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Public History
I offer a series of Public History courses, including Introduction to Public
History, History Internships, Computer and Archival
Skills for Historians (in cooperation with the Dennis Frank, university archivist) and Culture
Wars: The Politics of Memory. Students
completing these courses will have a fairly comprehensive understanding of Public
History.
Central to the Public History experience at S B U is the internship
program. Internships are intended to create a mutually beneficial relationship between
the history department, S B U students, and local museums and historical
societies. Interns gain valuable work experience and are exposed to
history outside of the academy. They deal with many of the issues and
complexities that confront historians, museum professionals, and people who work
in non-profit organizations every day.
Research
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My book on Warren G.
Harding's legacy,
Dead
Last: The
Public Memory of Warren G. Harding’s
Scandalous Legacy
(Ohio University Press, 2009). My interest in Harding carries over from my
days as the Manager of The
Warren G. Harding Home and Museum.
Press Release for Dead
Last.
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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
“Payne’s reappraisal of the Harding myth is
first-rank scholarship and makes an impressive contribution to the
debates about the life and misfortunes of Warren Harding. Summing
Up: Essential.”
Choice
“Payne gives the reader much to consider and
convincingly makes the case that Harding has remained relevant until
today because he has become the benchmark by which other
presidential failings are assessed, concluding that ‘Harding
continues to hover at the edge of our national memory, where he is
rediscovered when[ever] one of our leaders fails’.”
American Historical Review
“More so than previous historians, Phillip Payne
has presented a much more nuanced understanding of Harding's
political legacies. His well-structured narrative leaves Harding’s
memory in the same place as his monument: balancing multiple eras,
designs, and interpretations, and ultimately, left to future
generations to evaluate fully.”
Northwest Ohio History
Taken from the Ohio Univesity Press Web page. Click
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Mark Scott, of WBFO, interviewed me about Harding's Legacy and what George
W. Bush's legacy might be.
History Professor Uses Harding Legacy to Assess Bush
I also participated in the
Let's
Talk: Important People: Presidential Politics with Phillip
Payne. C-Span televised the session I participated in as part of
the Chasing Success or Courting Failure Conference hosted by the
University of Massachusetts Law School.
The Buzz on Warren G. Harding from Library Journal |
The Harding Tomb
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I've also conducted local history focusing on issues of community and
regional identity, small towns, industrialization
and the transition to “modernity,” and deindustrialization. My
dissertation was a history of Ironton, Ohio, ("Modernity Lost:
Ironton, Ohio, in Industrial and Post-Industrial America"). Since
arriving at St. Bonaventure I have encouraged my students to work on various
local history projects. The
Allegany
and Cattaraugus Educators History Resource Page has local history
information plus tips on doing local history. |
since March 13, 2007
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