CURRICULUM VITAE

(revised May, 2014)

JOHN F. ROBERTSON

Address: (university) (home)

Department of History 230 Cedar Drive

Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858

Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859 (phone: 989-773-2391)

(phone: 989-774-1145)

(fax: 989-774-1156)

(e-mail: John.Robertson@cmich.edu; or drjohnrobertson@gmail.com)

Degrees: B.A., History, St. Joseph's College (Indiana) (1971)

M.A., Ancient History, University of Pennsylvania (1977)

Ph.D., Ancient History, University of Pennsylvania (1981)

Dissertation: Redistributive Economies in Ancient Mesopotamian Society: A Case Study

From Isin-Larsa Period Nippur [University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor,

Michigan])

Current Position: Professor, Department of History, Central Michigan University

Scholarly Research and Teaching Interests

Until recently, my published work has focused principally on the social and economic history of the

ancient Near/Middle East, with particular concentration on the study of ancient Mesopotamian systems of

social and economic organization and their mechanisms in the third and second millennia B.C.E., as well as

on the study of early urbanization, state formation, and cross-cultural interaction in the ancient Near/Middle

East and Egypt, as well as the Bronze Age Aegean. My interest in the social and economic history of the

ancient world also encompasses the Classical Mediterranean and Hellenistic and Roman/Byzantine

Near/Middle East.

Since 1984, however, I have also developed a scholarly and strong teaching interest in the history of

the Islamic-era and, especially, the modern Middle East, with particular focus on the history of the

relationships between the Middle East and the West, including the Arab-Israeli relationship and conflict. I

have created and taught courses ranging from undergraduate surveys in the history of “Western

Civilization,” the ancient history and archaeology of the Near East and Egypt, the history of the Middle East

from the time of the prophet Muhammad to the present, and the history of Iran and Iraq from earliest times

to the present, to advanced and graduate courses, colloquia, and research seminars on both the ancient and

the modern Near/Middle East, such as: the Earliest Civilizations and States in the Bronze Age Near East,

Trade and Diplomacy in the Late Bronze Age Near East, the Middle East in the Modern Era, the Middle East

and the West from Antiquity to the Present, and (most recently) the Modern Middle East: Transnational and

Comparative Perspectives.

Previous Employment

1990 - present: Professor of History, Central Michigan University (awarded Professorial Salary Increments,

Aug., 1994; Aug., 2004; June, 2015)

Jan., 1998 – July, 2002: Chair, Departmentt of History, Central Michigan University

1986-1990: Associate Professor of History, Central Michigan University

1982-1986: Assistant Professor of History, Central Michigan University (awarded tenure, June, 1985)

1978- 1979: Instructor, Department of Continuing Education, University of Arizona, Tucson. I developed and

taught an introductory survey of the history and archaeology of ancient Egypt.

1976: Associate Faculty, Pima Community College, Tucson. My responsibilities entailed the development

and teaching of a survey course in the history of Western Civilization up to the Protestant Reformation.

1974-1975: Teaching Assistant, Graduate Group in Ancient History, University of Pennsylvania. Weekly

lectures and discussion groups for undergraduate survey courses in the history of ancient Greece (

Instructor: Prof. Michael H. Jameson) and in the history and archaeology of the ancient Near East

(Instructor: Prof. James D. Muhly).

Archaeological Fieldwork and Administration

November, 1991: Field epigrapher and site supervisor for excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, northern Syria,

directed by Dr. Thomas A. Holland (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago) and Dr. Richard L. Zettler

(University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)

1980 - 1982: Occasional fieldwork during my tenure as editor for the Navajo Nation Cultural Resource

Management Program

1980 - 1982: Editor for Archaeological and Ethnographic Publications, Navajo Nation Cultural Resource

Management Program, Window Rock, Arizona

1980 - 1981: Editor for Archaeological Publications, Western Archeological Center, National Park Service,

Tucson.

1978 - 1980: Editor for Archaeological Publications, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson.

