EDUCATION
Ph. D. University of Iowa, Department of History, 1993. Dissertation: "The Wilsonian Legacy in Political Science: Denna F. Fleming, Frederick L. Schuman, and Quincy Wright." Fields: Diplomatic, Modern U.S., Soviet, and Modern British history
M. A. University of South Dakota, Department of History, 1986. Thesis: "The 1954 Guatemalan Revolution and the American Press."
B. A. University of South Dakota, Department of History, 1983
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Books
From Cold War to Gulf War: The South Dakota National Guard, 1945 to the Millennium. Sioux Falls, SD: Coyote History, 2003 (280 pages) ISBN 1-57579-276-1.
Realism and American Foreign Policy: Wilsonians and the Kennan-Morgenthau Thesis. New Haven, CT: Praeger Press, 2000 (176 pages) ISBN 0-275-96737-9.
Peer Reviewed Articles
"Can We 'Teach Them to Elect Good Men'? The Application of Military Force in Mexico and Iraq," Forum on Public Policy Online, Winter 2007 edition.
"We were all mustered in Uncle Sam's Army": The Journal of Thomas H. Briggs in the Philippines, 1898-1899. South Dakota History, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Fall 2004).
"To Preserve These Rights: The Constitution and National Emergencies." South Dakota Law Review, Volume 47, Issue 1 (Spring 2002).
"Those in Reserve Also Serve: The South Dakota National Guard and the Korean War." South Dakota History, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Spring 2001).
"A Pioneer Remembered: Frank Bloodgood's Memoir of Life in Beadle County, Dakota Territory." South Dakota History, Vol. 29, No. 2, (Summer 1999).
"Quincy Wright's Blue Print for a Durable Peace." Mid-America, Vol. 76, No. 3, (Fall 1994).
Texts
The United States in World Affairs, 1760-1900. University of Iowa Guided Correspondence Study Program Course Guide for 16A: 152, 1997 (200 pages).
The United States in World Affairs, 1900-1995. University of Iowa Guided Correspondence Study Program Course Guide for 16A: 152, 1996 (130 pages).
Reviews
Standing at Armageddon, Hull House, and Points Between. An in-house review for Addison, Wesley, Longman Publishers, May 2003.
Men Against Myths: The Progressive Response (Praeger, 2000) by Fred Greenbaum. Nebraska History Quarterly, Spring 2003.
Keeping America Sane, by Ian Dowbiggin. The Annals of Iowa, Vol. 57, No. 1, Winter 1998.
The American People, by Gary B. Nash, et al. An in-house review for Addison, Wesley, Longman Publishers, July 1998.
Other
Editor, The Alumni Update, The University of South Dakota School of Medicine, 1997-99.
BOOK MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Going Places: A History of the South Dakota Department of Transportation, 1956-2012 (under contract)
Can We "Teach Them to Elect Good Men"? The Application of Military Force in Mexico and Iraq.
GRANTS
External
$52,000.00 over three years for oral histories and book-length manuscript of the South Dakota Department of Transportation, August 2009.
$2,500.00 for "Still Coming Home--South Dakota Vietnam Veterans," Oral History Project, Chiesman Foundation, January 2009 (co-PI)
$1,000.00 Mini-Grant for "Between Fences," South Dakota Humanities Council, August 2008
$16,937.00 for Phase II Oral Histories, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, August 2005
$20,000.00 for a South Dakota Humanities Council Teachers Institute, "The Peoples of the Ocheti Sakowin Plains, or the Plains of the 'Seven Council Fires,'" awarded October 2004 for a 2005 summer institute
$25,000.00 for a South Dakota Humanities Council Teachers Institute, "A River of Many Peoples," awarded March 2004 for a 2004 summer institute
$1,000.00 for South Dakota History Day from South Dakota Humanities Council, awarded March 2003
$500.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Karl Mundt Foundation, awarded February 2003
$5,500.00 for South Dakota History Day from South Dakota Humanities Council, awarded April 2002
$500.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Karl Mundt Foundation, awarded February 2002
$1,500.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Allene R. Chiesman Fund for Civic Education, awarded October 2001
$500.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Karl Mundt Foundation, awarded February 2001
$3,400.00 for South Dakota History Day from South Dakota Humanities Council, awarded 7 April 2001
$3,000.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Allene R. Chiesman Fund for Civic Education, awarded November 2000
$4,525.00 for South Dakota History Day from South Dakota Humanities Council, awarded 7 April 2000
$500.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Karl Mundt Foundation, awarded February 2000
$3,000.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Allene R. Chiesman Fund for Civic Education, awarded February 2000
$12,500.00 for a South Dakota Humanities Council Teachers Institute, "Interpreting Lewis and Clark in the Classroom," awarded February 2000
$4,525.00 for South Dakota History Day from the South Dakota Humanities Council, awarded October 1998
$10,000.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Allene R. Chiesman Fund for Civic Education, awarded September 1998
$18, 656.00 for "Oral Histories of the Minuteman II Missile Personnel" from the National Parks Service, awarded June 1998
$2,500.00 for "The South Dakota National Guard and the Cold War, 1945-1995" from the South Dakota Humanities Council, awarded March 1998
$5,150.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Mary Chilton Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, awarded 1998
$500.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Karl Mundt Foundation, awarded February1998
$400.00 for South Dakota History Day from the South Dakota State Historical Society (SDSHS), awarded 1998
$5,000.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Mary Chilton Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, awarded 1997
$500.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Karl Mundt Foundation, awarded 1997
$400.00 for South Dakota History Day from the SDSHS, awarded 1997
$3,000.00 for "The South Dakota National Guard and the Cold War, 1945-1995," from the Officers' Association of the South Dakota National Guard, awarded 1996
$500.00 for South Dakota History Day from the Karl Mundt Foundation, awarded 1996
$400.00 for South Dakota History Day from the SDSHS, awarded 1996
Internal
$12,000.00 for South Dakota History Day from the University of South Dakota Reinvestment Fund, 2004.
