MICHAEL V. KENNEDY. Department of History High Point University 833 Montlieu Ave. High Point, NC (336)

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1 MICHAEL V. KENNEDY Department of History High Point University 833 Montlieu Ave. High Point, NC (336) Education: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA PhD, History, 1996 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ MA, History, 1989 Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ BA, History, Magna Cum Laude, 1985 Employment: High Point University 2005-Present University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of Michigan-Flint Michigan State University Penn State University Kennedy 1

2 Courses Taught, Undergraduate: United States History to 1877 United States History Since 1877 U.S. Business and Economic History United States Labor History Colonial America to 1754 The American Revolution The Age of Jefferson and Jackson War on the Early American Frontier The U.S. Civil War & Reconstruction The Emergence of Modern America The United States Since 1945 North Carolina History The Atlantic World in Transition, Pre-Colonial Africa Comparative Slave Systems Slavery and Freedom in the United States Pulp Fiction & Film Noir in American History Jazz, Rock & Cinema: Entertainment & Popular Culture in the 20 th -Century U.S. Western Civilization I Western Civilization II Ancient & Medieval History Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe, 1789-Present American Beginnings: American Expansions: American Aspirations: Courses Taught, Graduate: Colonial America to 1754 The American Revolution The Age of Jefferson and Jackson Jazz, Rock & Cinema The American Character Historiography Publications: The Mad TEE Party (Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace, 2014) If We Only Had The Brain (Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace, 2014) Writers Cramped (Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace, 2013) Kennedy 2

3 Iran On Ice (Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace, 2013) The Maltese Fall Guy (ScottsValley, CA: CreateSpace, 2012) The Seven-Day Itch (Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace, 2012) Prince Hall and Black Masonry, Great Lives from History: African-Americans (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011). Jackie McLean: Musician and Educator, Great Lives from History: African-Americans (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011) The Divine Sarah Vaughan, Great Lives from History: African-Americans (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011) Dexter Gordon: A Life Round Midnight, Great Lives from History: African-Americans (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011) The Hunt for Reds in October (Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace, 2011) Covert (Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace, 2010) The Wheels of Commerce: Market Networks in the Lehigh and Musconetcong Valleys, , in Jean R. Soderlund and Catherine Parzynski, eds., Backcountry Crucibles: The Economic Development of the Lehigh Valley (Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press, 2008) The Effect of the American Revolution on Industrial Production, Encyclopedia of the New American Nation (New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 2006) Mining and Metallurgy in Early America, Encyclopedia of the New American Nation (New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 2006) Labor in the Colonial Iron Industry, Encyclopedia of the New American Nation (New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 2006) Domestic Violence in Early America, Encyclopedia of the New American Nation (New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 2006) The Consequences of Cruelty: Increase of Servant and Slave Abuse in the Era of the American Revolution, Essays in Economic and Business History 22 (2004) Kennedy 3

4 The Hidden Economy of Slavery, Essays in Economic and Business History 21 (2003) Negotiated Empires: Centers and Peripheries in the Americas, , co-edited with Christine Daniels (New York and London: Routledge Press, 2002) The Creation of a National Economy: Alexander Hamilton s Reports to Congress, , Melvyn Dubofsky, series ed., (Lexus-Nexus, 2001) The World Turned Upside-Down: The State of Eighteenth- Century Studies at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century, co-edited with William G. Shade (London and New York: AUP/Lehigh University Press, 2001) Cash for his turnups : Agricultural Production for Local Markets in Colonial Pennsylvania, , Agricultural History 74 (2000) The Home Front During the War for Independence: The Effect of Labor Shortages on Commercial Production in the Mid-Atlantic, in Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole, eds., A Companion to The American Revolution (London: Blackwell, 2000) Over the Threshold: Intimate Violence in Early America (New York and London: Routledge, 1999) Working Agreements: The Use of Sub-Contracting in the Colonial Iron Industry, Pennsylvania History 65 (1998) An Alternative Independence: Craft Workers in the Pennsylvania Iron Industry, , Essays in Economic and Business History 16 (1998) Conference Papers: The Economics of Flight, Economic and Business History Society Conference, LaCrosse, WI, May, 2015 There s No Fuel Like An Old Fuel: the Importance of Colliery, Contracting and Control of Supply in the Eighteenth-Century Iron Industry, North Carolina Association of Historians Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, NC, March, 2015 Kennedy 4

