JEFFREY A. BRUNE
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Ph.D. in History, University of Washington, February 2007
Dissertation: “Industrializing American Culture: Heartland Radicals, Midwestern Migration, and the Chicago
Renaissance.”
M.A. in History, University of Washington, June 1998
B.A. with Distinction in History, The Colorado College, May 1995
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Syracuse University, Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2011-2012
Gallaudet University, Department of History and Government
Associate Professor, 2013-present
Assistant Professor, 2007-2013
Instructor, 2005-2007
The Colorado College, Department of History
Visiting Assistant Professor, Summer 2007
Visiting Instructor, 2004-2005
The University of Puget Sound, Department of History
Adjunct Instructor, Fall 2002
The University of Washington, Department of History
Graduate Instructor, 2003-2004
Teaching Assistant, 1997-2001
History Writing Center Instructor, 2001-2002
The University of Washington, Bothell Branch Campus, Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Adjunct Instructor, 2001-2002
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies, Syracuse University, 2011-2012
Gallaudet Research Institute Priority Grant ($30,000/year in research funds for Disability Stigma and the Modern State),
Washington DC, 2010-2013 (declined in 2011-2012 to accept Syracuse fellowship)
Small Research Grant, Gallaudet Research Institute, Washington DC, Summer 2008
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Newberry Library Short-Term Fellow, The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, Spring 2001
Thomas M. Power Prize for Outstanding Teaching, University of Washington Department of History, May 2000
Rondeau Laverne Evans Dissertation Fellowship, University of Washington Department of History, 2000-2001
King V. Hostick Dissertation Award, Illinois State Historic Preservation Agency, Springfield, IL, 2000-2001
Rondeau Laverne Evans Dissertation Fellowship, University of Washington Department of History, 1999-2000
Maclyn P. Burg Travel Grant, University of Washington Department of History, Fall 1999
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P U B L I C A T I O N S
Jeffrey A. Brune and Daniel J. Wilson, eds., Disability and Passing: Blurring the Lines of Identity (Philadelphia: Temple
University Press, 2013).
Disability Stigma and the Modern American State (New York: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
“The Multiple Layers of Disability Passing in Life, Literature, and Public Discourse,” in Disability and Passing.
“Introduction: Blurring the Lines,” with Daniel J. Wilson, in Disability and Passing.
“The Minority Model of Disability,” in Keywords in Disability Studies, edited by Rachel Adams, Benjamin Reiss, and
David Serlin (New York: New York University Press, forthcoming) (in progress).
Book review, Kim E. Nielsen’s A Disability History of the United States, Disability Studies Quarterly 33, no. 2 (2013),
http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3719/3233.
Book review, Jack S. Blocker’s A Little More Freedom: African Americans Enter the Urban Midwest, 1860-1930, Michigan
Historical Review 37 (Spring 2011): 140-41.
Contributor, The Encyclopedia of Chicago, James Grossman, Ann Keating and Janice Reiff, eds. (Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 2004).
P R E S E N T A T I O N S
Plenary Presentation: “Reflections on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Irving Goffman’s Stigma” (plenary panel presenter
and organizer), Society for Disability Studies Conference, Orlando, June 2012.
“The Gilded Age State and America’s Anti-Malingering Backlash” (panel organizer), Society for Disability Studies
Conference, Denver, June 2012.
“Working With and Across Professional Associations: Reforming the OAH and AHA Disability Policies,” Society for
Disability Studies Conference, Denver, June 2012.
Invited Lecture: “What Every Historian Should Know about Disability History (and What They Lose by Ignoring the
Field),” Syracuse University Department of History, Syracuse, NY, March 2, 2012.
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Invited Lecture: “Blind Like Me: John Howard Griffin, Disability, and the Fluidity of Identity in Modern America.”
Also led a brown-bag lunch discussion, “How to Incorporate Disability into the History Survey Courses,” at
Shippensburg University, PA, October 13, 2011.
Invited Lecture: “Blind Like Me: John Howard Griffin, Disability, and the Fluidity of Identity in Modern America.”
Also led a brown-bag lunch discussion, “What Every Historian Should Know about Disability History (and What
They Lose by Ignoring the Field),” as part of the Unspeakable: Disability History, Identity, and Rights series of events,
University of Washington, Seattle, January 28-March 1, 2011.
“Using Disability to Rethink the Nature of Identity in Modern America” (panel organizer), American Historical
Association Conference, San Diego, CA, January 2010.
“Teaching Disability History,” panel about “Teaching the Tough Subjects” to commemorate the 25th anniversary of
the OAH Magazine of History, Organization of American Historians Conference, Washington DC, April 2010.
“Blind Like Me: John Howard Griffin, Disability, and the Fluidity of Identity in Modern America” (panel organizer),
panel title: Exploring Intersections: Disability, Race, and Identity, Disability in an Intersectional Lens Conference,
Syracuse, NY, October 9, 2010.
