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CURRICULUM VITAE Mochoruk, James David 1604 8th St. S.E. East Grand Forks, Minnesota U.S.A. 56721 (218) 773-0119 [email protected] EDUCATION University of Manitoba, Ph.D. History, 1992 University of Manitoba, M.A. History, 1984 University of Winnipeg, B.A. (Hons.) History, 1981 ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE AND COURSES TAUGHT 12/13 Visiting Fellow, American Culture Center, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China 09/13 - 08/14 Visiting Professor of History, University of Manitoba 04/13- Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of History, University of North Dakota. (History of Canada to 1867; History of Canada since 1867; United States to 1877; United States since 1877; Canada-US Relations, 1774 to the present; Graduate Readings in American History, Aspects of Canadian-American Relations; Graduate Research Seminar, Topics in European History; Graduate Research Seminar, Topics in Canadian and U.S. History; Graduate Readings in Historiography, Herodotus to the post-modernists; History of Quebec; History of the Canadian Prairies; the British Empire to 1884; the British Empire and Commonwealth, 1884 to present; Graduate Readings in British Social and Labour History; History of Canada’s First Nations; Early Modern Britain, 1485 to the 18th Century; and The Historian's Craft.) 08/05 – 04/13 Professor of History, University of North Dakota, 08/01 - 07/04 Chair, Department of History, University of North Dakota (responsible for ten tenured or tenure stream faculty, four adjuncts, several active emeriti, two non-departmental historians and three support staff. Also responsible for a graduate program consisting of 33 MA students, an established Doctor of Arts program and a new Joint Ph.D. program with North Dakota State University) 08/99 Tenure Awarded 08/98 - 08/05 Associate Professor of History, University of North Dakota 08/93 - 07/98 Assistant Professor of History, University of North Dakota 01/88 - 04/93 Instructor, University of Winnipeg (“Survey of Canadian Social History”; “Introduction to Canadian Studies”; “Studies in Modern Canadian History”; “Canada from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Century”; “History of Winnipeg.”) 08/87 - 09/91 General Editor, Manitoba Labour History Series 2 07/86 - 06/93 Instructor, University of Manitoba, (“Modern Canada: 1921 to the present”; “Introduction to Labour Institutions and Problems”; “The New Dominion: Canada, 1867-1921"; “Canadian Labour and Economic History to 1939"; “Canadian Labour and Economic History from 1939 to the present”; “History of Labour Movements and Working People”; “History of Canada, from 1534 to the present.”) 05/86 - 06/86 Special Assistant to Dr. J.E. Rea, Chair of the Learned Societies of Canada Conference, 1986 01/85 - 07/85 Research Assistant to Dr. Norman Penner of York University (S.S.H.R.C. funding) 05/84 - 09/84 Director of Research, “Garment Trade Oral History Project,” at the Manitoba Labour Education Centre 01/83 - 09/83 Project Leader, “Flin Flon Oral History Project,” at the Manitoba Labour Education Centre SELECTED AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS* Invited Speaker, Dr. Max Pickerill Lecture Series at Colby Community College, “Confessions of a social and economic historian: research questions, historical voyeurism and figures of transition,” Colby College, Kansas, March 14, 2017. Awarded, University of North Dakota Foundation, “North Dakota Spirit Faculty Achievement Award” (given “in recognition of significant contributions in teaching, research and service”), 05/14. Named, Visiting Fellow, American Culture Center, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China, (Visit, 12/06/13 – 12/17/13.) Named, Visiting Professor, University of Manitoba, 2013-14 Named, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor, University of North Dakota, 2013. Named, Bard and Nicki Baukol History Fellow, 2013-2015. Named, Honorary Member, Phi Alpha Theta, Beta-Upsilon Chapter, 02/06/13. Elected, Chair of the University of North Dakota Senate, 2012-13. Named, “Faculty Star” UND Presidential Scholars Award, 2011-12, 2010-11, and 2009-2010. Awarded, University of North Dakota Foundation/B.C. Gamble Faculty Award “The Outstanding Faculty Scholar Award,” for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service, 2011. Awarded, University of North Dakota Foundation, “North Dakota Spirit Faculty Achievement Award” (given “in recognition of significant contributions in teaching, research and service”), 2011. * Information on several smaller teaching and research related awards, grants and appointments is available upon request. 