Dr. Nora Slonimsky Curriculum Vitae [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 914-633-2651 (office) www.hamiltonsolo.com

I. Employment and Appointments Gardiner Assistant Professor of History at and Institute for Studies New Rochelle, NY July 2017-present • In this role, I instruct courses on the history of America and the British and French empires in the long eighteenth century, specifically the late colonial and early national periods, and focus on public-facing as well as scholarly initiatives – conferences, seminars, archival fellowships, exhibits and curatorial programs, student opportunities, donor relationships, community partnerships and collaborations, workshops, blogs, social media and other digital projects – inspired by Thomas Paine and his world of politics and media. Director, Institute for Thomas Paine Studies at Iona College New Rochelle, NY July 2018 – present • In this role, I oversee all aspects of the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS), from its academic initiatives, research directions, administrative logistics, and goals for future development. Since appointed to this position, I have expanded the ITPS beyond the study of Thomas Paine to take a wider view of early American studies, focusing specifically on the long eighteenth century through a three-pronged approach of archival studies, digital humanities, and public history. For further details, please see our website. Research Associate at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA June 2017 – present • Participate and contribute to the community and scholarship of MCEAS. Social Media Editor at the Journal of the Early Republic Philadelphia, PA April 2017 – present • As a member of the editorial board of the JER, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, I manage the social media presence of the journal and work on digital initiatives.

II. Education The Graduate Center, City University of (CUNY), New York, NY Ph.D. United States History, Minor in Intellectual History, Certificate in American Studies, conferred June 2017

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• Dissertation: “The Engine of Free Expression”: The Political Economy of Copyright in the Colonial British Atlantic and Early National United States • Committee: Martin Burke – History, Graduate Center, CUNY, James Green – Library Company of Philadelphia, David Reynolds – English, Graduate Center, CUNY, Andrew Robertson – History, Graduate Center, CUNY, David Waldstreicher – History, Graduate Center, CUNY. The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY conferred February 2011 M.A. American Studies, • Thesis: “The Separation of Press and State: Alexander Hamilton, Walter Lippmann, and the Role of Authorship in the Formation of America’s Public Opinion.” Binghamton University, Vestal, NY conferred May 2008 B.A., Cum Laude with honors in History and English, Literature and Rhetoric • Honors Thesis: “The Coverage of the 1948 Accra Uprisings and its Significance in the Ghanaian Independence Movement.”

III. Publications and Awards *In-progress book, The Engine of Free Expression: Copyrighting the State in Early America at University of Pennsylvania Press September 2018 (expected publish date of April 2022) • First book project under contract as of September 2018 with University of Pennsylvania Press to be published in the Early American Studies series. In-progress journal article, William and Mary Quarterly August 2019 • Submitted the article, “Oil, Elephant Bones, and an Act Of Parliament: Mapping America’s Earliest Copyright Claim,” to Dr. Joshua Piker for review. In-progress volume, The Age of Revolutions in the Digital Age at Cornell University Press August 2019 (expected publish date of spring 2024) • Co-editor with Dr. Mark Boonshoft, Norwich University, and Dr. Ben Wright, UT Dallas, of an essay collection focusing on the intersection of the , the digital humanities, and the ITPS archival holdings. • Entering into contract with Cornell University Press, to be published in both print and digital open access. Peer review approved, July 2019, and going to press board August 2019. Have received letter of intent from Dr. Michael McGandy at CUP. • Goal is for publishing date to coincide with the sesquicentennial of the American Revolution. In-progress ITPS special issue, New York History Journal May 2019 (publish date of August 2020) • Along with ITPS Public Historian Dr. Michael Crowder, and journal editors Devin Lander, New York State Historian, and Jennifer Lemak, Chief Curator, New York State Museum, organizing and contributing to a special issue of the journal, New York History. • Issue will focus on the topics of commemoration and historical memory surrounding the American Revolution, speaking to an academic and public history audience. Slonimsky CV 3

• New York History is published by Cornell University Press in collaboration with the New York State Archives and Museum. Contributor to Cambridge History of the American Revolution New York, NY May 2019 • Writing an essay on “Law and Society” for the forthcoming volume from Cambridge University Press, edited by Marjoleine Kars, Mike McDonnell, and Andrew Shocket. • Essay due March 2020. Winner, Society of the History of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) Dissertation Prize Philadelphia, PA, July 2018 • The SHEAR dissertation prize is awarded by the society, the McNeil Center, and the University of Pennsylvania Press for best in-progress manuscript in the field. Finalist, The Zuckerman Prize in American Studies Philadelphia, PA, May 2018 • Awarded to unpublished manuscripts connecting American history (in any period) with literature and/or art through the McNeil Center for Early American Studies. Journal article, Early American Studies Special Issue: Keywords in Early American Material Texts Fall 2018 issue • The special issue is the first collection of scholarship to represent the emergent interdisciplinary field of “material texts.” My keyword is “commerce.” Contributor to A Day in the Life of an American Worker: 200 Trades and Occupations in U.S. History. New York, NY Fall 2018. Forthcoming. • Edited by Nancy Quam-Wickham, wrote the essay, “Author - pamphleteer -- Revolutionary War period.” American Historical Association (AHA) Poster Award Atlanta, GA January 10th, 2016 • Won the session award for “‘Commentaries' in Migration: A Digital Humanities Examination of Literature, Law and Practice Across National and Chronological Borders” with co-authors Micki Kaufman and Dr. John Blanton, assistant professor of history, City College, CUNY (see presentations).

IV. Fellowships Short-term Research Fellowship at The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, VA January 2020 • Residential fellowship at Mount Vernon to conduct some supplemental research for my first book manuscript, and to conduct revisions. Will be in residence in January and June, 2020. Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture (OI) Scholar’s Workshop Williamsburg, VA July 2019 • As part of the Lapidus Initiative, one of eight untenured scholars selected to work with OI editors and staff on either a manuscript chapter or a journal article in progress. This includes seminar-style meetings on conceptual development, manuscript editing, and Slonimsky CV 4

