Professional

Jeffrey Henry is a recent graduate of the Master of Arts program in public history at Southern New Hampshire University and is currently working on projects for a number of institutions, including the Fruitlands Museum in Massachusetts and the American Antiquarianism Society. In this episode of Filibustering History we talk about his background, networking with museum professionals, and digitizing old periodicals for the AAS.

Joshua Peabody - Senior Archaeologist, Stantec Consulting Services

Josh Peabody is a Senior Archaeologist in the Sacramento branch of Stantec Consulting Services. In this episode of Filibustering History we talk about his background, the history of the field of cultural resources management, and opportunities for historians to work in that field.

This episode’s recommendation:

Superfight: The History Deck https://store.skybound.com/products/superfight-the-history-deck 

Erin Greenwald - Curator of Programs, New Orleans Museum of Art

Dr. Erin Greenwald is the Curator of Programs for the New Orleans Museum of Art. In this episode of Filibustering History, Erin talks about her academic and professional background, her experience planning and curating the Purchased Lives exhibit at the Historic New Orleans Collection, and how public history exhibits and institutions respond to changing political and social climates.

This episode’s recommendations:

The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database: http://www.slavevoyages.org/

I, Tonya (film): http://www.itonyamovie.com/

Fire and Fury books mixup: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/01/08/toronto-profs-fire-and-fury-book-now-a-bestseller-thanks-to-donald-trump_a_23327825/

The New Orleans Museum of Art’s website is https://noma.org/ 

Everett Dague - Command Historian, U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy

Dr. Everett Dague is the Command Historian for the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, and is an instructor at SNHU. In this episode of Filibustering History, James and Rob talk to Everett about his academic and professional background, the importance of the USASMA to the modern Army, and a bit on the history of non-commissioned officers in the modern military.

This episode’s recommendations:

The NCO Leadership Center of Excellence and U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy’s Non-Commissioned Officer Heritage and Education Center: http://usasma.armylive.dodlive.mil/united-states-army-hertiage-center-of-the-noncommissioned-officer/

Douglas Skopp, Shadows Walking: A Novel (2010): https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Walking-Douglas-R-Skopp/dp/1439231990

Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 2 vols. (1885): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4367/4367-h/4367-h.htm

Slate interview with Ron Chernow on his Grant: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/i_have_to_ask/2017/11/ron_chernow_on_alexander_hamilton_ulysses_s_grant_and_writing_about_powerful.html  

Ryan Tripp - Adjunct History Faculty, Southern New Hampshire University

Ryan Tripp teaches for Southern New Hampshire and other institutions and he hosts a podcast for the New Books Network’s Native American Studies channel. In this episode of Filibustering History we talk about his background, his research interests, and his presentation on Matthew Robinson for the History Soundbites podcast.

This episode’s recommendations:

A dozen or so books from Ryan!

Ciaran O’Neill, Catholics of Consequence: Transnational Education, Social Mobility, and the Irish Catholic Elite, 1850-1900 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), https://global.oup.com/academic/product/catholics-of-consequence-9780198707714?lang=en&cc=us.

Arthur Quinn, The Rivals: William Gwin, David Broderick, and the Birth of California (New York: Crown Publishers, 1994; Lincoln, Nebraska: Bison Books, 1997), http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9780803288515/.

Dr. Tripp's podcast episodes are listed at http://newbooksnetwork.com/?s=ryan+tripp 

Cultural Resource Management Careers for Historians: James C. Ricker - Public Historian and Cultural Resources Manager

Dr. James Ricker is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University and the owner of JCR Cultural Resources. In this episode of Filibustering History we talk about Dr. Ricker’s academic and professional background, the history of the cultural resource management profession in Oklahoma and across the country, and his action-packed adventures in archaeology.

This episode’s recommendations:

Plato, The Republic - especially the cave allegory

“Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire” exhibit at the De Young Museum 

Brian Alexander, Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2017), 

Teaching Careers for Historians: Adolfo Mendez - Teacher, Galveston Independent School District

Adolfo Mendez is a history and social sciences teacher at a middle school in Galveston, Texas. In this brief episode of Filibustering History, Adolfo talks about the hiring and training processes for grade schools in Texas and the skills essential for a successful middle school teacher. 

Tim Garrity - Executive Director, Mount Desert Island Historical Society

Tim Garrity is the Executive Director for the Mount Desert Island Historical Society in Maine. In this episode of Filibustering History, Tim talks about his careers as a hospital manager, park ranger, and Executive Director for a historical society. Here we talk about how students of history can work with local historical societies in research capacities and in employment opportunities.

This episode’s recommendations:

The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, 1610-1791. Individual scanned volumes are available at archive.org (for example: https://archive.org/stream/jesuits01jesuuoft#page/n5/mode/2up). Transcripts of all volumes are available at http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/.

Johanna Neuman, Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites who Fought for Women’s Right to Vote (NYU Press, 2017), https://nyupress.org/books/9781479837069/.

The Junto, “Where Historians Work: The View from Early America”: https://earlyamericanists.com/2017/05/24/where-historians-work-welcome/

The Mount Desert Island Historical Society’s website is www.mdihistory.org 

Yun Shun Susie Chung - Team Lead and Adjunct Faculty, Southern New Hampshire University

Dr. Susie Chung is a Team Lead and an instructor in the graduate history program at Southern New Hampshire University. In this episode, Dr. Chung talks about recent developments in the field of museum studies, her research projects, and her globe-spanning adventures in museology.

