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LOUIS SCHMIER

Professor of History

Valdosta State University

Valdosta, Ga 31698

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Professional Conference Papers, Workshops,

and Presentations

Teaching Seminars, Keynote Addresses,

and Scholar-in-ResidencesOther Conference Papers, Workshops,

and PresentationsCollege of Arts & Sciences

Date and place of birth: New York, N.Y.; November 1, 1940Marital status: married, 40 yearsChildren: Michael (37), Rubin (30)

Education:

Adelphi College, Garden City, N.Y., 1958-1962 (A.B., 1962)St. John's University, Jamaica, N.Y., 1962-1963 (M.A., 1963)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1963-1967 (Ph.D., 1969)

Teaching Experience:

Valdosta State University:

1978-present: Professor of History1971-1978: Associate Professor of History1967-1971: Assistant Professor of History

University of North Carolina:

1964-1967: part-time instructorNorth Carolina State University:1964: part-time instructor

Traveling photographic exhibit, "A Celebration of Jewish Life in Georgia," 1981-1984.

Books

Random Thoughts, IV: The Teaching With Passion, New Forums Press (forthcoming)Random Thoughts, III: Teaching With Love, New Forums Press, 2005Chant of Ages; Cry of Cotton: The Biography of a Rural Jewish Community in Georgia,

1866-1900 (submitted for publication)Random Thoughts, II: Teaching From The Heart, Atwood Publications, 1997Random Thoughts: The Humanity of Teaching, Magna Publications, 1995Valdosta-Lowndes County: "A Ray in the Sunbelt". Windsor Publishing Co., 1988.Remembrance, Valdosta Hebrew Congregation, 1986.Binding Ties, Georgia Publishing Co., 1984.Jews of the South, co-edited with Samuel Proctor. Mercer University Press, 1984.Reflections of Southern Jewry: The Letters of Charles Wessolowsky,

1878-1879. Mercer University Press, 1982.

Books in Progress

Random Thoughts, V: Teaching With CompassionRandom Thoughts, VI: Teaching With PurposeRandom Thoughts, VII: Teaching With

VisionRandom thoughts, VIII: untitled My Dictionary of Good Teaching

Book Chapters and Essays:

"Thar's Gold In Them Thar Souls," Experiences, Lynn Anderson & John Carta-Falsa

(expected publication, 2006)"No Miracles," in Lyndon Pugh, Lorcan Dempsey & John MacColl,

Delivering the Electronic

Library: An AriadneReader, 1999."Confessions of a Talking Addict," in Chen Ai Yen and John Van Maanen,

A Reflective Spin: Case

Studies of Teachers In Higher Education Transforming Learning. World Scientific Publishers, 1999"Power of Caring," in John Lawry, College 101: A First Year Reader, McGraw Hill, 1998 "You Can't Cheat On My Exams," What Works: Building Effective Collaborative Learning Experiences,

National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning & Assessment, University of Pennsylvania, 1994."We Were Part of a Lost Generation," Charles Wilson, ed.,

Perspectives on the American

South, Gordon & Breach, 1991."Jews & Gentiles in a Small South Georgia Town," in Samuel Proctor & Louis Schmier,

eds., Jews of the South, Mercer University Press, 1984."Touch Life and Find It Good," in Jacob Marcus & Abraham Peck, ed.,

Studies in

the American Jewish Experience, American Jewish Archives, 1981."Helloo! Peddlerman! Helloo!," in Jerrell Shofner, ed., Ethnic Minorities in Gulf

Coast Societies, Pensacola Historical Preservation Board, 1979.

Pamphlets and Manuals:

Jews and Georgians: A Meeting of the Cultures, 1733-1983, Atlanta Jewish Federation, 1983.Instructor's Manual, for Civilization in the Western World, Lippincott, 1969.

"Hardwired To Connect," International Network of Personal Meaning, January, 2004"Remedial Doesn't Mean Unworthy," Newsletter of the National Association of

Developmental Education in Georgia, Winter, 2003"Remedial Doesn't Mean Unworthy," Newsletter of the National Association of

Developmental Education (accepted for publication)"Student Journaling," Academic Exchange Quarterly,

