CURRICULUM VITAE Michael J. Lynch III, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences Department University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff MS 4988, 1200 N. University Drive, Pine Bluff, AR 71601 Office Ph. (870) 575-8171, e-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION Post Doctoral Graduate Work - Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Military History Instructors Course, three semester hour graduate level history course Ph.D. (Geography), Texas A&M University (TAMU), Advisor - Peter J. Hugill, Ph.D. “Textile Industrialization in Ireland Before the Famine,” Ph.D. Dissertation, August 2003. This study examines a regional economic enterprise (the production of linen and cotton textiles from flax and cotton fiber respectively), the influence of globalization upon this enterprise (the development of a core industry [cotton and linen mills] in a peripheral region [Ireland]), and the resultant economic, political, social, and societal changes [including the economically driven emigration of Ulster Scots from the north of Ireland and the “Troubles” that are occurring to the present in Northern Ireland] that resulted from changes in this enterprise during a significant alteration of the world’s economic structure (the Industrial Revolution). M.A. (History & Politics), Texas A&M University - Kingsville (TAMUK), Advisor - Leslie G. Hunter, Ph.D. “South Texas Renaissance Man: The Humanitarian, Political, and Philanthropic Activities of Judge J. T. Canales,” Master’s Degree Thesis, August 1996. This study examines the life of a significant Texan of Tejano [Hispanic] heritage. Judge Canales was a pivotal influence upon Tejano political and cultural inclusion and integration during the first half of the Twentieth Century. Incorporated within the Canales experience is a broader examination of the fight for Tejano integration into Texas, Southwest, and U.S. society. B.A. (Geography), The University of Texas at Austin (UT), Mentor - Dean Lorrin Kennamer, Ph.D. Preparation focused upon physical geography, cartography and computer-aided geographic courses, and four regional areas of geographic preparation (Meso-America, with Mayan civilization concentration; Southwestern Asia, with Arab and Islamic Worlds concentration; Europe; and the US Southwest). A.A. (Business), Del Mar College (DMC), Mentor - Mrs. Doris Grace. M.A. Preparation in basic academic and scholarly training. Initial studies in business, management, and economics, including economic geography. CLASSROOM EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION Texas Educator Certificate - Classroom Teacher, Social Studies (Grades 8-12) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Aug 2013 - Present Tenured Associate Professor of Geography, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Aug 2011 - Aug 2013 Tenured Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Aug 2005 - Aug 2011 Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Aug 2004 - May 2005 Instructor (Part-Time), World Geography, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, Texas Sep 2003 Temporary Visiting Lecturer, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Sep 2000 - May 2003 Instructor, Physical, Regional, and Cultural Geography, Blinn College, Bryan, TX Sep 1999 - May 2000 Part-Time Instructor, Physical Geography, Blinn College, Bryan, TX Sep 1999 - Dec 2000 Lecturer, Human Geography & Geography of Texas, Texas A&M University Sep 1997 - May 1999 Instructor, Physical Geography Lab; Graduate Teaching Assistant, Human Geography and Environmental Geography, Texas A& M University Feb 1995 - May 1995 Student Teacher, World Geography, West Lake High School, Austin, Texas (The University of Texas at Austin Teacher Certification Program) ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate Geography Cultural Geography, Three Semester Hour Lecture Course, Blinn College Human Geography, Three Semester Hour Lecture Course, Texas A&M University (TAMU) World Geography, Three Semester Hour Lecture Course, Blinn College & San Jacinto College World Regional Geography, Three Semester Hour Lecture Course, UAPB Geography of Texas, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, TAMU Geography of North America, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB Physical Geography, Three Semester Hour Lecture Course, Blinn College Earth Science, Three Semester Hour Science Lecture and Lab Course, UAPB Earth Science I, Three Semester Hour Science Lecture and Lab Course, UAPB Earth Science II, Three Semester Hour Science Lecture and Lab Course, UAPB Planet Earth Lab, One Semester Hour Independent Physical Geography Lab Course, TAMU Undergraduate History U.S. History To 1877, Three Semester Hour Lecture Course, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) U.S. History Since 1877, Three