Baldwin-Wallace College
History Department
309 Marting Hall
275 Eastland Rd.
Berea, OH 44017
EDUCATION:
| Washington University, St. Louis, MO A.M., 1995; Ph.D., 2000. Dissertation: "Beyond Modernism: Opposition and Negotiation in the Azhar Reform Movement, 1870-1911." |
Western Michigan University, Lee Honors College, Kalamazoo, MI |
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American University in Cairo, Egypt |
Intensive summer programs in Arabic language: |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Associate Professor, Department of History, Baldwin-Wallace College, 2006-present.
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Baldwin-Wallace College, 2000-2006.
Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of History, Washington University in St. Louis, 1998-2000.
Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Washington University in St. Louis, 1993, 1994, 1997.
COURSES TAUGHT:
HIS 100: Historical Methods and Materials
HIS 102I: World Civilizations 1500-present
HIS 121I: History of Europe I, Renaissance to 1815
HIS 122I: History of Europe II, 1815-present
HIS 260: Women in Islamic History
HIS 236I: Women in ‘Eastern’ Civilizations
HIS/REL 287I: Early Islam (immersion format)
HIS 288I: Islamic History 600-1800
HIS 381I: Arab-Israeli Conflicts (also offered in Carmel Living Learning Center, Spring 2005)
HIS 389I: Modern Middle East 1800-present
HIS/INT/POL 463I: Women in World Civilizations (team-taught for DOE grant)
FSC 399: Faculty Student Collaborative Scholarship (Adams Street Cemetery Mapping and Biographies)
TEACHING AWARDS:
"Positive Force Award," from Multicultural Student Services, 2006.
"Excellence in Teaching," Students for B-W award, 2005.
Honorary inductee, Mu Zeta chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science honor society, spring 2004 (nominated by student members).
"Most Inspiring Professor," Student Athlete Association award, spring 2003.
"Professor of the Semester," Phi Kappa Tau fraternity award, fall 2001.
COLLEGE/COMMITTEE SERVICE
Chair, History Department, Jan. 2006-present.
History Department Assessment Coordinator, 2006-present (for HLC site visit, 2007)
At-Large Representative to Faculty Senate, 2006-present.
Race and Diversity Committee, 2002-2005 (Chair, Jan. 2004-July 2005)
- Coordinated creation and revision of a Diversity Studies Minor; minor passed by the faculty in April 2004.
- Coordinated review of course syllabi for inclusion in menu of core courses for Diversity credit.
International Studies Committee, 2002-2004
Global Issues Committee, 2002-2004
B-W Department of Education Grant participant, Asian Studies section, 2002-2003
Faculty Secretary for Humanities Division, fall 2001-spring 2003
Faculty Secretary for History Department, 2001-2003
Philosophy Department Search Committee, 2001-2002
Multicultural Affairs Steering Committee, 2001-2002
Web Coordinator for History Department, 2000-present
Web Improvement Project coordinator, Departments of History and Religion, 2001
Founding Member, Graduate History Association, Washington University in St. Louis (student organization), 1993
SERVICE TO STUDENT BODY AND LOCAL COMMUNITY
Supervisor of Adams Street Cemetery Project, 2006-present. Run as an internship for five students and one volunteer, summer 2006. Run as independent study, fall 2006. Run as Faculty-Student Colloborative Scholarship pilot program, spring 2007.
TV interview on Adams Street Cemetery Project for Berea City School-TV program "A Community of Learning," Sept. 21, 2006.
Led follow-up discussion for Dr. Azar Nafisi’s talk "Clash of Civilizations Revisited: The Republic of the Imagination," for Public Relations capstone seminar, Sept. 18, 2006.
Participated in pilot project to test Audience Response Units (TurningPoint) for in-class quizzes. Used them consistently in two sections spring 2006; students enjoyed technology but did not perform better on quizzes. Pilot exposed problem with unit batteries.
