Associate Professor and Department Chairperson

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Fall 2008 Schedule

Course		Days	Time	Place
History 202 05	U.S. History since 1865	MWF	10:30 to 11:20	P. 159
History 202 06	U.S. History since 1865	MWF	1:30 to 2:20	P. 155
History 206 01	Introduction to Public History	MWF	11:30 to 12:20	P. 159
Office Hours		MWF	9:30 to 10:15	Doyle 134

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.  

 

More on Public History	St. Bonaventure University Archives, Friedsam Library
More on Internships	Allegany and Cattaraugus Educators History Resource Page
Public History Career Page	Constitution Day

Research

 

Warren Harding  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Harding.jpg	My current project is a book on Warren G. Harding's legacy entitled   Dead Last:  The Public Memory of Warren G. Harding’s Scandalous Legacy (under contract with Ohio University Press).  My interest in Harding carries over from my days as the Manager of The Warren G. Harding Home and Museum.
Harding's casket in front of the White House.  Harding died in office in 1923.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HardingFuneral.jpg	The Harding Tomb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Warren_Harding_Tomb.jpgPresident
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.

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

 

Courses Dr. Payne Teaches	Public History
Short CV	Public History Career Page