Robert K. Schneiders robert@ecointheknow.com (email) 303.596.1854 (cell) Education: Ph.D., Department of History, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1997 Specializations: Environmental History, Native American History, Agricultural History Dissertation: Dams Across the Wide Missouri: Water Transportation, the Corps of Engineers, and Environmental Change Along the Lower Missouri Valley, 1803-1993. M.A., Department of History, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1993 Specializations: Environmental History, Native American History, Agricultural History Thesis: To Dam the Missouri River: Big Bend Dam and the Lakota Indians B.A. Department of History, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1990 Teaching Experience: Assistant Professor, History Department, University of South Dakota, 2007 to 2009 History 151: The United States to 1877 History 152: The United States Since 1865 History 462: Frontier I, Colonial Era to 1840 History 463: Frontier II, 1840 to Present History 466: Sioux Country History 476: South Dakota History History 480: Historical Methods and Historiography History 492: The American West Honors 390: Honors Seminar, The Missouri River Adjunct Professor, History Department, University of Minnesota, 2002 to 2006 History 1308: The United States Since 1880 History 3812: The Civil War Era History 3822: The United States Since 1945 History 3960: The Vietnam War History 4961: Senior Thesis Paper, Writing Seminar History 5910: U.S. Environmental History, Graduate Seminar Adjunct Professor, History Department, Texas Tech University, 1997 to 2001 History 2300: A History of the United States to 1877 History 2301: A History of the United States Since 1865 Honors 3301: Honors Seminar, Perspectives on the Present Geography 3354: Historical Geography of the United States Teaching Assistant, History Department, Iowa State University, 1991 to 1993 History 201: A History of the United States to 1877 History 202: A History of the United States Since 1865
Schneiders, page 2 Publications: Peer Reviewed Books: Big Sky Rivers: The Yellowstone and Upper Missouri, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2003. Unruly River: Two Centuries of Change Along the Missouri, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. Peer Reviewed Articles: Muddy Waters: The Ecological Necessity of Missouri River Floods. Briar Cliff Review, Spring 2003. Majestic Waters: The Missouri Then and Now. Briar Cliff Review, Spring 2000. Flooding the Missouri Valley: The Politics of Dam Site Selection and Design. Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3/4, Summer/Fall 1997, 237-249. The Myth of Environmental Management: The Corps, the Missouri River and the Channelization Project. Agricultural History, vol. 70, no. 2, Spring 1996, 337-350. Book Reviews: Review of Navigating the Missouri: Steamboating on Nature s Highway by William Lass for the Western Historical Quarterly, 2009. Review of William F. Cody s Wyoming Empire by Robert E. Bonner for South Dakota History, 2008. Review of Gall: Lakota War Chief by Robert W. Larson for the Historian, 2008. Review of Rivers of Change: Trailing the Waterways of Lewis and Clark, by Tom Mullen for Great Plains Quarterly, 2005. Book Manuscripts in Progress: War Torn Land: The Role of Geography in the Vietnam Conflict, (a planned submission to an academic press in 2011). Monsoon Wars: Nature and the Struggle for Indochina, (a planned submission to an academic press in 2012). Professional Affiliations: American Historical Association American Society for Environmental History The Society for Military History
Schneiders, page 3 Plenary Presentation Forums (By Invitation): Between Fences Lecture Series, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute and the South Dakota Humanities Council, Vermillion, South Dakota, 2008 Missouri River History Conference, sponsored by the Nebraska State Historical Society and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Ponca, Nebraska, 2008 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Final National Signature Event, sponsored by the National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, St. Louis, Missouri, 2006 Missouri River Natural Resources Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Interior, South Sioux City, Nebraska, 2006 The Rivers of Lewis and Clark Symposium, sponsored by Lewis and Clark College and the Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon, 2005 Lewis and Clark Symposium, sponsored by Lewis and Clark College and the Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon, 2005 Missouri River History Conference, sponsored by the North Dakota Historical Society, Mandan, North Dakota, 2003 Missouri River Management Workshop, sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District, Kansas City, Missouri, 2001 Missouri River Institute, Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, 2000 Missouri River Natural Resources Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bismarck, North Dakota, 2000 Missouri River Restoration Conference, sponsored by American Rivers and the Missouri Department of Conservation, St. Charles, Missouri, 1999 Honors and Awards: Spur Award (Finalist) for Big Sky Rivers, from the Western Writers of America, 2004 Teacher of the Year, Honors College, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 2000 Best Book in Iowa History (Honorable Mention), for Unruly River, from the State Historical Society of Iowa, 2000 Outstanding Academic Book, for Unruly River, from Choice Magazine, 1999 Appearance on The History Channel s The Missouri: A Journey with Stephen Ambrose, 1999
