Dr. Michael M. Smith Education: 1960 Springfield (Illinois) Junior College, A.A., Major: Liberal Arts 1962 Universidad de Guanajuato (Mexico), N.D., Area Specialty: Spanish 1963 Southern Illinois University (Carbondale), B.A., Majors: Spanish-English 1964 Knox College (Galesburg, Illinois), N.D., Area Specialty: Spanish 1967 Southern Illinois University (Carbondale), M.A., Inter-American Studies, Thesis: "José María Luis Mora: Anticlerical Cleric," Director: Robert L. Gold 1971 Texas Christian University (Ft. Worth, Texas), Ph.D., Latin American History, Dissertation: "The Real Expedición Marítima de la Vacuna in New Spain and Guatemala, 1803-1806," Director: Donald E. Worcester Teaching Experience: 1993-present Professor, Department of History, Oklahoma State University. (See below for course taught). 1978-1993 Associate Professor, Department of History, Oklahoma State University. (See above for courses taught). 1978 Acting Chairman, Department of History, Oklahoma State University. 1976-1978 Associate Professor, Department of History, Oklahoma State University. (See above for courses taught). 1970-1976 Assistant Professor, Department of History, Oklahoma State University. Taught American History to 1865 and American History since 1865 (including Honors sections), American Tradition and Identity, Non-European World, Latin American Area Studies Colloquium, History of Mexico, Colonial Latin America, Modern Latin America, Seminar in Latin American History. 1968-1969 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of History, Texas Christian University. Taught United States History to 1865. 1967-1968 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Foreign Languages. Texas Christian University. Taught Beginning Spanish I and II, Intermediate Spanish I and II, 1965-1967 Teaching Assistant, Department of Foreign Languages. Southern Illinois University (Carbondale). Taught Beginning Spanish I and Beginning Spanish II. 1963-1965 Teacher, Elgin (Illinois) Public Schools. Taught 7 th and 8th Grade English, 9th-11th Grade Spanish Areas of Teaching Competence: History of Modern Mexico Pre-Columbian Mexico Colonial Latin America Modern Latin America Mexican-American History Social and Cultural History of Latin America United States-Mexican Diplomatic Relations United States-Latin American Diplomatic Relations History of Brazil History of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile History of Spain American History Surveys Related Experience: 1987-1994 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, Oklahoma State University 1988-1997 Coordinator, Latin American Area Studies Program. 1976-1980 Undergraduate Student Advisor, Department of History, Oklahoma State University 1975-1979 Instructor, English Language Institute, Oklahoma State University Committee Assignments 1970-Present (*indicates chairmanship): Departmental Committees- Graduate Studies Committee* Graduate Placement Committee* Personnel Committee* Advisory Council* Scholarship Committee Curriculum Committee* Phi Alpha Theta Awards Committee Ad Hoc Committee on Recruiting College Committees- Arts and Sciences Honors Committee* Latin America Area Studies Committee* Scholastic Standards Council Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee Student Services Advisory Council* Living-Learning Committee Area Studies Steering Committee Sabbatical Leave Committee Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee University Committees- University Grievance Committee Faculty Council Termination Hearing Board 1978 Principal Investigator, Presidential Challenge Grant to organize and direct "Living-Learning: An Interdisciplinary Approach to General Education in a Residence Setting." 1979-1980 Advisor, Greater Tulsa Area Hispanic Affairs Commission, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1979-1982 Member, Board of Editors, Oklahoma State Historical Journal (Faculty Editor, 1982) 1980 Consultant, "Hispanics in Oklahoma: A Search for Identity," a project funded by the Oklahoma Humanities Committee and the National Endowment for the Arts. 1987 Reader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, Trenton, New Jersey. 1986 Reviewer of "Beyond the Borderlands: The Spanish Presence on the Great Plains," a proposal submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities. 1992 Reader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 1992 Consultant, Oklahoma Foundation for the Humanities/National Endowment for the Humanities program, "Many People--One Land: The Oklahoma Experience." 