KELLYE.CRAGER
VietnamCenterandArchive
TexasTechUniversity
Lubbock,Texas
Office:806‐834‐4834
Home:806‐224‐5740
kelly.crager@ttu.edu
kelly_crager@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D.inU.S.History,UniversityofNorthTexas,Denton,Texas,2005
M.A.inU.S.History,PittsburgStateUniversity,Pittsburg,Kansas,1999
B.A.inHistory,PittsburgStateUniversity,Pittsburg,Kansas,1996 PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
Head,OralHistoryProject
TheVietnamCenterandArchive
TexasTechUniversity
Dates:January2008‐Present
Duties:Planning,coordinating,directingallaspectsoftheOralHistoryProject;Interviewing;
Outreach;Web‐basedinstruction;GrantandProjectDevelopment;DirectingProfessionaland
GraduateInternships
CoursesTaught:HIST7000PracticuminOralHistory
VisitingAssistantProfessor
DepartmentofHistory
TexasA&MUniversity
CollegeStation,Texas
Dates:August2005‐December2007
Courses:
HIST463AmericanForeignRelationssince1913
HIST462AmericanForeignRelationsto1913
HIST373GreatDepressionandWorldWarII
HIST372Reform,War,andNormalcy
HIST226HistoryofTexas
HIST106HistoryoftheUnitedStatessince1877
HIST105HistoryoftheUnitedStatesto1877
INTS485DirectedStudies(U.S.‐BritishRelationsduringtheVietnamWar)
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AdjunctAssistantProfessor
DepartmentofHistory
AustinCommunityCollege
Austin,Texas
Dates:January2005‐August2005
Courses:
HIST1302HistoryoftheUnitedStatessince1865
HIST1301HistoryoftheUnitedStatesto1865
GraduateTeachingFellow
DepartmentofHistory
UniversityofNorthTexas
Denton,Texas
Dates:August1998‐June2004
Courses:
HIST2620HistoryoftheUnitedStatessince1865
HIST2610HistoryoftheUnitedStatesto1865
GraduateTeachingAssistant
DepartmentofHistory
UniversityofNorthTexas
Denton,Texas
Dates:July1999‐August1999;June2002‐July2002
HIST3650RepresentativeAmericanLeaders
GraduateTeachingAssistant
DepartmentofHistory
UniversityofNorthTexas
Denton,Texas
Dates:May2002‐June2002
HIST4621TheTexasRevolutionaryEra
PUBLICATIONS
Book
HellundertheRisingSun:TexanPOWsandtheBuildingoftheBurma‐ThailandDeathRailway.
CollegeStation,TX:TexasA&MUniversityPress,2008.
ArticlesinPeerReviewedJournals
“‘TheYokohamaPOWJournalofPrivateFirstClassClaudeC.Likens,CompanyD,192ndTank
Battalion,1942‐1945,”RegisteroftheKentuckyHistoricalSociety,SpecialIssue,Vol.111,No.3,
Summer2013.
“‘ItWasaThingWhoseTimeHadCome’:TexasTech’sVietnamCenterandArchive,”Military
HistoryoftheWest,Vol.40,January2011.
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“‘GodKnowsWhat’sGoingtoHappentoUs’:TheLostBatteryofTexas’s‘LostBattalion’during
WorldWarII,”SouthwesternHistoricalQuarterly,Vol.CXII,No.1,July2008.
BookChapter
“TexanPrisonersoftheJapanese:AStudyinSurvival,”inTexansandWar:NewInterpretationson
theState’sMilitaryHistory.CollegeStation,TX:TexasA&MUniversityPress,2012.
Catalog
AssociateEditor,Heroes:OralHistoryInterviewswithVeteransofWorldWarII.OralHistory
Program,UniversityofNorthTexas,2002.
ReferenceWorks
EncyclopediaoftheVietnamWar:ASocial,Political,andMilitaryHistory.SpencerTucker,ed.
ABC‐Clio’sMilitaryHistorySeries.(May2011)Entriesfor:“SonThangMassacre,”“CorpsTactical
Zones,”“Col.FrancisJ.Kelly,”“SERETraining”
EncyclopediaoftheMexican‐AmericanWar:ASocial,Political,andMilitaryHistory.Spencer
Tucker,ed.ABC‐Clio’sMilitaryHistorySeries.Entriesfor:“EdwardBurleson,”“Conventionsof
1832and1833,”“RobertA.Gillespie,”“BattleofGonzales,”“SamuelA.Maverick,”“Domingode
Ugartechea”
EncyclopediaofMilitaryScience.G.KurtPiehler,ed.SagePublishing.2000‐wordessayforOral
HistoryinMilitaryHistory
BookReviews:
ReviewofDeathonBase:TheFortHoodMassacre,byAnitaBellesPorterfieldandJohn
Porterfield.Denton,TX:UniversityofNorthTexasPress,2015.ForCentralTexasStudies:Journal
oftheCentralTexasHistoricalAssociation,2016.