Winter, 2002"My Painted Pinky Nail," AE Extra, September, 2002"Learning, Motivating, Teaching," Academy of Management Journal (accepted for Publication)"A Tah Lum," Risalat Al Mualem, Jordanian Ministry of Education, Spring, 2002"My Suggestions For Teachers," Ken's World, January, 2001"Mining For Gold," Advocate, March, 2000"Reflections on Teaching," Teaching Voices, January, 2000"What To Teach" American College Counseling Newsletter, January, 1999"What Is An Education?" Journal of Academic Advising, January, 1999"Community and Emotion," Academic Exchange Quarterly, Summer, 1998"No Accommodation Without Documentation," Disability Access and Support, January 1998."No Miracles," Ariadne, January, 1998."Nothing is Instant," Marketing Educator, Fall, 1997."On Being A Teacher," Output, December, 1997."Why Do I Have To Take General Education Dialogue, Indiana State University, Fall, 1997."'Getting to Know Ya': Forging a Classroom Learning Community,"

To Improve the Academy, Fall, 1997."I Am A Teacher," Oregon Social Studies, January, 1997."Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," Electronic Journal of Teaching in Community Colleges, January, 1997."Internet ja mina," Dimensio, Fall, 1996."Three Principles of Collegiate Teaching," Research and Reflection, April, 1996."Academia's 'Second Son'", Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, Winter/Spring, 1996."Confronting Faculty Fear of Student Teaching Evaluations: A Personal View."

Journal of

Staff, Program, & Organizational Development, Winter, 1996."The 'I' In Teaching," Indiana University Student Personnel Association Profile, October, 1995."To Be A Teacher," Special Editions, Arizona Department of Education, October, 1995."Students Working Together," The Teaching Professor, August, 1995."Whose School Is It?" Academic Leader, July, 1995."Reaching to Teach," CSP Newsletter, February, 1995."Reaching Students," College and University Faculty Assembly Newsletter, February, 1995."To Be A Teacher," Educational Newsletter, Winter, 1995."The Good Teacher," The Pedagogical Challenge, Winter, 1995."Three Teaching Principles," The Teaching Professor, December, 1994."Faculty Evaluations: Ghosts and Hobgoblins," Georgia Journal of College

Student Affairs, Summer, 1994."Faculty Cramming," The Point, June, 1994."Faculty Evaluations," Auburn University Faculty Newsletter, April, 1994."The Other Depression: The Black Experience in Georgia Through the Lens of an FSA

Photographer," with Denise Montgomery, Georgia Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1994."The Other Depression: A Farm Security Administration Family in Carrol County, 1941"

with David Williams & Denise Montgomery, Georgia Historical Quarterly, Winter, 1993."Teaching for Character," National Teaching and Learning Forum, November, 1993."About Office Hours," Teaching and Learning Exchange, October, 1993."Fad 'n Fashions in Education," American Association for Registrars Newsletter, November, 1993."'This New Canaan Called Georgia': Part II," Georgia Historical Quarterly, Winter, 1989."'This New Canaan Called Georgia': Part I," Georgia Historical Quarterly, Summer, 1989."Passages," American Jewish Times Outlook, August, 1987."Jews in Gray," Ibid., May, 1987."Memories," Ibid., March, 1987."'Jews Don't Murder:' Memories of Tom Watson and the Lichtenstein Murder Trial of 1901,"

Georgia Historical Quarterly, Fall, 1986."This is not a Godless Land," Explorations, Winter, 1985."The Expulsion of Jews From Thomasville, Georgia,"

Southern Exposure, Fall, 1984."An Act Unbecoming: Anti-Semitism in the Confederate South,"

Civil War Times Illustrated,

October, 1984."A 'Jewish Missionary' to the Gentiles," Journal of Southwest Georgia History, October, 1983."'For Him the Schwartzers Would Do Anything:' A Jewish Peddler and His Black

Customers," American Jewish History, September, 1983."Notes and Documents on the Expulsion of the Jews from Thomasville, Georgia,"

American Jewish Archives, April, 1982."The Man From Gehau," Atlanta Historical Journal, Fall, 1979."Charles Wessolowsky of Albany, Ga.," Masonic Messenger, Spring, 1978."The First Jews of Valdosta," Georgia Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1978.

Posters:

"To Be A Teacher"

Major Encyclopedia and Dictionary

Articles:

"Jews," in Richard Current, ed. Encyclopedia of the Confederacy, Simon & Schuster, 1993."The South," in Jack Fischel & Sanford Pinsker, eds.,

Jewish-American History

and Culture: an Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press, 1992."Jewish Religious Life," in William Ferris & Charles Wilson, eds.

Encyclopedia

of Southern Culture, University of North Carolina Press, 1989."Jews," ibid."Jews and Black Slavery," in Randall Miller, ed.

