MIKAL B. ECKSTROM University of Nebraska Lincoln, Ph.D. Candidate 10085 Fieldcrest Drive Omaha, NE 68114 e-mail: mikalbeckstrom@icloud.com Phone: 402.306.8088 EDUCATION Ph.D. in History (expected May 2016) Teaching Fields: American West, North America, and Comparative World Women & Gender with Plains Studies and Digital Humanities Certificates University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of History, UNL, Lincoln, NE Thesis Advisor: Margaret Jacobs, Chancellor s Professor of History, 2011 to current Masters of Arts in History, February 2012 Clark University Department of History, Clark University, Worcester MA Thesis Advisor: Wim Klooster, Graduate Department Chair, History Department, 2012 B.A. in Global History, Summa Cum Laude, May 2010 Department of History, Clark University, Worcester MA Thesis Advisor: Taner Akçam Associate of Arts, Highest Honors (August 2008) Seattle Central Community College Advisor: Nada Oakley, M.A. Winter 2007 to summer 2008 TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING Primary Source Analysis Exam Design Team, Spring 2014 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Teaching Online Summer Workshop, 2013 Teaching Assistant, Women & Gender in US History, Fall 2013, Dr. Margaret Jacobs, University of Nebraska- Lincoln Teaching Assistant, America Before 1877, Spring 2013, Dr. Kenneth Winkle, University of Nebraska- Lincoln Teaching Assistant, Native American History, Fall 2012, Dr. Victoria Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Guest lecturer, America Before 1877, Fall 2012, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
FELLOWSHIPS AND ACADEMIC HONORS Dean s Fellowship, Graduate Studies, UNL, 2014 Sheldon Fellowship, History Department, 2014 Pauley History Excellence Fund, 2014 Sheldon Dissertation Travel Award, 2013 Center for Jewish History, Archival and Research Seminar Fellow, May 2013 Center for Great Plains Graduate Fellow, UNL, 2013-current Graduate Travel Funding Grant, UNL Department of History, Fall 2012 Graduate Non Resident Fellowship, UNL College of Graduate Studies, 2012- current Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies Graduate Research Grant, 2012 Graduate Non Resident Fellowship, UNL College of Graduate Studies, 2011 Research Assistant Fellowship, UNL College of Graduate Studies, 2011 Jack Kent Cooke Continuing Graduate Scholar, 2010 Clark University History Department Honors Program, First High Honors, 2009-2010 Locating Lemkin: Historiography, Concepts and the Problem of Genocide in the American West Taner Akcam, Thesis Advisor, 2010. Phi Beta Kappa, 2010 Chester Bland History Fund, Graduate Research Fellowship, Clark, 2010 National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Museum, 2009 Education Department Stephen and Phyllis Steinbrecher Fellowship, 2009 A highly competitive $2500 award for a self-designed research project. Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Fund for Scholars of Holocaust Studies, 2009 Research fellowship Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Program Scholar, 2008-2010 Two-tier national scholarship with academic merit and civic engagement focus Pride Foundation, Rosenberg-Iberra Scholar, 2008 CURRICULUM VITAE OF MIKAL B. ECKSTROM PAGE 2
Regional LGBTQ scholarship Clark University First Honors, 2008-2010 Academic Years Clark University Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, 2008-2010 Selected by Clark Admissions Commencement Speaker, Seattle Central CC, 2008 Selected by Student Leadership and Dean of Students PUBLICATIONS Review of Karen Hansen s, Encounters on the Great Plains for Great Plains Quarterly. Under contract for fall 2014. Teaching American History as Settler Colonialism, in Why You Can t Teach US History without American Indians. Susan Sleeper-Smith, Jeani O Brien, and Scott Manning Stevens, eds. Under contract at University of North Carolina Press, spring 2015. Strassler Center Year End Report, 2009-2011 Resistance through Identity in Nimiipuu Country, (self-published photography book) 2009 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS The Dual Nature of Settler Colonialism: Julius Meyer and Plains Indians, Western History Association, 14-18 October 2014. Quantifying The Thing