Courtney Kisat clkisat929@gmail.com / (618) 614-6593 1721 Whitener St., Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Qualifications/Academic Degrees Ph.D. in Historical Studies Dissertation: To Give or Not to Give: Interactions between Rural Relief Clients and Social Workers during the Emergency Relief Period of the Great Depression, 1933 to 1935. Southern Illinois University Carbondale May, 2013 Illinois Teacher Certification Type 9, Secondary Education, Social Studies endorsement McKendree College, Lebanon, IL May, 2006 Master of Arts in Historical Studies Graduate Certificate in Women s Studies May, 2002 Bachelor of Arts in History/Minor in English May, 1999 Professional Experience: Asst. Professor of History (tenure-track) Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri August 2014 present. Teaching courses in secondary social studies teaching methods courses and modern US history; both online and face-to-face. Asst. Professor of History University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana August 2012 June 2013 Courses in American history, modern European history and secondary social studies teaching methods. Education Coordinator Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, College of Education & Human Services March 2007 to present My duties varied widely; they included teaching a summer course on technology in education, maintaining program materials, coordinating outreach efforts to both pre-service and in-service 1
teachers, attendance and presentations at conferences, and representation on various committees. Instructor of History McKendree College/Scott Air Force Base Lebanon, IL January, 2004 to April, 2007. I taught courses that included America from 1945, Twentieth century world, history of the Middle East, and Latin American history. Social Studies Teacher Anna-Jonesboro Community High School, Anna, IL August 2006 to June 2, 2008. In this position, I taught 9-12 th grade students in world geography. I also headed the yearbook staff, participated in faculty improvement workshops, and provided volunteer tutoring services. Social Studies Teacher Belleville West High School, Social Studies Department, Belleville, IL June 6 to July 24, 2006. This summer semester position was for students in grades 9-12 who elected to take U.S. history class over the summer. Teaching Assistant History Department, Southern Illinois University August 2000 to May 2002. In my first experience as a classroom teacher beyond substitute teaching, I assisted a professor with courses in world and U.S. history. Duties included planning and leading fifty-minute discussion sessions and grading. Graduate Assistant Southern Illinois University, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction January 2002 to May 2002. Duties included teaching basic computer skills such as Power Point, Microsoft Office, basic web design, and internet searches. Service: Advisor to student group Social Studies Educators Association (SSEA), Aug. 2014-present. External Communications Committee, Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program, http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/ Dec. 2011 to Aug. 2012. Editorial Board of Teaching with Primary Sources Quarterly, an online publication created by the Library of Congress Educational Outreach Division http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/quarterly/about.html Dec. 2011 to Aug. 2012. 2
History Fair judge for Shawnee High School, Ullin, IL and SIU-C March 2009-2011. Publications Benevolence for the Poor: Working-Class Women, Social Welfare, and the Black Church, 1900-1935, Publication forthcoming in Fall 2015 in the peer-reviewed journal Women, Gender, and Families of Color. The United Methodist Church and Efforts to Alleviate Poverty, in Odekon, Mehmet A., et al, eds., The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, est. publication date: June 2015. Book review; David Welky, Everything was Better in America: Print Culture during the Great Depression. Southern Historian, vol. 31, April 2010, p. 129. http://southernhistorian.ua.edu/?p=36 Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South: Varying the Learning Process with Primary Sources Teaching with Primary Sources Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter 2009, p. 11. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/quarterly/differentiated_instruction/pdf /secondary_activity.pdf Building on a Strong Foundation: the Origins and Evolution of Women's Studies Programs in the United States, M.A. Thesis http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/ow/51331676 May, 2002 Website Design Leader of design team for website www.tpsteach.com. This website was designed to facilitate online course work and professional development training for both pre-service and in-service teachers who enrolled in EDUC 550 through Southern Illinois University. This course instructs teachers on ways to incorporate primary sources into their curriculum. Paper and Project Presentations Primary Source-based Instruction in Teacher Training Programs History of Education Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana November 6-9, 2014 CCSS, Social Studies, and Technology: Engaging Students in the Past Teachers Institute, Shawnee Community College, Ullin, Illinois October 11, 2013 3
CCSS, Social Studies, and Technology: Engaging Students in the Past Teaching and Lifelong Learning Conference Southern Illinois University, Carbondale June 2, 2013 Meeting Common Core Reading Standards with Primary Sources Teaching and Lifelong Learning Conference Southern Illinois University, Carbondale June 11, 2012 Such Impatience with Differing Opinion: The Women s International League for Peace and Freedom in the 1930s Paper Presentation at Peace History Conference, Miami, FL Oct. 22, 2011 Sell It Back to the People: Placing FSA Photography in a Historical Context Illinois Council for Social Studies Conference, Chicago, IL Oct. 13, 2011 Perspectives through Photography: Japanese- American Internment during World War II Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program Egyptian High School, Ullin, IL. School Enrichment Grant Program Aug. 1, 2011 Think like a Historian - Pedagogical Justifications for Incorporating Primary Sources into the Curriculum. Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program Vienna High School, Vienna, IL; Trail of Tears Teacher Institute July 13, 2011 Utilizing Library of Congress Civil War Sources Illinois State Historical Society 31 st Annual Illinois History Symposium April 11, 2011 Local History Projects for the K-12 Classroom Regional Office of Education 02 Teachers Institute, Ullin, IL October, 2010 American Education in the Digital Age and Beyond: A Discussion for the 21st Century, A Library-sponsored forum on K-12 education Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4523 March, 2009 4
Incorporating Primary Sources into Your Classroom: Library of Congress for Teachers Regional Office of Education 02 Teachers Institute, Ullin, IL October, 2008 & October, 2009 Enjoying a Historical Heritage: the Growth of Women s Studies Programs in the U.S. Symposium on Women s and Gender History University of Illinois, Champaign, IL March 10-12, 2005 A Woman s Work is Never Done: Women in Nineteenth Century Southern Illinois, 6 th Annual Conference on Illinois History; Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, IL Oct. 28 & 29, 2004 Professional Membership o American Historical Association member since April, 2011 o Peace History Society member since August, 2011 o History Graduate Student Association, SIUC, 2000 2002; 2009 - present o Illinois Council for the Social Studies Region 5 Board Member during 2005 2006 school years o National Education Association/Illinois Education Association Member, 2006 2008 Grant Writing Success/Scholarships and Awards o Research Fellowship to Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky, June 2014 o Elmer Andersen Research Scholars grant from University of Minnesota for research in social work archives, March 2012 (http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lib-web/news/announcements/) o Elizabeth Eames Dissertation Scholarship Award from SIUC-Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies February, 2012 5
o Travel to Peace History Conference, October 20-21, 2011 o Illinois Department of Natural Resources, a mini-grant for a high school white paper recycling project, Jan. 2008. 6