Barry Thomas Whittemore
Current Address:
299 Yellow Bluff Rd. Dahlonega, GA 30533-5844 (205)639-3600 cell (706)864-8190 home [email protected] [email protected]
Career Objective:
To teach classes at the undergraduate level in History, as well as in Appalachian Studies, Religion, or others as needed.
Education:
Master of Divinity, The Divinity School at Duke University, Durham, NC, May 1999.
Doctor of Arts in History, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, December 1996. Carnegie Mellon established their Doctor of Arts program in 1967. It derived from the belief that candidates should develop excellent teaching skills along with substantive research within their discipline. Dissertation: The Rural to Urban Shift in the Appalachian South: Town Building and Town Persistence in Virginia’s Blue Ridge, 1880-1920.
Master of Arts in History, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1988.
Master of Science in History and Community College Education, Radford University, May 1982.
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, August 1975. Minors in Geology, History, and Religion.
Diploma, Defense Language Institute – West Coast, Monterey, CA, June, 1967. Hungarian (47 weeks).
Teaching and Related Experience:
University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA, Lecturer (full time, 15 hrs) Fall 2014 to present, Adjunct Instructor (9 hrs), Spring 2011 through Spring 2014, US History I & II, History of World Religions, World Civilizations II, History of Appalachia, plus The American South, History of Religion in Appalachia, History of Music and Dance in Appalachia, and History of War and Violence in Appalachia. Summer 2012 taught the Sociology of Religion.
NGC&SU Continuing Education Center, Dahlonega GA, History of Appalachia, October 2010, March 2011.
James Sprunt Community College, Kenansville, NC, Adjunct Instructor, Fall 2007 Western Civilization I & II, Fall 2006 and Fall 2005 Introduction to Old Testament and Introduction to New Testament.
Georgia Mountains Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church, Dahlonega, GA (part-time), 2011 to 2013 (retired from active parish ministry), UU Church of Birmingham, AL (interim), 2008 to 2009, Outlaw’s Bridge Universalist Church NC, 2005 to 2008, and Holston Valley UU Church TN, 1999 to 2005, Minister. Created regular sermons and created and taught classes in denominational history, traditional scriptures, and other topics. Thrice created and taught classes at the week-long Southeastern UU Summer Institute in Appalachian Studies, Hebrew Wisdom Literature, and UU History.
Mountain School for Congregational Leadership, Highlands, NC, 2003 to 2008. Appointed Heritage and Values Lecturer in week long denominational school.
New River Community College, Dublin, VA, Fall 1993 through Fall 1995, Adjunct Instructor of History and of Cultural Geography (9 hours per semester).
Southern Seminary College, Buena Vista, VA, 1988 – 1992, History faculty person, US History and Western Civilization (US Women’s History, Fall 1991), 12 hour teaching load.
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Adjunct Instructor, Spring 1988, History of Modern Warfare, Fall 1987, Western Civilization II; Teaching Assistant, Spring 1987, World Civilizations, Fall 1983-Spring 1984, Development of American Society.
Community College of Allegheny County – North Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, Adjunct Instructor, Spring 1987 & 1988, US History and Western Civilization.
Earlier experience includes substitute teaching in Carroll County (VA) and Galax (VA) High Schools, History Day judge in Pittsburgh, supervising and consulting with a multi- cultural oral history project in Pittsburgh, and teaching internships at New River Community College.
Publications:
“Town Building and Town Persistence in Virginia’s Blue Ridge: Lessons from the Past and for the Future” in Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov, Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies, Vol. 9 (58), No. 1 – 2016, pp. 117-124.
Review of Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia, by Lou Martin (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2015) in Agricultural History, Winter 2016.
Review of Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance, by Phil Jamison (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2015) in the Journal of American Folklore (forthcoming).
Review of The Civil War in Southern Appalachian Methodism, by Durwood Dunn (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2013) in the Journal of Appalachian Studies, Fall 2015.
Review of Chattanooga, 1865-1900: A City set Down in Dixie by Tim Ezzell (Knoxville; University of Tennessee Press, 2013) in the Appalachian Journal, Fall 2014/Winter 2015..
Review of Neighbor to Neighbor: A Memoir of Family, Community, and Civil War in Appalachian North Carolina, Sandra L. Ballard and Leila E. Weinstein, eds., (Boone, NC: Center for Appalachian Studies/ Appalachian State University, 2007) in the Journal of Southern History, November 2010.
Review of Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912: Magic City of the New South by Rand Dotson (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2007) and Pittsburgh and the Appalachians: Cultural and Natural Resources in a Postindustrial City, Joseph L. Scarpaci and Kevin J. Patrick, eds., (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006) in the Journal of Appalachian Studies, Spring/Fall 2009.