3 Named, UND Chapter of Pi Beta Phi Sorority “Favorite Professor,” Fall, 2010. Keynote Speaker, “Western Canadian History at the Crossroads: Winnipeg as the Case Study of Cultural Diversity.” Franklin College Roundtable on Canadian Studies, “The Canadian West: Past and Present,” Franklin, Indiana April 25, 2008. Keynote Speaker, “The Historical Significance of the Hudson Bay Railway.” Dedication of the Hudson Bay Railway as a National Historic Site, The Pas, Manitoba, Canada, September 21, 2007. Listed in, Marquis’ Who’s Who in America, 60th Edition, (2006) Awarded, Manitoba Historical Society’s “Margaret McWilliams Award,” Best Scholarly Book - "Formidable Heritage”: Manitoba’s North and the Cost of Development, 1870-1930. 2005. Nominated, Canadian Historical Association’s “Clio Award” for the best work in Western Canadian History - "Formidable Heritage”: Manitoba’s North and the Cost of Development, 1870-1930. 2005. Invited Commencement Speaker, UND Summer Graduation, August 6, 2004. Appointed, Editorial Board, Manitoba History, 05/04 - present. Invited Speaker, Institute for the Humanities and St. John’s College, University of Manitoba - “Manitoba, Canada, Empire: A Day of History in Honour of John Kendle” November 15, 2002 - “Brackenism and the Politics of Development in Manitoba.” Inducted as Honorary Member, Golden Key International Honour Society, (Student Nomination) October, 2002. Invited Lecturer, UND Faculty Lecture Series, “The Making of an Oppositional Consciousness: Radicalism in a Conservative Prairie City” January 22, 2002. Awarded, Manitoba Historical Society’s “Margaret McWilliams Award - Institutional History,” for The People’s Co-op: The Life and Times of a North End Institution. 2001. Short-listed for, the “Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award” for The People’s Co-op: The Life and Times of a North End Institution. 2001. Nominated, University of North Dakota's Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award, 2000-2001. Appointed, Advisory Editor, North Dakota Quarterly, 04/99-present. Appointed, Board of Directors, Canadian Society for Ukrainian Labour Research, 01/99-06/04. Awarded, University of North Dakota Foundation/Lydia and Arthur Salki Prize for Graduate Teaching Excellence, 1998. Nominated, University of North Dakota's Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award, 1995-96. Honourable Mention, University of Manitoba's Teaching Award in Management Studies, 1990-91. Appointed, General Editor, Manitoba Labour History Series, 1987-91. 4 Appointed, Government of Manitoba's Historic Sites Advisory Board, (later renamed the Manitoba Heritage Council) 1984-88. Appointed, Chair of the History Screening Committee, Government of Manitoba's Historic Sites Advisory Board, 1984-88. Awarded, University of Manitoba's W.L. Morton Gold Medal in History (M.A.), May 1984. SELECTED GRANTS (Related to Scholarship) Awarded, University of North Dakota, A&S Fine Arts and Humanities Scholarship Initiative Grant - $16,400 - (1/17-12/17) teaching buy-out and travel funding for work on Volume One of Community of Communities: A Social History of Winnipeg, 1918-1939 Awarded, Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada, Individual Connection Grant - $25,000 – Co-Investigator/Dr. R. Hinther PI – March 2015 (funding for workshop entitled, “Civilian internment in Canada: histories and legacies”). Awarded, Government of Manitoba, Department of Multi-culturalism Grant, $13,125 - Co-Investigator/Dr. R. Hinther PI – April 2015 (funding for workshop entitled, “Civilian internment in Canada: histories and legacies”). Awarded, Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund grant - $8,216. Co-Investigator/Dr. R. Hinther PI – May 2015 (funding for workshop entitled, “Civilian internment in Canada: histories and legacies”). Awarded, University of North Dakota, Arts and Humanities Initiative grant, -$4,778.00 – (1/15-12/15) for “The Children’s Home of Winnipeg: Barometer of Social Change in the Inter-war Era.” Awarded, UND Office of Research Development and Compliance, “Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Grant” (04/13) $6,463.06 for “The Human Factor: Canadian Communism in the 20th Century.” Awarded, North Dakota Humanities Council Grant, $10,000 to host the inaugural “D. Jerome Tweton Lecture” at UND, May, 2011. Awarded, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Aid to Scholarly Publications Grant, $8,000 publication subvention for Hinther, R.L. and Mochoruk, J.D. (eds.) Re-Imagining Ukrainian-Canadians: History, Politics and Identity. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011). Awarded, Government of Canada, “Canadian Studies in the United States - Faculty Research Grant,” ($8000), 2004-06. Awarded, UND Faculty Research Seed Money Grant, ($12,491) 2004-05. Awarded, North Dakota Humanities Council “Larry Remele Memorial Fellowship, 2000-2001” - $5,500.00 (National Endowment for the Humanities funding). Awarded, University of Manitoba/Government of Manitoba Northern Scientific Training Grant, 1987-88.