$12,000.00 for South Dakota History Day from the University of South Dakota Reinvestment Fund, 2003.
$13,000.00 for South Dakota History Day from the University of South Dakota Reinvestment Fund, 2002.
$3,500.00 for "The South Dakota National Guard and the Cold War, 1945-1995" from the University of South Dakota Office of Research, awarded June 1998
FUND RAISING
$50,000.00 in contributions for South Dakota History Day, 1997-2008
HONORS AND AWARDS
Golden Key Inductee, Spring 2005.
Recipient, Belbas-Larson Excellence in Teaching Award (Tenure-track), University of South Dakota, 2001 ($5,000.00 stipend).
Designated Truman Scholar Mentor, 1999.
Recipient, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Iowa Council on Teaching, 1989 ($1,000.00 stipend).
Recipient, Elizabeth Bennett Ink Dissertation Fellowship, University of Iowa, Department of History, 1989 ($6,000.00 stipend).
Recipient, Christol, Sterling, and Weaver Awards, University of South Dakota, Department of History, 1983-1985.
PRESENTATIONS
State Scholar, Smithsonian Institution "Museum on Main Street," 2007-2009
"Fences and Us," W. H. Over Museum, September 2008
"Fences and Us," Pollock Senior Center, Pollock, South Dakota, December 2008
"Fences and Us," South Dakota State Agricultural Museum, January 2009
Peer Reviewed Conference Papers
"Can We 'Teach Them to Elect Good Men'? The Application of Military Force in Mexico and Iraq,"Missouri Valley History Conference March 2008.
"This was their finest hour: The South Dakota National Guard and the Rapid City Flood." Northern Great Plains History Conference, Bismarck, ND, October 2004.
"Wilsonians and the Vietnam War," Northern Great Plains History Conference,
Minneapolis, MN, October 2002."Wilsonians and the Kennan-Morgenthau Thesis." Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, NE, March 2001.
"Message From the Heartland: State Sanctioned Sterilization and the Iowa State Board of Eugenics." The University of South Dakota Genocide Conference, October 2000.
"Uses of Web Technology in the Undergraduate History Classroom." Northern Great Plains History Conference, St. Cloud, MN, October 1999.
"Gone With The Ivy: The Attack on Denna F. Fleming." Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, NE, March 1999.
"North to Alaska: The 196th Regimental Combat Team and the Korean Conflict." Northern Great Plains History Conference, Sioux Falls, SD, October 1998.
"Fall in, fall out: The South Dakota National Guard and the Cold War." Northern Great Plains History Conference, Bismarck, ND, September 1997.
"Message From the Heartland: State Sanctioned Sterilization and the Iowa State Board of Eugenics." Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, NE, March 1997.
Conference Session Chair/Commentator
Session Chair, "Great Powers and Sovereign States in the 20th Century," Northern Great Plains History Conference, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 16 October 2009.
Session Commentator, "United States' Lofty Goals meet the Real World in the Late 20th Century,"Northern Great Plains History Conference, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 17 October 2009.
Session Chair and Commentator, "Cold War Historiography," Northern Great Plains History Conference, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, September 2005.
Session commentator, "American Foreign Relations," Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, NE, March 2005.
Session Chair and Commentator, "Getting On-line at Different Stations: A Comparison of On-Line Courses at Two Institutions," Northern Great Plains History Conference, September 2001.
Session Chair, Student History Conference, USD, 22 April 2001.
Session Chair, Northern Great Plains History Conference, September 2000.
Session Chair, Phi Alpha Theta Student History Conference, USD, 22 April 2000.