ReviewofMourningHeadbandforHue:AnAccountoftheBattleforHue,Vietnam1968,byNhaCa,
translatedbyOlgaDror.Bloomington,IN:IndianaUniversityPress,2014.ForTheJournalof
MilitaryHistory,2015.
ReviewofName,Rank,andSerialNumber:ExploitingKoreanWarPOWsatHomeandAbroad,by
CharlesS.Young.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,2014.ForTheAmericanHistoricalReview,
120(1)2015.
ReviewofColdDaysinHell:AmericanPOWsinKorea,byWilliamClarkLatham,Jr.College
Station,TX:TexasA&MUniversityPress,2013.ForPacificHistoricalReview,Vol.83,No.1,
February2014.
ReviewofArmedwithAbundance:ConsumerismandSoldieringintheVietnamWar,byMeredith
H.Lair.ChapelHill,NC:TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress,2011.ForMichiganWarStudies
Review,2012.
ReviewofWarwithoutFronts:TheUSAinVietnam,byBerndGreiner.NewHaven:Yale
UniversityPress,2009.ForMichiganWarStudiesReview,2011.
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ReviewofVoicesfromtheVietnamWar:StoriesfromAmerican,Asian,andRussianVeterans,by
XiaobingLi.Lexington:UniversityPressofKentucky,2010.ForTheOralHistoryReview,2011.
ReviewofUntiltheLastManComesHome:POWs,MIAs,andtheUnendingVietnamWar,by
MichaelJ.Allen.ChapelHill:UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress,2009.ForTheJournalofMilitary
History,Vol.74,No.2,April2010.
ReviewofTwentiethCenturyTexas:ASocialandCulturalHistory,editedbyJohnW.Storeyand
MaryL.Kelley.Denton,TX:UniversityofNorthTexasPress,2008.ForJournalofSouthTexas,
2010.
ReviewofJapanandtheLeagueofNations:EmpireandWorldOrder,1914‐1938,byThomasW.
Burkman.Honolulu:UniversityofHawaiiPress,2008.ForH‐U.S.‐Japan,March2009.
ReviewofDolphBriscoe:MyLifeinTexasRanchingandPolitics,byDolphBriscoe.Austin:Center
forAmericanHistory,2008.ForSouthwesternHistoricalQuarterly,Vol.CXIII,No.1,April2009.
ReviewofTheSonTayRaid:AmericanPOWsinVietnamWereNotForgotten,byJohnGargus.
CollegeStation:TexasA&MUniversityPress,2007.ForMilitaryHistoryoftheWest,Vol.39,2009.
ReviewofClaytie:TheRollercoasterLifeofaTexasWildcatter,byMikeCochran.CollegeStation:
TexasA&MUniversityPress,2007.ForSouthwesternHistoricalQuarterly,Vol.CXII,No.1,July,
2008.
ReviewofPrisoneroftheRisingSun:TheLostDiaryofBrig.Gen.LewisBebe.CollegeStation:
TexasA&MUniversityPress,2006.ForMilitaryHistoryoftheWest,Vol.37,2007.
ReviewofTheFirstColdWarrior:HarryTruman,Containment,andtheRemakingofLiberal
Internationalism,byElizabethEdwardsSpalding.Lexington:UniversityofKentuckyPress,2006.
ForH‐Diplo,September2007.
Newsletter
“RecordingtheVietnamGenerationinTheirOwnWords,”Dialogue:TheNewsletteroftheOral
HistorySectionoftheSocietyofAmericanArchivists,Vol.5,Issue2,August2009.
Exhibits
Co‐designer,TheTetOffensive(TếtMậuThân),onlineexhibit(2010)
Co‐designer,Vietnam:TheHelicopterWar,onlineexhibit(2012)
Co‐designer,Vietnam:TheHelicopterWar,physicalexhibit(2012)
CurrentResearch:
MythandMemoryintheVietnamWar
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SELECTEDCONFERENCES,PRESENTATIONS,ANDINVITEDLECTURES
“NotYourFather’sWar:VeteransOralHistorywiththeVietnamGeneration.”OHP@50:TheUNT
OralHistoryProgram50thAnniversarySymposium,UniversityofNorthTexas,Denton,Texas
(November2015)
PanelChairandCommentator,“TheVoicesofaContestedPast:OralHistoryandtheHanford
NuclearReservation.”OralHistoryAssociationAnnualConference,Tampa,Florida(October
2015)
PanelChair,“OralHistoryasaLearningMethod:StudentsCaptureStoriesoftheVietnamWar
Era.”OralHistoryAssociationAnnualConference,Tampa,Florida(October2015)
Moderator,“InStealthWeTrust:SpecialOperationsandtheirOriginsinWorldWarII.”Annual
PacificWarSymposium,NationalMuseumofthePacificWar,Fredericksburg,Texas(September
2015)
“BuildingtheDeathRailway.”TheDr.HaroldC.DeutschWorldWarIIHistoryRoundTable,
Minneapolis,Minnesota(October2014)
“DemystifyingVeteransOralHistory:ApproachestoInterviewing.”DartmouthCollege,Hanover,
NewHampshire(July2014)
Panelchairandmoderator,“Myth,Memory,andMetal:NewOralHistoriesoftheU.S.Military.”