My responsibilities in the three positions listed above entailed the copy-editing - and, generally, the

significant rewriting - of drafts of numerous book-length reports and monographs on archaeological and

ethnographic projects undertaken by the sponsoring institutions in Arizona and New Mexico. By

familiarizing me even more with the methodology and theoretical perspectives of American anthropological

archaeology, which is imbued with a distinct interdisciplinary and cultural-anthropological orientation, my

employment with these institutions has had significant impact on my own approaches to the study of ancient

societies.

1976 - 1978: Research Assistant, Bureau of Ethnic Research, Department of Anthropology, University of

Arizona, Tucson. My responsibilities entailed the writing of abstracts of primary historical documents

relating to the Paiute tribe of Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada.

June-August, 1975: Student at the University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopper Ruin,

near Cibecue, Arizona (on the White Mountain Apache Reservation). This experience entailed intensive,

rigorous training in archaeological method, theory, and excavation technique at a large prehistoric pueblo.

Director: Dr. William A. Longacre, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona.

June-July, 1973: Site supervisor for excavations at the Franchthi Cave site in the Greek Argolid. My

responsibilities entailed supervision of excavation and preliminary analysis of recovered artifacts. Excavation

was conducted under the joint auspices of the University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University. Director:

Dr. Thomas W. Jacobsen, Department of Classical Studies, Indiana University.

Publications and Refereed Conference Presentations:

2016 co-author, Perspectives from the Past: Primary Source Readings in Western Civilization (6th ed.).

New York: W. W. Norton.

2015 Iraq: A History. Oxford: OneWorld Publications. Revised paperback version published, 2016.

2012 co-author, Perspectives from the Past: Primary Source Readings in Western Civilization (5th ed.).

New York: W. W. Norton

2009 co-author, Perspectives from the Past: Primary Source Readings in Western Civilization (4th ed.).

New York: W. W. Norton.

2008 “When Things Fall Apart: Political Collapse and Social Disintegration in the Ancient Middle East.”

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston, Nov.,

2008.

2006 “Nomads, ‘Barbarians,’ and Societal Collapse in the Historiography of Ancient Southwest Asia.”

In If a Man Builds a Joyful House: Assyriological Studies in Honor of Erle Verdun Leichty, edited

by Ann K. Guinan et al, pp. 325-336. Leiden: Brill.

2005 "Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East," in A Companion to the Ancient Near East (Blackwell’s

Companions to the Ancient World), edited by Daniel C. Snell, pp. 196-210. London: Blackwell.

2005 co-author, Perspectives from the Past: Primary Source Readings in Western Civilization (3rd ed.).

New York: W. W. Norton

2002 co-author, Perspectives from the Past: Primary Source Readings in Western Civilization (2nd edition).

New York: W. W. Norton.

1998 co-author, Perspectives from the Past: Primary Source Readings in Western Civilization. New York:

W.W. Norton.

1998 "Nomads and 'Barbarians' in the Historiography of Ancient Southwest Asia." Paper presented at the

XLVe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Harvard University and Yale University, July,

1998.

1995 "The Social and Economic Organization of Ancient Mesopotamian Temples." In Civilizations of the

Ancient Near East, edited by Jack M. Sasson, Vol. I, pp. 443-454. New York: Charles Scribner's

Sons.

1995 "'Barbarian Hordes' and Societal Collapse in the 'Ancient Near East.'" Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Historical Association, Chicago, January, 1995.

1993 "On Profit-seeking, Market Orientations, and Mentality in the 'Ancient Near East.'" Journal of the

American Oriental Society 113: 437-443.

1992 "The Temple Economy of Old Babylonian Nippur: the Evidence for Centralized Management."

Nippur at the Centennial (Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund 14), edited by

Maria DeJong Ellis, pp. 177-188. Philadelphia: University Museum.

1992 "Temples and Sanctuaries: Mesopotamia." The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol. 6, pp. 372-376. New

York: Doubleday.

1989 "Agriculture and the Temple-Estate Economies of Old Babylonian Nippur." In DUMU E2-DUB-BA-A:

Studies in Honor of Ake W. Sjoberg (Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund,

11), edited by Hermann Behrens, Darlene Loding, and Martha T. Roth, pp. 457-464. Philadelphia:

University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.

1988 "The temple economy of Old Babylonian Nippur: the evidence for centralized management." Paper

presented at XXXVe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Philadelphia, 11-15 July 1988.