Dictionary of Afro-American

Slavery, Greenwood Press, 1988."Morris Rich,"in Kenneth Coleman, Dictionary of Georgia Biography, Greenwood Press, 1985."Richard Rich," ibid."Jewish Charitable Organizations in the South," in Samuel Hill, ed.

Dictionary of

Southern Religion, Mercer University Press, 1984."The Sheftall Family," Ibid."The Southern Jewish Press," Ibid."Southern Jewish Immigration," Ibid.

Book Reviews:

John Mack Faragher, et. al, Out of Many: A History of the American People,

H-Survey electronic discussion list, 1998.Robert Seitz-Frey & Nancy Thompson-Frey, The Silent and the Damned, in

Georgia Historical Quarterly, Fall, 1988.Frank Byrne & Jean Soman, eds., Your True Marcus: The Civil War Letters

of a Jewish Colonel in The Journal of American Ethnic History, Spring, 1988.Mark Cowett, Birmingham's Rabbi in Florida Historical Quarterly, Fall, 1987.Janice R. Blumberg, One Voice in Georgia Historical Quarterly, Summer, 1986.Frank Byrne & Jean Soman, eds., Your True Marcus: The Civil War Letters of a Jewish

Colonel in Blue and Gray, Summer, 1986.Harriet & Fred Rochlin, Pioneering Jews in

The Journal of Jewish Religious Studies,

April, 1986.Saul Rubin, Third To None: The Saga of Savannah Jewry in

Journal of Southern

History, Fall, 1985.Samuel Hill, On Jordan's Stormy Banks in

Florida Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1985.Sherry Konter, Vanishing Georgia, in Florida Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1983.Stephen Hertzberg, Strangers Within the Gate City: The Jews of Atlanta in

Florida Historical Quarterly, Summer, 1982.

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, AND PRESENTATIONS

Teaching Seminars, Keynote

Addresses, and Scholar-in-Residences

Pre-conference workshop, "Forging A Classroom

Community," Lilly Conference on Teaching in Higher

Education, scheduled for November, 2007Pre-conference workshop, "Forging A Classroom

Community," Lilly Conference on Teaching in Higher

Education, November, 2006Plenary Address, "It's Never Perfect," Lilly Conference on Teaching in

Higher Education, November, 2006Opening Plenary address, "It's Begins With Me," Lilly-South Conference on

Teaching in Higher Education, February, 2006Pre-conference workshop, "Forging A Classroom Community," Lilly Conference

on Teaching in Higher Education, November, 2005Teaching workshop, "Forging A Classroom Community," Adrian College, April, 2005Teaching workshop, "Forging A Classroom Community," Kettering University, April, 2005Pre-conference workshop, "Forging A Classroom Community," Lilly Conference

on Teaching in Higher Education, November, 2004"The Spirit of a Learning Community," Faculty Development Seminar, Miami Dade

Community College, July, 2004Pre-conference workshop, "Forging A Classroom Community," Lilly Conference on

Teaching in Higher Education, November, 2003Teaching workshop, "Everyday Creativity," Miami University, November, 2002Teaching workshop, "Everyday Creativity," Massachusetts Institute of Technology.,

October, 2002 Keynote Address, "Wonder and Marvel," Arkansas Association For Development Education, October, 2002Teaching workshop, Arkansas Association For Development Education, October, 2002Teaching workshop, "Exciting the Classroom," Clarion University, September, 2002Teaching workshop, "It's Your Cookie," Indiana University Southeast, August, 2002Keynote Address, "The Three Basics in Teaching: Attitude, Attitude, Attitude," Library

Instruction Roundtable, American Library Association annual conference, June, 2002.Keynote Convocation Address, "After the Ecstasy Comes the Laundry," combined faculties

of Odessa Community College, Midland Community College, Howard Community College,

San Angelo Community College, January, 2002Keynote Convocation Address, "Great Expectations," Meridian Community College, August, 2001Keynote Address, "A Meaningful Place," Texas Community Colleges Teachers Association, March, 2001Keynote Address, "You Are Important!" Region 3, National Orientation Directors

Association, February, 2001Teaching seminar, "Believing Is To See," University of Georgia, School of

Agriculture, January, 2001Teaching workshop, "Creating Classroom Community," Lilly Conference on Excellence

in College Teaching, November, 2000"Spirituality in Academia," Plenary Address, International Conference of Search