source verification as well as time for writing, revising, and consulting. • My selected material is for the first chapter that will form the basis of my second book project. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Bibliography at the American Philosophical Society (APS) Philadelphia, PA 2017-2018 academic year. Declined. • Post-doctoral fellowship focused on assembling a bibliography of the diaries maintained by eighteenth century scientists and inventors, with a particular focus on their intellectual property pursuits, held at the APS. This project will serve as the first step in a large digitization project. Unable to complete due to conflicting dates with a tenure- track position. Malcolm and Mildred Freiberg Fellowship at the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) Boston, MA June 2017 • Short-term research fellowship at the MHS archives for manuscript revisions. Jay T. Last Fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Worcester, MA May 2017 • Short-term research fellowship at the AAS archives for manuscript revisions. Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Fellow in Early American Literature and Material Texts and MCEAS Consortium Dissertation Fellow at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA September 2016 – May 2017 • Residential fellowship at the McNeil Center, an interdisciplinary research institution. Mario Capelloni Dissertation Fellowship at the Graduate Center New York, NY August 2016 – May 2017 • Grant for the completion of the dissertation. Society of the Cincinnati Scholars’ Grant Washington D.C., April 2016 • Fellowship for a week of study at the Society’s library. The Huntington Library Jack Miller Center Fellowship Los Angeles, CA, June 2016 – August 2016 • Three-month residential fellowship for dissertation completion research. Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Scholarship Montreal, Canada July 7th – 11th, 2015 • Travel and accommodation funding for the 23rd annual meeting of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) (see presentations). New-York Historical Society Graduate Archival Research Fellowship New York, NY January – May 2015 • Sponsored by the N-YHS and the Graduate Center Provost’s office, this fellowship dually involves digital humanities research and collaborating with Henry Raine, Director of Digital Programs and Library Technical Services, to process and organize the uncatalogued personal library collection of Rufus King, a leading Federalist politician in the Early national and antebellum periods. Society for the Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) Fellowship at the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Slonimsky CV 5

Philadelphia, PA July – August 2014 • Short-term residential, archival fellowship to conduct research for my dissertation in the summer of 2014. In this position, I led a colloquium on my research for the staff, other fellows and interested local scholars and recorded a video interview on William Rawle’s papers for the Historical Society’s web series, “Stories from the Archives.” Doctoral Student Research Grant at the Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY May-December 2014 • Research grant for dissertation archival work. Advanced Research Collaborative Knickerbocker Award for Archival Research in American Studies New York, NY May-August 2013, 2014 and 2015 • Research grant for dissertation archival work initially received for the summer of 2013. I received this fellowship again for the summer of 2014 and the summer of 2015. Fellowship of the Colonial Dames of America New York, NY April 2011 • Research grant Enhanced Chancellors Fellow at the Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY August 2011-present • Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) fellow, graduate teaching fellow (see teaching experience) and research assistant for Dr. Martin Burke, which involved editing (see publications) and organizing the submissions and panels for “Spaces, Languages, Time. The 15th International Conference of the History of Political and Social Concepts Group" held summer, 2012 in Helsinki, Finland.

V. Public Facing Research and Digital Scholarship Invited speaker on “Managing Your Public Presence” at the Columbia University History Department New York, NY October 10th, 2019 • Based on my work at the JER and the ITPS, asked to speak to Columbia graduate students on building an e-presence that supports but does not distract from scholarly research. Co-organizer for the joint issue of The Junto and The Panorama, “Digital Research, Digital Age: Blogging New Approaches to Early American Studies.” April, 2019 • Inspired in part by the ITPS conference, “Revolutionary Texts in a Digital Age: Thomas Paine’s Publishing Networks, Past and Present” and by the joint issue of the JER and the William and Mary Quarterly on the American Revolution in the winter of 2017. • For additional details, please see my introductory post to the collaborative series, and “Service at Iona.” Contributor to Uncommon Sense for Fair Use Week Williamsburg, VA February 25th – March 1st, 2019 • Companion blog post, “The Public Figure Exception(s): Finding Fair Use in the Vastness of Early American IP,” on the OI’s website Uncommon Sense to an episode of Ben Slonimsky CV 6

Franklin's World on copyright. Accompanying the episode with a discussion of #VastEarlyAmerica aspect of copyright and fair use. • Post also shared through Harvard Libraries. Interviewed on Backstory Radio, a weekly American History podcast sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities New York, NY January 2019 • BackStory is a decade-long established program that “looks at the history behind the headlines” with acclaimed scholars as hosts. Participated in a show in light of the ongoing partial government shutdown about the history of government shutdowns in the U.S. • I spoke on the segment about the size of the U.S. government over time, and how in the days of the early republic, the function and size of the federal government was distinct from today as well as some notable continuities. Interview with WVOX 1460 AM Radio Show New Rochelle, NY October 10th, 2018 • A collaborative show between Iona College and WVOX, New Rochelle’s public radio station on which I discussed “Revolutionary Texts in a Digital Age” and ways in which Thomas Paine is relevant to modern media. • Episode on “Iona College Radio Hour” available here.

Interview for the Iona College “Move the World” Engaged Faculty Online Series New Rochelle, NY October 2018 • Discussed the SHEAR prize and other work at the ITPS for a series highlighting faculty achievements titled “Nationally Recognized Professor Finds the Right Support at Iona.” Guest lecturer for the George Washington Teacher Institute Summer Residential Program on “Washington at War: From Soldier to Commander in Chief” at Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, VA August 1st, 2018 • Gave the talk, “Surveying the Information Landscape: Maps and Other Media Before the American Revolution,” as part of the program. • The program is “A 5-day immersive professional development designed to support K-12 educators teach about the life, leadership, and legacy of George Washington and the 18th-century world in which he lived.” (description from the Mount Vernon website). Interview with the Iona College Magazine New Rochelle, NY Winter 2017 • Iona College Magazine is a bi-annual publication with a circulation of 45,000 that highlights news of the College along with highlights from alumni, faculty and students. • Interviewed for an article in the winter 2018 issue called “Moving the Thomas Paine Institute Forward.” Invited Commentator for “Channeling Hamilton,” a documentary produced for Amazon Prime. Dallas, TX November 3rd, 2017 • Produced by APB productions, a documentary on Alexander Hamilton’s life scheduled to premiere in July of 2018. Interviewed along with Dr. Ben Wright, UT-Dallas. Guest lecturer for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History New Rochelle, NY August 8, 2017 Slonimsky CV 7