1988 "Agriculture and the temple-estate economies of Old Babylonian Nippur." Paper presented at the

198th meeting of the American Oriental Society, Chicago, 20-23 March, 1988.

1987 "Sacrificial livestock in the temple economy of Old Babylonian Nippur." Paper presented at the 197th

meeting of the American Oriental Society, Los Angeles, 22-25 , March 1987.

1984 "The internal political and economic structure of Old Babylonian Nippur: the guennakkum and his

`house.'" Journal of Cuneiform Studies 36/2: 145-190.

1983 "An unusual dating system from Isin-Larsa period Nippur: new evidence." Acta Sumerologica 5: 147-

161.

1983 "The internal political and economic structure of Old Babylonian Nippur: the guennakkum and his

house.'" Paper presented at the 193rd meeting of the American Oriental Society, Baltimore (March,

1983).

1979 "Redistributive economies in ancient Mesopotamian society: a case study from Nippur." Paper

presented at the 189th meeting of the American Oriental Society, St. Louis (March, 1979).

1977 "Toward the reconstruction of a temple redistributive system at Nippur during the Isin-Larsa period."

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Oriental Society, West Coast Branch,

Tucson (April, 1977).

in Isin-Larsa Period Administrative-Economic Records from Nippur (= a volume of more than 100

prep autograph copies of cuneiform texts, with catalogue and indices). Accepted provisionally for

publication in Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund (University Museum,

University of Pennsylvania).

Book Reviews:

1998 Review of House Most High: The Temples of Ancient Mesopotamia (Mesopotamian Civilizations

5), by A. R. George (Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbraun's, 1993). Journal of the American Oriental

Society 118: 81-82.

1997/1998 Obituary for John Tracy Luke, published in Archiv fur Orientforschung: International

Zeitschrift fur die Wissenschaft vom Vorderen Orient, Band XLIV und Band XLV, pp. 583-584.

1995 Review of Reflets des deux fleuves: Volume de melanges offerts a Andre Finet (Akkadica

Supplementum VI), edite par Marc Lebeau et Philippe Talon (Leuven: Peeters, 1989). Journal of

the American Oriental Society 115: 544-546.

1987 Review of Ledgers and Prices: Early Mesopotamian Merchant Accounts (Yale Near Eastern

Researches, 8), by Daniel C. Snell (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986). Bulletin of the

American Schools of Oriental Research 267: 82-84.

1985 Review of The Ox That Gored (= Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 71, Part

2, 1981), by J. J. Finkelstein. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 44/2: 149-152.

Encyclopedia Articles:

2013 “Social Structure and Mobility, Ancient Near East,” in The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, ed. by

Roger Bagnall et al., pp. 6297-6298. Blackwells (2012)

2012 World Book Encyclopedia: new article on “Leptis Magna”

2006 World Book Encyclopedia: revised articles on “Phoenicians,” “Tyre,” “ Sidon,” and “Carthage”

Op-eds, Interviews, and Presentations:

Op-eds:

“Thomas Friedman, all-American pundit: A review of Belen Fernandez, The Imperial Messenger: Thomas

Friedman at Work.” At War in Context 7 April 2012; http://warincontext.org/2012/04/07/thomas-friedman-all-

american-pundit-a-review-of-belen-fernandez-the-imperial-messenger-thomas-friedman-at-

work/#sthash.ZegM4Sle.dpuf

Excerpted and linked at Pulse: Thomas Friedman, all-American pundit: A review of Belen Fernandez, The

Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work - See more at: http://warincontext.org/2012/04/07/thomas-

friedman-all-american-pundit-a-review-of-belen-fernandez-the-imperial-messenger-thomas-friedman-at-

work/#sthash.ZegM4Sle.dpuf

CAN OBAMA PREVAIL AGAINST A ROMNEY-NETANYAHU TICKET? Informed Comment, 30 Jan 2012.

http://www.juancole.com/2012/01/can-obama-prevail-against-a-romney-netanyahu-ticket-robertson.html

Elliot Abrams bangs the drum for war against Iran – War in Context 11 July 2011

See more at: http://warincontext.org/2011/07/11/john-robertson-elliot-abrams-bangs-the-drum-for-war-against-

iran/#sthash.WyIfIX5a.dpuf

Obama’s Cairo speech: a chance to make an historical difference? War in Context, June 2, 2009

