John O'Keefe

 John O'Keefe

John O'Keefe

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Biography

University of Nevada Reno - History


Resume

  • 2013

    French

    Bokmål

    Norwegian

    Spanish

    German

    Award for Best Dissertation on Migration and/or Citizenship accepted in 2012

    Award will be conferred August 30

    American Political Science Association

  • 2007

    Office of the Historian

    U.S. Department of State

    •\tSummer 2007 and 2008\n•\tComposed and edited articles for Milestones of U.S. Diplomatic History

    focusing on international relations during the Early Republic and colonial periods.\n•\tWrote and edited chronologies of bilateral diplomatic relations

    including: Algeria

    Libya (incl. Qaramanli Tripoli)

    Morocco

    and Tunisia

    and unrecognized nations and former nations.\n•\tWrote brief

    one-page biographies of the Secretaries of State.

    Office of the Historian

    U.S. Department of State

  • 2004

    Ph.D.

    My dissertation studies the influence of foreign migrants from Europe

    the Caribbean

    and elsewhere upon the development of citizenship rights in the United States. My dissertation emphasizes the role of foreign migrants in the undermining of the legal institution of coverture

    whereby women’s legal identities were subsumed under that of their husbands

    either by an assertion of legal identities under foreign legal systems

    or by making cultural claims for differing treatment of binational couples. My dissertation also argues that these migrants were able to influence the development of citizenship rights and naturalization policy in the United States during the period after its independence from Britain

    and differs from earlier scholarship that has argued

    in contrast

    that naturalization and citizenship were formed exclusively by nativist political leaders

    American Studies

    The George Washington University

  • 2001

    Alexander Street Press

    University of Nevada Reno

    Ohio University

    •\tPrepared lesson plans and led student discussions.\n•\tGraded student assignments.\n•\tProvided academic advice for students.\n•\tTeaching responsibilities:\n--Introduction to American Studies (Fall 2004 and Fall 2006)\n--U.S. Social History (Fall 2005 and Fall 2007)\n--Sexuality in U.S. History (Spring 2004)\n--Twentieth-Century U.S. Immigration (Spring 2007)\n--Research and Grading for Food in Washington (Spring 2008)\n--Research Assistantship: Research for Textbook

    Women and the Making of America (Prentice Hall

    2008). (Spring 2006 and 2008).\n--Program Assistant for GWU Creative Writing Program (Fall 2008 and Spring 2009)

    George Washington University

    Visiting Assistant Professor

    •\tHave taught courses on Immigration History

    History of New Media

    U.S. Constitutional History

    Twentieth-­Century U.S. History

    American Revolution and Early American Republic

    U.S. Civil War in American Culture

    as well as co-­‐teachingof Core Humanities class

    The Modern World\n•\tAdvise undergraduate theses\n•\tService work on assisting with initiative to boost undergraduate enrollment

    University of Nevada Reno

    Ohio University

    Currently teaching classes on U.S. History

    World History (Summer and Fall 2014)\nResearch on indenture and citizenship among German immigrants to the U.S.

    1776-1830.

    Assistant Professor of History

    Chillicothe Campus

    Columbus

    Ohio Area

    •\tConducted background research

    planning and obtained artifacts for exhibit on thirtieth anniversary of the discovery of HIV and AIDS.\n•\tWrote exhibit script with recommended objects for public health response to HIV and AIDS.\n•\tGraduate Teaching Assistant responsibilities for Material Culture.\n•\tInterviewed social workers

    activists

    and other public health workers about their work during the early years of the AIDS epidemic for NMAH Smithsonian blog.

    Smithsonian National Museum of American History

    •\tIndexed and categorized letters and diaries pertaining to events from the American Civil War as well as everyday mid-nineteenth-century life.\n•\tConducted biographical research on authors and their participation in events of the Civil War period.\n•\tAdditional work on North American Women's Letters and Diaries

    British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries

    Black Drama

    American Film Scripts Online

    and Early Encounters in North America.\n•\tEdited help section of web site for Civil War Letters and Diaries.

    Alexander Street Press

  • 2000

    AnswerLogic

    George Washington University

    •\tEngaged in ongoing reorganization of WordNet-based Lexicon (dictionary).\n•\tAdded new terms to Lexicon.\n•\tInterviewed potential new linguists.

    AnswerLogic

  • 1996

    B.A.

    General Honors

    Linguistics

  • History

    Grant Writing

    Teaching

    Archival Research

    Research

    American History

    University Teaching

    Digital Humanities

    International Relations

    Museums

    Higher Education

    Academic Writing

    Blogging

    Qualitative Research

    Editing

    Manuscript: Strangers to the Privileges of Citizens: Migrant Influence

    Naturalization

    and the Growth of National Power over Foreign Migrants in the Early American Republic

    Based on my dissertation

    this manuscript similarly argues for a greater role for foreign migrants in the development of citizenship rights in the early American republic.

    O'Keefe

    O'Keefe

    Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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