For Meaning in the New Millenium Conference, University of British Columbia,

Vancouver, Canada, July, 2000Keynote Address, "From the Heart to the Heart," Christie McAuliffe Scholars Conference, July, 2000Teaching Seminar, "The 'I's' In Teaching," Youngstown State University, April, 1999Scholar in Residence, New Orleans Jewish Historical Society, March, 1999Teaching Seminar, University of Colorado-Denver, February, 1999Teaching Seminar, North Florida Community College, January, 1998.Teaching Seminar, North Carolina State University, September, 1997Keynote Convocation Address, "I Wonder," North Florida Community College, August, 1997.Keynote Address, "The Humanity of Teaching," Association For the Advancement

of Community College Teaching, January, 1997.Keynote Address"The Classroom Is A Garden," County College of Morris, 1996.Teaching Seminar, "Planting Seeds," County College of Morris, January, 1996.Teaching Workshop, "Teaching in Higher Education," Faculty Retreat, Western

Carolina University, 1994."David Emanuel, Georgia's 'Jew-Governor' and the Country's First State Governor,"

keynote address at the dedication ceremonies of a plaque honoring David Emanuel at

Georgia's State Capitol, May, 1991."Yes, Virginia, There Are Jews in the South," keynote address, annual conference,

Peninsula Jewish Historical Society, 1990."The Pitfalls of Local Jewish History," keynote address, annual conference,

Texas Jewish Historical Society, 1989."Do You Remember the Time When keynote address, Ethnic Heritage Celebration

of Augusta, Ga., May, 1986."The Southern Jewish Religious Experience: An Historical Perspective," keynote

address, Symposium on the Southern Jewish Experience, University of North Carolina

at Asheville, April, 1986.Scholar-in-Residence, Savannah Educational Alliance, 1984.Scholar-in-Residence, Augusta Jewish Federation, 1983.Scholar-in-Residence, Columbus Jewish Federation, 1983.Scholar-in-Residence, Charlotte Jewish Federation, 1982.

Other Conference Papers, Workshops,

and Presentations

"Creating a Motivating Classroom,"

Lilly-North Conference on Teaching in Colleges and

Universities, scheduled for October, 2007"Creating a Motivating Classroom,"

Lilly-South Conference on Teaching in Colleges and

Universities, February, 2007"Keeping the Fires Burning," Lilly-South

Conference on Teaching in Colleges and Universities,

February, 2007"Creating a Motivating Classroom," Lilly

Conference on Teaching in Colleges and Universities,

November, 2006"Creating a Motivating Classroom,"

Lilly-North Conference on Teaching in Colleges and

Universities, October, 2006"Zen and the Art of Teaching Maintenance," Lilly-South Conference on Teaching

in Colleges and Universities, February, 2006."Zen Stories For Teaching," Lilly Conference on Teaching in Higher Education,

November, 2005"Forging Classroom Community, I: Getting to Know Ya," Lilly Conference on

College Teaching, November, 2005"Forging Classroom Community, II: How It Works," Lilly Conference on College

Teaching, November, 2005"Forging Classroom Community, III: Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," Lilly

Conference on College Teaching, November, 2005"Forging Classroom Community, I: Getting to Know Ya," Lilly Conference on College

Teaching, November, 2004"Forging Classroom Community, II: How It Works," Lilly Conference on College

Teaching, November, 2004"Forging Classroom Community, III: Crayons, Markers, and Other Things,"

Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2004"Student As Customer," colloquim, POD conference, November, 2004"Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges, Forging A Spirit of Classroom Community,"

Eastern Academy of Management May, 2004"Forging Classroom Community, I: Getting to Know Ya," Lilly Conference on College

Teaching, November, 2003"Forging Classroom Community, II: How It Works," Lilly Conference on College

Teaching, November, 2003"Forging Classroom Community, III: Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," Lilly

Conference on College Teaching, November, 2003"Forging Classroom Community," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2002"Everyday Creativity," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2002"The Human Side of Teaching," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2002"Relationships," combined faculties of Odessa Community College, Midland

Community College, Howard Community College, San Angelo Community College, January, 2002"Parable of the Dandelion," Odessa Community College, Midland Community College,

Howard Community College, San Angelo Community College, January, 2002"Forging A Classroom Community," Odessa Community College, Midland Community College,

Howard Community College, San Angelo Community College, January 2002"Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2001"Forging A Classroom Community," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2001"Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," International Society for Exploring Teaching

Alternatives, October, 2001"Parable of the Dandelion," Meridian Community College, August, 2001"Reflections," Meridian Community College, August, 2001"Conversations," School of Business, Memorial University of Newfoundland, June, 2001"Reflections on Collegiate Teaching," College of the North Atlantic, June, 2001"The Parable of the Dandelion," Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher

