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VITA WILLIAM S. BRYANS 1123 Pecan Hill Street Department of History Stillwater, OK 74074 Oklahoma State University (405) 533-1150 Stillwater, OK 74078-3054 (405) 744-8179 E-mail: [email protected] CURRENT POSITION Associate Professor, Director of Public History Program, Department of History, Oklahoma State University. EDUCATION B.A. with High Distinction, Colorado State University, March 1975. M.A. in History, Colorado State University, May 1979. Ph.D. in History, Department of History, University of Wyoming, May 1987. RESEARCH INTERESTS General: Public History; History of the American West; American History. Specialized: Historic Preservation; State and Local History; Museum Studies; Twentieth Century American West. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS National Council on Public History; American Association for State and Local History; Organization of American Historians; Western History Association; National Trust for Historic Preservation; American Alliance of Museums; Oklahoma Historical Society; Mountain-Plains Museum Association; Oklahoma Museum Association; Preservation Oklahoma; Stillwater Museum Association; Payne County Historical Society. WORK HISTORY Academic Associate Professor and Director of Public History program, 1996- present. Associate Professor and Head, Department of History, Oklahoma State University, 1996-2005. Associate Professor and Director of Oklahoma Historic Preservation Survey, Department of History, Oklahoma State University, 1993-1996. Assistant Professor and Director of Oklahoma Historic Preservation Survey, Department of History, Oklahoma State University, 1988-1993. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of History, Oklahoma State University, 1987-1988. Undergraduate Teaching Have taught Survey of U.S. History, Oklahoma History, and Historic Preservation, In January 2011 co-taught a short course “Memory, Place, and the Past: Remembering Who We Are and Our History” for the Oklahoma Scholar- Leadership Enrichment Program (OSLEP). Graduate Teaching Have taught Introduction to Public History, Historic Preservation, Museums Studies, and Teaching History at the Collegiate Level. Have also mentored over 50 students to completion of MA degrees and served over 20 doctoral advisory committees. Public History Projects Contract Historian, National Park Service and Organization of American Historians. Prepared an administrative history for the Oklahoma City National Memorial, 2009-2015. 1 Lead Scholar, Confronting Complex Legacies: Alfalfa Bill, OSU, and Murray Hall. Interpretative exhibit located in lower level of Murray Hall, Oklahoma State University Campus, 2009. Consultant for Pawnee Nation and White Eagle & Associates for National Park Service grants to nominate 11 buildings of the former Pawnee Agency and Boarding School to the National Register of Historic Places and study the feasibility of rehabilitating them, 1998-2000. Consultant for Armory Restorers, Inc., a division of the Lincoln County Historical Society, in preparing a TEA-21 grant for the rehabilitation of the WPA National Guard Armory in Chandler, Oklahoma, 1999. Archives Assistant, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, 1985-1986. Catalogued manuscript collections. Contract Historian, Glenrock Historical Commission, Glenrock, Wyoming, 1985-1986. Under a grant from the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, researched historic sites and authored an area history. Contract Historian, Geological Survey of Wyoming, 1983. Researched and authored an agency history. Assistant, Wyoming Historical Survey, Department of History, University of Wyoming, 1983. Recorded historic sites for a state inventory and determined their eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. Cultural Resource Consultant/Historian, Mariah Associates, Laramie, Wyoming, 1982. Authored historic overviews of study area, researched site-specific histories, and determined site eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. Program Coordinator and Historian, 1981-1982. Prepared two one-hour long radio programs on Wyoming history for Visions of the Past, a Wyoming Council for the Humanities project. Research Assistant, Wright Project, Department of History, University of Wyoming, 1980-1981. Assisted Dr. Robert W. Righter in researching a history of Wright, Wyoming under a contract with the Atlantic Richfield Company. Cultural Resource Consultant/Historian, Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, Casper, Wyoming, 1979. Authored historic overview of study area, researched site-specific histories and determined their eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. Intern, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, 1980. Inventoried and processed a manuscript collection pertaining to a prominent dude rancher. Cultural Resource Consultant/Historian, Laboratory of Public Archeology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 1978. Authored historic overview of study area, researched site-specific histories, and determined site eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. PUBLICATIONS Contributor, “Imagining the Digital Future of The Public Historian “. The Public Historian 35 (February 2013): 8- 27 Co-editor, Visions of America’s Past: Readings in United States History. 