Curriculum Vita
MICHAEL KIEF LAW
255 McDuffie Dr
Athens, Georgia 30605
(706) 614-4940
lawm@uga.edu
Education
Auburn University – Auburn, Alabama, 2005-2009
PhD Student, History (ABD)
Proposed Dissertation – “The Gospel of Radicalism: Commonwealth College and the Meeting of Religion and
Upheaval in the New South.”
Valdosta State University – Valdosta, Georgia, 2010
MLIS Student, degree in progress (projected graduation-Spring, 2011)
Auburn University - Auburn, Alabama, 2008
Master of Arts, History/Archival Administration
Georgia College and State University – Milledgeville, Georgia, 2003-2004
Graduate Coursework, Public History
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1999 – 2002
Graduate Coursework, History and Museum Studies
Indiana University – Bloomington, Indiana, 1999
Workshop for Slavic and East European Languages – Russian
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1996-1999
BA, History and Russian Studies, Departmental Honors
Experience
Library Coordinator (Library Associate III), University of Georgia-Gwinnett Campus, Lawrenceville, Georgia, 2008Present
Registrar’s Assistant, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama, 2008
Adjunct Instructor, Department of History, Auburn University, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 2008
Graduate Research Assistant, Archives and Special Collections, Auburn University - Auburn, Alabama, 2007-2009
Administrative Vice President, Graduate Student Council, Auburn University- Auburn, Alabama, 2006-2007
Reference Assistant, Georgia College and State University – Milledgeville, Georgia, 2004-2006
Education Department Intern, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia, 2004
Intern / Interim Curator, Eureka Springs Historical Museum – Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 2001-2002
Graduate Assistant, University Museum, University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2000-2002
Archival Assistant, David W. Mullins Library, University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2000-2001
Instructor, Educational Technology, University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1999-2000
Teaching Experience
U.S. History Since 1877, Auburn University – Auburn, Alabama, 2008
Educational Technology 1003, University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1999-2000
Publications
Review of John Ridener, Polders to Postmodernism, for Provenance (Forthcoming, 2010).
“Functional Analysis and the Reappraisal of Faculty Papers” (with Greg Schmidt). Provenance (Atlanta: Society of
Georgia Archivists, 2009).
“The Alabama Sharecroppers Union” in The Encyclopedia of Alabama. November 2009.
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2477
Review of Andrew S. Moore, The South’s Tolerable Alien: Roman Catholics in Alabama and Georgia, for The
Alabama Review (forthcoming).
“The Marble Industry,” in The Encyclopedia of Alabama. March 2009.
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2047
“Denmark Vessey” in The Dictionary of American History (New York, Scribner and Sons, 2002).
“The Christiana Fugitive Affair” in The Dictionary of American History (New York, Scribner and Sons, 2002).
“Cotton Kingdom” in The Dictionary of American History (New York, Scribner and Sons, 2002).
Presentations
“Claude Williams and H.L. Mitchell: Splinters of Southern Radicalism.” Phi Alpha Theta Colloquium, Auburn
University, 2010.
“Lucian Koch and the Midlife Crisis of Commonwealth College.” North American Labor History Conference, Detroit,
MI, 2009.
"Functional Reappraisal: Reappraisal and Functional Analysis of Faculty Papers," Society of Alabama Archivists,
Florence, AL, 2008
“Mikhail Bakthin and the Dialectics of History.” Phi Alpha Theta Colloquium, Auburn University, 2009.
“The Social and the Gospel.” Phi Alpha Theta Colloquium, Auburn University. 2007.
“Avenues of Exchange: Silent Hollywood and Moscow.” Film Literature Quarterly Panel, Iola, KS. 2001.
“The Parallels of Russian and American Cinema.” University of Arkansas Elderhostel Symposium, “Government and
Media.” 2001.
Selected Archival Finding Aids
EAD implementation and transference of numerous finding aids, Special Collections, Draughon Library, Auburn
University, Auburn, Alabama
George Heaton Papers, (reappraisal), Special Collections, Draughon Library, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Clifford Durr Family (portions), Alabama Department of Archives & History, Montgomery, Alabama
Walter S. Hoover Papers, (full) Special Collections, Draughon Library, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
George A. Miller Collection (second accession, full) Special Collections, Draughon Library, Auburn University,
Auburn, Alabama
Larry Obsitnik Photo Archives (portions), Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,
Arkansas
David Pryor Senate Papers (portions), Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,
Arkansas
Public Service
Organizer, Graduate Research Forum, Auburn University, 2006-2007
History Day Competition Judge, Central Georgia Region, 2004
Academic Advisor in American History, A.C.E. program NW Arkansas High Schools Competition, 2000-2002
Vice-President University of Arkansas History Organization of Graduate Students, 2002
Secretary Phi Alpha Theta Honors Society – Alpha Chapter, 2001
Secretary-Treasurer of the Graduate Student Organization, 2000
Organizations
Labor and Working Class History Association, 2009-Present
Southern Labor Studies Association, 2009-Present
Society of Alabama Archivists, 2008-Present
American Historical Association, 2006-Present
Southern Historical Association, 2006-Present
Auburn University Graduate Student Council, 2006-2009
Society of American Archivists, 2005-Present
Society of Georgia Archivists, 2005-Present
Phi Alpha Theta Honors Society, 1997-Present
University of Arkansas Native American Symposium Committee, 2000-Present
Website Creation and Maintenance
Graduate Student Council, Auburn University – http://www.auburn.edu/gsc
University of Arkansas History Department - http://www.uark.edu/depts/histinfo/history
Arkansas Historical Association - http://www.uark.edu/depts/arkhist/home
University Museum – http://www.uark.edu/depts/muse/museinfo
Phi Alpha Theta, Alpha Chapter – http://www.uark.edu/depts/histinfo/history/pht4.html
History Organization of Graduate Students, University of Arkansas - http://www.uark.edu/studorg/histgrad/home
References
Dr. Larry Gerber – Auburn University, History, (334) 844-6646, gerbelg@auburn.edu
Dr. David Chappell – University of Oklahoma, History, (405) 325-6002, dchappell@ou.edu
Dr. Joseph Turrini - Wayne State University, Archival Studies, (313) 577-9322, jturrini@wayne.edu
Michael J. Dabrishus – University of Pittsburgh, Archives, (412) 244-7065, michaeld@pitt.edu
Dr. Gloria Young – University of Arkansas, Continuing Education, (479) 575-6491, glyoung@uark.edu
Cecelia Hinton – Georgia Museum of Art, (706) 583-0111, chinton@uga.edu
Lorene Flanders – University of West Georgia, Library, (678) 839-6498, lflander@westga.edu
Research Interests
Labor and Working Class History – Courses include Modern America, Russian Revolution, Gilded Age and
Progressive Era
Archives and Records Management – Courses include Theory, Appraisal, Electronic Records, Museum Studies, Oral
History
Film and New Deal Era History – Courses include Modern America, Cold War, Film History
Educational Technology – Courses include Reference and Technology, Library Computing