College Representative to CERIS, the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, 2005-present.
Faculty Advisor to Arabic Studies Club, 2005-present.
Took students to and helped one of them prepare a presentation for the regional conference of Phi Alpha Theta (honor society in history) at Clarion University, Clarion, PA, April 2, 2005.
Lecture series for Adult Forum on Islam, "The Story of Islam," Islam and the West in the 20th Century and the Rise of Islamic Militancy," and "Islam and Women," St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Berea, OH, January23, January 30, February 6, 2005.
Guided discussion of Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, by Jean Sasson, "Let's Talk About It" Series, Medina County District Library, Brunswick, OH, October 21, 2004.
Organized and moderated the Modern Middle East Film series, including showings of Pascali's Island, Lawrence of Arabia, and Battle of Algiers, spring semesters 2001, 2002, and 2004.
Participated in panel presentation for the "Lean on Me!" Pedagogy Workshop series, "Making Groups Work -- Finding the right blend of lecture and team work," Friday, February 6, 2004.
Provided translation for an illustrated page of the Qur'an for front cover of the American Historical Review 108, no. 4 (October 2003). Editors needed a translation to ensure that the page didn't contain "inappropriate" verses.
Faculty panel discussion on Operation Iraqi Freedom, Heritage Hall, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH, March 31, 2003.
Served as Cleveland-area press resource on Operation Iraqi Freedom, spring 2003-present (Ex.: interviewed for article "Desert Storm not same as Iraq War now: Experts say oil not major issues this time, but Saddam’s rule is," The News Sun [Thursday, April 3, 2003], 1-2; consulted with Adrienne Ross, congressional aide, for her trip to Baghdad in October 2003).
Wrote article for The Exponent on "Islam and Violence in the Media," vol. 89, is. 3 (Sept. 18, 2003), 2.
Community presentation, "Imperialism, Coca-colonization, and Reaction: The Middle East in the Twentieth Century," Understanding Islam series, First Congregational Church, Berea, OH, Jan. 20, 2002.
Faculty panel presentation, "Modeling Civil Disagreement: U. S. Responses to Sept. 11," Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH, Oct. 25, 2001.
Faculty panel presentation, "Target: U.S.? Target: us? Making Sense of the Events of 9/11," Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH, Sept. 25, 2001.
Served as community resource on Islam and the Middle East in wake of Sept. 11 (answered over 400 e-mail and phone inquiries).
Televised interview on Osama bin Ladin, CBS affiliate Channel 19/43 evening news, Friday, Sept. 14, 2001.
Chair/Commentator for student panel, "Catholicism, Canon Law and the Taliban," Phi Alpha Theta Ohio Regional Conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, April 28, 2001.
"From Western Michigan University to Egypt and Back," Alumna address for History Department Student Honors Reception, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, March 17, 2000.
Textbook reviewer for Marshall-Cavendish Press and McGraw-Hill.
COMPETITIVE AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
National Fellowships:
American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) Dissertation Fellowship, 1997-98.
National Security Education Program (NSEP) Graduate Enhancement Fellowship, 1995-1997.
University Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships:
Summer Grants, 2004, 2005, 2006, Baldwin-Wallace College.
Senior Teaching Fellowships, 1998-2000, Washington University in St. Louis.
Mellon Dissertation Fellowship Award, 1997, Washington University in St. Louis.
International Pre-Dissertation Award, 1995, Washington University in St. Louis.
Mellon Fellowship for language study, 1994, Washington University in St. Louis.
Intensive Summer Arabic Tuition Scholarships, 1993, 1994, University of Chicago.
Full financial support, 1992-1997, through additional fellowships, tuition scholarships, and teaching assistantships, Washington University in St. Louis.
PUBLICATIONS:
A Reexamination of the al-Azhar Reform Debate, 1815-1911: Conceptual Colonization and Conservatism in Islamic Reform. Book manuscript; proposals for publication circulating.
