Curriculum Vitae Samuel J. Thomas, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824; [email protected] Faculty member, January 1966 through May 2011. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Publications/Exhibits: “Empowering the People of God: John Cardinal Dearden’s Church of Tomorrow,” in Jeremy Bonner et al, eds., Empowering the People of God: Catholic Action before and after Vatican II (New York: Fordham University Press, 2014), 249-273; 362-375. “Immanence and Transcendence: John Cardinal Dearden’s Church of Tomorrow.” American Catholic Studies, Vol. 121 (Winter, 2010), 1-30. “No Holds Barred: Political Cartoons and Gilded Age Politics”: A Multi-media Exhibit, MSU Museum, August 24-December 31, 2008, “Episcopal Authority and Clerical Dissent: Walter J. Burghardt, S.J. and Humanae Vitae.” American Catholic Studies, Vol. 119 (Summer 2008), 35-69. “Political Cartoons of the Gilded Age,” a “critical documentary essay” in the digital collection, The Gilded Age. Alexandria Virginia: Alexander St. Press, 2007. "A 'final disposition one way or another': The Real End of the First Curran Affair," The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 91 (October 2005), 214-242. "Teaching the GAPE (and other periods) with Political Cartoons: A Systematic Approach to Primary Source Analysis," The History Teacher, Vol. 37 (August 2004), 425-446. "Mugwump Cartoonists, the Papacy and Tammany Hall in America’s Gilded Age," for Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation, Vol. 14 (Summer 2004) 213-250. "Holding the Tiger: Mugwump Cartoonists and Tammany Hall in Gilded Age New York," New York History, LXXXII (Spring, 2001), 155-182. “In No Sense an Inquisition: Alexander Zaleski and the Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, 1966-1970,” Polish American Studies, LVII (Spring 2000), 55-72. “Dissent and Due Process after Vatican II: An Early Case Study of American Catholic Leadership,” U. S. Catholic Historian, (Fall 1999), 1-22. “Maligning Poverty’s Prophet: Puck, Henry George and the New York Mayoral Campaign of 1886,” Journal of American Culture, Vol. 21 (Winter 1998), 17-38. 2 "After Vatican II: The American Catholic Bishops and the 'Syllabus' from Rome, 1966- 1968." The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 83 (April 1997), 233-257. "The Tattooed Man Caricatures and the Presidential Campaign of l884," Journal of American Culture, Vol. l0 (Winter l987), l-2. "Portraits of a Rebel Priest: Edward McGlynn in Caricature, l886-l893," Journal of American Culture, Vol. 7 (Winter l984), l9-33. "Nostrum Advertising and the Image of Woman as Invalid in Late Victorian America," Journal of American Culture, Vol. 5 (Fall l982), l04-ll2. "Catholic Journalists and the Ideal Woman in Late Victorian America," International Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 4 (January-February l981), 89-100. The American Press and the Encyclical Longinqua Oceani," Journal of Church and State Vol. 22 (Autumn l980), 475-485. "The American Press and the Church-State Pronouncements of Pope Leo XIII," U.S. Catholic Historian, Vol. 1 (Fall l980), l7-36. "The American Periodical Press and the Apostolic Letter Testem Benevolentiae,” The Catholic Historical Review, LXII (July l976), 408-423. "The American Press Response to the Death of Pope Pius IX and the Election of Pope Leo XIII," Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. 86 (March-December l975), 43-52. Other Publications: Review Essay of Worth Robert Miller, “Populist Cartoons: An Illustrated History of the Third Party Movement in the 1890s,’ The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 11 (July, 2012), 454-457. Review of Justin Nordstrom, Danger on the Doorstep: Anti-Catholicism and American Print Culture in the Progressive Era. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006, in the Journal of American History (March 2007), 1274-1275. “Tammany Hall,” World Book Encyclopedia, in print and on line, 2007. "George, Henry," Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age. Edited by Leonard Schlup and James G. Ryan. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2003, 184-185. "Puck," Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age. Edited by Leonard Schlup and James G. Ryan. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2003, 397. 3 "Teaching the Gilded Age and Progressive Era With Political Cartoons," International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning: 2003 Proceedings ( ISETL: Colorado State University, 2003), 117-118. "Teaching with Mirrors," Historymaking, Spring 2003, 6-7. "Major Decisions," Muses (Fall 2001), 5-6. “The Fugitive,” American Heritage, Vol. 49 (December 1998), 34-36. “Renaissance Virago,” a Poem, in A Lasting Mirage, edited by Caroline Sullivan. Watermark Press: MD, 1997, 54. Professional Offices: Advisory Board: International Journal of Humor, Appointed, 2013--- Advisory Board: Theodore Roosevelt Association, Elected, 2008-present. Editorial Board: H-Shgape, Society for Historians of the Gilded and Progressive Age, Appointed, 1997-2008. Editorial Board: H-Catholic, Catholic History and Culture, Appointed. 