Name:
GRADUATE COLLEGE
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
SUPPORTING DATA – GRADUATE FACULTY MEMBERSHIP
E. SUE WAMSLEY Date: 1/26/09
Date of Hire:
Current Rank:
Graduate Faculty:
EDUCATION:
Degree
August 15, 2005
Assistant Professor
Associate Member
Year Degree
Received
College/University (Discipline)
B.A.
M.A.
Ph.D.
1978
1990
1998
The Ohio State University (History)
The Ohio State University (History)
The Ohio State University (History)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (academic, administrative, and business/industrial positions - reverse chronological order):
Inclusive Dates
Aug. 2005-present
Sept. 2002-June 2004
Aug. 2001-May 2004
Aug. 2001-May 2002
Sept. 2000-June 2001
Sept. 1999-June 2000
Sept. 1998-June 1999
Position, Institution
Assistant Professor, Kent State University - Salem
Interim Director, Women’s Studies Program, University of Akron
Senior lecturer, Department of History, University of Akron
Instructor, Department of History, Case Western Reserve University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History and Women’s
Studies Program, Ohio University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History, Otterbein College
Lecturer, Department of History and Women’s Studies Program, The
Ohio State University - Marion
COURSES TAUGHT
11050
11051
12070
12071
World Civilization I
World Civilization II
History of the United States: Formative
History of the United States: Modern
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SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS
Department of History
Regional Campus Representative, Faculty Advisory Committee, 2008-present
Member, Undergraduate Program Committee, 2006-present mentor and Facilitator, Preparing Future History Faculty (PFHF), 2006-2008
Gold Pen Award for Excellence in Writing Committee, April 2008
Presenter, “ Using Technology to Enhance College Teaching,” Brown Bag, November 16, 2007
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Fall 2005
College Service
Regional Campus Representative, Arts & Sciences College Curriculum Committee, 2007-present
University Service
Presenter, “Using Personal Responders in College Teaching,” Moulton Scholars Program, December 7,
2007
Member, Regional Campus Professional Development Research Award Committee, Spring 2008
Professional Service
Advisory Board, “The International and Transnational Agendas of United States Women, 1840-2000,”
Online Project, Kathryn Kish Sklar & Thomas Dublin, eds., Alexander Street Press, 2008-Present (in progress)
Member, Ohio Academy of History, Secondary Standards Committee, 2007-present
Session Moderator, Phi Alpha Theta Ohio Regional Conference, April 5, 2008
Conference Proposal Reviewer, National Women’s Studies Association, Fall 2006
Community
Kent State University-Salem, Copeland Oaks Book Discussion Series, Sebring, OH 2005-present
Kent State University-Salem, Salem museum & Historical Society, Salem, OH 2005-present
Kent State University-Salem, Salem Red Cross, Salem, OH 2006-2007
Regional Campus -Salem
Coordinator, Undergraduate Honors Program, 2007-present
Co-Organizer, Women’s History month, 2006-present
Judge, Undergraduate Research Conference, April 23, 2008
Curriculum Development committee, 2007-2008
Faculty Professional Development Series, 2006-2007
New Faculty Orientation Committee, 2006-2007
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Undergraduate Honors committee, 2005-2007
Diversity Committee, 2005-2007
Presenter, Undergraduate Research Celebration of Scholarship, September 26, 2007
James F. Cooney Endowed Scholarship Award Committee, Spring 2007
Co-Organizer, Plagiarism Workshop, November 28, 2006
Co-Organizer, Vista Workshop, September 15, 2006
English Search Committee, Summer 2006
Career Majors Expo, Fall 2005
Student Evaluations Committee, Fall 2005
PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITS, PERFORMANCES [career-chronological order; indicate which refereed
(R), juried (J), invited (I)]:
Book Chapter
(R) Wamsley, E. S., “Constructing Feminism Across Borders: The Pan American Women’s Movement and the founding of the Inter-American Commission of Women,” in Crossing Boundaries: Women’s
Organizing in Europe and the Americas, 1880s-1940s, P. Jonsson, S. Neunsinger, and J. Sangster, eds., Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University Press (2007), pp. 51-71.
Encyclopedia Entry
(R) “Women’s Movement and Social Activism, 1865-1920,” Encyclopedia of American Social
Movements, (2004), pp. 310-328.
(R) “Women’s Central Association of Relief,” Women in the American Civil War: An Encyclopedia,
(2007), pp. 595-596.
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS [last five years - chronological order; indicate which were refereed (R), juried (J), invited (I)]:
(I) “Women, Gin, and Men,” paper presented at the Women’s Studies Lecture Series, University of
Akron, Akron, OH October 2003
(I) “Women’s Studies in Academe,” guest lecturer in Academic Success Seminar, University of Akron,
Akron, OH October 2003
(R) “Gender Makes the World Go Round,” panel organizer and presenter, Women’s History Month,
University of Akron, Akron, OH, March 2004
(I) “Contested Values in the Construction of Pan American Feminism,” History Colloquium Series,
Department of History, Kent State University, March 7, 2006
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(R) “The Seven-Minute Date with Student Engagement,” Lilly West Conference on College & University
Teaching, Pomona, CA, March 16, 2007
(R) “Negotiating National and International Interests in the Development of Pan American Feminism,
(R)
1928-1937,” panel organizer and presenter, Ohio Academy of History Conference, Westerville, OH,
April 28, 2007
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