R. Michael Booker Jr., Ph.D.
PO Box 13013 Phone: (936) 468-2452
Nacogdoches, TX 75961 Email: bookerrm@sfasu.edu
EDUCATION:
________________________________________________________________________ University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Ph.D., Modern European History 2010
Dissertation: “Orange Alba: The Civil Religion of Loyalism in the Southwestern Lowlands of Scotland since 1798”
Dissertation Director: Professor Emeritus, John Bohstedt
Comprehensive Examination Fields: Modern Britain, Modern Europe and World History with a focus on Medieval and Early Modern China
University of Leicester, Center for Urban History, Leicester, UK Summer 2004 Graduate Summer School Program on Urban Britain
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
M.A., European History 2003 University of Alabama, Birmingham
Non-degree seeking 1999
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
B.A., History 1997
Teaching Experience
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Visiting Assistant Professor,
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Contemporary Europe
(seminar) Fall 2011 American History since 1877Fall 2011
Nacogdoches High School, Nacogdoches, TX
American History since 1877 (dual credit course) Fall 2011
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Lecturer, Western Civilization since 1715 (2 sections) Summer 2011 Lecturer, Western Civilization since 1715 Spring 2011 Lecturer, Modern Britain, 1688-1997 (seminar) Fall 2010
Lecturer, Contemporary Europe (seminar) (2 sections) Fall 2010 Lecturer, Western Civilization since 1715 Summer 2010 Lecturer, Modern Britain, 1688-1997 (seminar) Summer 2008
Teaching Assistant, American History: The Gilded Age to Present Spring 2006 Teaching Assistant, Modern World Civilizations Fall 2005 Teaching Assistant, American History since the Civil War Spring 2005 Teaching Assistant, American History: The Gilded Age to Present Fall 2004 Teaching Assistant, Western Civilization since 1500 Spring 2004 Teaching Assistant, Modern World Civilizations Fall 2003
Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN
Adjunct Instructor, World Civilizations since 1500 Spring 2011 Adjunct Instructor, World Civilizations to 1500 Fall 2010 Adjunct Instructor, World Civilizations since 1500 Spring 2010
Knoxville, College, Knoxville, TN (HBCU)
Adjunct Instructor, History of the Ancient World Fall 2009 Adjunct Instructor, Modern World Civilizations Spring 2008 Adjunct Instructor, History of the Ancient World Fall 2007 Adjunct Instructor, Modern World Civilizations Spring 2007 Adjunct Instructor, African-American History since Reconstruction Fall 2006 Adjunct Instructor, History of the Ancient World Fall 2006 Adjunct Instructor, Modern World Civilizations Spring 2006 Adjunct Instructor, History of the Ancient World Fall 2005 Adjunct Instructor, History of the Ancient World Summer 2004 Adjunct Instructor, Modern World Civilizations Spring 2004
Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Chattanooga, TN
Adjunct Instructor, Introduction to World Civilizations I, Fall 2006 Adjunct Instructor, American History since 1865, (online course) Fall 2006
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Teaching Assistant, Western Civilization I Fall 2002
Other Professional Experience
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University of Tennessee
Graduate Teaching Associate, Judaic Studies Program, 2006 - 2010 Responsible for assisting the head of the UT Judaic Studies Program, Dr. Gilya
Schmidt, with the organization of guest lecturers, community-wide publication Judaic Studies events, communication between the Judaic Studies Program and the Knoxville Jewish community, editing and publication of the annual Judaic Studies newsletter, maintenance of the Online Blackboard website for all her courses, maintenance the Judaic Studies Listserve system, maintenance of the Judaic Studies website, averaging all class
grades. I also occasionally lectured for Dr. Schmidt’s Introduction to Judaism and Voices of the Holocaust classes. I also did some editing for her forthcoming book, “Süssen is Now Free of Jews”: A Not so Romantic Journey Through the Valley of Fils.
Tutor,Thornton Center, University of Tennessee Athletic Department 2003-2005 Courses: Western Civilization I & II, World History I & II,
German History, Physical & Cultural Anthropology, French
Public History
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Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site Colorado Springs, CO
Historical Interpreter 2002 Responsible for running & maintaining a 1860s homestead site and giving lectures on 19th century Colorado history. I was also responsible for supervising up to five docents.