“The Politics of Passing: Identity Creation and Transgression,” panel chair and commentator, Society for Disability
Studies Conference, Philadelphia, June 2010.
“Blind Like Me: John Howard Griffin, Disability, and the Fluidity Of Identity in Modern America” (panel organizer),
American Studies Association Conference, Washington D.C., November 2009.
“Darkness Before Black Like Me: How Blindness Taught John Howard Griffin to Change His Stripes” (panel
organizer), Society for Disability Studies Conference, Tucson, AZ, June 2009.
“Developing a Teaching Style and Portfolio before the Job Market,” Organization of American Historians
Conference, Seattle, WA, March 2009.
“Culture’s Metropolis: A Social History of Chicago’s Rise,” Invited Lecture, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL,
April 6, 2006.
“Heartland Radicalism and the Making of American Realism,” presentation to the Newberry Seminar in Labor
History, Chicago, IL, June 2004.
“Unlikely Voices: Midwestern Radicals, Middle-Class Migration, and the Chicago Literary Renaissance” (panel coorganizer), Organization of American Historians Conference, Washington D.C., April 2002.
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G AL L AU DE T UN I VER SI T Y
Department of History and Government, Fall 2005-present
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History of Disability in the US
History of Disability Graduate Seminar
Honors Disability Studies
Black American History and Literature (interdisciplinary course team-taught with English professor)
Immigration and the Remakings of Modern America
History Research Methods
Honors American History Survey
History of Colonial America
Survey of U.S. History Since 1865
Survey of American History to 1865
Attended two-week training session for team-teaching interdisciplinary courses, Gallaudet University, Summer 2008.
THE C OLO R ADO C O LLEG E
Department of History, 2004-2005 and Summer 2007
 Immigration and the Remakings of Modern America
 Recent U.S. History, 1929-Present
 The American Past (two-part survey of U.S. history)
 History of American Thought and Culture
 The Civil War and Reconstruction
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Department of History, Fall 2002
 The United States Since 1877 (two seminar classes)
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Recipient of the Thomas M. Power Prize for Outstanding Teaching, Department of History, May 2000
Graduate Instructor, Department of History, 2003-2004
 Senior Research Seminar: Migration and Culture in Modern America
 Lecture Survey: Modern American Civilization from 1877
Graduate Instructor, Department of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Bothell Branch Campus, 2001-2002.
 Lecture Survey: American Politics, Society, and Culture to 1877
 Lecture Survey: U.S. Politics, Society, and Culture Since 1870
Writing Instructor, History Writing Center, 2001-2002
Teaching Assistant, Department of History, 1997-2002
 Survey of United States History
 Peoples of the U.S.
 The Medieval World
 Ancient Greece and the Near East
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US Civilization: The First Century of Independence
American Colonial History
The United States Since 1945
A PE X LE A R NI NG
Course Developer, Bellevue, WA, March-October 2000
Developed instructional materials for an online Advanced Placement US History course, aimed at rural and
inner-city high schools that do not otherwise offer AP classes
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Successfully lobbied the Organization of American Historians to address issues of disability. After writing a critical
piece about the OAH’s marginalization of disability scholarship, I worked with OAH president Albert Camarillo to
bring more disability history sessions to the 2013 conference. My efforts also led to the establishment of the OAH
Disability and Disability History Committee to issues of disability scholarship and access more broadly. 2011-2012
Faculty Development Committee, Gallaudet University, 2013-2016
Faculty Salary and Benefits Committee, Gallaudet University, 2009-2011
Successfully lobbied the American Studies Association to provide accessibility accommodations after they initially
denied interpreting services for a deaf member of a panel I organized. After my efforts to educate board members and
officers, the ASA board instituted a comprehensive disability access policy which remains in force. 2009
Faculty Sponsor, Student Government and History Club, Gallaudet University, Spring 2008-present
Faculty Senate, Gallaudet University, Fall 2008
Grant Reviewer, Gallaudet Research Institute, Fall 2008
Co-coordinator of departmental review of history curriculum, 2008-2009
European Political Science Search Committee, Gallaudet University, Department of History and Government, 20072008
Pet Therapy Program Volunteer, PALS (serves at-risk youth, nursing home and hospital patients), Washington D.C.,
2006-2008
Faculty Facilitator, Turning-a-Page-Together, Office of Minority Affairs, Gallaudet University, Fall 2006
History Lecturer for Retirement Living Facility, The Summit at First Hill, Seattle, WA, 2003-2004
Asian-American History Search Committee, The University of Washington, Department of History, 2000-2001
Founder and Organizer, Mentoring Program for Incoming Graduate Students, The University of Washington,
Department of History, 1997
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American Historical Association
American Studies Association
Disability History Association
Organization of American Historians
Society for Disability Studies
Proficient in American Sign Language
Proficient in Spanish
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