TIMOTHY ASHLEY DANIELS Curriculum Vitae 2015 Department of History, Ferrum College. P.O. Box 1000 Ferrum, VA 24088 65 Scott St., Rocky Mount, VA 24151• tadaniels@ferrum.edu • 804.513.9979 EDUCATION PH.D. HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, 2013 Fields: Tudor-­‐Stuart British History; Early Modern European History; History of Science, Technology and Medicine; World History Dissertation: “‘The Brazen Walles of this Kingdome:’ The History of the First Year of the English Parliamentary Navy, 1642-­‐1643.” M.A. EUROPEAN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, TUSCALOOSA, AL, 2006 B.S. BIOLOGY & HISTORY, HAMPDEN-­‐SYDNEY COLLEGE, HAMPDEN-­‐SYDNEY, VA, 2003 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTEMNTS 2015-­‐Present Assistant Professor of History, Ferrum College Western Civilizations, Ancient-­‐1650 Western Civilizations, 1650-­‐Present Early Modern Europe Modern Europe 2014-­‐2015 Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Utah State University, Dept. of History Governments & Gods, Technology & Trade: Culture and Exchange in the Ancient World Lower division survey, taughts twice with approx. 100 students per semester The Origins of Western Science, Antiquity – 1800 History of Disease Environmental History 1 2010-­‐2014 Lecturer, The University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of History World History to 1,000 CE Lower division survey with 378 students Western Civilizations, Prehistory-­‐1,050 CE Lower division survey, taught twice with 40-­‐70 students The Scientific Revolution Taught three times History of Animal Use in Science Europe in the Seventeenth Century 2014 Lecturer, The University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of Religious Studies Religion and Western Civilization II: Medieval (ca. 1000; – 1600) Lower division survey with 136 students 2010-­‐2013 Instructor, The University of California, Santa Barbara, Writing Program Academic Writing Taught 12 times Approaches to University Writing for Engineers Academic Writing for Engineers Writing and Research Processes for Engineers 2010 Adjunct Professor, Westmont College, Department of History Power and Imagination in Renaissance Europe 2009 Adjunct Professor, Santa Barbara City College, Department of History History of Western Civilization, Ancient-­‐1660 2 PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles “‘God send them a faire winde:’ Parliament’s Naval Strategy in the Southwest through the Opening Season of the English Civil War.“ Maritime Southwest 27 (2014), 242-­‐261. Submitted Work & Work in Progress “‘Coales Must of Necessity Be Very Deare:’ The Economic and Social Impact of the Parliamentary Embargo against Newcastle in the first year of the English Civil War,” submitted to The Seventeenth Century. “The Struggle ‘to put the Navy into Forwardness:’ The Ebb and Flow of Civil War Mariners’ Loyalty to Parliament in early 1643, ” article in progress which will be submitted to Huntington Library Quarterly by March, 2014. “‘No Wood, No Kingdom:’ The New Direction of English Arboriculture in the Seventeenth Century,” article in progress which will be submitted to Environment and History. Reviews Sex and Herbs and Birth Control: Women and Fertility Regulation through the Ages by Ann Hibner Koblitz. Forthcoming in Isis. Grasshopper Pilot by Julian William Cummings. Southern Historian: Volume XXVII (Spring, 2006): pp.133-­‐135. Chimborazo: The Confederacy’s Largest Hospital by Carol C. Green. Southern Historian: Volume XXVI (Spring, 2005): pp.114-­‐115. Encyclopedia Articles “Halley, Edmond,” and “Harrison, John,” The Sea in World History: Exploration, Travel, and Trade, ABC-­‐ CLIO. Scheduled for publication in 2016. PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES Panels Organized 2012 “Planks, Pageants, and the Christian Past: English Identity in the Tudor-­‐Stuart Period,” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Huntington Library, Pasadena, CA, March 9-­‐12, 2012 3 2009 “Political Consciousness in Civil War England,” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, March 13-­‐15, 2009 Papers Presented 2015 “‘Too many destroyers, but few or none at al doth plant or preserve:’ The Importance of Talking about Trees in Early Seventeenth-­‐Century England.” accepted for presentation at The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA, August 6-­‐8, 2015 “‘Desiring by all good meanes to attaine a perfect knowledge how to Plant, preserve, and maintaine the blessings of God:’” Investigating Significance of Timber Management in Jacobean England,” accepted for presentation at Scientiae, Victoria College, University of Toronto, May 27-­‐29, 2015 2014 “Refining a New Cornish Identity