Curriculum Vitae
Donald R. Shaffer
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EDUCATION
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
United States History (Nineteenth Century, African American, Social, Military)
Arthur J. Beveridge Research Grant, American Historical Association, 1994.
PUBLICATIONS-BOOKS
Voices of Emancipation: Understanding Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau Files [with Elizabeth Regosin] (New York: NYU Press, 2008).
After The Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004). Winner of the 2005 Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship, George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, W.V.
"We Are Again in the Midst of Trouble": Flooding on the Potomac River and the Struggle for the Sustainability of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1828-1996 (College Park: University of Maryland, College Park and the National Park Service, 1997).
PUBLICATIONS-ARTICLES
“Voices of Emancipation: Union Pension Files Giving Voice to Former Slaves” (with Elizabeth Regosin), Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration, 37 (Winter 2005): 22-31.
“’I would rather shake hands with the blackest nigger in the land’: Northern Black Civil War Veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic,” article in Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front: Wartime Experiences, Post War Adjustments, eds. Paul A. Cimbala and Randall M. Miller (New York: Fordham University Press, 2002), 442-62.
"I do not suppose that Uncle Sam looks at the skin': African Americans and the Civil War Pension System," Civil War History 46 (June 2000): 132-47.
“In the Shadow of the Old Constitution: Black Civil War Veterans and the Persistence of Slave Marriage Customs,” in Southern Families at War, ed. Catherine Clinton (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 59-75.
BOOK REVIEWS
The Black Citizen Soldiers of Kansas, 1864-1901, by Roger D. Cunningham in Great Plains Quarterly 30 (Spring 2010): 142-43.
Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, series 3: vol. 1, Land and Labor, 1865, edited by Steve Hahn, Steven F. Miller, Susan E. O’Donovan, et al. in Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 107 (Winter 2009): 124-125.
Firebrand of Liberty: The Story of Two Black Regiments That Changed the Course of the Civil War, by Stephen V. Ash in Civil War Book Review 11 (Spring 2009).
Freedom for Themselves: North Carolina’s Black Soldiers in the Civil War Era, by Richard M. Reid in The Journal of American History 95 (December 2008): 855-56.
Fort Pillow: A Civil War Massacre and Public Memory, by John Cimprich in H-CivWar, October 2006.
Delivering Aid: Implementing Progressive Era Welfare in the American West, by Thomas A. Krainz in Social Service Review (June 2006): 358-60.
Women at the Front: Hospital Workers in Civil War America, by Jane Schultz in Reviews in American History (March 2005): 71-77.
Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African Americans in the Union Navy, by Steven J. Ramold in The Journal of American History 89 (March 2003): 1531-32.
Hope and Glory: Essays on the Legacy of the 54th Massachusetts, eds. Martin H. Blatt, Thomas J. Brown, and David Yacovone in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (October 2001): 422-23.
Frederick Douglass: Freedom’s Voice, 1818-45, by Gregory P. Lampe in Civil War History 44 (December 1998): 306-08.
Freedom’s Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders during Reconstruction, by Eric Foner in The Maryland Historian (Fall/Winter 1993): 73-75.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
“’They Made Me Practically Their Slave’: Accounts of Black Survivors of the Fort Pillow Massacre,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, San Diego, Calif., 7 January 2010.
"Fresh Perspectives: African-American Lives in Civil War Pension Files," paper presented (with Elizabeth Regosin) at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, New York, N.Y., 29 March 2008.
“U.S. Historiography: Slavery, The Civil War, and Reconstruction,” presentation made at History and Cultures: The United States, Seminar Sponsored by the University of Zurich, German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C., 19 September 2006.
“The Sable Arm Speaks: Civil War Pension Files Giving Voice to Black Union Soldiers," keynote address at the Annual Conference on the Civil War: Understanding the African American Civil War Experience, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., 20 May 2006.
“Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Last West,” Session Leader at Teaching American History Grant Workshop administered by the American History Cowboy Coalition, Natrona County School District #1, Casper, Wyo., 11-12 November 2005.
“Freedom’s Voices: Union Pension Files Giving Voice to Former Slaves” (with Elizabeth Regosin), paper presented at Conference on African Americans in the Civil War, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Va., 27 May 2005.
"An Ambiguous Victory: The Struggle for Manhood of African-American Veterans of the U.S. Civil War," paper presented at Frontlines: Gender, Identity, and War, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 13 July 2002.
“’They washed the blood scars of slavery out of the American flag’: Black Veterans and Civil War Memory,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Philadelphia, Pa., 13 April 2001.
"The Black Family and Emancipation: Insights from Civil War Pension Files," paper presented at the Black History Workshop, University of Houston, 25 March 2000.
"Sexual Suspects: African-American Widows and Civil War Pensions," paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Detroit, Mich., 9 October 1999.
"Andrew Who? The Clinton Scandal from the Perspective of the Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson," paper presented at the Tuesday Reflections campus lecture series, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 20 October 1998.
"New Perspectives on the History of the Black Family from Civil War Pension Files," paper presented at the Families at War Conference: Conflicts and Loyalties in the Civil War South, University of Richmond, Richmond, Va., 24 April 1998.
