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Thomas McGrath: Resumé

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Thomas E. McGrath

email: abp19h@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D. History, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, January 2002

Major: Modern Chinese History

Minor: Southeast Asian History, Pre-Modern Chinese HistoryM.A. History, Cornell University, 1995M.A. Ocean Studies, University of San Diego, 1990B.A. History and Ocean Studies, summa cum laude, University of San Diego, 1989

DISSERTATION

“Provincial Militarism and Foreign Relations in China: Yunnan Province and the Western Powers, 1910-1937.” Dissertation Committee: Sherman Cochran, David Wyatt, Charles Peterson

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Associate Professor. History Department, Muskingum University, 2007-present. Responsible for teaching courses on World History, pre-modern and modern China and Japan, modern Southeast Asia, Vietnam, and pre-modern military history.Assistant Professor. History Department, Muskingum College, 2002-2007. Responsible for teaching courses on World History, pre-modern and modern East Asia, modern Southeast Asia, Vietnam, geography and pre-modern military history.Visiting Assistant Professor. History Department, Trinity College, 2001-02. Responsible for teaching courses on Modern Japan, Traditional and Modern China, Modern Southeast Asia and Graduate Seminar on Modern China. Visiting Assistant Professor. Historical Studies Program, Bard College, 2000-01. Responsible for teaching six courses on China, Southeast Asia and First-year Seminar, as well as participating in Asian Studies/Bard in China Program.Teaching Assistant. Asian Studies Department, Cornell University, Spring 2000. Course on early Chinese Civilization focusing on earliest intellectual traditions entitled “Introduction to China.”Grading Assistant, History Department, Cornell University, Spring 1995. Course on comparative military development in Asia and Europe entitled “Early Warfare: East and West.”Teaching Assistant, Asian Studies Department, Cornell University, Spring 1994. Course on Chinese Civilization from pre-history to PRC entitled “Introduction to Chinese Civilization.”Teaching Assistant, History Department, Cornell University, Fall 1993. Course on pre-modern China focusing on cultural, social and institutional traditions entitled “History of China up to Modern Times.”

FELLOWSHIPS

Muskingum University Faculty Development Grant, 2010-11.Muskingum College Faculty Development Grant, 2004-05.Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1999.China Travel Award, Summer 1999.Hu Shih Research Assistantship, Fall 1998.Mellon Foundation/Cornell University Grant, 1997-98.Foreign Language and Area Studies[FLAS] Fellowship, 1996-97.Mellon Foundation Semester Fellowship, 1995.Lam Travel Grant for South China Research, Summer 1995.Starr Fellowship, Spring 1995.Foreign Language and Area Studies[FLAS] Fellowship, Fall 1994.Cornell University/Sage Graduate Fellowship, 1992-93.Keck Foundation Grant, 1989-1990.California State Graduate Fellowship, 1989-90.

