MARION A. TRUSLOW
PO Box 590 • Rabun Gap, Georgia 30568 • (706) 490-1789
MTruslow RGNS Website: http://rabungap.org/page.cfm?p=393
EDUCATION
New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science - New York City
Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN
Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA
Additional Education –
Georgia Tech – Atlanta, GA
University of Virginia – Charlottesville, VA
Drew University – Madison, NJ
University of Toronto – Toronto, Ontario
Western Carolina University – Cullowhee, NC
University of Maryland – College Park MD,
PhD History 1994
MA History
BA History
Mathematics & Engineering
European & American History
History of Science
Slavonic and East European Institute
Technology
College of Library and Information Sciences
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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2004-Present – Instructor when available at Governor’s Honors Program, GA – Teach Gifted
and Talented students and coach them in “Machiavelli” and in “Irish Families in New York
City in the Civil War Era”
Piedmont College, Demorest, GA -- Adjunct History Instructor in World and American History
as needed and when available
1999 – Present – Rabun Gap Nacoochee School - Rabun Gap, GA Teach or have taught AP
European History, Tenth Grade World History and AP World History, Independent Studies in
History of Ideas, International Economics, Philosophy Club and Model United Nations Faculty
Advisor – Supervisor of the Work Program; AP American History instructor; current
Department Chair, History
Academic Year 2003 Gainesville College, Athens Center - Athens, GA Taught Survey of
World Civilization
1996 – 1999 The Covenant School – Charlottesville, VA – Chairman, Department of History –
Taught AP European and AP American History, Modern European History, and supervised
Department teachers and staff
1996 – 1997 University Of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA – Instructor Gifted and Talented
Program, Curry School of Education Summer School for High School students
AWARDS • DISTINCTIONS
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Gilder Lehrman Seminar in American History (winner)—U. Penn, July 4-10, 2010
Yale Summer Seminar, 2009—Contemporary Russia, PIERS Program
Star Teacher, Georgia Department of Education, either System or Region Winner, 2005, 2007,
2009, 2010
Marion Truslow, Warriors into Citizens (London, Anthem Press, forthcoming by 2013)—
Contracted for the book
Arthur Mitchell and David Noel Doyle, eds., Irish Soldiers, American Wars (Dublin: The Irish
Academic Press, 2010), Marion Truslow, "The New York Irish in the Civil War Era."
Summer Fellowship, Princeton University, The Curriculum Initiative, 2003, “The Ethics of
War”
Who’s Who Among American Teachers
Master Teacher (RGNS), June 2000
Reader/Consultant/Table Leader for the College Board and Educational Testing Service AP
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European History Exam, 1999 – present
NEH Summer Fellowship, 1997, University of Bonn, Germany – National Endowment for the
Humanities University of Virginia Award; NEH Summer Fellowship, 2007, London, the Hague
O'Connor Award in Irish History, The New York Irish History Roundtable, 1994
Fulbright Scholarship, The Netherlands' Summer Seminar, 1992
Yearbook dedication/tribute, The Calhoun School, 1987
Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Chicago, 1986, (Awarded to inspiring high school
teachers)
Graduation Speaker, The Calhoun School, at the request of the graduating class, 1986, 1991
Prudential Scholarship Winner, Rutgers University, 1982
University Fellowship, New York University, 1982
Teaching Fellowship, Vanderbilt University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RABUN GAP-NACOOCHEE SCHOOL - Rabun Gap, Georgia
1999 – Present
HISTORY INSTRUCTOR
Instructs 10-12th grade AP US/ European History and 10th grade Modern World History; Philosophy
Club and Model United Nations faculty advisor; Department Chair currently
THE COVENANT SCHOOL - Charlottesville, Virginia
1996 - 1999
CHAIRMAN: DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Instructed AP European and AP American History, and Modern European History; supervised
department teachers; VAIS evaluated my department as a department of excellence.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA - Charlottesville, Virginia
TEACHER: CURRY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Instructed students in the gifted and talented program, Summer School.
1996 - 1997
ST. TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL - Stevenson, Maryland
1994 – 1996
TEACHER: DEPARTENT OF HISTORY
Instructed various history courses including AP American History, AP European History, U.S. History,
and Recent American History and coached various sports
WOODWARD ACADEMY - Atlanta, Georgia
1991 – 1994
TEACHER: DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES
Instructed Honors World History, Economics, American Government, and Model United Nations.
Coached basketball and football for the Lower School.
