Clarissa Woelfel Confer confer_c@cup.edu Education: Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, History, December 1997 Dissertation: "Turmoil in Indian Territory: The Civil War Experience of the Five Nations" Advisors: Dr. Gary Gallagher - University of Virginia, History Dr. Theda Perdue - University of North Carolina, History Dr. Robert Bee - University of Connecticut, Anthropology Areas of concentration: Nineteenth Century United States; Civil War and Reconstruction; American Indian History; Colonial & Revolutionary U.S. Minor area: Greek Democracy, Roman Republic Outside area: Cultural Anthropology - Southwestern U.S. M.A. University of Connecticut, History, 1990 Advisor: Dr. Karen Kupperman M.A., Paper: Into the Great Unknown : John Wesley Powell s Exploration of the Grand Canyon B.A. Lehigh University, History, 1987, High Honors Publications: Books: Daily Life in the Indian Wars, Greenwood Publishing Group, forthcoming 2010 Daily Life in Pre-Columbian Native America, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008 The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War, University of Oklahoma Press, 2007 Articles:
Confer, p.2 Jefferson Davis, Civil War, Confederate States of America in Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law, edited by Tim Garrison, SAGE Publications, 2008. Native American Women in Women in the American Civil War: An Encyclopedia, edited by Lisa Tendrich Frank, ABC-CLIO, 2006. The Beginning and the End: Lewis & Clark Among the Upper Missouri River People, Wicazo-Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies, Spring 2004. Caught in the Middle: Indian Nations go to War, Journal of Intercultural Disciplines, vol. II, Spring 2002, pp. 32-50. Buffalo Soldiers, American Fur Company, Colorado, Fort Laramie in The Louisiana Purchase: An Encyclopedia, edited by Junius Rodriquez, ABC- CLIO, April 2002. Unity or Dissension?: The Mixed Blood Element Among 19th Century Creek and Cherokee in Proceedings of the International Conference on the Metis People of Canada and the Unites States, ed. by Dr. William Furdell, 1997, Great Falls University, p. 149-162. The American Indian Homefront: The Cherokee Nation in 1862" in Proceedings: War and Reconstruction in Indian Territory: A History Conference in Observance of the 130th Anniversary of the Fort Smith Council, National Park Service, 1996, p. 110-127. Reviews: Review of Women of Industry and Reform: Shaping the History of Pennsylvania, 1865-1940 by Marion Roadhouse. Pennsylvania History, Spring 2009. Review of North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865,: A Roster by Matthew M. Brown and Michael W. Coffey, Journal of Southern History, Spring 2009 Review of Households and Hegemony: Early Creek Prestige Goods, Symbolic Capital, and Social Power, by Cameron B. Wesson, Journal of American Ethnic History, Spring 2009. Review of The Choctaw in Oklahoma: From Tribe to Nation, 1855-1970 by Clara Sue Kidwell, H-AmIndian, Fall 2008
Confer, p.3 Review of The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake: The Story of a Soldier, Adventurer, and Emissary to the Cherokees, 1756-1765, edited by Duane King, Journal of Southern History, 74:3, 2008 Review of African Creeks: Estelvste and the Creek Nation, by Gary Zellar, Journal of American Ethnic History, Fall 2008, (28:1.) Review of Healing Plants: Medicine of the Florida Seminole Indians, by Alice Micco Snow & Susan Enns Stans, Florida Historical Quarterly, Spring 2002. Review of South Carolina in the Civil War, by J. Edward Lee and Ron Chepesiuk, Civil War History, A Journal of the Middle Period, Sept. 2001 Indians versus everyone else Review of The Great Frontier War and The First Global War by William Nester, American Indian Quarterly, Feb. 2001. The Latest Word on the Civil War? review of New Perspectives on the Civil War, eds. John Simon and Michael Stevens, H-Net Civil War, February 1999. Reviewer for American Indian Quarterly. Selected Scholarly Presentations: The Historical Geography of Westward Expansion at the Pennsylvania Geographic Society Annual Conference, Clarion, Pa November, 2008. Red, White, and Grey: Cherokees in the Civil War at the Mason Dixon Civil War Roundtable, Morgantown, WV, November 2008. A World of Turmoil: Native American Women in the Civil War Women in the Civil War Conference, West Chester, PA, July 2007 The Iroquois Women s Struggle over Gender in Colonial New York, 2 nd Annual Women s Studies Conference, CAL U, March, 2007. The Great Divide: Women in Wartime, Civil War Roundtable, California, PA, September 2007. Discoverers or Meddlers?: Lewis and Clark s Attempt to Reshape Power on the Plains Invited Speaker at Plains Indian Seminar, Cody, Wyoming, October 2003 The Power of Description: Lewis and Clark become the Voice of the West Lewis & Clark: The Unheard Voices Conference, University Park, Pa. November 2002 Seeking evidence of Confederate Nationalism Virginia s Civil War and Aftermath, The Douglas Southhall Freeman and Southern Intellectual History Conference, Richmond, VA, February 2002 "Indian Territory: A Tale of Geographic Margins" Civil War Conference - "On The Margins of War" Cumberland Country Historical Society, Carlisle, PA, August 1998 Our children are frightened': Civil War in the Creek and Seminole Nations" Southern Historical Association Conference, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1997 Teaching Experience:
Confer, p.4 Assistant Professor, Department of History & Political Science, California University of Pennsylvania, 2008 present Temp. Asst Professor, California University of Pennsylvania, 2006-08 Consultant, Teaching With Primary Sources, Library of Congress, CAL U Temp. Asst Professor, Department of History, University of Florida, 1999 2006 Teaching evaluations -- 4.7/5 Native American History Exploration of The American West Civil War and Reconstruction Ante-bellum South American History to 1877 Instructor, Department of History, Penn State University, 1993-1999 North American Indian History American Civilization to 1877 American Civilization from 1877 Teaching Assistant, Penn State Univ., 1990-93, University of Connecticut, 1988-90 Pennsylvania History Selected Fellowships & Honors: FPDC, CAL U Faculty Research Award Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Best Dissertation in Oklahoma History, 1997 runner-up Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors, Oklahoma City Edwin Erle Sparks Fellowship in the Humanities, 1995-1996 College of Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University Teaching Interests: 19th Century Social History, Civil War & Reconstruction American Indian History - 18 th century to Present Frontier, Western U.S. and environmental - impact of expanding U. S. culture on indigenous peoples and environment Public History: Greater Monessen Heritage Society Project - Steelworkers Oral History National History Day Judge, March 2009, Pittsburgh Regional contest. filmed as historical expert in documentary produced by Going-to-the-Sun Institute, project of Curly Bear Wagner, Blackfeet Nation, October 2003.
Confer, p.5 Consultant - Civil War Comes to Alachua County, Alachua County Historic Trust Gainesville, FL Consultant - Pearsall Exhibit of American Indian Art, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Service: Languages: Faculty Advisor, CAL U Equestrian Team Faculty Advisor, CAL U Civil War Roundtable Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Front Page, Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Endnote, Adobe. Spanish - written Memberships: Southern Historical Society; Organization of American Historians National Association of Native American Studies Society of Civil War Historians Pennsylvania Geographic Society