PUBLICATIONS

“Subverting the Stranglehold:The Gejiu Tin Trade and Yunnan militarists’ efforts to mitigate French economic dominance via the Yunnan Railway, 1910-1937.” Ohio Academy of History Proceedings, 2005. “A Warlord Frontier: The Yunnan-Burma Border Dispute, 1910-1937.” Ohio Academy of History Proceedings, 2003. “Collapse of Chinese Empire (1900-1945),” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 8, edited by H. Micheal Tarver, forthcoming. “The Great Depression in Southeast Asia,” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 8, edited by H. Micheal Tarver, forthcoming. “The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945,” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 8, edited by H. Micheal Tarver, forthcoming. “Chinese Political Transformations, 1900-1945,” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 8, edited by H. Micheal Tarver, forthcoming. “Japanese Political Transformations, 1900-1945,” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 8, edited by H. Micheal Tarver, forthcoming. “Collapse of Japanese Empire (1900-1945),” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 8, edited by H. Micheal Tarver, forthcoming. “Sino-French War of 1884-1885,” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 7, edited by James Overstreet, forthcoming. “Resistance to French Imperialism,” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 7, edited by James Overstreet, forthcoming.“French Imperialism in SE Asia,” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 7, edited by James Overstreet, forthcoming.“Military Modernization in the Late Qing Era,” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 7, edited by James Overstreet, forthcoming.“Chinese Wars in Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal and Burma,” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 7, edited by James Overstreet, forthcoming.“Chinese Military in the Late Qing Era (ca. 1750-1820s),” entry in ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Era 7, edited by James Overstreet, forthcoming.PAPERS, LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS “Subverting the Stranglehold: Yunnan militarists’ efforts to mitigate French economic dominance via the Yunnan Railway, 1910-1937.” Paper presented to the Ohio Academy of History Annual Meeting, Wittenberg University, April 2005. “The Ties that Bind: Yunnan Warlords, French Imperialism and the French Indochina Railway.” Paper Presented to the New York Conference on Asian Studies, Bard College, NY, October 2004. “A Warlord Frontier: The Yunnan-Burma Border Dispute, 1911-1937.” Paper Presented to the Ohio Academy of History Annual Meeting, Canton, OH, April, 2003. “A Brief History of China: Intellectual, Social, and International Development.” Public Lecture for the Advanced Learning Program, Hartford, CT, January 2002. “French Imperialism and Early Vietnamese Nationalism.” Guest Lecture for Vietnam Course, Trinity College, January, 2002.“Partnership or Resistance: Contrasting Reactions to Foreign Mineral Enterprises in Yunnan Province, 1918-1921.” Paper Presented at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2000. “Warlords, Imperialists and China’s Southwestern Frontier: Yunnan’s Frontier Policy.” Paper presented at Comparative History Colloquium, Cornell University, November 1999. “Yunnan’s Spatial Zones: Late 19th Century Trade and Transportation Networks in Spatial Context.” Paper presented at China Colloquium, Cornell University, October 1999. “Warlord Foreign Relations: Yunnan Militarists and the Burma-Yunnan Border Dispute.” Paper presented at New York Conference on Asian Studies, William and Hobart Smith College, October 1999.Discussant for paper presentation on “Shanghai: Small Technology Firms in a Big Enterprise Town,” China Colloquium, Cornell University, May 1999.

PROFESSIONAL AND COLLEGE ACTIVITIES

Chair, History Department, 2007-2010.Emergency Member, Judiciary Committee, Muskingum University, May 2009.Anonymous Reviewer for article submitted to the journal Twentieth Century China, Spring 2009.Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, Muskingum University, Spring 2008-2010.Member, Academic Standards Committee, Muskingum College, 2006-2007.Anonymous Reviewer for article submitted to the journal Modern China, Fall 2006.Chair, Local Arrangements, Ohio Academy of History Annual Conference, Muskingum College, 2005-06.Co-Advisor, Lambda Sigma (Sophomore Honorary Society), 2005-2009.Co-Advisor, Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society), 2005-2009.Member, Judiciary Committee, Muskingum College, 2003-2006.Member, Joint Political Science-History Search Committee, Muskingum College, 2004-2005 (Hired Prof. James Longhurst).Chair, Joint Political Science-History Search Committee, Muskingum College, 2003 (search deferred).Member, Ohio Board of Regents Fellowship Selection Committee, Muskingum College, Spring 2003.Member, Biology Search Committee, Muskingum College, 2002-03 (Hired Prof. Amy Santas).Member, Latin American Search Committee, Muskingum College, 2002-03 (Hired Prof. Alastair Hattingh). Co-Director Bard in China Program, Bard College, 2000-01Graduate Coordinator, China Colloquium, Cornell University, 1998-1999China Colloquium, Cornell University, 1998-2000Comparative History Colloquium, Cornell University, 1999-2000Executive Committee, Graduate History Association, Cornell University, 1992-93Cornell Graduate History Conference Committee, Cornell University 1993

LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE

Chinese, Mandarin: advanced reading, writing and speaking

--Inter-University Program, Taipei, Taiwan, 1995-97

--Cornell University FALCON Program, Summer 1993French: reading abilityGerman: limited reading ability

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Historical Association

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