• Filmed a guest lecture on the role of media in the American Revolution for the online graduate course, Democracy in the Early Republic, at the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies in the Iona College Library. Featured several primary documents from the archival collection. Project Manager and Media Coordinator, Zara Anishanslin's Portrait of a Woman in Silk (Yale University Press, 2016) Philadelphia, PA September 2016 – May 2017 • Event planning, digital publicity and marketing, and launch coordination for Dr. Anishanslin’s, assistant professor of history and art history at the University of Delaware, new book. Facilitating talks, readings, and signings in Philadelphia, Virginia, New York, and London, I draw on digital programming and interactive technologies to increase reader awareness and engagement with both the author and the text. Guest Contributor at Gotham: A Group Blog on New York City History, July 2015 – present • Sponsored by the Gotham Center for New York City History, this site is a commonplace for scholars doing work on New York City history, with general, wide-ranging discussion, across the disciplines. Contributor at the Junto: A Group Blog on Early American History, May 2015 – present • The Junto is a blog focused on early American history as well as relevant topics in higher education. Guest Contributor at “The JuntoCast,” a monthly podcast featuring discussions on early American history, academia, pedagogy, and public history New York, NY October 2015 • Discussed Alexander Hamilton’s economic program and the Broadway musical based on his life. Guest and Historical Commentator on “Great American Railroad Journeys” New York, NY August 6th, 2015 • Interviewed about the economic transformations of the Gilded Age and early Progressive Era, particularly the “robber barons,” for the third season of the BBC 2 history and travel series. Broadcast in the UK on February 1st, 2016. Article, “Behind The Scenes at the Annual Meeting” in Perspectives on History: The Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association, February 2015. • Co-authored with Jeanne Gardner Gutierrez on our experiences working at the American Historical Association’s annual meeting (see professional service). Contributor at Teaching United States History, November, 2014 – present • Teaching United States History (TUSH) is a group blog dedicated to questions of creative pedagogy, educational policy, and teaching methodology in higher education. Editor and Contributor for The American Yawp: An Online Digital Textbook, 2014-present • The American Yawp is an online textbook, soon to be published as an e-book, designed to increase information access for the public. • Editor, Chapter Four: Colonial Society and contributor, “Trust Busting and Economic Regulation in the Progressive Era,” in Chapter Twenty. • As of 2017, the Yawp is under contract with Stanford University Press. Slonimsky CV 8

Article, “Ava as a Progressive Heroine: Labor, Suffrage, and the Fight for Reform in Blythewood” Penguin Press: New York, NY 2014 • Non-fiction, companion essay for a young adult historical fiction series on the role of women in the labor and progressive movements as well as the fight for female suffrage from 1890 to 1920. Presented by the publisher at the American Library Association convention in the fall of 2014. Event Speaker at “Why and How to Apply for a PhD: A Panel on Pursuing Doctoral Studies” at the Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY April 4th, 2014 • Invited to participate on a public panel on the graduate school admissions experience, hosted by Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, streamed at cuny tv. • Participated for a second and third year on March 27th, 2015 and April 15th, 2016. Guest contributor, “James A. Hamilton: Mousetraps, Memory and a Forgotten Secretary of State,” at the New York Public Library Archive Blog, December 22nd, 2012 • Article on the relationship between political reputation, historical memoir and the construction of archives. Internship at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division at the New York Public Library New York, NY May 2012-December 2012 • Archival researcher in charge of organizing and cataloging the James A. Hamilton papers for assistant curator Thomas Lannon and the NYPL digital database. Also launched a blog for the NYPL on this collection (see publication experience). • Consulted in the spring of 2013 on the digitization of the Thomas Addis Emmet collection by providing feedback on how to improve online access to archival materials and digital resources. Why Concepts Matter: Translating Social and Political Thought, Edited by Martin J. Burke and Melvin Richter (Brill: Leiden, the Netherlands, 2012) New York, NY August 2011-December 2011 • Created the index and copyedited all essays in this volume. Shap Shapiro Fellow in Communications at the Research Library of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith New York, NY December 2009 – August 2010 • Public history fellowship which involved the creation and maintenance of an extensive, comprehensive archive of all past and present advertising/marketing campaigns run by the ADL in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Republic.

VI. Conferences, Presentations, and Seminars Co-organizer, “Claiming the State: Civics, Inclusion, and Power from the American Revolution to the Civil War” New York, NY April 21st, 2020 • Co-organizing with Dr. Hannah Farber, this joint symposium between the Columbia Early American History Seminar and the ITPS will be held at the Heyman Center at Columbia. For further details, please see “Service at Iona.” Slonimsky CV 9

Participant at the 41st Annual SHEAR Conference Cambridge, MA July 18-21, 2019 • Participate in the roundtable, “The Many Facets of Harriet Beecher Stowe - Lessons from Recent Research,” with Dr. Mary Kelley, University of Michigan, Dr. Sari Altschuler, Northeastern University, Dr. John Brooke, Ohio State University, and Dr. Nadine Zimmerli, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. This paper will also be an aspect of my second book project. Participant at the Annual SHARP Conference Amherst, MA July 15th – 18th, 2019 • Participated in the roundtable, “Exploring and Disseminating Copyright Records,” with Zvi Rosen, Dr. Ian Gadd, and Peter Jaszi, American University. Presented “his or her Works:” Gendered Copyright and the Absence of Records.” Panel chair at the 25th Annual OI conference Pittsburg, PA June 13-15, 2019 • Chaired the panel “Communications and Empire in the Revolutionary Atlantic,” sponsored by the ITPS and organized by Dr. Joseph Adelman, Framingham State University and included Dr. Katherine Grandjean, Wellesley College, Dr. Cristina Soriano, Villanova University, and Dr. Robert Taber, Fayetteville State University. For further details, please see “Service at Iona.” Invited Commentator Invited Commentator at the Fourth Annual CUNY EARS Conference (Early American Republic Seminar) New York, NY May 10th, 2019 • Chaired and commented on the plenary, “The Journal of the Early Republic: A Conversation with the Co-Editors,” featuring Dr. Andrew Shankman and Dr. David Waldstreicher. • Also spoke on the social media elements of the journal. Invited Speaker at the Columbia Journalism School Colloquium New York, NY April 17th, 2019 • Gave a talk, “Oil, Elephant Bones, and An Act of Parliament: Copyright and the Boundaries of the Press in Early America ,” on my book project to PhD students and faculty in the communication and history programs. Co-organizer for the ITPS Symposium, “From Concord to : Commemoration and Conflict in the Legacy of the American Revolution” New Rochelle, NY April 15th, 2019 • One day symposium at the ITPS. For further details, please see “Service at Iona.” Co-commentator at the OI sponsored session, The Future of Early America: Lightning Round on Emerging Research, at the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Philadelphia, PA April 4th – 6th, 2019 • Co-commented on the session sponsored by the Omohundro Institute on new directions in the field. Presenter at the 2nd Biennial Conference on Race + IP, “Exclusions, Engagements, Empowerment” at the NYU School of Law New York, April 5th – 6th , 2019 Slonimsky CV 10