Western Museum of Mining & Industry Colorado Springs, CO
Assistant Archivist 2001-2002 Primary project: Organized and digitally catalogued the personal papers of Cripple Creek, CO gold mining tycoon, Winfield Scott Stratton. I also helped design a temporary exhibit on mining photography.
Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, NM
Archaeologist 1998
Duties included supervising the excavation of a pre-Columbian Puebloan dig site in the North Ponil Canyon, NM and conducting lectures on the history of the Anasazi, Jicarilla Apache and proper archaeological excavation techniques.
Honors/Awards
________________________________________________________________________ Galen Broeker British History Research Award, Department of History, University of Tennessee, 2009
W.K. McClure Fellowship for the Study of World Affairs, University of Tennessee, 2008 The Knoxville College Service Award for Excellence in Teaching, Knoxville College, 2008
Graduate Student Senate Travel Fund Award, University of Tennessee, 2008
Galen Broeker British History Research Award, Department of History, University of Tennessee, 2007
Becker Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Department of History, University of Tennessee 2007
Academic Conference Presentations
________________________________________________________________________ “Pugnacious Protestantism: Flute Bands and the Transmission of Loyalist Popular Culture in the Urban Lowlands of Scotland during the Twentieth Century,” American Conference for Irish Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 2011.
“The Crossroads of Loyalism in the Southwestern Lowlands of Scotland: Glasgow
Rangers Football Club, 1886-2008,” Galway Conference of Irish Studies International Conference, Center for Irish Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, June 2009.
“Up to Our Knees in Fenian Blood: The Bridgton Billy Boys and the Civil Religion of Loyalism in Glasgow during the Interwar Period” American Conference for Irish Studies Southern Regional Conference, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, March 2009.
Chair: “Some New Light on William Butler Yeats,” American Conference for Irish Studies Southern Regional Conference, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, March 2009.
“From Erin’s Isle They Came: The Orange Order and the Civil Religion of Loyalism in the Western Lowlands of Scotland, 1912-2000,” American Conference for Irish Studies National Conference, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, April 2008 “Soccer, Race, Politics & Racial Identity During the Pele Era in Brazil, 1958-1970,” Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference, University of
Colorado, Boulder, September 2005
“West End Casual Culture: Football, Fashion & the Hooligan Element at Chelsea F.C., 1975-1985,” Conference on Race, Nationality, & Culture, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, March 2005
“Football, Fashion, & Fascism in Southwest London: The National Front and Chelsea Casual Culture, 1975-1985,” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference,
Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, March 2005
“Soldiers of Christ in the Shadow of Vulcan: Conservative Evangelical Protestantism and Klancraft in Birmingham, Alabama during the Height of the Second Ku Klux Klan, 1916-1927,” Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference,
University of Colorado, Boulder, September 2004
“
NO SURRENDER! The Chelsea Football Club, the National Front and the Chelsea Headhunters, 1975-1985,” Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary HistoryInvited Lectures
“Conflicting Identities: Loyalists, Republicans & the Sectarian Conflict in Northern Ireland” Jasper High School, Jasper TX 2011 “A Brief History of Protestant Loyalism in Northern Ireland and Lowland Scotland” 2010 P.E.O. Sisterhood Meeting, Knoxville, TN
“The Nazi Idea of Lebensraum and the Ghettoization of the Jews in Poland” 2009 Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
“Loyalism in Northern Ireland since the Belfast Agreement” 2008 Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning, Roane State Community College,
Oak Ridge, TN
“The Historical Development of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland” 2008 Department of History, University of Tennessee
“Project ‘X,’ Martin Luther King Jr. and the Battle of Birmingham, April 1963” 2005 Department of History, University of Tennessee
“The Civil Rights Revolution in Alabama” 2004 Department of History, University of Tennessee
Publications
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Review: Endurance of Nationalism: Ancient Roots and Modern Dilemmas, by Aviel Roshwald, Journal of Jewish Identities, Issue 2 no.1, (January 2009), 89-91. Textbook Review: Civilizations Past & Present, 11th ed. for Longman Press, 2005. Editor: “Primary Sources Selections,” Civilizations Past & Present, 11th ed. for Longman Press, 2005.Languages
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Advanced reading knowledgeService to the Profession
________________________________________________________________________ Graduate Student Faculty Search Committee Representative, Department of History, University of Tennessee, 2009
Lead Judge: National History Day Competition at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2003
Professional Affiliations
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American Conference For Irish Studies British Association for Irish Studies
North American Conference on British Studies Phi Alpha Theta