Review of The Tennessee-Virginia Tri-Cities: Urbanization in Appalachia, 1900-1950, by Tom Lee (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2005) in the Appalachian Journal, Fall 2006.
“Unitarian Universalism” in The Encyclopedia of Appalachia, Rudy Abramson and Jean Haskell, eds., (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2006) p. 1356.
“Unitarian/Universalism” in History of Washington County, Tennessee, Joyce and W. Eugene Cox, eds. (Johnson City: Overmountain Press, 2001) pp. 1088-94.
Review of Appalachian Frontiers: Settlement, Society, & Development in the Preindustrial Era by Robert D. Mitchell (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1991) in The Historian, Winter 1993.
Review of Feud: Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900, by Altina Waller (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988) in the Journal of Social History, Fall 1990.
Six other book reviews in various history journals, 1984-1988.
Papers Presented:
“Buckwheat in the Blue Ridge: Cultural History and Sustainable Future” Appalachians Carpathians 2017 Conference, Yaremche, the Ukraine, September 2017.
“Appalachia: Construct or Reality” University of North Georgia College of Arts & Letters Conference – Culture and Place, Dahlonega, GA, February, 2016.
“Town Building and Town Persistence in Virginia’s Blue Ridge: Lessons from the Past and for the Future” Appalachians Carpathians 2015 Conference, Brasov, Romania, October, 2015.
“Railroads into Virginia’s southern Blue Ridge: To Build or Not to Build, a Cultural Question” Appalachian Studies Conference, Johnson City, TN March, 2015.
“Opening Up Appalachian Virginia: Railroads, Real and Imagined, as Indicators of Accommodation and Resistance” Georgia Association of Historians, Statesboro, GA, February, 2015
“Appalachian Town History” Appalachian Studies Conference, Huntington, WV, March 2014.
“The Hunger Games’ New Light on the Appalachian Stereotype” Mildred Haun Conference, Morristown, TN, February 2014.
“The Hunger Games: The Intersection of Appalachian Studies and Popular Young Adult Literature” Appalachian Studies Conference, Boone, NC, March, 2013.
“Appalachia, Sociology, and Young Adult Literature: Age Cohort Life Perception and Appalachia from a reading of The Hunger Games” Georgia Sociological Association, Dahlonega, GA, October 2012.
“The Lives of Appalachian Towns: Virginia’s Southern Blue Ridge” Society of Appalachian Historians, Jonesborough, TN, May 2011.
“Insights in Appalachian Culture: A Reflection on Music, Dance, Storytelling, Politics, and Religion” Appalachian Studies Conference, Richmond, KY, March 2011.
“Rev. Hannah Powell and Her Universalist Mission in Appalachian North Carolina” with Dr. Phoebe Pollitt, Appalachian Studies Conference, Radford, VA, March 2005.
“Do It Yourself Towns” Appalachian Studies Conference, Snowshoe, WV, March 2001.
“Modeling Appalachian History: Do Those ‘Bibs’ Really Fit?” Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention, Washington, DC, December 1987.
Honors and Awards:
Teaching Excellence Award for Non-Tenure Track Faculty, 2017, University of North Georgia
Teaching Excellence Award for Non-Tenure Track Faculty, 2015, University of North Georgia
Elected to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Appalachian Studies (Religion and History portfolio), March 2015.
Elected as an At-Large member of the Steering Committee of the Appalachian Studies Association for a three year term, March, 2014 – March, 2017.
Max Kapp Award ($2,500), 1998 for “Creating Universalist Doctrine in New England and Appalachia: Hosea Ballou and Charles F. Nickels.”
Runner up for Clayton Raymond Bowen Exegetical Prize, 1999 for “Eat, Drink, and Go to Grad School: An Exegesis of hebel in Ecclesiastes.”
Phi Alpha Theta (International History Honorary Fraternity), 1980.
Professional Organizations:
Southern Historical Association, Appalachian Studies Association, Society of Appalachian Historians, Georgia Association of Historians, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association.
Other Recent Relevant Activities:
Member, Program Committee, Society of Appalachian Historians, Knoxville Conference, May 2016
Member, Carl Ross Student Paper Award Committee, Appalachian Studies Association, 2014 – present.
Georgia Appalachian Studies Center, Faculty Advisory Committee, member since 2010.
University Press of North Georgia, Faculty Advisory Committee, member since 2011.
Completed an introductory class in Blackboard for faculty at James Sprunt Community College, Kenansville, NC in September 2006.
Convened session(s) on History at the Appalachian Studies Conference in 2017 – one for three UNG students and convened and responded to a second session, on History in 2015, on History in 2013 for UNG students, (2) on Food Ways and Religion in 2011, (2) on History and Community Action in 2008, and History in 2007.
Other Organizations:
Virginia Historical Society, Unitarian Universalist Historical Society, Universalist Convocations, Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Friends of Roan Mountain, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.
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