Education, June, 2001"Forging A Classroom Community," Georgia Conference on Teaching, Kennesaw

State University, February, 2001 "Gifts," Texas Community College Teachers Association Annual Conference, March, 2001"Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," Texas Community College Teachers

Association Annual Conference, March 2001"Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," Lilly Conference on Excellence in

College Teaching, November, 2000"Humanity in the Classroom," ISETA October, 2000"Conversations," Teaching for Change Conference, June, 2000Fetzer Institute Teacher Transformation Retreat, June, 2000"The Real Power in the Classroom," Lilly Conference on Excellence in College

Teaching-South, February, 2000"The Real Power in the Classroom." Lilly Conference on Excellence in College

Teaching, November, 1999"The 'Me' in Teaching,", October, 1999'Wholeness and Teaching: Cooperation Between Student Services and Teaching

Faculty," International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, October, 1999"The Human Dimension of Teaching," Lilly Conference on Excellence in College

Teaching, November, 1998"Hidden Prejudices; Hidden Insecurities: Let's Be Frank About Leo Frank,"

Southern Jewish Historical Society, November, 1998"Creating a Learning Community, " International Society for Exploring Teaching

Alternatives, October, 1998"It Begins With Me," Secondary Educational Council on Instructional Technology

Conference, May, 1998"Chant of Ages: The Jewish Experience in Georgia," Ethnic Diversity in Georgia

Program, Athens, April, 1998 "Creative Writing in a History Class," Conference on Creative Writing, Darton

College, March, 1998"Chalk, Crayons and Other Things," Lilly Conference on Excellence in College

Teaching, November, 1997."Forging A Classroom Learning Community," International Society for Exploring

Teaching Alternative, University of New Brunswick, Canada, October, 1997."It All Begins With 'Me,'" Lilly Conference on Excellence in College Teaching

--South, May, 1997."Forging a Classroom Learning Community," Conference on the First Year Experience, February, 1997. "The Humanity of Teaching: A Workshop," conference of the Association For

the Advancement of Community College Teaching, January 1997."Forging a Classroom Learning Community," Lilly Conference on Excellence

in College Teaching, November, 1996."Faculty Mind Set & Identity," International Conference of the First Year

Experience, St. Andrews University, Scotland, July, 1996."Diversity and Flexibility in the Classroom," National Conference of the Society

for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, June, 1996."Teaching in Alternative Languages," Lilly-South Conference on Excellence in

College Teaching, May, 1996."A Glimpse at Jewish Women in the South," Conference of Women in the South, March, 1996. "To Touch Is To Learn," National Conference of the First Year Experience,

University of South Carolina, February, 1996."Teaching and Research," Symposium of The Teaching Academy, University of

Wisconsin, December, 1995."It Starts With Self," Lilly Conference on Excellence in College Teaching, November, 1995."The Flexible Teacher," International Conference of the First Year Experience,

York University, York, England, July, 1995."Getting Them to Think," Conference of the Society of Teaching and Learning

in Higher Education, University of London, June, 1995."Forging a Learning Community," Organizational Behavior Teaching Society National

Conference, June, 1995. Guest presenter, EDNET electronic discussion list, May, 1995."Forging a Learning Community," Lilly Conference-West on Excellence in College Teaching, UCLA, March, 1995."It Starts With Self," National Conference of the First Year Experience,

University of South Carolina, February, 1995."Creating a Learning Community," Lilly Conference on Excellence in College Teaching, 1994."Who Is The Professor?" Conference of the Society of Teaching and Learning

in Higher Education, University of British Columbia, June, 1994."You Can't Fail My Exams," Conference on Collaborative Learning, Pennsylvania

State University, June, 1994."The Triad," Lilly -West Conference on Excellence in Teaching, March, 1994."The Courage to Teach," Lilly-West Conference on Excellence in Teaching, March, 1994."Testing as a Creativity, Imaginative, and Learning Experience," National

Conference of the Freshman Year Experience, February, 1994."The Courage to Teach," National Conference of the Freshman Year Experience, February, 1994."The Courage to Teach," Conference on Excellence in College Teaching,