Cited as AP source for graphic on Iraq’s Tribes http://www.boston.com/news/galleries/iraqtribe/

Obama’s outreach and the hierarchy of ‘enlightened nations’. War in Context, March 22, 2009

Surging into a perfect storm? War in Context, January 25, 2009

Is the US headed for a third war? War in Context, September 13, 2008

Mr. Bush and his “legacy” War in Context, April 6, 2008

The bullies converge. War in Context, March 3, 2008

The final destruction of Babylon. War in Context, August 30, 2006

From road-map to road-blocks: Kadima goes "forward.” War in Context, April 6, 2006

Cooling the Rhetoric on Tehran.” Asia Times, April 22, 2005

Among newspaper reports and interviews in which I have been cited:

2012 – radio interview with Voice of Russia in re “Deadly Wave of Bombings in Iraq”

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_03_26/69634108/

2011 – interviewed and cited by CNN for online article by Kyle Almond, “How one voice can tell the story of

an entire movement”

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/04/01/arab.unrest.faces/index.html

2008 (April) - phone interview for 'Contexto Público' (Public Context), a production shared between Radio

Nacional de Colombia and Luis Angel Arango Library, both associated with Los Andes University. My

comments were featured in a subsequent broadcast.

2006-2009 quoted (in Spanish) in several articles published in the weekly magazine Semana (Colombia) in

2006 and 2007 cite e- mail interviews with me as a source. The articles dealt with the 2006 Israel-Lebanon

war, the emergence of Hamas, the election of Mahmud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran in 2005, and

tensions between the US and Iran over Iran’s nuclear program.

2006 quoted in article, “The Greater Middle East: More questions than answers,” by Kawkab al-Thaibani

(after email interview). Yemen Observer Newspaper (yobserver.com), 18 Sept 2008

2006 Live radio interview, “Live with Lee,” Radio Sarnia, on US policies regarding Iraq and Iran (5 April)

2005 Taped Radio interview broadcast on WCMU, on Iraq elections (January)

2004 Quoted in Associated Press article by Brian Murphy on Turkey’s Islamic parties, December (after

e-mail interview)

Quoted in article, “La esperenza de un Estado palestino,” in Al Damir (no. 39, Nov. 2004) (after e-

mail interview)

Live radio interview with Radio Jamaica about impact of elections in Iran (Feb.)

2003 Collaborated with Associated Press editor in production of on-line interactive feature on the tribes

of Iraq, November 2003

Presenter and discussant for public forum, “Post-war Iraq: Issues, Concerns, Actions,” sponsored

by Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, 15 May 2003

2002 Presenter and discussant for public forum, “Iraq, the US, and the Media,” as part of International

Education Week, 18 November 2002

Presenter and discussant for public forum on conflict with Iraq, sponsored by Unitarian/Universalist

Fellowship of Central Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, 24 Oct. 2002

Live radio interview for “Cameron Knowles Show,” WSGW News Radio (Saginaw), in connection

With events in Middle East ( 29 March 2002)

Live radio interview, “Don Chiodio Show” on Michigan Talk Radio, in connection with events in

Middle East (15 April 2002)

Live radio interview on WOOD News Radio (Grand Rapids), on results of Secretary of State Colin

Powell’s mission to Middle East (17 April 2002)

2001 Radio interview for "Cameron Knowles Show," WSGW News Radio (Saginaw) , in connection with

events in Afghanistan (December, 2001)

Press interview with Midland Daily News, concerning events in Afghanistan (November, 2001)

Panel discussion on “The World of Islam and the USA,” CMU International EducationWeek, 12

November 2001

Panel discussion (provided historical perspectives on World Trade Center attack) at Midland (MI)

Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 October 2001

Live television interview panel on Delta College Q-TV PBS station’s show, “Currently Speaking,”

evening of 11 September 2001

Videotaped television interview, WWTV-WWUP-TV (Cadillac), on World Trade Center and

Pentagon terror attacks, afternoon of 11 September 2001

1998 Editorial on the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the State of Israel, published by Fox News

Online.