This episode’s recommendations:

The House on the Rock: https://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_AttractionMain.htm

Phil Marcade, Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982: http://threeroomspress.com/authors/punk-avenue/

Whistlestop with John Dickerson: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/whistlestop.html 

Tom Leary - Educational Consultant and Learning Designer

Dr. Thomas Leary IV is an instructional designer and former Dean of Faculty and Manager of Instructional Design Quality at SNHU. Here we discuss his educational and professional background and innovations in learning science and course design.

This episode’s recommendations:

Affairs of Honor by Joanne B. Freeman (Yale, 2012): https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300097559/affairs-honor

The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll at the De Young Museum: https://deyoung.famsf.org/summer-love-art-fashion-and-rock-roll

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/  

Patrick Callaway - Doctoral Candidate, University of Maine

Patrick Callaway is a doctoral candidate at the University of Maine and an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University. Here he discusses his historical interests such as the United States Constitution and the early American economy, his work in a variety of history careers, and life in a history doctoral program.

This episode’s recommendations:

Fort George in Castine, ME (http://castine.me.us/welcome/history/history-of-castine/)

Peaky Blinders on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80002479)

The book and film versions of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe series (http://www.bernardcornwell.net/series/the-sharpe-books/)

Historian David Blight on the Slate Political Gabfest (http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gabfest/2017/11/the_manafort_indictment_the_tax_bill_and_david_blight_on_john_kelly_and.html) 

James Fennessy - Associate Dean of Faculty, SNHU and Rob Denning - History Lead Faculty, SNHU

James Fennessy is the Associate Dean of Faculty for History at Southern New Hampshire University. Rob Denning is History Faculty Lead at Southern New Hampshire University. Here, Rob and James interview each other, because why not?

Recommendations from this episode:

Victor Lavalle, The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor, 2016): https://publishing.tor.com/theballadofblacktom-victorlavalle/9780765386618/

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's The Vietnam War series on PBS: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/home/

Julie Thomas - County Commissioner, Monroe County, Indiana

Dr. Julie Thomas is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University and a County Commissioner for Monroe County, Indiana. Here she discusses her academic and professional background, her research on Margaret Sanger and the Soviet Union, and life as an elected county official. 

Jillian Hartley - Professor of History and Political Science, Arkansas Northeastern College

Dr. Jillian Hartley is Professor of History and Political Science at Arkansas Northeastern College. Here she discusses her academic and professional background, she and Rob nerd out about about environmental history, and she describes life as a full-time community college professor.

This episode's recommendations:

Roderick Frazier Nash, Wilderness and the American Mind, 5th ed. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014).

Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, The National Parks: America's Best Idea (http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/). 

Teaching Careers for Historians: Pat O’Hara - Teacher, Wilkes-Barre Area School District

Patrick O'Hara is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University and a middle-school teacher in history and social studies for the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. Here he discusses his educational background, his research into the Palmer Raids and other historical topics, and the process and the requirements of becoming a K-12 teacher. 

Dave Numme - Associate Dean of Faculty for STEM, Southern New Hampshire University

David Numme is the Associate Dean of Faculty for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Southern New Hampshire University. Here we talk about how the skills learned in the study of liberal arts and history are relevant in STEM fields and related industries. 

Christina Lamoureux - Ph.D Student, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Christina Lamoureux is a graduate of the Master of Arts program in History with a concentration in public history and is starting a Ph.D program at University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Here we talk about her background, the history of prostitution, and the evils of bowling. 

Seth Bartee - Adjunct Instructor and Writer

Dr. Seth Bartee is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University and at Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro, NC. Here we talk about his background, his research on the rise of the Alternative Right in American politics, and his career as a writer and adjunct instructor. 

Steven Green - Ph.D Student, University of California, Santa Cruz

Steven Green is a graduate of the M.A. History program at Southern New Hampshire University and is about to start a doctoral program in history at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Here he discusses his academic background, the Ph.D application process, and the important decisions that go into that process. 

Stephanie Averill - Historian

Dr. Stephanie Averill is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University. Here she discusses her use of historical skills in a variety of endeavors, including writing, public outreach, and volunteer opportunities. 

Josh Esposito - Staff Historian, U.S. Southern Command, Celestar Corporation

Dr. Joshua Esposito is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University and a staff historian for the United States Southern Command in Miami, Florida. Here he talks about his research and teaching interests, his experiences in graduate school, and the career path that took him to SOUTHCOM. 

Archival Careers for Historians: Lara Hall - Archivist, LBJ Presidential Library

Lara Hall is an instructor for Southern New Hampshire University and an archivist at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library at Austin, Texas. In this episode she talks about her research and teaching interests, the differences between working at museums and archives, and the career path that took her to the LBJ Library. 

Preservation Careers for Historians: Jen Bryant - Preservation Compliance Officer, Colorado State Historical Preservation Office

Jennifer Bryant is an instructor at SNHU and a preservation compliance officer with the Colorado State Historical Preservation Office. In this conversation, we talk about some aspects of the history of the American West, blindspots in history regarding violence against minority groups, and her career as a volunteer and professional agent for historic preservation. 

Consulting Careers for Historians: Bob Irvine - Consultant, PARC Resources

Dr. Bob Irvine teaches history in the Master of Arts in History program at SNHU and is a consultant for Parc Resources in Oregon. In this episode, Dr. Irvine talks about his research and teaching interests, water reclamation projects in Kansas during the twentieth century, and the historical skills he uses in his job as a consultant.