University of Florida, February, 1994."The Courage to Teach," First Year Experience Conference, November, 1993."Tandem Learning and Character-Based Curriculum," Lilly Conference

on Excellence in Teaching, November, 1993."South of Hester Street," Southern Jewish Historical Society, November, 1993."Three Is Not A Crowd," Conference of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, June, 1993. "The Way They Really Were: Techniques in Teaching History," Conference of

the Association of Georgia Historians, 1993."Jewish Life in the Rural South," Southern Historical Association, November, 1992"Judaism as a Cultural Expression in Georgia," Georgia Council for the

Humanities Conference on Multi-ethnic Experience in Georgia, May, 1992."Southern Jews and the 'Hydrangea Effect'," Conference of the Southern Jewish

Historical Society, 1990."From Pariah to Citizen," Faces of Georgia's Ethnic Heritage Conference, October, 1987."The 'Unique' Institution of Southern Jewry," panelist, Conference of the

Southern Jewish Historical Society, November 1987."Listening and Seeing Your Ancestors," Conference of the Florida Jewish Experience, November, 1986."The Ethnohistory of American Jews," Conference of the American Society

of Ethnohistory, November, 1986."Let Your Elders Tell It: The Techniques, Pitfalls and Goals of Oral History,"

Symposium on the Southern Jewish Experience, University of North Carolina at Asheville, April, 1986."The Day Georgia's Haman Became An Esther," Southern Historical Association, November, 1985."Why Do We Go From Here: The Future of Research Dealing With the Southern

Jewish Experience," Southern Jewish Historical Society, October, 1985."How To Read the Historic Parables in Family Photographs," Southern Jewish

Historical Society, October, 1985."Problems of Publications for Local Jewish Historical Societies," American Jewish Historical Society, June, 1985."This Is Not a Godless Land," American Academy of Religion, March, 1985."When Tom Watson Came to Swainsboro, Georgia: An Insight into the Value of Jewish Oral

Archives," Council of Archives and Research Libraries in Jewish Studies, November 1984."Clio Muses in Bankruptcy: The Use of Federal Bankruptcy Court Records in

the Study of the Southern Jewish Experience," National Archives Symposium,

"Clio And the Courts," October, 1984."The State of Research in Southern Jewish History," Mississippi Department of

Archives Symposium on Southern History, June, 1983."Is There an Historical Alliance Between Jews and Blacks?" National Conference

on African/American-Jewish/American Relations, May, 1983."Tell of the Days of Old," Conference on the Southern Jewish Experience, May,

1983. "Tales of Southern Jewish Peddlers," Tulane University Southern Ethnic

Heritage Series, November, 1982."Jews and Georgia's 'Coat of Many Colors'," Georgia Secretary of State Ethnic

Heritage Program, November, 1982."You Don't Have To Be Famous to Make History," Southeast Regional Hadassah

Conference, April, 1981."This Is Not a Godless Land: A Glimpse At the Southern Jewish Religious

Experience," Conference of Diverse Religious Expressions in the South, Auburn

University, March, 1980."A Confrontation with Sensibility: Teaching the Holocaust in Public Schools,"

Symposium on the Holocaust, Armstrong State College, May, 1979."It's a Peddler's Life," Popular Culture Association, May, 1978."Mr. Peddler," Gulf Coast Humanities and History Conference, April, 1978."The Jewish Community in Valdosta, Georgia, 1865-1945," Georgia Historical

Society, March, 1977.

Joseph P. Malone Fellowship in Middle East Studies, 1988.American Jewish Committee Fellowship in Israeli Studies, 1982.Harry Edison Foundation Research Fellowship, 1980-2.Marguerite R. Jacobs Fellowship in American Jewish History, 1979.Danforth Foundation Associate Fellowship, 1970.University of North Carolina Teaching Fellowship, 1965-1967.

American Library Association Roundtable grant, "Let's Talk About It: Women in

Jewish Literature," with Yolanda Hood, 2006Georgia Council for the Humanities Grant, "The Other Depression in Georgia,"

with Denise Montgomery, 1993.Queen Carpet Corporation Research Grant, 1991.Abram Minis Foundation Research Grant, 1991.Kole Foundation Research Grant, 1991.Georgia Council for the Humanities, pre-production grant for a TV documentary,

"The New Canaan: The Jewish Experience in Georgia," 1990-1.American Association of State and Local History/National Endowment for the

Humanities Research Grant, 1989-90.Southern Jewish Historical Society Research Grant, 1989.Pearlman Foundation Research Grant, 1988.Blumenthal Foundation Research Grant, 1988.Arkansas Committee for the Humanities Research Grant, 1985.Department of Education Title III Faculty Development Grant, 1985.Department of Education Title III Computer Internship, 1983.Department of Education Title III Curriculum Pilot Grant, 1982Rothschild Foundation Research Grant, 1982.Committee for the Humanities in Georgia Project Grant, "Jewish Culture in