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY - Atlanta, Georgia
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR: DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Instructed World History and U.S. History
1990 – 1994
THE CALHOUN SCHOOL - New York, New York
1984 – 1991
CHAIRMAN: SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT, UPPER SCHOOL
Taught AP American History, AP European History, Philosophy, The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany,
and Western Civilization. Supervised the rewriting of K-12 curriculum. Selected prospective
applicants for employment. Chaired weekly department meetings. Advised students. Interviewed
guest speakers Doris Kearns Goodwin, William Leuchtenberg, Elie Wiesel, and diplomats from the
Missions of Brazil, Iran, Poland, and Finland to the United Nations. Coached Middle School
basketball and softball. Advised and ran the Model United Nations Program; President Reagan’s
Education Secretary Bennett awarded my department a citation of excellence in social studies.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - New York, New York
1984 – 1990
LIBRARY ASSISTANT
Assisted within the reference library and the rare book library. Answered questions from professors,
graduate students, undergraduates, and administrators on a wide range of topics with varying degrees
of complexity. Located appropriate books, articles, and dissertations using computer searches as well
as standard printed guides and indexes. Verified facts. Directed research of library users.
ASSOCIATE ADMISSIONS CHAIRMAN
Recruited students for the Graduate School of Arts and Science. Presented the programs of the seven
graduate schools to prospective graduate students at over 120 colleges and universities. Interviewed
and counseled prospective applicants. Reviewed transcripts. Promoted the programs of the university
to New York area corporations by on-site visits; authored promotional materials. Directed an office
staff of 22 people. Previewed films for the film library as Film Technician.
Additional experience includes serving as Chairman of the Department of Social Studies in St. Hilda’s
Upper School in New York City, instructing AP American History and ninth grade World History
(1983-1984), as Dormitory Director and Counselor , Young Harris College in Georgia (1982-1983), as
Instructor of World History at Dekalb Jr College, Clarkston GA and Essex County College, Newark
NJ.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Truslow, Marion A. The Era of the Civil War: AP United States History Review for the Midterm
Exam. http://www.rabungap.org/uploaded/faculty/mtruslow//Political_Cartoon_PowerPoint.ppt
Truslow, Marion A. (In press). The New York Irish in the Civil War Era. In A. Mitchell & D.N. Doyle
(Eds.), Irish soldiers, American wars. Dublin: The Irish Academic Press.
http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Soldiers-American-WarsIrishmen/dp/071653410X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204913323&sr=1-1 and
http://www.rabungap.org/uploaded/faculty/mtruslow/links/ap_european_hist/THE_NEW_YORK_IRI
SH_BRIGADE_RECRUITS_AND_THEIR_(Final).htm
Truslow, Marion A. (In press). The Irish Brigade. In K.T. Jackson (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of the City
of New York. (2nd ed. pp 659-60). New Haven, Yale.
Truslow, Marion A. (2007). Hugo Grotius and the origins of the Enlightenment in the Netherlands.
For The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Historical Studies and published on the University of
Massachusetts web site: http://www.umassd.edu/euro/2007papers/truslow.pdf.
Truslow, Marion A. (1993-4). War and Recruitment—Peasants as Patriots. Journal of the New York
Irish History Roundtable. 8, 23-33 and 68-69.
http://www.rabungap.org/uploaded/faculty/mtruslow/Irish_History_Doc0001.pdf
Book Reviews by Marion A. Truslow
Truslow, Marion A. (2007). [Review of Steven Harris’s book Duffy's War: Fr. Francis Duffy, Wild Bill
Donovan, And The Irish Fighting 69th In World War I]. Journal of New York Irish History
Roundtable, 21, 58-59.
Truslow, Marion A. (Spring 2005). Warriors into Workers: The Civil War and the
Formation of
Urban-Industrial Society in a Northern City (review). Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 35(4), 6612.
Truslow, Marion A. [Review of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (Merry E. Wiesner, editor) and
The Long Reformation (Jeffrey R. Watt, editor) for the College Board European History Book
Review Section]. Link to the reviews here: Witchcraft and the Long Reformation.
ASSISTING CONVOCATION SPEAKERS
Truslow, Marion A. (2006). “Convocation Study Guide for Dr. Ken Jackson”
http://rabungap.net/faculty/dlandis/Jackson_Web_Page/intro.htm
Truslow, Marion A. (2008). “Convocation Study Guide for Dr. David Shi”
http://www.rabungap.net/faculty/dlandis/Shi_WebSite/Intro.htm
Truslow, Marion A. “The Thomas Moore Project”
http://www.rabungap.org/uploaded/faculty/mtruslow//The_Thomas_More_Project.ppt
http://www.rabungap.org/uploaded/faculty/mtruslow/links/ap_european_hist/Thomas_More_Project/Summary_of_the_Life_of_Thomas_More.doc
http://www.rabungap.org/uploaded/faculty/mtruslow/links/ap_european_hist/Thomas_More_Project/Study_questions_for_A_MAN_FOR_ALL_SEASO
NS_by_Robert_Bolt.doc