AARON KYLE REYNOLDS 615 Gaylor Street, Austin, Texas 78752 (512) 576-8767 ▪ [email protected]
Education PhD. U.S. History University of Texas at Austin, 2013
Master of Arts in History, 2010 University of Texas at Austin
Master of Arts in Teaching, 2001 Austin College, Sherman, TX
Bachelor of Arts in History, 2000 Austin College, Sherman, TX
Professional Development Author: “Inside the Jackson Tract: The Battle over peonage labor camps in southern Alabama forests 1906.” Southern Spaces: Landscapes and Ecologies Series, January 2013.
“Yoruba Cultural-Urban Landscapes in Nigeria of the 1960s: Reflections on Toyin Falola’s A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt” in Niyi Afolabi, ed. Toyin Falola: The Man, The Mask, The Muse. (Durham, NC, Carolina Academic Press, 2010) pp. 871-886.
Presenter: “We see no peace on the job.” Migrant labor reform and Peonage violence in the Immokalee Tomato Camps, 1965” Southern Labor Studies Association Annual Conference, Athens, GA May 2018
“A long Quavering Chant…” The Langdale Family’s Informal Conservationist Ecology and Peonage Labor in the Okefenokee Swamp 1917-1945. Southern Labor Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. March 6-10, 2013
“In the woods they can do anything they want and no one can see them but God.” Opportunity and Contention in Great Southern Forests 1906-1907. Southern Forum on Agricultural, Rural, and Environmental History, Armstrong Savannah State University, Savannah, GA. April 8-9, 2011.
If I had known it was an Island, I would not have gone: Life and Labor in the Florida Keys Railroad Camps 1905-1906. After Slavery Conference, Charleston, S.C. March 11-13, 2010.
Professional Experience
Associate Professor/Dual Credit Coordinator Austin Community College History Department ● U.S. History 2019-Present
Adjunct Faculty, Austin Community College History Department ● U.S. History to 1877 2010-2019 ● U.S. History Post 1877 2010-2019
Instructional Associate Austin Community College History Department 2015- 2019
Adjunct Faculty, Huston Tillotson University History Department ● U.S. History Post 1877 Fall 2016, Spring/Summer 2017 ● Introduction to African America Studies Fall, 2016/2017 ● Mexican-American History Fall 2017
Adjunct Faculty, Southwestern University History Department ● History of the United States West Fall 2013
Teaching Assistant, U.T. Austin History Department Fall 2008- Spring 2013 ● U.S. in a Globalizing World, Dr. Jim Lindsay, PhD. Fall 2008 ● U.S. History to 1877 Dr. Norman Brown, PhD. Spring 2009 ● U.S. History Post 1877 Dr. Penne Restad PhD. Fall 2009 ● U.S. History Post 1877 Dr. Penne Restad PhD. Spring 2010 ● U.S. History Post 1877 Dr. Michael Stoff PhD. Fall 2010 ● History of Science/Math Dr. Perrin Selcer PhD. Spring 2011 ● U.S. History Post 1877 Dr. Karl Hagstrom-Miller PhD. Fall 2011 ● History of the Renaissance Dr. Alison K. Frazier PhD. Spring 2012 ● Scientific Revolution in the 17th Century Dr. Bruce Hunt PhD. Fall 2012 ● U.S. History to 1877 Dr. Kathleen Barr PhD. Spring 2013
Research Fellowship, U.T. Austin History Department Summer, 2009, 2010 Research Fellowship Forest History Society Spring 2010
Participant: Controlled essay-scoring sessions for general education writing assessment as part of UT-Austin’s accreditation by the Southern Association of College and Schools (SACS). Austin, TX. March 2009 ● Read and scored undergraduate essays for writing quality and worked with assessment administrators to interpret and revise holistic rubric ● Participated in rater re-calibration session before second round of scoring ● Advised program administrators on ways to improve rater training and essay sample selection
Instructor, U.S. History, Sophomore English, Visual Arts, Griffin School (Secondary Ed), Austin, Texas 2001-2008
Instructor, Painting and Drawing, Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center, Austin, Texas 2005-2016
References: Joe Lostracco, Special Assistant to Vice President of Instruction, Austin Community College, [email protected], 512-223-7579
Max Sherman, Chair Emeritus in State and Local Government, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin. [email protected], 512-474-4862
Dr. Jacqueline Jones Professor; Graduate Advisor; Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History, Mastin Gentry White Prof. of Southern History, [email protected] 512- 471-4193
Dr. Toyin Falola, Professor, [email protected] 512-475-7224
Dr. James Sidbury, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Rice University Department of History.