Georgia and the South," 1980.Committee for the Humanities in Georgia Project Grant, with William Frech, "The

Struggle for Religious Freedom in America and the South: Protestant, Catholic, Jew," 1979.B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League Researcher, 1977-1979.Danforth Foundation Project Grant, 1971.University of North Carolina Assistantship, 1965North Carolina State University Teaching Assistantship, 1964

Jack Moses, Inc. Research Grant, 1991.Savannah Jewish Federation Research Grant, 1990.Weiner, Dwyer & Yancy Research Grant, 1990.Goldstein & Sons Research Grant, 1990.Loeff Industries Research Grant, 1990.Clark & Clark Research Grant, 1990.Bouhan. Williams & Levy Research Grant, 1989.Valdosta Hebrew Congregation Research Grant, 1988.Chatham Steel Corporation Research Grant, 1988.Bernd Manufacturing Co. Research Grant, 1983.Burke Manufacturing Co. Research Grant, 1983.American Cross-Arms Co. Research Grant, 1982, 1988.Valdosta State College Faculty Research Grant, yearly from 1977-1991.Valdosta State College/University Faculty Development Grant, yearly since 1981.Southern Jewish Historical Society Publication Grant, 1981.Valdosta State College Alumni Foundation Research Grant, 1981.Valdosta State College Resource Grant, 1979, 1980.Smith Fund Research Grant, 1968.

Study Abroad, China, University of Zhongzhou, Maymester,

2007Co-organizer, "Let's Talk About It: Jewish Women

in American Literature, Valdosta State University, 2006Co-organizer, "Women In the American Experience,"

speaker series, Valdosta State University, 2006Organizer, "Survivors Of The Holocaust," speaker series,

Valdosta State University, 2005Consultant, Southern Folklore Project, 2005Member, Academic Advisory Council, Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American

Jewish History, 2003-2005. Historical Consultant, Augusta Jewish Community 150th celebration, 2003-2005Consultant, Collaborative Online Learning Algorithm Project, 2001.Member, Publications Committee, International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, 1999-2001Member, Special Awards Committee, International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, 1999-2001E-mail list master, *****@**********.********.***, 1999-presentConference proposal reviewer, International Society for the Exploration of Teaching

Alternatives, 1998-2001Member, Committee on Teaching, American Historical Association, 1999-2000Historic Consultant, "Shalom Ya'll," PBS, March, 1999Manuscript editor, Esther Wright, Why I Teach, 1998Member, Board of Governors, International Society for the Exploration of

Teaching Alternatives, 1998-2001Photographic consultant, WNET-TV, New York, 1998Columnist, Electronic Journal of Teaching in Community Colleges, 1997.Consultant, "Becoming Southerners: A Look At the Jews in the South," National Public Radio, May, 1996.Educational consultant, Socratec Corp., April, 1996.Historic consultant and contributor, PBS-TV documentary series, They Came For Good, 1995-6.Historic consultant, "Golden Threads: A Tapestry of Sephardic Jews," 1991.Historic consultant, Jews in the South, New York Times, 1986, 1991.Historic consultant, Jews in Georgia, Atlanta Constitution, 1983, 1991.Consultant, Peninsula Jewish Historical Society, Norfolk, VA, 1990.Consultant, Charlotte Jewish Historical Society, Charlotte, NC, 1990.Consultant, Research Communications Corp., 1989.Consultant, Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, 1989-1991.Editorial Board, American Jewish History and Culture, 1988-91.Editorial staff, Georgia Journal of Southern Legal History, 1988-1992.Consultant, Florida Mosaic Project, University of Miami, 1988-9.Consultant and contributor, Museum of American Jewish History, exhibit depicting

the American Jewish experience, 1989-90.Consultant and contributor, Museum of the Diaspora, Tel Aviv, Israel, to assist in

developing a photographic exhibit depicting Jewish life in the United States, 1986.Consultant and contributor, WNET-TV, "Heritage, The Jews and Civilization," 1984.District Field Director, "Vanishing Georgia" photograph preservation project, Georgia

State Archives, 1982-1983.Chief historical consultant, Atlanta Jewish Federation, "Celebration of the 250th

Anniversary of Georgia Jewry," 1982-1983.Editorial Board, Journal of Southwest Georgia History, 1984-1990.Editorial consultant, American Jewish History, 1983.Academic Council member, American Jewish Historical Society, 1980-1998.Committee on Local Jewish Historical Societies, American Jewish Historical Society, 1982-1984.Historic consultant, Atlanta Historical Journal, 1979.Co-Founder, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1976.Vice-President, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1977-1979.Secretary, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1980-90.Board member, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1990-1.Conference Program Chairman, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1978-1984.Publication Committee Chairman, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1982-1984.Co-Organizer, Conference on the Experience of Jews in the South, Georgia Southern College, 1981.