"An Exploration of the Experiences of Black Civil War Veterans from a National Perspective," paper presented at a symposium sponsored by the Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Ky., 10 October 1997.
"An Ambiguous Victory: Black Civil War Veterans from a National Perspective," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, New York, N.Y., 4 January 1997.
"’In the Shadow of the Old Constitution’: Marriage Among African-American Civil War Veterans and the Persistence of Slave Marriage Customs," paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association, New Orleans, La., 11 November 1995.
"The Quest For Security: Black Union Veterans and the U.S. Civil War Pension System," paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Washington, D.C., 31 March 1995.
"Toward a Collective Biography of the United States Colored Troops: The Prewar Backgrounds of Black Civil War Soldiers," paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Military History, Bethesda, Md., 9 April 1994.
POSITIONS HELD (TEACHING)
University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, May 2011-Present
Rank: Facilitator, University of Phoenix Associates Program
Instruct undergraduate students.
Courses Taught:
American Public University System, Charles Town, W.V., June 2010-Present
Rank: Instructor, History Program, July 2010-Present
Instruct undergraduate students.
Courses Taught:
Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa, August 2007-Present
Rank: Instructor, Center for Distance Education, 2008-Present
Rank: Assistant Professor, Division of Liberal Arts, 2007-2010
Instruct undergraduate students.
Courses Taught:
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colo., August 2000-August 2007
Rank: Lecturer
Instruct undergraduate and graduate students. Supervise graders in large enrollment survey courses.
Courses taught:
Survey of American History from its Beginnings to 1877
Survey of American History from 1977 to the Present
U.S. Military History: 1775-Present
Age of Jackson, 1815-1860
Civi War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877
Age of Robber Barons, 1877-1919
History of World War II
Senior Seminar: Slavery in the Western World
Senior-Graduate Seminar: U.S. Wars, 1898-2005
Senior-Graduate Seminar: Wars of U.S. Expansion, 1801-1941
Graduare Seminar in Civil War and Reconstruction
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo., August 1999-May 2000
Rank: Temporary Assistant Lecturer
Instructed undergraduate students. Supervised teaching assistants in large enrollment survey courses.
Courses taught:
U.S. History to 1865
U.S. From 1865
Civil War and Reconstruction
State University of New York, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, N.Y., August 1998-August 1999
Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor
Instructed undergraduate students.
Courses taught:
U.S. Civilization Since 1877
Sectionalism and Reform: 1815-1860
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877
San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif., September 1997-May 1998
Rank: Lecturer
Instructed undergraduate students.
Courses taught:
American Civilization Before 1877
U.S. History Since 1877
Western Civilization in the Modern Era
World History to 1650
World History Since 1650
University of Maryland, College Park, September 1991-August 1996
Rank: Teaching Assistant and Lecturer
Instructed undergraduate students.
Courses taught:
Teaching Assistant for U.S. History Before 1865
Teaching Assistant for U.S. History Since 1865
Instructor for United States Before 1865, Summer Session II, 1996
POSITIONS HELD (NON-TEACHING)
National Park Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Hagerstown, Md., August 1996-July 1997
Lead Historian. Flood History Study. Conducted research on the effects of flooding of the Potomac River on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and identified historic flood damage prevention strategies.
Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Md., Summer 1991 and 1992
Archival Intern. Helped develop a collective biographical research design for studying African-American veterans of Civil War army units raised in Maryland.
Intensive Educational Development (IED) Program, University of Maryland, College Park, August 1990-May 1991
Graduate Assistant. Assisted the Associate Director in the recruitment, training, and supervision of tutors for under prepared students. Collected, recorded and analyzed statistical data on student participation and utilization of IED services.
Journal of Orange County Studies, California State University, Fullerton, and the University of California, Irvine, Spring 1990
Editorial Intern. Modified and managed the journal’s subscription system. Developed a new marketing plan for the publication.
Learning Assistance Resource Center, California State University, Fullerton, August 1988-May 1990
Graduate Assistant. Reviewed course material with students in history and economics classes. Taught reading, note taking, and exam preparation skills.
Joseph Smith Historic Center, Nauvoo, Ill., Summer 1987 and the Kirtland Temple Historic Center, Kirtland, Ohio, Summer 1988
Historic Interpreter. Presented original site interpretations of historic properties.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Book and Article Peer Referee for:
Review consultant or advisor for the following publishers:
Other:
Application Reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education, Teaching American History Grant Program, 2007-2009.
Contributor to The Encyclopedia of African American History, ed. Joe Trotter for Facts on File.
Contributor to Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, eds. John H. Moore, et al. for Macmillan Reference USA.
Contributor to Encyclopedia of Women in the Civil War, ed. Lisa Tendrich Frank for ABC-Clio.
Contributor to Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction Era, ed. Richard Zuczek for Greenwood Press.
Reader for A.P. U.S. History Exam, 2004 and 2006-2011.
History Program Webmaster, University of Northern Colorado, 2000-2006
Division of Liberal Arts Webmaster, Upper Iowa University, 2007-2010
Volunteer Interviewer for the Veterans’ History Project, American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Member of the American Historical Association and Organization of American Historians.
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