Monika Bilka Curriculum Vitae 5/2018 Chandler-Gilbert Community College 2626 East Pecos Road Chandler, AZ 85225-2499 http://tiffocean1.wixsite.com/mbilka monika.bilka@cgc.edu (480) 726-4244 EDUCATION Ph.D. History, Arizona State University, Tempe, 2015 Dissertation Title: Remaking a People, Restoring a Watershed: The Klamath Tribes Empowerment through Natural Resource Activism, 1960 to 2014 Advisor: Donald Fixico M.S. Environmental Studies, University of Montana, Missoula, 2008 B.S. Environmental Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, 2003 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENT 2014 present Lead History Faculty, Modern Languages and Humanities Division, Chandler- Gilbert Community College, Chandler, AZ SCHOLARSHIP Refereed Journal Articles 2017 Klamath Tribal Persistence, State Resistance: Treaty Rights Activism, the Threat of Tribal Sovereignty, and Collaborative Natural Resource Management in the Pacific Northwest, 1954-1981, v. 48, n. 3 Western Historical Quarterly (Autumn 2017), 255-275. Book Reviews 2012 Review of Plagues, Politics, and Policy: A Chronicle of the Indian Health Service, 1955-2008, by David H. DeJong. Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 27, no. 2 (Fall 2012).
Manuscripts in Preparation Remaking a People, Restoring a Watershed: Klamath Tribal Empowerment through Natural Resource Governance, 1960-2015. By request of the acquisitions editor, my proposal and sample chapters will be submitted to Yale University Press by November 27, 2017. How the Klamath Tribes Forced the U.S. Forest Service to Collaborate: Asserting Tribal Sovereignty through the National Environmental Policy Act, 1986-1998 Other Publications 2006 Bilka, Monika and Michael Feibig, A Look at Collaborative Regionalist Initiatives and Their Application to the Upper Clark Fork River Valley. Clark Fork Coalition and Deer Lodge Community Restoration. University of Montana. INVITED TALKS AND CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Invited Talk 2018 Remaking a People, Restoring a Watershed: Klamath Tribal Empowerment through Natural Resource Governance. Center for the Americas, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. Feb 15. Papers Presented 2018 Tribal Governance through an Environmental Lens. Western History Association Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX. Oct 17-20. 2018 The Endangered Species Act: A Forum for Federal Dependence on Tribal Knowledges. American Society for Environmental History Annual Conference. Riverside, CA. Mar 14-18. 2017 Tributaries of Sovereignty: The Klamath Tribal Approach to Water Management and Ecological Restoration in the Context of the Global Indigenous Rights. American Society for Environmental History Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. Mar 29 Apr 2. 2016 Service-Learning with Native Non-Profits: The Phoenix Indian School Legacy Project. Western History Association Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN. Oct 19-23. 2016 Conceptions of Place: Tribal, Federal, and State Visions of Land Management and Native Sovereignty a Role Play Activity Based on Primary Sources. American Society for Environmental History Annual Conference. Seattle, WA. Mar 30-Apr 3.
2013 The Confluence of Klamath Traditional Knowledge and Western Science. American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Sept 11-14. 2013 Inter-Generational Placemaking and Cultural Identity: The Klamaths Responses to Termination and the Policy s Effects on the Klamath Community and their Cultural Landscape. American History Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Jan 3-6. 2012 Applying Western Spatial Theories to Native Spatiality: An Analysis of Cultural Assumptions and Power Relations. American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting. Springfield, MO. Nov 7-10. 2012 Navigating Political Boundaries and Expanding Political Space: The Klamath Tribes in the Self-Determination Era. Western History Association Annual Conference. Denver, CO. Oct 9-12. 2011 Klamath Tribal Empowerment through Environmental Policy and Self-Determination. Annual American Society for Environmental History Conference. Phoenix, AZ. Apr 13-17. Conference Panels Organized 2017 Indigenous Sovereignty and Environmental History: A Global Perspective, American Society for Environmental History Annual Conference. Chicago, Ill. Mar 29 Apr 2. 2013 Understanding and Adapting to Environmental and Economic Change: Traditional Knowledge and Water Management, American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Sept 11-14. 2012 American Indian Strategies: Challenging, Crossing, and Redefining Political Boundaries and Space in the American West, Western History Association Conference. Denver, CO. Oct 9-12. 2011 The Connected Historiographies of Conservation, Sustainability, Environmental Policy, and Indigenous Sovereignty, Annual American Society for Environmental History Conference. Phoenix, AZ. Apr 13-17. AWARDS AND HONORS 2017 Phillips Fund for Native American Research, American Philosophical Society 2017 Samuel P. Hays Research Fellowship, American Society for Environmental History 2016 On Native Grounds, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute
2014 Walter Rundell Award, Western History Association 2014 Teaching Excellence Award, History, Arizona State University 2014 Grant, Southwest Oral History Association 2014 Archival Research Travel Award, History, Arizona State University 2014 Graduate Research Support Program Grant, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Arizona State University 2013 Millett Family Travel Award, Arizona State University 2013 Graduate Student Conference Travel Award, American Society for Ethnohistory 2012 Alumni Award for Excellence in History Graduate Studies, Arizona State University 2012 Conference Travel Award, Graduate College, Arizona State University 2012 Conference Travel Award, Graduate and Professional Student Association Arizona State University 2011-2014 Teaching Assistantship, Arizona State University 2010-2011 Doctoral Enrichment Fellowship, Arizona State University 2010 Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University 2007 B & B Dawson Research Travel Award, University of Montana 2007 National Garden Clubs Scholarship 2006-2008 Teaching Assistantship, University of Montana TEACHING EXPERIENCE Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler, AZ, Sole Instructor Native American History (F2014, F2015, F2016, F2016, F2017) African American History (Spr2015) United States History 1865 to Present (10 sections, 2013-2018) History of Women in the U.S. (F2014, Spr2015, F2015, Spr2016, F2016, Spr2017, F2017) History of Women in the U.S. (Hybrid) (Spr2015, Spr2016, Spr2017, F2017) World History to 1500 (F2015, Spr2016, Spr2018) Arizona State University, Tempe, Teaching Assistantship American Indian History prior to 1900 (F2013, Spr2014) (instructor of record) United States History 1865 to Present (Spr2013) (instructor of record) United States History to 1865 (F2012) American Indian History since 1900 (F2011)
University of Montana, Missoula, Teaching Assistant General Science: Physical and Chemical (F2008) General Science: Physical and Chemical (F2007) Nature and Society (Spr2007) Environmental Science (F2006) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE To Profession Committee Member, Robert Trennert-Peter Iverson Scholarship, 2018. Consultant, Humanities and the Environment Consortium, Mellon Foundation, 2013-2014. List Editor, H-AmIndian, Humanities and Social Sciences Online, 2012-2013. Local Preparations Committee, American Society for Environmental History Conference, 2011. To Department/College Co-Coordinator, One World Diversity Committee, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, 2017- present. History Lead Faculty, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, 2016-present. History Instructional Council, Maricopa Community Colleges, 2016-present. Diversity Award Reviewer, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, 2016. One World Diversity Committee member, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, 2015-2017. Service-Learning Committee, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, 2015-2017. Teaching Mentor, History Department, Arizona State University, 2014-present. Travel Grant Reviewer, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Arizona State University, 2011-2014. Mentor, Shades Multicultural Mentor Program, Arizona State University, 2012-2014. Event Support, American Indian Graduate Student Association, Arizona State University, 2013. Vice President, History Graduate Student Association, Arizona State University, 2012-2013. Secretary, Phi Alpha Theta, Arizona State University, 2012-2013. To Community Phoenix Indian School Legacy Project, Native American Connections, 2015-present. Oral History Interviewer, Boarding School Exhibit, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ, 2016. Co-Editor, Celebrating Local Latino-American Artists and Community Members Oral History and Art Exhibit, Celebrating 500 Years of Latino-History Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities and American Library Association Grant, 2015-2016.
American Indian Graduate Student Association Fashion Show, Arizona State University, 2012, 2013. Healthy Homes Project, American Indian Days, Browning, MT, 2008. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Historical Association American Society for Environmental History Ethnohistory Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Southwest Oral History Association Western History Association McNair Scholars Program PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Donald Fixico, Distinguished Foundation Professor of History Arizona State University School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies 975 S. Myrtle Ave P.O. Box 874302 Tempe, AZ 85287-4302 (480) 727-9082 donald.fixico@asu.edu Rebecca Tsosie, Regents Professor of Law, Special Advisor to the Provost for Diversity and Inclusion University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law 1201 E. Speedway Tucson, Arizona 85721 (520) 626-6342 rebeccatsosie@email.arizona.edu Vanessa Sandoval, Communications Faculty (teaching reference) Faculty Development Coordinator Chandler-Gilbert Community College Estrella Hall Room 103 2626 East Pecos Road, Chandler, Arizona 85225-2499 (480) 612-1768 vanessa.sandoval@cgc.edu
Paul Hirt, Professor of History Arizona State University School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies 975 S. Myrtle Ave P.O. Box 874302 Tempe, AZ 85287-4302 paul.hirt@asu.edu