Live radio interview for “The Cameron Knowles Show”, WSGW News Radio 790 after death of King

Hussein of Jordan

August, 1997: radio interview with Steve Smith (CMU Public Relations) concerning current events in the

Middle East. Interview was picked up by several radio stations across Michigan.

April, 1994: Presented talk, "Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Syria," to CMU Museum Club

April, 1992: presented talk, "Excavating an Ancient City of Northern Syria - and Getting There," sponsored by

Phi Alpha Theta and the History Club, CMU

January, 1992: half-hour televised interview for "Editor's Notepad" on WCMU public television concerning

my archaeological fieldwork and related experiences in Syria in November, 1991). This interview led to

WCMU's production and televising (over a period of several weeks) of a "CMU Minute" promotion of the

university featuring my work in Syria.

January and February, 1991: cited as expert informant on Middle Eastern history and current affairs for

articles published in the Midland [Mich] Daily News and the Mt. Pleasant [Mich] Morning Sun.

Also did live interview on Middle Eastern current affairs for Flint radio station.

January, 1991: Member of expert panel and presenter at all-campus convocation (convened by CMU

President's Office) on "The War in the Gulf"

February, 1983: presented lecture, "The Social and Economic Organization of the Early Mesopotamian City-

States," for Phi Alpha Theta (the National History Honors Fraternity) Speakers Series, 24 Feb. 1983.

Grants and Awards

2014: “Inspire Integrity” Award from the National Society of Collegiate Scholars

2012: CMU College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences Maroon Award for Teaching

Excellence; also nominated for (and passed initial cut) CMU Teaching Excellence Award

Spring 2011: sabbatical leave

Spring 2009: CHSBS Alternative Assignment Award

Spring, 2009: Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Premier Display Grant, Central Michigan University

(to support presentation of paper at the American Schools of Oriental Research meeting, Boston, Nov., 2008)

Spring, 2004: sabbatical leave

2002: CHSBS Alternative Assignment Award

1998: Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Premier Display Grant, Central Michigan University (to

support presentation of paper at the XLVe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Cambridge, Mass., July,

1998)

1996: Sabbatical leave, spring semester, 1996, Central Michigan University

1995: Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Premier Display Grant, Central Michigan University (to

support presentation of a paper at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago,

Jan., 1995)

1989: Sabbatical leave, spring semester, Central Michigan University

1988: Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Premier Display Grant, Central Michigan University (to

support presentation of a paper at the annual meeting of the American Oriental Society, Chicago, March,

1988)

1988: Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Premier Display Grant, Central Michigan University (to

support presentation of a paper at the XXXVe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Philadelphia, July,

1988)

1987: Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Premier Display Grant, Central Michigan University (to

support presentation of a paper at the annual meeting of the American Oriental Society, Los Angeles, March,

1987)

1986: Research Professorship, Central Michigan University (awarded leave, with pay, during fall semester,

1986, to pursue research project, "An Investigation of the Society and Economy of an Ancient City of

Mesopotamia")

July-August 1984: Fellowship (with stipend) as participant in a Humanities Institute on "Islam, the Middle

East, and World Politics" sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the

National Endowment for the Humanities, in conjunction with the University of Michigan and its Center for

Near Eastern and North African Studies; at Ann Arbor. I was selected as one of 30 participants chosen from

almost 100 applicants.

1984: Curriculum and Instructional Development Grant, Central Michigan University (to support

participation in above-mentioned institute)

1984: Faculty Development Grant, Central Michigan University (granted release time to acquire expertise in

order to prepare new course on the history of the Middle East from the Hellenistic period to the early 20th

century)

1983: Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Research Grant, Central Michigan University (to support

research at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1983)

1983: Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Premier Display Grant, Central Michigan University (to

support presentation of a paper at the annual meeting of the American Oriental Society, Baltimore, March,

1983)

1975-1976: Dissertation-Year Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania

1971-1975: University Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania

Memberships in Professional Scholarly Associations

Association of Ancient Historians

Archaeological Institute of America

American Oriental Society

American Schools of Oriental Research

Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies

American Research Center in Egypt

Middle East Studies Association

World History Association

Reviews of Book Proposals for Academic Presses:

Oxford University Press – reviewed proposal for book by Amanda Podany, “An Alternative to War: An