through Seventeenth-­‐ and Eighteenth-­‐Century Tin Mining,” Council for European Studies 21st International Conference of Europeanists, Washington, D.C., March 14-­‐16, 2014 2012 “‘No Wood, No Kingdom’: Contemporary Responses to Problems of English Arboriculture in the early 17th Century,” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Huntington Library, Pasadena, CA, March 12, 2012 2010 “The Sieges of Hull and Portsmouth, July and August 1642,” Pacific Coast Conference on Bristish Studies, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, March 19, 2010 “‘To Obstruct and Intercept’: The Operations of the English Navy in the Months before the English Civil War,” British Commission for Maritime History Conference, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, March 13, 2010 2009 “‘Sea Men, True Protestants, and Loyal Subjects to His Majesty’: The Role of Common Mariners in 1642,” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, March 15, 2009 2007 “The Battle of the Downs and the Origins of the First Anglo-­‐Dutch War,” Maritime Heritage Conference, San Diego, CA, October 10, 2007 “‘A Combination of Bellicosity and Commercial Self-­‐Interest’: The Precipitation of the Anglo-­‐ Dutch Naval War of 1652,” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, March 31, 2007 4 GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2012 UCSB History Associates Fellowship 2011 The Rare Book School, Charlottesville, VA, James Davis Scholarship for Paleography 2010 UCSB Department of History, One Quarter Dissertation Fellowship 2010 UCSB, Department of History, Travel Grant 2009 UCSB Department of History Esme Frost Fellowship 2008 UCLA Center for 17th-­‐ and 18th-­‐Century Studies Predoctoral Fellowship 2006 UCSB Department of History, Travel Grant PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Historical Association North American Conference on British Studies History of Science Society Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies The Navy Records Society The Society for Nautical Research The Forest History Society American Society for Environmental History European Society for Environmental History DEPARTMENT & CAMPUS SERVICE 2015-­‐2016 Assistant Supervisor, Ferrum College Fullbright Foreign Language Teaching Fellow 2014-­‐2016 Committee Member, USU Department of History Graduate Student Advisory Committee Nov., 2014 Workshop Leader, USU Department of History, “Developing your Curriculum Vitae” Oct., 2014 Workshop Leader, USU Department of History, “Crafting your cover letter” July, 2014 Contributer, UCSB Dept. Of History Lecturer Handbook June, 2013 Commentator, UCSB Department of History Senior Honors Thesis presentations 2012-­‐2013 Early Modern European History Member, UCSB History Ph.D. Exam Revision Committee 2011-­‐2013 Course Development Advisor; Curriculum and Website Developer; Mentor, UCSB Office of Instructional Development, Summer Teaching Institute for Associates 2010-­‐2012 TA Orientation Panel Leader, “Effective Communication Strategies”, UCSB Grad Division 2010-­‐2011 Lead Teaching Assistant, UCSB Department of History 5 CAMPUS TALKS Feb., 2014 UCSB Environmental History Research Focus Group, “How to Prepare for an On-­‐Campus Interview.” Nov., 2013 UCSB History Majors Carreer Workshop, “What Can You do with a Major in History?” Oct., 2013 UCSB Los Ingenieros, “Effective Communication for Engineering Students.” GRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2007-­‐2010 Teaching Assistant/Reader, UC Santa Barbara, Dept. of History Western Civilization (Prehistory-­‐1050CE); (1050CE-­‐1750CE); (1715-­‐Present) World History (Prehistory-­‐1000CE); (1700-­‐Present) The American People (Sectional Crisis through Progressivism) History of Disease and the Environment History of Animal Use in Science The Hellenistic World, 323-­‐33BC 2006-­‐2011 Teaching Assistant/Reader, UC Santa Barbara, Multiple Depts. Intro to Afro-­‐American Studies Global History, Culture, and Ideology Environmental Ethics Leonardo Da Vinci: Art, Science, and Technology in Early Modern Italy 2004-­‐2006 Teaching Assistant, The University of Alabama, Department of History Western Civilization to 1648; Western Civilization since 1648 REFERENCES Tammy Proctor, Department Head and Professor of History, Utah State University, tammy.proctor@usu.edu J. Sears McGee, Professor of History, UC, Santa Barbara, jsmcgee@history.ucsb.edu Anita Guerrini, Horning Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History, Oregon State University, anita.guerrini@oregonstate.edu Milt Rowan, Professor of History & Curriculum Chair, Ferrum College, mrowan@ferrum.edu Michael Osborne, Professor of History, Oregon State University, mike.osborne@oregonstate.edu 6