• Presented “Oil, Elephant Bones, and An Act of Parliament: Indigenous Knowledge in the Creation of Colonial American Copyright.” Invited speaker at the CUNY EARS Workshop New York, NY February 8th, 2019 • Presented on the pre-circulated paper, “Oil, Elephant Bones, and An Act of Parliament: Mapping America's Earliest Copyright Claim.” Invited Speaker at the McNeil Center Friday Seminar Philadelphia, PA December 7th, 2018 • Presented a work-in-progress, “Oil, Elephant Bones, and Mapping America’s Earliest Copyright” at the Friday seminar. • A closed workshop for my book manuscript followed the next day. Participant at the Researching New York Conference Albany, NY November 15th-17th, 2018 • Participated in the public history roundtable, “History’s Relevance: A Discussion on Articulating the Value of the Historical Enterprise,” organized by New York State historian Devin Lander with Jennifer Lemak, curator of the New York State Museum, and Cristine Ridarsky, Historian of the City of Rochester. Organizer for the ITPS Conference, “Revolutionary Texts in a Digital Age: Thomas Paine’s Publishing Networks, Past and Present” New Rochelle, NY October 11th – 13th, 2018 • Organized and coordinated every aspect of the third annual international conference on Thomas Paine Studies. For further details, please see “Service at Iona.” Participant at the European Association for Urban History (EAUH) 2018 conference at the University of RomaTre Rome, Italy August 29th -September 1st, 2018 • Presented, “‘Mr. Lewis Evans, of Philadelphia’: Urban Feuds on the Fringes of Empire" during the session “Belonging and Exclusion, Insiders and Outsiders: People and the Resilient City from 1450.” Participant at the 26th Annual SHARP Conference Sydney, Australia July 9th – 12th, 2018 • Presented the paper, “Oil, Elephant Bones, and An Act of Parliament: Indigenous Knowledge in the Creation of American Copyright.” Participant at the 10th Annual International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP) Workshop, Hosted by the Universite de Roma Tre Law School Rome, Italy July 4th – 6th, 2018 • Responded to the pre-circulated paper, Searching for “His or Her Heirs” in the Capitol Fire of 1911.” Panel Co-Organizer and Participant at the 24th Annual Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OI) Conference Williamsburg, VA June 14th – 16th, 2018 • Participated in the Gardiner Foundation sponsored roundtable, “Mapping the Roads to Revolution,” with Dr. Al Zuercher Reichardt of University of Missouri, Columbia, Dr. Max Edling of the University of Virginia, and Dr. Chris Anderson of Hartwick College. Slonimsky CV 11

• Arranged for this session to be sponsored by the ITPS and Gardiner Foundation. For further details, please see “Service at Iona.” Invited Commentator at “COMMON GROUND: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Early America,” the Third Annual CUNY EARS Conference (Early American Republic Seminar) New York, NY May 11th, 2018 • Chaired and commented on the roundtable, “The Promises and Pitfalls of Biography,” with Dr. Andrew Burstein of Louisiana State University, Dr. Nancy Isenberg of Louisiana State University, Dr. David Reynolds of the Graduate Center, CUNY, and Dr. David Waldstreicher of the Graduate Center, CUNY. Panel Co-Organizer and Participant at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Sacramento, CA April 12th – 14th, 2018 • Presented “Lewis Evans, Copyright, and the Creation of Borders in Early America,” on the panel “Political Geographies of Representation: Regions, Boundaries, and Property in Early America” with Dr. Sara Georgini of the Papers of John Adams, Dr. Nicholas Gliserman of Haverford College, and Dr. Benjamin Park of Sam Houston State University. Participant at “Images & Copyright in the 19th Century” at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Wintertur, DE March 29th – 30th 2018 • Participated in a focused conference on the relationship between visual texts and intellectual property in the long nineteenth century. Looked at early maps in Jedidiah Morse’s texts to illustrate the intersection of copyright and state formation. Roundtable Participant at C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists Biennial Conference at the University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM March 22nd- 25th, 2018 • Participated in the round table discussion, “Printed for the Author: African American Self-Publication and Copyright from David Walker’s Appeal and Beyond,” with Dr. Christy Potroff of Merrimack College, Dr. Marcy Dinius, of DePaul University, Dr. Tara Bynum of Hampshire College, Elizabeth Pop of the American Antiquarian Society, Dr. Whitney Stewart of the University of Texas at Dallas, and Dr. Leon Jackson of University of South Carolina. Panel Co-Organizer and Participant at the 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association (AHA) Washington D.C. January 4th – 7th, 2018 • Presented “This Plagiarism Was Falsely Sold”: Lies, Libels, and Copies in the Late Eighteenth Century, on the panel “Fake News, Then and Now” with Dr. Katlyn Carter of University of Michigan, Dr. Marcus Daniel of the University of Hawaii, Dr. Robert Parkinson of Binghamton University, and Dr. Ben Wright of UT-Dallas. Participant at “Reputations, Legacies, Futures: Jane Austen, Germaine de Staël and their contemporaries, 1817-2017” conference at Chawton House Library Alton, England July 13th – 15th, 2017 • Presented “Partial, Prejudiced, but Far From Ignorant: Austen, de Staël, and the Making of Historians” on the panel “Writing History.” Slonimsky CV 12

Presenter at the MHS Brown Bag Fellows Series Boston, MA June 28th, 2017 • Gave a talk to the staff and a public audience, “Maps, Copies, and Rights: Boundaries of Ownership in Early American Piracy,” as part of my fellowship. Participant at the 23rd Annual OI Conference Ann Arbor, MI June 15th – 18th, 2017 • Participated in the round table discussion, “The Moral Economy of Antislavery: Human Bondage and Economic Development in the Anglophone Atlantic,” with Dr. John Blanton of City College, Dr. James Oakes of the Graduate Center, Dr. Steven Pincus of Yale University, Dr. Max Mishler of the Columbia Society of Fellows, Dr. Marcus Nevius of the University of Rhode Island, and Michael Crowder of the Graduate Center. Presenter at the AAS Fellows Series Worcester, MA June 8th, 2017 • Gave a talk, “Copyright’s Terrain in Early America,” on my manuscript project as part of my fellowship. Chair and Commentator at the Third Annual CUNY EARS Graduate Student Conference New York, NY May 12th, 2017 • Chaired and commented on the round table discussion, “Being an Early Americanist in the Current Political Climate,” with Dr. Benjamin Carp of Brooklyn College, Dr. Deirdre Cooper-Owens of Queens College, and Dr. Andrew Robertson and Dr. David Waldstreicher of the Graduate Center. Presenter at the Writer’s Bloc(k) Legal History Workshop at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Philadelphia, PA May 1st, 2017 • Presented “Mapping America’s Earliest Copyright,” an in-progress article on the copyright disputes surround Lewis Evans’ “A General Map of the Middle British Colonies.” Panel Co-organizer and Participant at “Civilizations”: The 2017 Business History Conference Annual Meeting Denver, CO March 30th – April 1st, 2017 • Presented present “’Virtue of their Credit, not their Power’: Copyright, Claims and Civility in Colonial America” on the panel "Maps, Mobility, Money and Manipulation: Credit's Many Faces in the Early Modern Atlantic" with Dr. Naomi Lamoreaux of Yale University, Dr. Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor of UC Davis, Dr. Tom Cutterham of Birmingham University, and Dr. Mara Caden of the Library Company of Philadelphia. Invited Lecturer at the Center for Legal Studies at Northwestern University Chicago, IL February 23rd, 2017 • Gave a talk on copyright in the Early Republic for the seminar “Hamilton: Bullets, Banks, and Broadway” co-taught by Dr. Laura Beth Nielsen and Dr. Joanna Grisinger. Participant at the 37th Conference on New York State History Albany, NY November 17th – 19th, 2016 • Presented “Profit and Principle: New York Copyright and the Production of Learning “ on the panel “National Ends by New York Means: Individual Claims and Public Investment in Slonimsky CV 13