5 Deep In The Heart of Taxes, Economic and Business History Society, Baltimore, MD, May, 2013 Entrepreneurship and the Moving Frontier in New Jersey & Pennsylvania, , IOSSBR, Atlantic City, April, 2013 Making Money In A Losing Cause: Harry Sinclair, the Newark Peppers and the Federal League, Economic and Business History Society, Columbus, Ohio, April 2011 You Can t Get Me, I m Part of the Union: Or Am I? Economic and Business History Society, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 2009 The Central Place of Company Stores in the Mid-Atlantic Region, , Economic and Business History Society, High Point, North Carolina, April The Pressures of Performance, Economic and Business History Society, Memphis, Tennessee, April The Hidden Economy of Slavery, , Economic History Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April, A landscape fit for shipping : The Economic Impetus Behind Frontier Settlement in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, , Economic and Business History Society Conference, Albany, New York, April, The Other Dutch in the Mid-Atlantic: Entrepreneurs, Craftspeople and Farmers in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and northern Maryland, , Interdisciplinary History Symposium, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, April Not to serve nor march with the militia : Labor Shortages During the American Revolution, Fourth bi-annual Fulbright Conference in North American History, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, July Work of Herself: Women and Commercial Production in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Economic and Business History Society Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April, Kennedy 5

6 Over the Hills and Far Away with Ludwig Nuspickel, Lawrence Henry Gipson Symposium in Eighteenth-Century History, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, November, Industrial Artisans: Craft Work in Rural Pennsylvania, , Economic and Business History Society Conference, Richmond, Virginia, April, Workers in Irons: Slavery in the Mid-Atlantic Iron Industry, , Third Annual Mid-Michigan Seminar in Colonial History, East Lansing, Michigan, February, Everything is Negotiable: Workers Contracts in the Eighteenth Century, History Conference, University of North Carolina- Charlotte, October, Chair/Commentator: The Early Republic, Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, , High Point University, February, 2015 Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Studies, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Oakland University, March, Gender and Work, Economic and Business History Society Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, April, Public Perceptions of Business and Philanthropy, Great Lakes History Conference, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Colonial Centers and Colonial Peripheries: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of the Early-Modern Americas, Inaugural Sweet Symposium in the History of Centers and Frontiers in the Atlantic Basin, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, November, Kennedy 6

7 Community Presentations: The Great Horse Raid: The War of the Regulation in North Carolina, Andrew Balfour Chapter, DAR, Ashboro, NC, March, 2014 The Road To Honor and the Road To Infamy, Andrew Balfour Chapter, DAR, Asheboro, NC, February, 2013 Faith of Our (Fore) Fathers: Religion and the Foundations of the American Republic, , Forum on Politics and Religion, Greensboro, NC, 2012 Markets and the Movement of Commodities in Early America: Historical Perspectives of Historical Perspectives, Berry Hill Lecture Series, South Boston, VA, February, Utopian Movements and the Southern Defense of Slavery, , Berry Hill Lecture Series, South Boston, VA, February, Lewis and Clark: Substance Behind the Myths, Speaker, Community Outreach, Flint (MI) Public Library, July American Idols: Who Are Today s Children Looking Up To? Speaker, Adult Cultural Series, Flint (MI) Area Catholic Charities, October, A Methodology to his Madness: Clues to Effective Comparative Research, Speaker, Chi Omega Chapter, Phi Alpha Theta, May Puritanism, Pilgrims and the Meanings of the First Thanksgiving, Faithworks radio program, Grand Blanc, Michigan (2002) Service: Academic Advising (2008-Present) Academic Advising Committee ( ) Africana Studies Committee ( ) Library Resources Committee ( , Chair ) Curriculum Committee (Interim position, 2004) Kennedy 7

8 Academic Standards Committee ( ) History Club (Advisor, 2004) University Graduation Ceremonies ( ) History Department Assessment ( ) General Education Assessment ( ) Masters of Liberal Studies in American Culture (Interim Director, 2003) Chi Omega Chapter, Phi Alpha Theta ( , Interim Advisor, 2003) Advisor for Grand Blanc High School Career Program (2003) Guest on radio program, Faithworks, in discussion of Puritanism and the meanings of Thanksgiving (2002) Search Committee for British Empire Position, History Department ( ) Search Committee for African Historian Position, Africana Studies Department (Chair, ) Professional memberships: Agricultural History Society; American Historical Association; Organization of American Historians; Economic and Business Historical Society; Pennsylvania Historical Association; Historical Society of Pennsylvania; New Jersey Historical Society; Historical Society of Delaware; Maryland Historical Society; Bucks County (PA) Historical Society; Berks County (PA) Historical Society Awards: Vernon Carstensen Award for best article published in Agricultural History (2000) Charles J. Kennedy Award for best article published in Essays in Economic and Business History (1998) Kennedy 8