JOHN J. CONTRENI September 2011 Department of History 504 W. Fifth Street Purdue University Brookston, IN 47923 University Hall 672 Oval Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 765‐563‐3514 765‐418‐1866 E‐mail:
[email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D., History, Michigan State University, 1971 Graduate Study, Université de Paris (Nanterre), 1969/70 M.A. History, Michigan State University, 1968 B.A., History, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1966 ACADEMIC POSITIONS Professor of History, Purdue University, 1982‐ Associate Professor History, Purdue University, 1976‐1982 Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University, 1971‐1976 HONORS Fellow, Medieval Academy of America, Cambridge, Mass., elected 2003 Purdue University Book of Great Teachers, 1999 (inaugural cohort) Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, St. Vincent College, 1996 John Nicholas Brown Prize for Outstanding First Book in Medieval Studies, Medieval Academy of America, Cambridge, Mass., 1982. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, June 2006‐July 2009 Significant College achievements include: • Creation of the Department of Anthropology • Latin American‐Latino Studies Program • Asian American Studies Program • Increase base stipend for TAs • “Experience Liberal Arts Month” • “Readings with the Dean” course • “LA Influentials”course • Redesign of College magazine (THiNK) • Increase distinguished professors from 5 to 13 • Revised promotion and tenure guidelines to reflect University categories of scholarship of discovery, teaching, and engagement