Curriculum Vitae Paul Andrew Ortiz Director, Associate Professor, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program Department of History 245 Pugh Hall 210 Keene-Flint Hall P.O. Box 115215 P.O. Box 117320 University of Florida University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, 32611 Gainesville, Florida 32611 352-392-7168 (352) 392-6927 (Fax) http://www.history.ufl.edu/oral/ [email protected] Affiliated Faculty Member: Latin American Studies, Afiican American Studies, Women ’s Studies, Art & Art History Areas of Specialization U.S. History; African American; Latina/о Studies; Oral History; African Diaspora; Social Documentary; Labor and Working Class; Race in the Americas; Social Movement Theory; U.S. South. Former Academic Positions/Affiliations Founding Co-Director, UCSC Center for Labor Studies, 2007-2008. Founding Faculty Member, UCSC Social Documentation Graduate Program, 2005-2008 Associate Professor of Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2005-2008 Participating Faculty Member, Latin American and Latino Studies; Affiliated Faculty Member, Department of History. Assistant Professor of Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2001-2005. Visiting Assistant Professor in History and Documentary Studies, Duke University, 2000-2001. Research Coordinator, "Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South," NEH-Funded Oral History Project, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, 1996—2001. Visiting Instructor, African American Political Struggles and the Emergence of Segregation in the U.S. South, Grinnell College, Spring, 1999. (Short Course.) Research Assistant, “Behind the Veil,” Duke University, 1993-1996. Education: Doctor of Philosophy (History) Duke University, May 2000. Bachelor of Arts, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, June 1990.Emphases: History, Political Economy, and the Sociology of Science. Paul Ortiz: 1 Awards, Honors, and Recognition Stetson Kennedy Vox Populi Award for outstanding achievement in using oral history to create a more humane and just world, (Received on behalf of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program,”) Oral History Association, October 12, 2013. The César E. Chávez Action and Commitment Award, for “Outstanding leadership through engaging in activities which dignify workers and by making notable contributions to the labor movement & demonstrating resilience in organizing workers, especially those who have been traditionally disadvantaged.” Florida Education Association, AFL-CIO, October 11, 2013. “Demostrando el Orgullo de Nuestra Cultura, Certificate ” of Appreciation, for Hispanic Heritage Month, University of Florida, October 25, 2013 Certificate of Recognition, “For Contributing to the Success of UF’s Annual MLK Legacy Celebration (Received on behalf of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program,”) UF Black Graduate Student Organization, January 29, 2013. Certificate of Honor, “The Remembrance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Initiative,” UNESCO-TST Florida Center, March 25, 2012. Presented with The Key to the City of Ocoee, Florida by Mayor S. Scott Vandergrift, January 18, 2010. For delivering Ocoee’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation Keynote. “Demostrando el Orgullo de Nuestra Cultura, Certificate ” of Appreciation, for Hispanic Heritage Month, University of Florida, September 29, 2009. June 13, 2008 declared “Paul Ortiz Day” in Santa Cruz, California by decree of Mayor of Santa Cruz in recognition of outstanding academic and community service. Faculty Community Service of the Year Award, by UC-Santa Cruz Chancellor, May 27, 2008. Luisa Morena Award for Contributions in Social Justice, UCSC Labor Center, May, 2008. UCSC Chancellor’s Certificate of Recognition for Student Mentoring Activities, 2007. (Advisee was recipient of Deans’ Award for Outstanding UCSC Senior Thesis.) Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Book Prize, Florida Historical Society and the Florida Institute of Technology, for Emancipation Betrayed (2006). Lillian Smith Book Award, Southern Regional Council, for Remembering Jim Crow (2002). Carey McWilliams Book Award The Multicultural Review (outstanding work related to the U.S. experience of cultural diversity) for Remembering Jim Crow (2002). A Best Book of the Year for 2001 citation, Library Journal for Remembering .Jim Crow. Paul Ortiz: 2 Nominated for U.S. Professor of the Year (Doctoral and Research Universities category) by UCSC Committee on Teaching, Academic Senate, 2006. Certificate of Recognition for Student Mentoring Activities, UCSC Chancellor, 2006. (Advisee was recipient of a Deans’ Award for Outstanding UCSC Senior Thesis.) Certificate of Recognition for Student Mentoring Activities, UCSC Chancellor, 2005 (Advisee was recipient of 2005 Steck Family Award for the Best UCSC Senior Thesis.) Excellence in Teaching Award, 