OralHistoryAssociationAnnualConference,OklahomaCity,Oklahoma(October2013)
“NeverLettheTruthGetintheWayofaGoodStory:TheIntersectionofMythandMemoryin
OralHistoryInterviewswithVietnamVeterans.”OralHistoryAssociationAnnualConference,
OklahomaCity,Oklahoma(October2013)
Moderator,“TheMilitaryandtheMedia:WitnessestoWar.”AnnualPacificWarSymposium,
NationalMuseumofthePacificWar,Fredericksburg,Texas(September2013)
“TheVietnamWar:AnOralHistoryPrimer.”TheVietnamExperienceConference,Victoria,Texas
(June2013)
PanelCommentator,“AlcoholandDrugsinTwoWars:Korea,andVietnam.”SocietyforMilitary
HistoryAnnualConference,NewOrleans,LA(March2013)
Moderator,“LeadershipinWarsandCrises:Presidents,Admirals,andGenerals.”AnnualPacific
WarSymposium,NationalMuseumofthePacificWar,Fredericksburg,Texas(September2012)
“Schmoozing101:TheImportanceofNetworkinginCareerDevelopment.”MuseumandHeritage
StudentAssociation,TexasTechUniversity(September2012)
CommentatorandHistoricalAdvisortoC‐SPANAmericanHistorySeries,OralHistoriesofthe
BattlesoftheIaDrangValley(2012)
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“ProfessionalDevelopment:It’sUptoYou.”MuseumandHeritageStudentAssociation,Texas
TechUniversity(March2012)
“‘IGuessTherewereasManyVietnamWarsasTherewerePeopleWhoServed’:AnExamination
ofIdentityandtheVietnamVeteranthroughOralHistory.”RiceUniversity(December2011)
“Ephemera,DigitalArchives,andtheVietnamWar:WhatistheConnection?”Ephemeraand
ArchivesWorkshop,RiceUniversity(December2011)
Moderator,“StrategicSurprise:PearlHarborto9/11.”AnnualPacificWarSymposium,National
MuseumofthePacificWar,Fredericksburg,Texas(September2011)
Moderator,“AtrocitiesinVietnam;GenocideinCambodia.”VietnamCenter7thTriennial
Symposium,TexasTechUniversity(March2011)
Moderator,“VeteranPerspectivesontheVietnamWar.”VietnamCenter7thTriennial
Symposium,TexasTechUniversity(March2011)
Moderator,“WarandPoliticsasDepictedonPostageStampsinFrenchIndochina.”Vietnam
Center7thTriennialSymposium,TexasTechUniversity(March2011)
“‘TheGoalwastoLeave’:AnExaminationoftheIndividualSoldier’sExperienceintheVietnam
War.”OralHistoryAssociationAnnualConference,Atlanta,Georgia(October2010)
Moderator,“TerminationofWar:TheRoleofUnconditionalSurrender.”AnnualPacificWar
Symposium,NationalMuseumofthePacificWar,Fredericksburg,Texas(September2010)
“TexanPrisonersoftheJapanese:AStudyinSurvival.”TexasStateHistoricalAssociationAnnual
Conference,Dallas,Texas(March2010)
Chair,“HillCountryHomefront:Fredericksburg,Texas,duringWorldWarII.”GrandOpeningof
theGeorgeH.W.BushGallery,NationalMuseumofthePacificWar,Fredericksburg,Texas
(December2009)
Moderator,“SiegeandBombardment:WarofAttritionagainstJapanLedbySubmarinesandB‐
29s.”AnnualPacificWarSymposium,NationalMuseumofthePacificWar,Fredericksburg,Texas
(September2009)
“LoneStarundertheRisingSun:TexansontheDeathRailway.”29thAnnualSymposium,Texas
HeritageMuseum,Hillsboro,Texas(April2009)
Moderator,“TheWarinCambodia.”VietnamCenterAnnualConference,“TheVietnamWarin
Laos,Cambodia,andThailand,”TexasTechUniversity(March2009)
“IssuesinInterviewing:VietnamVeteransasaTestCase.”CollegeofMassCommunications,
TexasTechUniversity(October2008)
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“TheBattleofIwoJimainHistoricalPerspective.”RotaryClubofFredericksburg,Fredericksburg,
Texas(September2008)
Moderator,“ClosingtheCircle:ThePhilippinesandIwoJima.”AnnualPacificWarSymposium,