International Community over 3000 Years before the United Nations” (Feb. 2006) [Subsequently published as

Brotherhood of Kings]

Reviews of Manuscripts for Scholarly Journals:

American Anthropologist - reviewed manuscript, "Ancient City Neighborhoods: A Case Study of Ur during

the Old Babylonian Period," by Edward Luby

Reviews of History Textbooks and Textbook Proposals:

Addison Wesley Longman: review of proposal for textbook, Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture, by

William Steibing (Dec., 1998)

W. W. Norton & Company: review of chapters 1-4 in Western Civilizations (12th ed.), by Robert E. Lerner,

Standish Meacham, and Edward McNall Burns (July, 1995)

Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Company: reviews of two textbooks: Western Civilizations: Images and

Interpretations, Vol. I., edited by Dennis Sherman; and The Western Experience, Vol. I [third

edition], by Mortimer Chambers et al.

Houghton Mifflin: reviews of first edition and of proposed revisions for second edition of Discovering the

Western Past (Vol. I), by Wiesner, Ruff, and Wheeler.

Prentice-Hall, Inc.: review of prospectus and manuscript for World Civilizations textbook.

Other Professional Development:

1990-1991: Member of faculty team that created new course, "Honors 130: Western Cultural and Intellectual

Traditions," for the Centralis Scholars Protocol, CMU

Winter semester, 1986, and fall semester, 1984: Instructor for HST 590 course based on the PBS televised

series, "Heritage: Civilization and the Jews," offered through Continuing Education and Community

Services, School of Extended Learning, Central Michigan University.

University, College, Department, and Professional Service:

2013-2014: Cultural and Global Studies Council

General Education Committee

Personnel Committee, Dept of History

2013: National Screening Committee for Fulbright Student Awards for the Middle East

Cultural and Global Studies Council (CHSBS)

Graduate Studies Committee, Dept of History

2012 – ad hoc Dept of History committee for revision of department by-laws

2010, 2011: National Screening Committee for Fulbright Student Awards for the Middle East

2011-2012: CHSBS Curriculum Committee

2011-2012: CHSBS committee for development of new major/program in Cultural and Global Studies

2010 - 2012: Ad hoc Working group for Creation of new minor in Middle East and Islamic Studies

2009 – 2012: Undergraduate Studies Committee, Dept of History

2009-2013: Dissertation committee member, Western Michigan University (for Brian Bradford)

2005-2011: History Dept rep., CMU and You Day

2009-2010: World History Working Group, Dept of History

2008-2009: Curriculum Committee (chaired), Dept of History

2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2008-2009: Personnel Committee, Dept of History

2005-2007: Dean’s Tenure and Promotion Committee, CHSBS

2005-2008: board member, Gamma Eta chapter of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars

2004-2005: Technology Committee, CHSBS

2003-2005: University Curriculum Committee Board of Appeals (chair, fall 2004)

2003-2005: Dean’s Tenure and Promotion Committee, CHSBS

2002-2003: Curriculum Committee, Dept of History

May, 2002: faculty participant in CMU Concert Choir tour of China (helped supervise students'

Experience, and offered a special-topics course in conjunction with tour)

Jan., 1998 - July, 2002: Chairman, Department of History (includes ex-officio service on Board of Governors,

Clarke Historical Library, including one year as Board’s chair)

2001 – 2002: Ad Hoc Academic Senate Committee on Teacher Education Governance Model

2001: Ad Hoc Committee on Teacher Education Mentoring, Mid-tier Experience, and Subject-Matter

Supervision

2001: served as adjudicator for Michigan District 5 National History Day competitions, Midland Dow High

School (hosted by CMU and Midland Public Schools) (22 Feb. 2001)

2001: faculty advisor for Historica (CMU History Club) spring-break tour of Greece (March 2001) (traveled

with students for historical/cultural tour)

2000 – 2001: member, working group of chairs of CMU doctoral-program departments

Jan. – Dec., 2000: Member, Executive Board, CMU Academic Senate

1999-2000: Chairman, Central Michigan University Council of Department Chairs

1999 – 2000: History Dept representative, CMU Academic Senate

1999 - 2000: Member, CMU Presidential Search Committee

1999 - 2000: Member, CMU Campus Master Plan Committee

Sept., 1999: department representative, “CMU and You Day”