Semester Hour Lecture Course, UAPB Western Civilization I, Three Semester Hour Lecture Course, UAPB Western Civilization II, Three Semester Hour Lecture Course, UAPB English History To 1688, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB English History Since 1688, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB English History 1603-1800, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB Europe Since 1920, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB African American History to 1865, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB The Reformation, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB Historiography, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Seminar Course, UAPB History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB Roman Republic, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB Modern Russia, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB Classical Greece, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB Undergraduate Political Science Major Governments of Western Europe, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB The Presidency, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Methods of Teaching Social Sciences, Three Semester Hour Upper Division Lecture Course, UAPB Graduate Readings in African American History, Three Semester Hour Graduate Lecture Course, UAPB Readings in Western European History, Three Semester Hour Graduate Lecture Course, UAPB Human Geography, Three Semester Hour Graduate Lecture Course, UAPB Advanced Earth Science, Three Semester Hour Graduate Lecture Course, UAPB American Political Thought, Three Semester Hour Graduate Lecture Course, UAPB REFEREED PUBLICATIONS “The Role of J. T. Canales in the Development of Tejano Identity and Mexican American Integration in Twentieth Century South Texas” published in The Journal of South Texas in the Fall 2000 issue (Vol. 13, No. 2). The Journal of South Texas is a peer reviewed publication of the South Texas Historical Association. “Castañeda and Canales: Collaborators, Academics, Friends” published in The Journal of South Texas in the Spring 2000 issue (Vol. 13, No. 1). The Journal of South Texas is a peer reviewed publication of the South Texas Historical Association. 2 BOOK Ireland’s Pre-Famine Textile Industry. 2013. Michael J. Lynch III. Saarbrucken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-659-42763-3. IN PROGRESS Book — Subject: Biography of Judge J. T. Canales of Brownsville, Texas. Publication – Summer 2015 Presentation - For the Thirtieth Annual UAPB Student/Faculty Research Forum in Spring 2016 Papers — Two papers for publication on Irish Linen Production. Completion – Spring 2017 PRESENTED PAPERS “Arkansas Gems” presented by invitation at the “Rocks, Rivers, and Roadcuts” Exhibition at the A+ Arts and Science Center of Southeast Arkansas in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on 28 February 2012. “Little Bee Creek: An Initial Study of the Flora Present in an Urban Ephemeral Stream Segment” presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Student Faculty Research Forum at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on 9 March, 2011. “The Permian Reef Complex: A Study in the Role of Marine Biota in the Development of Lithic Formations” presented at the Twenty-Third Annual Student Faculty Research Forum at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on 10 March, 2010. “Success in the Academy: A Two Year Search, Four Years of Work, All with the Right Attitude!” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest Association of American Geographers (SWAAG) in North Little Rock, Arkansas on 30 November, 2009. “The Rebellion of 1798: A Reexamination ” presented at the Twenty-Second Annual Student Faculty Research Forum at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on 11 March, 2009. “Egypt in Transition: An Alternative View of the 1798 French Invasion” presented at the Twenty-First Annual Student Faculty Research Forum at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on 12 March, 2008. “Flag Discrimination: Portuguese Diplomacy with the United States Prior to World War II” presented at the Twentieth Annual Student Faculty Research Forum at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on 29 March, 2007. “Dorf, Furt, Stadt: Contemporary Examples of Haufendorfer Development in Germany” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest Association of American Geographers (SWAAG) at The University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma on 26 October 2006. “The Irish Are Revolting” presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 18 March 2004. “The Irish Linen Board and the Development of Linen Manufacture During Great Britain’s Industrial Revolution” presented at the Eleventh International Conference of Historical