SIMON J. BRONNER, Ph.D. Dean, College of General Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee CONTENTS Administration...3 Administrative Highlights…4 Professorial Posts ...6 Degrees...7 Certificates and Continuing Education...7 Publications...8 Books...8 Special Issues and Monographs...11 Book Chapters...12 Forewords and Introductions to Books and Special Issues...18 Essays in Reference Works...20 Journal Articles...25 Memorial Essays...32 Magazine Essays...33 Newspaper and Newsletter Essays...35 Translations...35 Reviews...35 American Material Culture and Folklife Series...40 Pennsylvania German History and Culture Series...42 Material Worlds Series...43 Studies in Folklore and Ethnology…41 Editorial Positions...44 Books...44 Encyclopedias and Atlases...44 Journals...45 Newsletters and Magazines...46 Moderated Lists...46 1 Simon J. Bronner CV Recordings...47 Awards...45 Scholarship...48 Teaching and Service...49 Fellowships, Grants, and Scholarships...53 Invited Addresses...51 Conferences Organized...60 Conference Panels Chaired...62 Positions Held in Scholarly Societies...64 Exhibitions and Museum Positions...66 Consultation and Scholarly Service...67 Reports for Scholarly Presses...71 Reports for Scholarly Journals...72 Evaluation Reports for Universities...73 University Service...75 Task Forces and Special Committees...75 Search Committees...78 Tenure, Promotion, and Administrative Review Committees...79 Student Organization Advising...80 Community Service...81 Public Festival Management and Planning...82 Ph.D. Dissertations and Committees...83 Graduate Theses...86 Biographical Listings...95 2 Simon J. Bronner CV ADMINISTRATION Dean, College of General Studies, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, since 2019. Chief Executive and Academic Officer. Faculty Development, Office of the Dean of Arts, Sciences, and Business, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, 2018-2019. Chair, American Studies Program (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.), Penn State Harrisburg, 1987-2002, 2006-2017. Coordinator, Graduate Certificate Program in Folklore and Ethnography, Penn State Harrisburg, 2014-2017 Coordinator, Graduate Certificate Program in Heritage and Museum Practice, Penn State Harrisburg, 2014-2017 Interim Director, School of Humanities, Penn State Harrisburg, 2002-2004. Director, Doctoral Program in American Studies, Penn State Harrisburg, 2008-2017. Founding Director, Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies, Penn State Harrisburg, 2007- 2014. Founding Director, Center for Pennsylvania Culture Studies (now Pennsylvania Center for Folklore), Penn State Harrisburg, 1990-2008, 2015-2017. Project Director, American Studies Institute for International Teachers of English as a Foreign Language and Curriculum Developers, United States Information Agency/Academy for Educational Development, Penn State Harrisburg, May 1992. Supervisor, Museum Internship Program, Penn State Harrisburg, 1985-1989. 3 Simon J. Bronner CV ADMINISTRATIVE HIGHLIGHTS University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: • Initiated marketing and recruiting campaign that resulted in a 16 percent increase in enrollment after 6 years of decline before my arrival as Dean • Led a strategic planning process and wrote the document for the theme of “Places to Grow” for 2020-2025 • Co-led think tank to revise general education and create an undergraduate “university college” structure • Organized the first “Diversity Action Team” at the College of General Studies • Led writing of multiyear $250,000 per year grant for Federal TRIO Program for student services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds at the College of General Studies • Erased a two-million-dollar structural deficit and submitted a balanced budget for FY2021 • Oversaw a National Science Foundation grant to create a strategic plan for the Biological Field Station, part of the College of General Studies. Organizing a group to guide writing an implementation grant to the NSF • Obtained funding and oversaw a technological upgrade for computer labs at the Waukesha campus • Involved in community outreach as member of executive boards of the Waukesha County Regional Business Alliance and Wildlife in Need Center • Established service learning program with the Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research • Led response by the College of General Studies to public health emergency caused by spread of COVID-19, including guidance on providing alternative delivery of courses and work with public health officials Missouri University of Science and Technology: • Chief consultant on grant for creation of Digital Humanities Lab • Designed and led faculty development series, including workshops on publishing, blogging and other digital publications, online pedagogy