Promoting Intellectual Improvement, 1783-1812” with Dr. Robb Haberman of the Papers of John Jay, Dr. Mark Boonshoft of the New York Public Library and Rob Koehler of New York University. Invited Presenter at the Newberry Library American Political Thought Seminar Chicago, IL November 10th, 2016 • As part of the “Alexander Hamilton and His World” series, co-sponsored by the Jack Miller Center, presented and lead a discussion with a public audience on the pre- circulated paper, “I Expect From What Mr. Hamilton Says”: Intellectual Property in the Federalist Era. Participant at the 22nd Annual OI Conference Worcester, MA June 24th-26th, 2016 • Presented “Before the Report Goes to the Press: Publicity, Privacy and (Literary) Property in American Indian Relations,” on the panel “The Secret Work of Diplomacy in Early America” with Dr. Evan Haefeli of Texas A&M, Dr. Kariann Yokota of University of Colorado – Denver, Dr. Lindsey Regele of Miami University in Ohio and Katlyn Carter of Princeton University. Invited Presenter at the Center for Jewish History Seminar on Archival and Historical Research New York, NY May 24th, 2016 • Presented “Computation, Commoditization and Copyright: Blackstone's Legal Commentaries and the Digital Turn" with Micki Kaufman on the use of digital history methodology to eighteenth century source materials. Panel Chair at the Second Annual CUNY Early American Republic Seminar (EARS) Graduate Student Conference New York, NY May 13th, 2016 • Chaired a plenary round table discussion on “Hamilton: An American Musical” with interdisciplinary perspectives from US history, Latin American and Caribbean studies, public history, theater, and musicology with Dr. David Waldstreicher, John Winters and Phoebe Rumsey of the Graduate Center, Dr. Elizabeth Wollman of the Graduate Center and Baruch College, and Dr. Henry Franqui-Rivera of Hunter College. Invited Presenter at the William and Mary Legal History Seminar Williamsburg, VA April 25th, 2016 • Presented the pre-circulated paper, "Industrious Authors versus Indolent Compilers: Copyright and Libel in the 1790s." Invited Presenter at the Upstate Early American Workshop at Binghamton University Vestal, NY April 8th, 2016 • Presented the pre-circulated paper, "More Exact and Useful": Categorizing Copyright in the 1780s. Presentation Co-Organizer and Participant at the 130th Annual Meeting of the AHA Atlanta, GA January 7th – 11th, 2016 • Presented the poster, “‘Commentaries' in Migration: A Digital Humanities Examination of Literature, Law and Practice Across National and Chronological Borders” with my co- authors Micki Kaufman and Dr. John Blanton. • Won the session award (see fellowships and awards). Slonimsky CV 14

Invited Presenter at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies Brown Bag Sessions Philadelphia, PA September 30th, 2016 • Presented the pre-circulated paper, "'There is Property in this Report': The Boundaries of Copyright and Commerce in the Early Nineteenth Century." Panel Co-Organizer and Participant at the 37th Annual SHEAR Conference Raleigh, NC July 16th – 19th, 2015 • Presented “Copyrighting the Yazoo: Literary Speculation in the Federalist Coalition” on the panel “Speculating in Nationhood: Intellectual Histories of the Land Business” with Dr. Andrew Shankman of Rutgers University – Camden, Dr. Susan Gaunt-Stearns of the University of Mississippi, Dr. Mark Boonshoft of the New York Public Library and Dr. Michael Blaakman of St. Thomas College. Panel Participant at the 23rd Annual SHARP Conference Montreal, Canada July 7th – 11th, 2015 • Presented the lightning paper, “The Omission of Some Words and the Transporting of Others”: Piracy and Libel in Early Atlantic Copyright, at the doctoral student session. Have received a Delmas scholarship (see fellowships) to pay for my conference expenses and have been invited to submit my paper for journal review (see publications). Invited Participant at “The Commercial Republic Project” of the University of California, Los Angeles and the Jack Miller Center Summer Institute Pasadena, CA June 15th – 26th, 2015 • Participated in “Science, Enterprise and Law in the Making of the Modern Commercial Republic,” a jointly sponsored program by the JMC and the John Templeton Foundation as well as UCLA, UW-Madison, IIT, Northwestern University, Yale and MIT. Panel Chair at Ruptures and Continuities in Early America: A Graduate Student Conference Sponsored by CUNY EARS at the Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY May 1st, 2015 • Chaired: “The Politics of Publishing: History, Science, and Law in Early National Communications.” Invited Participant at the Jeffersonian Seminar for American Constitutional Studies on “Liberty, Law and Enlightenment in the American Founding” New York, NY February 19th – 20th, 2015 • Participated in the ongoing seminar series, sponsored by the Jack Miller Center, focusing on themes relevant to Constitution history with scholars from a variety of disciplines and fields. Received an honorarium. Invited Presenter at the Yale Early American History Seminar (YEAH) New Haven, CT February 4th, 2015 • Presented and discussed the pre-circulated, abridged third chapter, “Utility Rather than Originality: Copyright, Industry and Interpretations of Nationalism,” of my dissertation. Panel Participant at the 129th Annual Meeting of the AHA New York, NY January 2nd – 5th, 2015 • Presented at the digital history and public humanities roundtable panel, Digital Tools: From the Archive to Publication • Our discussion is available on H-net Slonimsky CV 15