2004-05, UC-Santa Cruz Academic Senate. Outstanding Service to the UCSC Academic Senate Award, 2004-2005. Certificate of Recognition for Student Mentoring Activities, UCSC Chancellor, 2004 (Advisee was recipient of 2004 Steck Family Award for the Best UCSC Senior Thesis.) A Best Book of 2001, Library Journal, for Remembering Jim Crow Outstanding Oral History Project Award for "Behind the Veil: Documenting African American History in the Jim Crow South," Oral History Association (1996). Strong/Outstanding Pass Award, Ph.D. Preliminary Examinations, Duke University, 1996. National Federation of Community Broadcasters Finalist for Outstanding Historical Radio Documentary: "Ί Must Keep Fightin' Until I'm Dyin': The Life of Paul Robeson," 1993. KAOS, Olympia, Washington Community Service Award: "Pathways to Justice," 1993 KAOS, Olympia, Washington Outstanding Public Affairs Program Award: "Pathways to Justice," 1992. GRANTS. FFJUOWSHTPS. AWARDS University of Florida Office of the Provost renewal grant to Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. $50,000 to conduct oral history project of African American life during segregation and civil rights eras. Primary investigator. (2013-2014). University of Florida Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, $5,000 to organize a public history speakers’ series on historical memory and social change. Primary investigator. (2013-2014) University of Florida Office of the Provost renewal grant to Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. $50,000 to conduct oral history project of African American life during segregation and civil rights eras. Primary investigator. (2012-2013). University of Florida Office of Research. $3,000 to conduct oral history interviews in the Mississippi Delta. Primary investigator (2012). Paul Ortiz: 3 United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. $15,000 to conduct oral history interviews with U.S. Judges. Primary investigator (2013-2015). The National Park Service, National Underground Railroad Conference, St. Augustine Florida, July, 2012. $20,000 to conduct oral history interviews with descendents of Black Seminóles & Gullah/Geechee peoples. Primary investigator (2012-2013). The Poarch Band of Creek Indians grant to the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. $53,000 to digitize, transcribe, and process Native American oral histories. Primary investigator (2012-2013). University of Florida Historic St. Augustine, Inc. $10,800 to conduct oral history interviews on historical architecture and archeology in St. Augustine. Primary investigator (2012-2013). Panama Canal Society Foundation, $15,000 to conduct oral history interviews on the history of the Panama Canal. Primary investigator (2009-2013) United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. $15,000 to conduct oral history interviews with U.S. Federal Judges. Primary investigator (2010-2012) University of Florida Office of the Provost grant to Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. $150,000 to conduct oral history project of African American life during segregation and civil rights eras. Primary investigator. (2010-2013). St. Johns Water Management District grant to Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. $25,000 to conduct research on the history of water and the environment in Florida. Primary investigator. (2010). Florida Humanities Council. $900 to organize a public history program on the legacies of Martin Luther King, Jr. Primary investigator. (2010.) St. Johns Water Management District grant to Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. $50,000 to conduct historical research project on water management in Florida. Primary investigator. (2008-2009). University of Florida Office of the Provost grant to Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. $6,000 to conduct oral histories with retired UF administrators. Primary investigator. (2009-2012). Miguel Contreras Labor Studies Development Fund Award, University of California. $85,000 grant to establish a Labor Studies program at UCSC. Co-primary investigator with Prof. Dana Frank. (2006). Renewed, 2007. John Hope Franklin Collection for African and African American Documentation at Duke University Libraries’ Travel Grant, ($750), 2006. UCSC Social Science Division Research Faculty Grant, ($6,000 awards) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Academic Senate Faculty Research Grant, UC-Santa Cruz, October, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006-2007 Minority Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship, Grinnell College, Spring, 1999. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Graduate Fellow, 1993-1999. Paul Ortiz: 4 PUBLICATIONS: Books: Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life In The Segregated South. Co-editor with: William H. Chafe, Raymond Gavins, Robert Korstad, et. al. (New York: New Press, 2001). (Paperback edition