1998-present. Governing and Advisory Boards: Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Appointed, 2003-present. Grants and Stipends, Awards: Office of VPRGS Competitive Discretionary Funding Program, Summer Stipend 2009 ($6,000.00) College of Social Science Faculty Initiative Research Grant, Spring 2008 ($6,000.00). IRGP Research Grant (MSU), 2003-2004. $20,000.00 IRGP Research Grant (MSU), 1999-2000. $20,000.00 MSU/Dept. Sesquicentennial Research Grants: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 ($1,200.00 each). Cushwa (University of Notre Dame) Research Travel Grant, 1997 ($1000.00) Arts and Letters College Travel Grants, 1991, 1996. ($1000.00 each) 4 All University Research Grants, 1975-l989. (various amts. $500.00-$1500.00) Cushwa (University of Notre Dame) Research Travel Grant, 1977. ($500.00) Award: M. Thomas Inge National Award for Comic Arts Scholarship, 1997, by the Popular Culture Association for the paper, “Maligning Poverty’s Prophet: Henry George in Caricature.” MSU Nominee for NEH Summer Stipend, both 2007 and 2008. Peer Reviewing: Manuscript Evaluation: for journal of American Catholic Studies, Winter, 2011. Manuscript Evaluation: for Journal of American History, Fall 2009. Manuscript Evaluation: for Journal of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (Fall 09) Manuscript Evaluations: for Church History; The Historian; Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, (all 2004). Grants Reviewer: Teaching American History Grant Proposals, July 29-August 2, 2002, U.S. Department of Education, conducted in Washington, D. C. Research Grant Reviewer: Michigan State University Intramural Research Grant Proposal applications, 2000, 2003 External Reviewer for the Promotion to Full Professor of: 2010: William Tilchin, Boston University. 1996: Kevin Dwyer, Merrimac College 1997: Michael Namorato, University of Mississippi, Oxford. Department Promotion/Reappointment Evaluation Committees for Victor Jew, 2001; Maureen Flanagan, 2002; Thomas Summerhill, 2004; representative for Christopher Celenza, 2003, Ben Smith, 2008. Conference/Session Organizer: MSU Arts and Letters/St. John Student Parish Annual Endowed Lecture in American Catholic Thought and Culture, 2004-present. Session Organizer, Organization of American Historians annual meeting: 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999. Membership in Professional Organizations: American Catholic Historical Association 5 Society for Historians of the Gilded and Progressive Age (Shgape) Theodore Roosevelt Association U.S. Catholic Historical Society Conference Participation: I=International; N=National; R=Regional; L=Local. Paper: “Empowering the People of God.” Conference on “Beyond Vatican II,” Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pa., April 12-14, 2013. N Chair and Moderator: “Healthcare, Bioethics and Justice: Where are the ‘Catholic’ Prioities?” by Dr. Lisa Cahill, Boston College, MSU Arts & Letters/St. John Student Parish Endowed Lecture in American Catholic Thought and Culture, MSU, October 2012, E.L. MI. L Chair and Moderator: “Catholic & American: Does ‘American’ Matter,” by Dr. David O’Brien, College of the Holy Cross, MSU Arts & Letters/St. John Student Parish Endowed Lecture in American Catholic Thought and Culture, MSU, September 2011, E.L., MI. L Chair and Moderator: “The Catholic Imagination and the American University,” by Dr. Robert Orsi, Northwestern University, MSU Arts & Letters/St. John Student Parish Endowed Lecture in American Catholic Thought and Culture, MSU October 2010, E.L., MI. L Paper: “Immanence and Transcendence: John Cardinal Dearden’s Church of Tomorrow.” American Catholic Historical Association Spring Meeting. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. March 12-14, 2010. N Chair and Moderator:“A The Ellsworth Outrage (Maine, 1854): Or, how the tarring and feathering of a Jesuit helps us understand how Catholics navigated 19th century modernity” by Dr. John McGreevy, University of Notre Dame, MSU Arts & Letters/St. John Student Parish Endowed Lecture in American Catholic Thought and Culture, MSU, October 8, 2009. L Chair and Commentator: “The Challenges of Modern Catholic Conservatism,” Annual Spring Meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association, Philadelphia, April 2009. N Colloquium presenter: “Hierarchical Authority and Clerical Dissent: >After Humanae Vitae,” Religion and US Culture Colloquium, MSU, November, 2008. L Chair and Moderator: “Religion and American Politics: How the Landscape Has Changed,” by Dr. Peter Steinfels, Fordham University, Endowed Lecture