Panel Participant at The Visual and the Verbal: Image/Text in American Print Culture to 1900 at the AAS, sponsored by The Center for Historic American Visual Culture and The Program in the History of the Book in American Culture Worcester, MA November 21st – 22nd, 2014 • Presented: Literary Property and the “Imperfection of Maps” in The American Geography. Panel Participant at the 22nd Annual SHARP Conference at the Universiteit Antwerpen Antwerp, Belgium September 17th – 21st, 2014 • Presented: “Corporeal in the Fruits which it Produces”: Hargrave, Hamilton and the Spiritual Composition of Copyright and Anti-Slavery. Presenter at the Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) Archival Research Conference at the Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY September 5th, 2014 and September 25th, 2015 • Presented on different elements of my archival research during the summer of 2014, focusing on how to craft succinct yet significant research questions, the importance of exigency in a dissertation project and my particular methodology. • Presented at this event for a second time, covering the advances made in my dissertation research. Panel Chair at Charting New Historical Trajectories: CUNY History Department Conference New York, NY March 28th, 2014 • Chaired: “United Confrontations: Twentieth Century Challenges to the US Federal System.” Panel Organizer and Participant at C19 at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC March 13th – 16th, 2014 • Presented: “Exempting Great Numbers from the Necessities of Labour”: Connecting Copyright, Anti-Slavery and Federalists in the Early National Era, on the panel “Copyright as an (Un) Common Practice” with Dr. Derek Miller of Harvard University, Dr. Melissa Homestead of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Dr. Oren Bracha of the University of Texas at Austin. • Participated in Dr. Meredith McGill’s seminar, “Public Domains: Print and the Commons in the 19th Century U.S.” Panel Participant at Traces of Early America: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference sponsored by the McNeil Center Philadelphia, PA September 26th-28th, 2013 • Presented: “A Principle of Natural Justice”: Tracing the Political Significance of Copyright in Early America. Panel Participant at the 21st Annual SHARP Conference at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA July 18th-21st, 2013 • Presented: “To Attach Them To It’s Interests”: Copyright and The American [Political] Geography. • Presented: “Copyright and Privilege,” a lightening talk on the future of book history at the closing plenary session, “Mapping Book History,” chaired by SHARP President Dr. Ian Slonimsky CV 16

Gadd. This session incorporated several perspectives on the future of print studies, utilizing a live twitter field and social media platforms. Panel Participant at Disrobing the Law: A Graduate Student Conference sponsored by the Program in American Studies at Princeton University Princeton, NJ April 27th, 2013 • Presented: The Un-Revolution of 1800: Bodies, Brains and The “Evil Genius” of America’s First Copyright Lawyer on the “Law and Innovation” panel, with Dr. Sarah Barringer-Gordon as commentator. Participant in the Institution of Constitutional History Annual Seminar on “Union, Race, and Nation: Creating the Federal Republic, 1776-1801” at the New York Historical Society New York, NY September 2012 – December 2012 • Instructed by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter Onuf.

VII. Teaching Experience Courses Instructed at Iona College New Rochelle, NY August 2017 – present • History 304: From Hamilton to Mickey Mouse: The Politics of Innovation in American History (Fall 2019) o Innovation and the Creative Mind ICT centerpiece course. • Columba 150: Columba Cornerstone: Truth (Fall 2019) • History 120: Timeless Issues in History (Spring 2019) • History 304: From Hamilton to Mickey Mouse: The Politics of Innovation in American History (Spring 2019) o Innovation and the Creative Mind ICT centerpiece course. • Columba 150: Columba Cornerstone: Truth (Fall 2018) • History 120: Timeless Issues in History (Spring 2018) • History 410: Seminar in History – From Hamilton to Mickey Mouse: The Politics of Innovation in American History (Spring 2018) • History 120: Timeless Issues in History (Fall 2017) • History 490: Special Topics in History – The American Revolution (Fall 2017) Writing Across the Curriculum Fellow at Lehman College, City University of New York Bronx, NY May 2015-May 2016 • As a writing fellow, I collaborated with two faculty members to improve the quality of written communication and education by assisting with the creation of writing assignments, responding to student writing, facilitating workshops and peer-group work while developing writing goals with faculty and students. With each faculty partner, both in the English department, we created a digital portfolio of pedagogical strategies to improve writing and comprehension skills for students in a Professional Communications course and Asian/Asian American Literature course. In the latter, we created a full-on podcasting curriculum, integrating digital methodology from technical tools to web-based learning, with traditional essay assignments in order to create a scaffold project that blended auditory and verbal presentation skills with DH platforms in order to improve the organization and critical thinking skills of the students in their Slonimsky CV 17

writing. Graduate Teaching Fellow at Hunter College, City University of New York New York, NY August 2012 – May 2015 • Instructor and adjunct professor for History 151: United States History from the Colonial Era to the Civil War. (Spring 2015) • Instructor and teaching assistant to Dr. Jonathan Rosenberg for History 152: United States History from the Civil War to the Present. (Fall 2014) • Instructor and teaching assistant to Dr. Daniel Hurewitz for History 152: United States History from the Civil War to the Present. (Spring 2014) • Instructor and teaching assistant to Dr. Jonathan Rosenberg for History 152: United States History from the Civil War to the Present. (Fall 2013) • Instructor and teaching assistant to Dr. Bernadette McCauley for History 151: United States History from the Colonial Era to the Civil War. (Spring 2013) • Instructor and teaching assistant to Dr. Jonathan Rosenberg for History 152: United States History from the Civil War to the Present. (Fall 2012)

VIII. Professional Service Representative, McNeil Center Advisory Council Philadelphia, PA July 2018 – present • Three-year term as appointed member representing Iona College. Participates in the Council's annual meeting and other requests for service (committees, fellowship selection, etc.) o May 2019 – present: serves on the Development Committee. • Participated as a faculty mentor for Iona College’s first student participant, James McGlashin, in the URW (undergraduate research workshop) in April of 2018 and for its second student, Erin Kelly in April of 2019. • Coordinated Iona’s invitation to join and participation in the consortium in the fall of 2017. Member of the Journal of the Early Republic Editorial Board Philadelphia, PA April 2017 – present • As social media editor, work with the editorial team and editorial board to develop new initiatives in the social media platform of the journal to expand readership of the print and digital editions; support SHEAR and early Americanist organizations; and encourage wide public engagement with early American history. Organizing Committee Member, Lenses and Contacts: Framing Early America: McNeil Center Biennial Graduate Student Conference Philadelphia, 5–7 October 2017 Philadelphia, PA March 2017 – September 2017 • Participated in the selection of the biennial conference at the McNeil Center while a fellow. American Historical Association Local Arrangements Committee Conference Liaison and Graduate Student Supervisor New York, NY September 2014 – January 2015 Slonimsky CV 18