Session Chair, Phi Alpha Theta Student History Conference, USD, 22 April 1999.
Session Chair and Commentator, "Novelists and History." Northern Great Plains History Conference, Sioux Falls, SD, September 1998.
Session Chair and Commentator, "Military History of World War I." The Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, NE, 13 March 1998.
Session Chair, "History and Film," Phi Alpha Theta Student History Conference, USD, 24 April 1997.
Session Chair, Phi Alpha Theta Student History Conference, USD, April 1996.
Session Chair, Women's Research Conference, USD, October 1996.
Speaking Engagements (by invitation)
Oxford Round Table, "Can We 'Teach Them to Elect Good Men'? The Application of Military Force in Mexico and Iraq," Oxford University, 13-18 August 2006.
President's Research Day, "Serving South Dakota Through Local, Regional, and International History: The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site," The University of South Dakota, 9 November 2005.
"The South Dakota National Guard: Then and Now," DeSmet National Guard Association, 4 September 2004.
"From Cold War to Gulf War: The Modern South Dakota National Guard," National Guard Association Conference, Deadwood, 15-16 April 2004.
"The National Guard and Sioux Falls," Sioux Falls Army National Guard Armory, 20 March 2004.
"The National Guard and Mobridge," Mobridge Army National Guard Armory, 13 March 2004.
"The History of the Liberal Arts," Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society Induction Ceremony, April 2003.
"To Preserve These Rights: The Constitution and National Emergencies." The University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, 6 June 2002.
"The Wilsonian Era: American Foreign Policy in the 20th Century." The University of Jena, Jena, Germany, 4 June 2002.
"To Preserve These Rights: The Constitution and National Emergencies." The University of Glamorgan School Research Programme, Pontypridd, Wales,12 March 2002.
"The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition: To Build An Empire of Liberty." Second Annual Missouri River Research Symposium, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, 7 February 2002.
"American Dream, American Nightmare." Ratingen Gymnasium, Ratingen, Germany, 1 September 2001.
"A Glimpse into Sioux Falls' Past." Washington Pavilion Lecture Series, "Illusions of Eden," Sioux Falls, SD, 21 June 2001.
"The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition: An Exercise in Preserving Liberty." W. H. Over Museum, Vermillion, SD, August 2000.
"The 196th Regimental Combat Team and the Korean War," Annual Reunion 196th RCT, Pierre, SD, September 1999.
"Link Objects: South Dakota History Day and Local Historical Societies." Luncheon Speaker, South Dakota State Historical Society Annual Meeting, Pierre, SD, April 1999.
"Ideology and U.S. Foreign Relations: The Spanish-American War." Sample Classroom Experience, New Student Orientation, USD, 13 July 1998.
"Qualities of Great Leaders: Considerations of Time, Place, Culture, Need, and Followers." First Annual W. O. Farber Center for Civic Leadership Conference, The University of South Dakota, 14-15 April 1998.
"Of Pink Silk Boxer Shorts and Pearl Handled Pistols: Eccentricities in Military Leadership." 5th Annual Dining-in, USD Military Science Department, Nov 1997.
"South Dakota History Day." Social Sciences Consortium, Sioux Falls, SD, October 1997.
Panelist
Panelist, COHE Workshop on Promotion and Tenure, The University of South Dakota, September 2005.
Panelist, "Best Practices: State Coordinators and National History Day," Northern
Great Plains History Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 10 October 2002Panelist, "I Wish I had Known Then What I Know Now: Veteran Coordinators Share Best Practices." National History Day Workshop, College Park, MD, 28 October 2001.
Panelist, W. O. Farber Center of Excellence. "The Military: Then and Now," 16 April 1999.
Other
Co-conductor, AP History Workshop, Sioux Falls Washington High School, 14 Apr 2003.
Observer/Participant, U. S. Army Leadership Symposium, Fort Knox, KY, June 2002.
USD Representative, National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Writing Workshop, Washington, D.C., 5 February 2001.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
POST-GRADUATE
PRE-GRADUATE
SERVICE
State Coordinator, South Dakota History Day, 1996-2008
Board Member, South Dakota Humanities Council, 2001-2007
President, USD Chapter of Council On Higher Education (COHE), 2001-2002
President-elect, USD COHE, 2000-2001
Membership Committee, Organization of American Historians, 1996-2000
Member, W. H. Over Museum Committee for the Lewis and Clark/Spirit Mound Interpretive Learning Center
USD Committees
Member, USD Faculty Senate
Member, Institutional Fulbright Committee
Member, Institutional International Studies Committee
Member, Institutional Promotion and Tenure Committee (Chair, 2002-2003)
Member, Institutional Curriculum and Instruction Committee
Member, Parking and Traffic Committee
Member, Faculty Workload Committee