"Dinshaway Incident," "Muslim Brotherhood," and "'Urabi Rebellion" in Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450, ed. Thomas Benjamin. 3 vols. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.
"Islamic Reformation: A History of Madrasa Reform and Legal Change in Egypt," Comparative Education Review 50, no. 3 (August 2006): 325-345.
Review of Wahhabi Islam: From Reform and Revival to Global Jihad, by Natana De-Long Bas, in History: Review of New Books 33 no. 2 (Winter 2005): 76-77.
"Nationalist Imagery in Egypt’s Tabloid Presses: A Drawing from the Egyptian Papagallo," The Modern Middle East: A Sourcebook, eds. Camron M. Amin, Benjamin C. Fortna, and Elizabeth B. Frierson. London: Oxford University Press, 2006.
"Science in Religious Education: A Fatwa from 19th-Century Cairo," The Modern Middle East: A Sourcebook, eds. Camron M. Amin, Benjamin C. Fortna, and Elizabeth B. Frierson. London: Oxford University Press, 2006.
"'Chaos on the Earth': Subjective truths vs. communal unity in Islamic law and the rise of militant Islam," American Historical Review 108, no. 3 (June 2003), 710-733.
"T. E. Lawrence," article in Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Twentieth Century, 1914-2000, eds. John Powell and Derek Blakeley. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2003.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
"Conservatives in Nineteenth-Century Islamic Reform," Annual Meeting of the Midwest American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL, April 1-2, 2004.
"19th Century Islamic Legal Reform and the Rise of Islamic Militancy," Women Historians of Greater Cleveland, Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, Case Western Reserve University, February 24, 2004.
"Nineteenth-century Egyptian Muslim Intellectuals and the Mythology of Stagnation," Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies Annual Conference, Fairfax, VA, April 12, 2002.
"Muhammad 'Abduh's Critics: Religious Nationalism and Tabloid Journalism," Middle East Studies Association National Conference, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2001.
"Minorities, Women, and the Quest for National Unity in 19th Century Europe," Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH, February 16, 2000.
"Legal Indeterminacy in the Middle East," Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO, February 8, 2000.
"The Spirit of the Enlightenment," Millikin University, Decatur, IL, January 24, 2000.
"Azhar Conservatives in Negotiation of Reform at al-Azhar, 1890-1905," Middle East Studies Association National Conference, Washington D.C., Nov. 20, 1999.
"Cognitive Science and 'Tradition'," Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Research Symposium, Washington University, March, 1999.
"A New Approach to the History of Reform at al-Azhar," American Research Center in Cairo, Egypt, April 29, 1998.
"Alternative Sources for the History of Reform at al-Azhar," Fellows' Luncheon, American Research Center in Cairo, Egypt, April 1, 1998.
"Educational Reform in Early Twentieth-Century Egypt," Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Senate Research Symposium, Washington University, March 22, 1997. (Received award in humanities division.)
"Transmission of Categories in Interpretations of Ibn Khaldun," Western Michigan University, April 13, 1992.
LANGUAGES:
Modern Standard Arabic and 19th century variants
Egyptian colloquial Arabic
Reading knowledge of French and Spanish
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE:
Egypt (14 months, 1995-1996, 1998)
India (9 months, 1984-1985)
Additional travel in western Europe, Thailand, Israel, and Jordan.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS :
American Historical Association (AHA)
American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Kappa Phi, and Golden Key Honors Societies (1992)
REFERENCES:
Prof. Engin Akarli, Dept. of History, Brown University
Prof. Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Dept. of History, Washington University in St. Louis
Prof. Derek Hirst, Dept. of History, Washington University in St. Louis
Prof. Timothy Parsons, Dept. of History, Washington University in St. Louis
Prof. Peter Heath, Provost, American University of Beirut
Prof. Steve Siry, Dept. of History, Baldwin-Wallace College
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