1997 - 1998: Dept. of History Personnel Committee

Dept. of History representative, "CMU and You Day"

1996 - 1997: Dept. of History Personnel Committee

Dept. of History representative, "CMU and You Day"

1995 - 1996: Past President and member of Board of Directors, CMU Faculty Association

Dept. of History Personnel Committee

Dept. of History representative, "CMU and You Day"

1994-1995: President and member of Board of Directors, CMU Faculty Association

Dept. of History Personnel Committee

Dept. of History representative, "CMU and You Day"

1993-1994: President-elect and member of Board of Directors, CMU Faculty Association

Dept. of History Personnel Committee

Dept. of History, "CMU and You Day"

1992-1993: Immediate-Past Chairman and member of Executive Board, CMU Academic Senate

Community College Liaison Committee

Dept. of History Curriculum Committee

1991-1992: Chairman and member of Executive Board, CMU Academic Senate

1990-1991: Chair-elect and member of Executive Board, CMU Academic Senate

Chairman, University Research Professorship and Summer Fellowship Committee

University Honors Council (fall semester)

President's Task Force on Public Broadcasting at CMU (beginning March, 1991)

Dept. of History Personnel Committee

1989-1990: History Dept. representative, Academic Senate

University Research Professorship and Summer Fellowship Committee

University Honors Council (includes service as chairman of committee overseeing development of

core curriculum for the Centralis Scholars Protocol, and service on subcommittee charged with

defining a public-service component for that program)

Dept of History Personnel Committee

1988-1989: History Dept. representative, Academic Senate

University Research Professorship and Summer Fellowship Committee

Dept of History Curriculum Committee (chaired committee during fall semester, 1988)

Dept of History committee to prepare Strategic Planning document

1987-1988: Curriculum Committee, Department of History

Dept. of History ad hoc committee charged with formulating recommendations for computer

purchases

1986-1987: Resources Committee, Dept of History

1985-1986: Chairman, University Degrees, Admissions, Standards, and Honors Committee

University Honors Council (includes participation in Honors Day activities, October, 1985)

Orientation Committee, College of Arts and Sciences (included participation in new-faculty

orientation, August, 1985)

Personnel Committee, Dept of History

October, 1985: Dept of History representative, "CMU and You Day"

1984-1985: Chairperson, University Honors Council (included participation in Honors Day activities, Oct.

1984)

University Degrees, Admissions, Standards, and Honors Committee (included service as chairman of

subcommittee charged with examining and reporting on the International Baccalaureate Program)

Orientation Committee, College of Arts and Sciences (included participation in new-faculty

orientation, August, 1984)

Resources Committee, Dept of History

1983-1984: Vice-Chairman and Secretary, University Honors Council (included service on subcommittee

charged with devising an instrument of evaluation of faculty teaching Honors courses)

University Degrees, Admissions, Standards, and Honors Committee (included service on

subcommittee charged with examining the need for and feasibility of establishing more effective liaison with

the University Honors Council)

Curriculum Subcommittee, College of Arts and Sciences

Curriculum Committee, Dept of History

Meetings Secretary, Dept of History

October, 1983: Dept of History representative, "CMU and You Day"

1982-1983: Steering Committee, College of Arts and Sciences (included service on subcommittee charged

with devising an instrument for faculty evaluation of Dean Myron Henry and his administrative staff)

Resources Committee, Dept of History

March, 1983: served as member of Faculty Review Board convened to review and render judgment of

grievance (regarding denied promotion) filed by a university faculty member against the university

administration.

Community Service

January, 1996: presentation on Archaeology to 4th-grade class (teacher, Ms. Helen Sysak), Sacred Heart

Academy, Mt. Pleasant, MI

January, 1993: presentation on Ancient Egypt to 1st-grade class (teacher, Ms. Leslie Deja), Sacred Heart

Academy, Mt. Pleasant, MI

September, 1984 - August, 1985: member of Executive Board, South Neighbors Action Group, Mt. Pleasant,

Mich. (included service as Vice-Chairman, Sept., 1984 - March, 1985, and as Chairman, March-May, 1985).