Rebecca Miller Davis

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1 Rebecca Miller Davis ~ University of Missouri, Kansas City Department of History 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, MO (816) / davisrebe@umkc.edu EDUCATION PhD History 2011 University of South Carolina o Fields of study: 20 th century U.S., American cultural and social history, civil rights, African American history, identity, U.S. South, media studies MA American History 2003 James Madison University BA History 2001 James Madison University o Major: History; Minor: Secondary Education o Received Virginia State Teaching License for Social Studies (grades 9-12) o Graduate Magna Cum Laude RESEARCH Ph.D. dissertation: "Reporting Race and Resistance in Dixie: The White Mississippi Press and Civil Rights, " o Committee: Patricia A. Sullivan (chair), Dan T. Carter, Lauren R. Sklaroff, Marjorie Spruill, W. Lewis Burke (Law) M.A. Thesis: "Defense of the Closed Society: The Mississippi Press Reaction to the Lynching of Emmett Till" o Committee: Steven W. Guerrier (chair), Gabrielle M. Lanier, Jaqueline B. Walker PUBLICATIONS "Dixiecrats, Dissenting Delegates, and the Dying Democratic Party: Mississippi's Right Turn from Roosevelt to Johnson," Love/Hate Well, Mostly Hate: The South and the Federal Government from the Virginia Dynasty to the Tea Party, Glenn Feldman, ed. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, forthcoming (anticipated late 2013/early 2014) "Tom Ethridge," Mississippi Encyclopedia, Ted Ownby and Charles Reagan Wilson, eds., Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, forthcoming. "The Three R's Reading, Writing and Race: The Evolution of Race in Mississippi History Textbooks, " Journal of Mississippi History Vol. LXXII No. 1 (Spring 2010): "Raised for Activism: Henrie Monteith and the Desegregation of the University of South Carolina." South Carolina Historical Magazine 109:2 (April 2008): TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Missouri, Kansas City (Kansas City, MO), Visiting Assistant Professor, o United States History Survey to 1877

2 o United States History Survey since 1877 o The Modern Black Freedom Struggle University of Missouri, Kansas City (Kansas City, MO), Lecturer, Spring 2012 o Decade of Dissent: The 1960s University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS), Lecturer, o The Historian's Craft (Research and Writing Seminar) o Media, World War II and Propaganda o United States History Survey, Exploration to the Civil War o United States History Survey, Reconstruction to the Present Metropolitan Community College (Kansas City, MO), Adjunct Instructor, 2009-present o United States History Survey, Exploration to the Civil War (face-to-face and online) o United States History Survey, Reconstruction to the Present Hinds Community College (Jackson, MS), Adjunct Instructor of History, 2007-present o United States History Survey, Exploration to Reconstruction (online) o Western Civilization Survey to 1650 o Western Civilization Survey since 1650 Millsaps College (Jackson, MS), Adjunct Instructor, 2008 o Early Civil Rights and the Roots of Resistance in 19 th Century America o Media, Propaganda, and War: o United States History Survey, Exploration to Reconstruction University of South Carolina Evening School (Columbia, SC), Instructor, o United States History Survey, Reconstruction to the present Newberry College (Newberry, SC), Adjunct Instructor, o History of African Americans o United States History Survey, Exploration to the Civil War o United States History Survey, Reconstruction to the present CONFERENCES 2013 Southern Historical Association Meeting (St. Louis, Missouri) o Panel under consideration o Paper to be presented: Discord and Disunity in Dixie: White Mississippi Response to the Assassination of Medgar Evers 2010 Southern Historical Association Meeting (Charlotte, North Carolina) o Paper presented: "Demagogues, Dixiecrats and the Dying Democratic Party: Mississippi's Right Turn, " o Session organizer 2008 History is Lunch at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (Jackson, Mississippi) o Paper presented: "Reporting Race and Resistance in Dixie: White Mississippi Media Response to Civil Rights" 2008 Organization of American Historians Meeting (New York, New York) - 2 -