Not Named : A Computational Analysis of Willa Cather s Unfurnished Writing Style(s). Digital Humanities Conferences, Lausanne, Switzerland 8-11 July 2014 Squatter Sovereignty, Settler Colonialism, and the Question of Genocide in Nez Perce Country, Paper for the 10 th Biennial International Association of Genocide Scholars Conference, Siena, Italy 19-22 June 2013. Resistance Through Identity, Photographic Exhibit, 10 th Biennial International Association of Genocide Scholars Conference, Siena, Italy 19-22 June 2013. Teaching American History as Settler Colonialism, Newberry Consortium for American Indian Studies, Newberry Library, May 2012. The Way of the Cross Leads Home: The Role of Female Missionaries in Nez Perce Country and Armenia, Colonial and Indigenous Genocides, University of Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, September 2012 Squatter Imperialism and Genocide in Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) Country CURRICULUM VITAE OF MIKAL B. ECKSTROM PAGE 3
Second International Graduate Students Conference for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University, Worcester, MA, March 2012 Locating Lemkin: Historiography, Concepts and the Problem of Genocide, Critical Ethnic Studies Conference and the Future of Genocide, University of California-Riverside, CA, March 2011. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Co-Chair, James A Rawley Conference in the Humanities, UNL, 2013-2104 Vice President, History Graduate Student Association, UNL, 2013-2014 Web Team, Department of History, UNL, 2013-2014 Caroll R. Pauley Lecture Series, Design, UNL, 2013 Preparing Future Faculty, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Sandra Mathews- Benham, Mentor, Fall 2013 Teaching Online Summer Workshop, Summer 2013 Second International Graduate Students Conference for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Design, Clark University, 2012 Caroll R. Pauley Symposium, Design, UNL, 2012 Informed Activism: Armed Conflict, Scarce Resources, and Congo, Design, Clark University, 2011 First International Graduate Students Conference for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Design, Clark University, 2009 RESEARCH LANGUAGES German: Solid Hebrew: Moderate Yiddish: Moderate Nimiipuu (NezPerce): rudimentary French: rudimentary AFFILIATIONS International Association of Genocide Scholars Phi Beta Kappa Western History Association EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Department of History Content Manager, Department of History, UNL, 2013- current CURRICULUM VITAE OF MIKAL B. ECKSTROM PAGE 4
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History, UNL, 2012-current Dr. Margaret Jacobs, Chancellor s Professor, Department of History, UNL Graduate Research Assistant, 2011-2012. Office of Media and Communications, Clark University, Web Team, 2011. Henry J. Leir Luxembourg Program- Clark University Graphic Designer and Program assistant in United States and Luxembourg, 2009 to 2011. Debórah Dwork, Ph.D., Director of the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University, research assistant, 2009 to 2011. Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University, Photographer, Graphic design and Library staff, 2008 to 2011. Seattle Central Community College Bachelor of Applied Science Grant Proposal Team, 2007-2008 Astralwerks dba EMI North America, Street Team Marketing, Seattle, WA, 2001-2006 zeropointdesignlabs, founder of consultant company to entertainment and biotechnology companies, Seattle, WA, 1999-2002 Denim Works, Assistant Manager, Boise, ID, 1997-1998 Zumiez, Sales Associate, Boise, ID, 1995-1997 Moxie Java, Barista, Boise, ID, 1995-1997 Jilinda s, Server, Kooskia, ID, 1993-1994 REFERENCES Debórah Dwork, Ph.D., Rose Professor of Holocaust History and Director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, History Department, Clark University, (ddwork@clarku.edu) Margaret Jacobs, Chancellor Professor of History, Department of History, UNL, (mjacobs3@unl.edu) James LeSueur, Professor of History, Department of History, UNL, (jlesuer1@unl.edu) David Wishart, Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, UNL, (dwishart1@unl.edu) CURRICULUM VITAE OF MIKAL B. ECKSTROM PAGE 5