2nd ed. Plymouth, MI: Hayden McNeil, 2013. Co-editor, Visions of America’s Past: Readings in United States History. Plymouth, MI: Hayden McNeil, 2010. Co-author, Tenure, Promotion, and the Publicly Engaged Academic Historian. (Report and White Paper). Jointly published by National Council on Public History, Organization of American Historians, American Historical Association, 2010. Available on each organization’s web site. “A Tale of Two Bills: Racism, Anti-Semitism, and the Sensibilities of a Public Historian.” The Public Historian 30 (Summer 2008): 11-25. Co-editor, Visions of America Heritage: Readings in United States History. New York: Forbes Custom Publishing, 1999. Revised Second Edition, 2002. Third Edition, 2007. Co-editor. American Passages: A U. S. History Reader. 2nd edition. Dubuque: Kendall-Hunt Publishing, 1997. Deer Creek: Frontiers Crossroad in Pre-Territorial Wyoming. Glenrock, WY: Glenrock Historical Commission, 1990. A History of the Geological Survey of Wyoming. Bulletin 65. Laramie: Geological Survey of Wyoming, 1986. "Time Capsules: Preserving the Present for the Future." Oklahoma Field Advisory Service: Technical Bulletin 5. 2 Muse News 20 (July 1990): 5-6. "The Mining Frontier of the American West." [Organization of American Historians Magazine of History for Junior and Senior High School Teachers 3 (Spring 1988): 11-14. "Coal Mining in Twentieth Century Wyoming: A Brief History." Journal of the West 21 (October 1982): 24-35. "Wyoming Forests." In The Encyclopedia of Forest and Conservation History. New York: The Free Press, 1983. Pp. 733-734. Historic preservation survey reports and historic context documents in conjunction with grant projects listed below. GRANT AWARDS Lead Scholar, “Soul of a People,” American Library Association grant to Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University, 2009. Award: $5000. U.S. Department of Education, Teaching American History Grant, Moore Public Schools, 2007-20084. Award: $4,500 U.S. Department of Education, Teaching American History Grant, El Reno Public Schools, 2004. Award: $10,000. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education/College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University, “Connecting Learning to Career”, January 1, 1998-May 31, 1999. Award: $13,617. Project Budget: $13,617. Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. "Reconnaissance Level Survey of a Portion of Woodward.” September 1, 1995-August 31, 1996. Award: $28,299. Project Budget: $47,192. Oklahoma State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Summer Research Grant. Start-up for assessing Native American cultural preservation in Oklahoma and avenues for cooperation between Native groups and the Applied History Program. Award: $3720. Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. "Intensive Level Survey of the Old Town North Historic District of Lawton." September 1, 1994-June 30, 1995. Award: $22,051.Project Budget: $36,787. Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. "Reconnaissance Level Survey of Five Southwestern Oklahoma Towns". September 1, 1994-August 31, 1995. Award: $27,074. Project Budget: $45,200. Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. "Multiple Property Nomination for Energy-Related Projects in Northeastern Oklahoma." September 1, 1993-August 31, 1994. Award: $12,331. Project Budget: $20,601. Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. "Architectural/Historic Reconnaissance Level Survey of a Portion of Ardmore." September 1, 1993-August 31, 1994. Award: $35,388. Project Budget: $59,194. Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. "Multiple Property National Register Nomination for WPA Resources in Lincoln County." September 1, 1992-August 31, 1993. Award: $16,643. Project Budget: $33,312. Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. "Architectural/Historic Reconnaissance Level Survey of Certain Parts of the City of Altus." September 1, 1991-August 31, 1992. Award: $28,257. Project Budget: $40,577. Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. "Survey of Portions of Lawton." September 1, 1991-August 31, 1992. Award: $40,000. Project Budget: $57,143. College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University. Dean's Incentive Grant. "Oklahoma Historic