3 o Paper presented: "Reporting Race and Resistance in Dixie: White Mississippi Media Response to Civil Rights" o Co-session organizer 2007 American Historical Association Meeting (Atlanta, Georgia) o Paper presented: "The Myth of the Solid South: How Mississippi Press Reaction to Civil Rights Recreates White Identity" o Session organizer 2006 Graduate Student Day at the University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) o Paper presented: "Raised for Activism: Henrie Dobbins Monteith and the Desegregation of the University of South Carolina" o Awarded First Place in Humanities Category 2005 The Murder of Emmett Till and the Struggle for Civil Rights Conference at Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) o Paper presented: "Rally Around the Flag: White Mississippi's Defense of the Closed Society in Response to the Lynching of Emmett Till" 2004 Graduate Student Day at the University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) o Paper presented: "The Many Faces of Mississippi Identity: Exploring the Complexities of Mississippi Press Reaction to the Emmett Till Murder and Trial" o Awarded Second Place in Media Category 2002 Innovative Perspectives in History Graduate Conference at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, Virginia) o Paper presented: "The Disappearing Face of Southern Racism: An Analysis of Race and Racism in Mississippi History Textbooks" o Awarded Honorable Mention for Outstanding Paper 2002 Graduate Conference in Southern History at the University of Mississippi (Oxford, Mississippi) o Paper presented: "Emmett Till and the Media" OTHER ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS/EXPERIENCE Researcher for Mississippi Department of Archives and History and Mississippi Humanities Council in Jackson, MS Summer 2007 Research Assistant for Dr. Lauren R. Sklaroff, University of South Carolina Spring 2007, Fall 2008, Spring-Summer 2009 Research Assistant for Drs. Lauren R. Sklaroff and Lawrence B. Glickman, University of South Carolina Summer 2006 Research Assistant for Dr. Dan T. Carter, University of South Carolina Fall 2004-Spring 2005 HONORS/AWARDS Graduate Student Research Assistant Award, University of South Carolina College of Arts & Sciences, 2006 Graduate Student Day, University of South Carolina, First Place in Humanities Category, 2006 Graduate Student Day, University of South Carolina, Second Place in Media Category,

4 Write On! Academic Writing Contest, James Madison University, First Place in Graduate Division, 2004 GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS Travel Grant, University of Kansas, 2010 Rhude M. Patterson Trustee Fellowship, University of South Carolina Graduate School, 2008 o Awarded to outstanding female graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who exhibit excellence in graduate study, research, and scholarship. Travel Grant, University of South Carolina Graduate School, 2008 Travel Grant, University of South Carolina Department of History, 2005, 2007, 2008 Travel Grant, University of South Carolina College of Arts & Sciences, 2007 Graduate Recruiting Fellowship, University of South Carolina Graduate School, Travel Grant, James Madison University Trustees, 2002 Research Grant, James Madison University Department of History, 2002 RADIO PROGRAMS April 17, 2008 Mississippi Public Broadcasting Division of National Public Radio, "Mississippi Edition," commentator on role of media in Mississippi civil rights movement April 25, 2008 Radio JFP on WLEZ, weekly Jackson Free Press radio show, "JFP on WLEZ," commentator on media's role in influencing ideas regarding race, present and past and general discussion of race relations in Deep South PROFESSIONAL SERVICE National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Landmarks of American History Workshop o "From Freedom Summer to the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike," Jackson, MS and Memphis, TN, July 17-23, 2011 AP US History Exam Grading o Table Leader: 2011 o Reader: , President of University of South Carolina Graduate History Association, Madison Historical Review o Founding members of peer-reviewed, online journal o Head of Research Committee o Member of Editorial Board REFERENCES: Dan T. Carter Education Foundation Professor of History, Emeritus University of South Carolina o (828) CarterDT@mailbox.sc.edu Jonathan Earle Associate Professor of History University of Kansas o (785) jonearle@ku.edu - 4 -

5 Lawrence B. Glickman Professor of History & Chair of History Department University of South Carolina o (803) Glickman@mailbox.sc.edu Steven W. Guerrier Professor of History James Madison University o (540) guerrisw@jmu.edu Lauren R. Sklaroff Associate Professor of History University of South Carolina o (803) sklaroff@mailbox.sc.edu Marjorie J. Spruill Professor of History University of South Carolina o (803) spruillm@mailbox.sc.edu Patricia A. Sullivan Professor of History University of South Carolina o (803) psulliv@mailbox.sc.edu William Young Instructor and Division Chair of Social Science/Business Metropolitan Community College Maple Woods o (816) william.young@mcckc.edu - 5 -