Schneiders, page 4 Selected Peer Reviewed Conference Papers: War-Torn Land: The Role of Geography in the Struggle for Vietnam, The Northern Great Plains History Conference in conjunction with the Society for Military History, Grand Forks, North Dakota, October 2010 (In Program). Missouri River Colossus: A History of Garrison Dam, The Dakota Conference on History, Literature, Art, and Archeology, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 2009. Allies and Enemies: The United States and the Three Affiliated Tribes, Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, March 2008. Buffalo Roads and River Bottoms: Bison and Warfare on the Northern Plains, The Dakota Conference on History, Literature, Art, and Archeology, Augustana College, May 2008. Wide, Bold, Rapid, and Deep: The Yellowstone River, Thomas Jefferson, William Clark, and American Imperial Dreams. The Dakota Conference on History, Literature, Art, and Archeology, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 2000. The Last Free-Flowing River: How the Yellowstone Eluded the Twentieth Century Dam- Builders. Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, March 1999. Living Off the Land: Changing Subsistence Patterns on the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Indian Reservations, 1920-1970. The Dakota Conference on History, Literature, Art, and Archeology, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 1998. Rejuvenating the Entire Valley: Kansas City, Missouri River Barge Navigation, and the Illusive Dream of Prosperity. Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, March 1998. Hydropower at the Grand Detour: A History of Big Bend Dam. The Dakota Conference on History, Literature, Art, and Archeology, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 1997. Redesigning the Missouri River: The Corps of Engineers and the Construction of the Navigation Channel. American Society for Environmental History Biennial Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, March 1997. The End of the Indian Problem : Reservation Economies, Dakota Dams, and the BIA Quest for Termination. Fifty-fourth Annual Plains Archaeology Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, November 1996. Flooding the Valley: The Missouri River and the Age of Dam-Building. Northern Great Plains History Conference, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, September 1996. Dams Across the Wide Missouri: A History of Missouri River Development, Agricultural History Society Annual Meeting, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland, June 1995.
Schneiders, page 5 Grants: Internal: $9,400.00 for individual research and travel, from the College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Dakota, awarded 2008 $2,500.00 for individual research and travel, from the History Department, University of Minnesota, awarded 2005 $2,000.00 for individual research and travel, from the Office of Research, University of Minnesota, awarded 2005 $2,300.00 for individual research and travel, from the Global Studies Institute, University of Minnesota, awarded 2004 External: $1,700.00 for individual research and travel into the history of the Upper Missouri River, from various corporate sponsors, awarded 2003 $2,800.00 for individual research and travel into the history of the Yellowstone River, from various corporate sponsors, awarded 1999 Additional Experience: Study Abroad Center Advisor, Study Abroad Center, Iowa State University, 1993 to 1996 State Coordinator, Iowa History Day, Iowa State University, 1991 to 1993 Participant, Intensive Spanish Language Program, Universidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 1992 Participant, Intensive Chinese Language Program, Mandarin Training Center, Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1989 to 1990 Strategic Military Intelligence Analyst, 471 st Military Intelligence Detachment, U.S. Army Reserves, Ames, Iowa, 1986 to 1989 Future Research Agenda (By Topic and In Sequence): An Environmental History of the Vietnam War An Environmental History of Garrison Dam, North Dakota Wild Land: A Social and Environmental History of Misfits and Vagabonds in the West A Personal Memoir and Environmental History of Sioux City, Iowa