Manuscript Reviewer, University of Alabama Press, 2002 Textbook Reviewer, Houghton Mifflin Co., 2001Program Reviewer, "Revisiting Auschwitz," Georgia Humanities Council, 1998 Member, Society For Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1994-presentManuscript Reviewer, University of Florida Press, 1998Member, International Society For Exploring Teaching Alternatives, 1996-presentMember, International Society of Scholars in Collegiate Teaching, 1994-presentMember, American Jewish Historical Society, 1976-1991Member, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1976-1991Retreat leader, Congregation B'nai Israel, Dalton, Ga.,1994.Member of the Georgia Governor's "Governor David Emanuel Portrait Committee," 1991.Consultant, "Why We Should Remember the Holocaust," Georgia Governor's Honors Program, 1987.Grant evaluator, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1986, 1990, 1993.Consultant, Historic Augusta Board, 1986.Historic Photographs Consultant, Southern Living, 1984.Curriculum consultant, Bibb County Public School System, Ethnic Heritage High School

Curriculum Program, 1982.Program evaluator, Committee for the Humanities in Georgia, 1981.Project Consultant, "Jewish Festival in Georgia," Augusta Jewish Federation, 1980.Past member, American Historical AssociationPast member, Southern Historical AssociationPast member, American Association of State & Local HistoryPast member, Georgia Historical Association

University-Wide:

Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, 2004-Board Member, HUB, 2003-Hub Leader, Creative Teaching Team, 2003-Strategic Planning Retreat, September, 2003Task Force on Alcohol Awareness, 2003Member, Wellness Group, 2003Chair, Stratetic Planning Committee: Student Learning, Retention,

Graduation, 2002-3Committee for the Revision of University By-Laws, 1998Diversity Week Committee, 1996Senate Student Services Committee, 1995-6Co-chair, Multicultural Program Committee, 1995-6Administrative Council International Services Committee, 1994-Administrative Council Student Service Committee, 1994-Administrative Council Affirmative Action Committee, 1993-4Faculty Senator, 1992-1996Senate Grievance Committee, 1992-94, 1995-6Chairman, Senate Committee on Minority and Special Student

Needs, 1992-94 Co-Chair, Administrative Council Ad Hoc Senate Transitional

Committee, 1991-2Co-Chair, Administrative Council Ad Hoc Committee on Senate

By-Laws, 1991-2Co-Chair, Administrative Council Ad Hoc Committee for the

Revision of the College Statutes, 1991-2Co-Chair, Administrative Council Ad Hoc Committee to Devise

a Faculty Senate, 1990-1Permanent panelist, "Keep Thinking," WVSC-TV, 1989-94International Studies Curriculum Committee, 1989-91Registration Committee, 1984 Long Range Goals Committee, 1983-84 Faculty Affairs Committee, 1980-83 (Chair, 1982-3)Freshman Advising Committee, 1981-2 Library Affairs Committee, 1980-2Faculty Grievance Committee, 1971-5, 1989-1991Committee on Student Affairs, 1971-3 Originator, Insight Student Orientation Program, 1974Creator & Coordinator, "Week of Seminars Program," 1972-5

Academic Council, 1971-3, 1991 President, AAUP, 1971-2.Co-Founder, VSC Credit Union, 1972 Creator & Coordinator, Faculty Scholarship Program, 1969-75

Curriculum Development Committee, 1970-2 (Chair, 1970)Committee on General Education, 1970-4 (Chair, 1974) Committee on Academic Rules and Regulations, 1968-71 (Chair,

1971) Committee on Academic Honors, 1969-71 Orientation Committee, 1971-3 (Chair, 1971)

College of Arts and Sciences:

Chair, Bachelor of Arts Curriculum Study Committee, 1980-1

Chair, Humanities Study Committee, 1980-1 Dean's Advisory Committee, 1979-80 Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Course Experimental Program,

1974 Chair, General Studies Curriculum Committee, 1974-5Chair, Honors Curriculum Study Committee, 1973-4

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