and teaching, grant writing, organizing conferences and symposia, editorial skills • Serving on Chancellor’s Diversity Council and advising response to anti-Semitic incidents 4 Simon J. Bronner CV • Initiating event for commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day • Worked with Dean’s Council on management of campus traditions Pennsylvania State University: • Designed and became founding director of the new American Studies doctoral program • Designed and became founding coordinator of the integrated B.A./M.A. program in American Studies • Designed and coordinated new graduate certificate programs in Heritage and Museum Practice, and Folklore and Ethnography • Consulted on creation of Diversity Studies undergraduate certificate • Led revision of undergraduate curriculum in the School of Humanities • Part of team that introduced general education requirement for diversity • Worked on fundraising and became founding director of the Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies • Worked on fundraising and became founding director of the Center for Pennsylvania Culture Studies • Worked on fundraising and founding coordinator of Distinguished Lecturer program • Designed and became founding supervisor of internship program for School of Humanities • Served on university-wide promotion and tenure committee after supervising tenure and promotion process as director of the School of Humanities • Served on steering committee for university-wide strategic planning • Worked on fundraising for new endowed scholarships (Irwin Richman Endowed Scholarship for undergraduate and graduate students) and awards (Sue Samuelson Award for Academic Excellence) in American Studies • Initiated credit-bearing study-tour program in cooperation with Continuing Education • Chair of fundraising group for new library at Penn State Harrisburg and chair of Faculty-Staff campaign • Created first faculty development program for School of Humanities 5 Simon J. Bronner CV PROFESSORIAL POSTS Professor of Social Sciences and Business, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Affiliated Faculty for Museum Studies and Buildings, Landscapes, and Cultures. Since 2019. Maxwell C. Weiner Visiting Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, 2018-2019. Courses: American Material Culture, Technology in American Culture Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Folklore, The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. 1991-2017. Senior Member, Graduate Faculty, since 1987; Professor, 1988-1991; Associate Professor, 1985-1988; Assistant Professor, 1981-1984. Courses: Expressions in the Humanities, Interpretations in the Humanities, Topics in Anthropology, Seminar in Ethnography, American Studies Theory & Method, Problems in American Studies, Seminar in American Studies, Teaching American Studies, Introduction to American Studies, American Material Culture, American Future, Introduction to American Folklore, Topics in American Folklore, Folklife and Popular Culture, Ethnic America, Seminar in Race and Ethnicity, American Regions, Americans at Work, Industrial America, Public Heritage, Ethnography of the United States, Consumer Culture, Topics in Popular Culture: American Icons, American Roots Music, Topics in European History: Holocaust Scholar-in-Residence, Latvian Academy of Culture, Theory of Culture. Riga, Latvia, Fall 2017. Lecture Series: Youth Culture in America, Digital Culture, Public Heritage, Cultural and Practice Theory Walt Whitman Distinguished Chair in American Cultural Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, Fall 2005. Courses: American Popular Culture, American Ethnic Cultures Visiting Professor, American Studies, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Summer 2005, 2006. Courses: Introduction to American Studies, Topics in American Studies: Consumer Culture, Topics in U.S. Cultural Diversity 6 Simon J. Bronner CV Visiting Professor, Folklore and History of American Civilization (now American Studies), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997-1998. Courses: American Ethnic Cultures, American Folklore Fulbright Professor of American Studies, Osaka University, Japan, 1996-1997. Courses: American Material Culture, American Folklore, American Popular Culture Visiting Distinguished Professor of American Studies, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, 1990. Courses: American Folklore, American Ethnic Cultures DEGREES Ph.D., American Studies and Folklore [concurrent majors], Indiana University, Bloomington, 1981.Dissertation Title: "Chain Carvers in Southern Indiana: A Behavioristic Study in Material Culture." M.A., American Folk Culture, Cooperstown Graduate Programs of the State University of New York, 1977. Thesis Title: "A Study of Eugene Powell, Afro-American Folk Artist and Blues Musician of