• As conference liaison to the Local Arrangements Committee, chaired by Dr. Andrew Robertson of the Graduate Center and Dr. Valerie Paley of the New-York Historical Society for the 2015 meeting in New York, I was responsible for coordinating sessions and entertainment, trouble-shooting, and scheduling, managing and recruiting over 60 graduate student workers. • Essay Contributor to the Conference Almanack Graduate Student Representative, Executive Committee and Admissions and Awards Committee of the Department of History at the Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY September 2015 – May 2016 • Elected to serve for the 2015/2016 academic year. Graduate Student Representative, Faculty Membership and Elections Committee of the Department of History at the Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY September 2014 – May 2015 • Elected to serve for the 2014/2015 academic year. Appointed as elections committee chair. Graduate Student Representative, Faculty Membership Committee of the Department of History at the Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY September July 2013 – May 2014 • Elected to serve for the 2013/2014 academic year. Co-Chair and Organizing Member of the City University of New York Early American Republican Seminar (CUNY EARS) at the Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY September 2011 – present • EARS is a student-run seminar founded in 2010 that hosts bi-weekly presentations by graduate students of works-in-progress and monthly seminars with established scholars. Previously presenters include Saul Cornell (Fordham University), Nicole Eustace (New York University) and Francois Furstenberg (Johns Hopkins University). I was responsible for organizing the seminar with Dr. Furstenberg, which was co-sponsored by the English and American Studies programs. • As the co-chair for the 2013-2014 academic year, I was responsible for overseeing all events and sessions for the seminar, including a department event with Dr. Rosemarie Zagarri of George Mason University. I also coordinated an orientation with the New York Public Library for EARS members on the archival resources and networking opportunities available for graduate students. • Co-organizer for the first annual EARS graduate student conference, “Ruptures and Continuities in Early America,” with Dr. Seth Rockman as keynote speaker and co- coordinator for the second annual EARS graduate student conference, Revolutionary Boundaries in Early American History, with Dr. Catherine Kelly as a keynote speaker. Book Reviews: • Carrine Lousini’s Thomas Paine and the French Revolution for H-War (written in fall 2019). Forthcoming. • Howard Pashman’s Building a Revolutionary State: The Legal Transformation of New York, 1776-1783 for the Reviews in History published by the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) in the U.K. (written in summer 2019) Forthcoming. Slonimsky CV 19

• Will Slauter’s Who Owns the News? A History of Copyright for Critical Analysis of Law (written in summer 2019) December 2019 special issue. • Eve Tavor Bannet’s Eighteenth-Century Manners of Reading: Print Culture and Popular Instruction in the Anglophone Atlantic World for the William and Mary Quarterly (written in spring 2019). July 2019 Issue. • Martin Bruckner's The Social Life of Maps in America, 1750-1860 for the Journal of the Early Republic (written in spring 2018). Summer 2019 Issue.

VIII. Service and Activities at Iona Co-organizer, “Claiming the State: Civics, Inclusion, and Power from the American Revolution to the Civil War” New York, NY April 21st, 2020 • Hosted jointly by the Columbia Early American History Seminar and the ITPS at the Heyman Center at Columbia University. • This symposium will bring together scholars from diverse backgrounds and academic ranks, whose research focuses on individuals and groups in American history (1775- 1861) who successfully made claims on the early American state. We are particularly interested in convening those who have been open about their political commitments and who are committed to dialoguing in good faith. • A plenary featuring Dr. Liz Ellis of NYU, Dr. Johann Neem of Western Washington University, and Shirley Brown Alleyne, Brooklyn Historical Society, is confirmed. Other participants will be finalized this fall. Facilitator, ITPS/Gardiner Sponsored Reception at the 41st Annual SHEAR Conference Cambridge MA July 18th – 21st, 2019 • Worked with national conference coordinator Dr. Robyn Davis to arrange for the sponsorship of the graduate student and awards reception. Also arranged for a full-page ad in the conference program, promotional materials for the book exhibit, and for other media. Facilitator, ITPS/Gardiner Sponsored Session at the 25th Annual Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OI) Conference Pittsburg. PA June 13th – 1th, 2019 • Chaired the sponsored roundtable, “Communications and Empire in the Revolutionary Atlantic.” Organized by Dr. Joseph Adelman, Framingham State University, I worked with OI Director of Communications, Martha Howard, and Beverly Smith to facilitate the sponsored session, book exhibit material, and OI reader app ad. Facilitator, Sponsorship of the Re-Opening of the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum New Rochelle, NY June 9th, 2019 • In support of ITPS Coordinator Gary Berton and Public Historian Dr. Michael Crowder, arranged for the sponsorship for an event marking the grand re-opening of the local museum. Co-organizer, Regional Planning Meeting for Rev250 New York New Rochelle, NY June 4th, 2019 • Working with New York State Historian Devin Lander, co-organized the regional planning meeting of how to approach the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution Slonimsky CV 20

with responsible, accurate events and programming reflecting the complex legacy of the war for independence. Organizer, Digital Humanities Workshop at the ITPS New Rochelle, NY May 1st, 2019 • Organized a small DH workshop to establish connections and share the work of several DH projects underway at the ITPS as well as my colleagues in the “Commentaries in Migration” project. • Also provided a very broad introduction to DH for colleagues in the history department as we move forward with DH curriculum development at Iona. Co-organizer, Patriot’s Day Symposium, “From Concord to Common Sense: Commemoration and Conflict in the Legacy of the American Revolution” New Rochelle, NY April 15th, 2019 • As part of Iona’s “Month of Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Activities,” “From Concord to Common Sense: Commemoration and Conflict in the Legacy of the American Revolution” explored the complex relationship between celebration and critique of the American war for independence. Inspired by the creation of Patriot’s Day in the late nineteenth century, this symposium discussed historical memory of the Revolutionary era. • Three roundtable discussions and an ITPS archival exhibit addressed questions of what commemoration means, the social role and responsibility of commemorative practices, and how evolving methodologies in the digital humanities and in public history influence our historical memory of events and figures—from Thomas Paine to the 21st century. Facilitator, ITPS co-sponsored event: “Making a Republic Imperial” at the Library Company of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA March 29th – 30th, 2019 • Along with the Library Company, the McNeil Center, the PEAES program, and Princeton University, co-sponsored this two day event. For a full overview of the conference, see the Library Company website. Organizer, ITPS Introductory Visit for Community Partners and Alumni Supporters February 27th, 2019 • Coordinated a day-long meeting with interested alumni who want to get involved with the ITPS and potential community partners. Provided the history and present-day initiatives of the ITPS, with a particular goal of creating student internships and fellowships at local historical institutions. Organizer, Iona College Scholar’s Day ITPS Panel New Rochelle, NY April 9th, 2019 • Coordinated a panel featuring student research from the ITPS, focused on computer science, political science, history, and their intersection in the digital humanities. Facilitated a discussion on the role of digital media in society today and how that compared to communication in Paine’s lifetime. Curriculum Development: revision of Paine Studies ICT (integrated core theme) and Paine Studies Minor New Rochelle, NY spring 2018 – present Slonimsky CV 21