NationalMuseumofthePacificWar,Fredericksburg,Texas(September2008)
“AmericanPOWsoftheJapanese:TheirExperiencesinSoutheastAsia.”UnitedStatesNaval
HeritageCenter,Washington,D.C.(September2008)
Panelist,BriefingU.S.SenateArmedServicesCommitteeonIssuesFacingFormerAmerican
PrisonersofWaroftheJapanese,Washington,D.C.(September2008)
Panelist,“AmericanPOWsoftheJapanese:WorldWarIIExperiences.”SigurCenterforAsian
Studies,TheElliotSchoolofInternationalAffairs,TheGeorgeWashingtonUniversity(September
2008)
“OralHistoryandtheAmericanPOWExperience.”WesternersofLubbockAssociation,Lubbock,
Texas(July2008)
KeynoteSpeaker,NationalMuseumofthePacificWarMemorialDayProgram,Fredericksburg,
Texas(May2008)
Moderator,“Tet,theDRV,andtheRVN.”VietnamCenter6thTriennialSymposium,TexasTech
University(March2008)
Moderator,“PostwarIssuesandChallenges.”VietnamCenter6thTriennialSymposium,Texas
TechUniversity(March2008)
“TheOralHistoryInterviewandMilitaryHistory.”DepartmentofHistory,TexasTechUniversity
(February2008)
KeynoteSpeaker,“LostBattalion”AnnualReunion,Dallas,Texas(August2006)
“LoneStarundertheRisingSun:TexanPOWsandtheBuildingoftheBurma‐ThailandDeath
Railway,1942‐1945.”TexasStateHistoricalAssociationAnnualConference,Ft.Worth,Texas
(March2005)
HONORS
AwardedEarlyPromotiontoAssociateArchivistwithTenure,2013(TexasTechUniversity)
OutstandingDoctoralStudentinHistory,1999‐2000,2001‐2002(UniversityofNorthTexas)
HattonSumnersHistoricalScholarship,2000‐2001,2001‐2002(UniversityofNorthTexas)
FacultyEndowmentHistoricalScholarship1999‐2000(UniversityofNorthTexas)
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FredB.MisseExcellenceinHistoryTeachingAward,1996‐1997(PittsburgStateUniversity)
OutstandingGraduateTeachingAwardforHistory,1997(PittsburgStateUniversity)
PROFESSIONALSERVICE
BookReviewEditor,MilitaryHistoryoftheWest(February2009‐Present)
Advisor,DartmouthVietnamProject(2014‐Present)
BookManuscriptReferee,UniversityofMissouriPress(2014)
Member,PromotionandTenureCommittee,VietnamCenterandArchive,TexasTechUniversity
(2013,2014)
BookManuscriptReferee,TexasA&MUniversityPress(2013)
Member,SymposiumProgramCommittee,NationalMuseumofthePacificWar(2009‐2013)
Co‐Coordinator,ConferenceontheVietnamWarEra,UniversityofHouston‐Victoria/Victoria
College(June2013)
Member,ProgramCommittee,TexasStateHistoricalAssociation(2011‐2012)
CommitteeMember,H.BaileyCarrollAward,fortheSouthwesternHistoricalQuarterly,Texas
StateHistoricalAssociation(2009‐2010)
CommitteeMember,DepartmentofHistoryGraduateAdvisoryBoard,PittsburgStateUniversity
(2009‐2011)
Chair,FacultySearchCommittee,VietnamCenterandArchive,TexasTechUniversity(2008)
Judge,OralHistoryDocumentaryCompetition,TexasHistoryDay(2007)
Secretary,FacultySearchCommittee,DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofNorthTexas(2000)
Secretary,FacultySearchCommittee,DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofNorthTexas(1999)
Member,GraduateStudiesCommittee,DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofNorthTexas(2001)
Member,TextbookSelectionCommittee,DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofNorthTexas
(2000)
Member,GraduateStudentAssociationBoard,PittsburgStateUniversity(1997)
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MEMBER
SocietyforMilitaryHistory
AmericanHistoricalAssociation
OralHistoryAssociation
TexasStateHistoricalAssociation
TexasOralHistoryAssociation
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