1993 Reader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 1994 Reader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 1994 Evaluator, MS entitled "Broken Promises: Mexicans in the Midwest," for the University of Arizona Press. 1995 Reader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 1996 Reader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 1997 Table Leader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 1998 Reader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 1999 Table Leader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 2000 Table Leader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 2001 Table Leader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 2002 Reader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 2003 Table Leader, Advanced Placement Examinations (American History), Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas. 2006-07 Consultant and Scholar-in-Residence for the Tulsa Hispanic-American Foundation's Oklahoma Centennial Program !Latinos Presentes! Memberships: Phi Alpha Theta Phi Beta Delta Latin American Studies Association Southwest Social Science Association Southwestern Council of Latin American Studies Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies Association of Borderlands Scholars Professional Activities: Papers presented at Professional Meetings- 1971 "The Organization and Formation of the Royal Maritime Vaccination Expedition." Read before the Oklahoma Association of College History Professors, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1973 "Mexican Machismo: Essence, Facade, or Anachronism." Read before the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Southwestern State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma. 1976 "José María Luis Mora: Liberal Historian." Read before the Southwest Social Science Association, Dallas, Texas. 1976 "Francisco Xavier de Balmis and the Spanish Royal Vaccination Expedition." Read before the History Medicine Society, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1978 "Celebration 1976: An Interdisciplinary Approach to General Education in a Residence Setting." Read before the Educational Improvement Institute, Western Hills State Lodge, Oklahoma. 1979 "Mexican Labor in the Oklahoma Coal Mines, 1890-1950." Read before the Mid-American Conference on History, Springfield, Missouri. 1980 "Beyond the Borderlands: A Spatial and Occupational Survey of Mexican Labor on the Great Plains, 1900-1940." Read before the Western Historical Association, Kansas City, Missouri. 1981 "The Oklahoma Mexicans." Read before the Popular Culture Association, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. 1981 "Establishment of the Order of Discalced Carmelites in Oklahoma, 1914-1929." Read before the Southwest Cultural Heritage Festival, Stillwater, Oklahoma. 1982 "Refugees from Revolution: Spanish Carmelites and Mexican Immigrants in Oklahoma, 1914-1929." Read before the Southwestern Council on Latin American Studies, Abilene, Texas. 1982 "Establishment of the Order of Discalced Carmelites in Oklahoma, 1914-1929." Read before the Southwest Social Science Association, San Antonio, Texas. 1982 " El Cosmopolita : Voice of a Community." Read before the Southwest Cultural Heritage Festival. Stillwater, Oklahoma. 1982 " El Cosmopolita : Voice of a Community." Read before the Western History Association, Phoenix, Arizona. 1986 "Mexican Immigrants and Spanish Carmelites in Oklahoma." Read before the American Society of Church History, Ft. Worth, Texas. 1987 "Mexicans in Kansas City: The First Generation, 1900-1920." Read before the Ninth Mid America Conference on History, Springfield, Missouri. 1988 "Magnanimity or Manipulation? Anglo Involvement in the Kansas City Colonia during the Mexican Revolution." Paper read before the Tenth Mid America Conference on History, Lawrence, Kansas. 1989 "Jack Danciger and the Kansas City Colonia during the Mexican Revolution." Paper read before the Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1989 "The Mexican Immigrant Press Beyond the Borderlands: The Case of El Cosmopolita , 1914- 1919. Paper read before the Center for Great Plains Symposium, "From Spanish Explorers to Plains Settlers: The Hispanic Presence on the Great Plains," Lincoln, Nebraska. 1990 "Social and Political Dynamics of the Kansas City Colonia During the Mexican Revolution: The Role of the Unión Mexicana Benito Juárez and Middle Class Leadership," read before the VIII Conference of Mexican and North American Historians, San Diego, California. 1991 "The Role of Middle Class Leadership in the Kansas City