• Currently working on revising the Paine studies ICT and minor to reflect a digital humanities and age of revolutions focus (spring 2019) • Built a centerpiece course for the Hynes Institute Entrepreneurship and Innovation Integrated Core theme (ICT), “From Hamilton to Mickey Mouse: The Politics of Innovation in American History.” This focuses on the relationship between intellectual property and transformations in American government and culture from the colonial period through the present day (spring 2018) • Wrote the ITPS catalogue description for Associate Provost Mike Jordan to provide further information about ITPS curriculum and programming for students, and revised it the following year (fall 2017 and winter 2019) Organizer of “Revolutionary Texts in the Digital Age: Thomas Paine’s Publishing Networks, Past and Present,” the Third Annual Conference on Thomas Paine Studies New Rochelle, NY October 11th – 13th, 2018 • organizing the fall 2018 conference in September of 2017. Drafted the CFP, put together sponsored Gardiner sessions, recruited and supervised the digital designer for conference supporting materials and “swag” for the third annual ITPS conference. • Oversaw all elements of conference organization, promotion, and programming. This included scheduling (room booking, IT requests, accommodation), logistics (travel, transportation, honorarium, budget, , catering) and programming. This included an exhibit featuring items from the TPNHA collection, and arranging for the loan of several items from the personal collection of Sid Lapidus. For a full overview of the three day event, please see the ITPS website. • Coordinated a companion digital roundtable for the conference with the Junto Blog and the Panorama, “Digital Research, Digital Age: Blogging New Approaches to Early American Studies.” Available here, with further details under Public Facing and Digital Scholarship. Invited Speaker to the Presidential Cabinet Meeting New Rochelle, NY October 2nd, 2018 • Provided an overview of the “Revolutionary Texts in a Digital Age” conference and provided relevant materials to each college department for promoting and sharing the event. Activity Hour Speaker, Columba Cornerstone New Rochelle, NY September – October 2018 • Three open talks to the Columba Cornerstone courses introducing freshmen students to the ITPS. Member, Faculty Search Committee for Grants Director and Grants Coordinator Roles New Rochelle, NY August 2018 – February 2019 • Participated in the seven month search for a head of the grants support division of the college. ITPS/Gardiner Sponsored Session at the 24th Annual Omohundro Institute (OI) Conference Williamsburg, VA June 14th – 16th, 2018 • Coordinated and participated in the sponsored roundtable, “Mapping the Roads to Revolution,” with Dr. Al Zuercher Reichardt of University of Missouri, Columbia, Dr. Max Slonimsky CV 22

Edling of the University of Virginia, and Dr. Chris Anderson of Hartwick College. Arranged for honorariums for guest speakers. Worked with OI Director of Communications, Martha Howard, and OI Director, Karin Wulf, to facilitate the sponsored session, book exhibit material placement, and ITPS promotion on the OI reader app and conference program Participated in the April Heritage Week Teach-in on Innovation New Rochelle, NY April 11th, 2018 • Gave the talk, ““Thomas Paine and Media Innovation in Early America” to members of the student body as well as President Nyre and his cabinet colleagues. Facilitator, the Lapidus Collection at the ITPS New Rochelle, NY Spring 2018 • Facilitated the establishment of the Lapidus Collection at the Ryan Library, Iona Collection. This approximately thirty item collection provides critical secondary resources stretching back to the early twentieth century that are relevant to the TPNHA archive at the ITPS. • Worked with Sid Lapidus, college general counsel, and Natalka Sawchuk, assistant Director of Libraries, to bring the collection to the college. Facilitator, ITPS Website and Social Media New Rochelle, NY Spring 2018 • Working with MarCom and IT webmaster Peter Tascio, redesigned, wrote the content for, and launched an ITPS microsite. • Designed and launched an ITPS twitter account and ITPS blog, along with the use of Edgar software. • Coordinated with an outside consultant designer on logo and brand design. Facilitator, the Gardiner Archival Fellowship Program at the ITPS New Rochelle, NY January, 2018 • Originated and coordinated the establishment and ongoing fellowship program at the ITPS. • Worked with Associate Provost Dr. Tricia Mulligan and Natalka Sawchuk, assistant Director of Libraries, to build the program from scratch. This included recruiting fellows to work on the inventory, cataloguing, digitization, and promotion of the TPNHA archive at the ITPS. Currently in our second cohort for the 2019-2020 academic year. • Developed and implemented the Public Historian role at the ITPS out of this program. Invited Speaker to the Annual Board of Trustees Meeting New Rochelle, NY November 14th, 2017 • Presented to the Board of Trustees of the college on the progress already made this semester at the ITPS, including joining the McNeil Center consortium, collaboration with the Columbia seminar, and the renewal of the Gardiner grant. Presentation to the Board of Trustees Advancement Committee, New Rochelle NY Fall 2017 • Presentation the goals and achievements of the ITPS since I came to Iona (approximately three months of efforts). Appointed Member, Academic Standing Committee Slonimsky CV 23

New Rochelle, NY, November 28th, 2017 – December 2018 • Reviews student appeals. • Meets four times a year. Appointed Member, Faculty Steering Committee for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition New Rochelle, NY November 15th, 2017 – present • Organizes events geared to promote analysis of and dialogue with the breadth of the Catholic Intellectual tradition through lectures and presentations, spirituality events, social justice initiatives and involvement with the global Edmund Rice Network. • Meets six to eight times a year. Faculty Advisor, McNeil Center Undergraduate Research Workshop (URW) Philadelphia PA, Fall 2017 – present • As Iona’s Faculty Advisor to the McNeil Center, I oversee the full process of involvement with the URW (please see additional materials for the full application procedure). This includes Iona student applications – recruitment, working together to revise their materials, organizing letters of recommendation – and supporting them if they are accepted, from their travel arrangements to preparing their papers and presentations, and attending the second stage of the workshop with them. Speaker, Undergraduate Research Kick-Off New Rochelle, NY November 2017 • Presented a brief overview of how I came to my research interests – both in the ITPS and my first and second book projects – and some ideas on how undergraduates can pursue possible paths. Gardiner Foundation Grant Renewal Support Author New Rochelle, NY September 2017 • With the associate provost, contributed to the application for three years of support from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation for the amount of $250,000 per year, which was successfully awarded in October 2017. Also authored the digital humanities supplement and recruited letters of support from two DH consultants as well as outside organizations like the McNeil Center and the Columbia Early American History seminar. o This grant will be supervised by the associate provost, and directed towards fellowships, public and archival history events, and academic research opportunities. o Recruited and co-supervised two Gardiner library fellows to work on the cataloguing and digitization of the Thomas Paine National Historical Association collection.