Dr. Paul Buckingham Department of Social Science Office: (315) 684-6027 Morrisville State College buckinpa@morrisville.edu Morrisville NY 13408 people.morrisville.edu/~buckinpa ACADEMIC DEGREES EARNED Ph.D. August 1998. History. Bowling Green State University. Dissertation: A History of the Moscow Mathematical Society, 1861-1931: Mathematics as a Scientific, Moral, and Economic Tool in the Context of a Late-Developing Society Major Fields: Modern European History, History of Science and Mathematics, American Constitutional History, Institutional Theory and History M.A. August 1994. History. Bowling Green State University. Thesis: Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevskii: Educator and Mathematician B.A. April 1991. Summa cum laude. History. Mathematics. Honors Program. Adrian College. Honors Thesis: The Russian Legacy in the Soviet Union: Authoritarianism and Ideology ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2012 to present Associate Professor of Social Science Morrisville State College Morrisville NY 2006 to 2012 Assistant Professor of Social Science Morrisville State College Morrisville NY 1999 to 2006 Assistant Professor of History University of Saint Francis Fort Wayne IN 1998 to 1999 Visiting Professor of History Bowling Green State University Bowling Green OH
BUCKINGHAM 2 TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS TEACHING EXPERIENCE Undergraduate Courses Introductory Survey Courses (100-level courses): European History to 1648 15 sections, 2009 to 2017 European History from 1500 15 sections, 2009 to 2017 History of Technology to 1800 6 sections, 2011 to 2017 History of Technology from 1750 6 sections, 2012 to 2017 Ancient World Civilizations 20 sections, 1998 to 2014, 2017 Modern World Civilizations 23 sections, 1999 to 2015 West/World Civilization to 1500 12 sections, 2006 to 2008 West/World Civilization Since 1500 11 sections, 2006 to 2008 United States History to 1800 2 sections, 2010 Early U. S. History to 1876 9 sections, 1999 to 2004 Modern U. S. History from 1865 4 sections, 2001 to 2002 Comparative Government 11 sections, 2001 to 2005, 2017 American Government 4 sections, 2004 to 2005 Upper Division History Courses (200-level or above): Semester The World Wars 7 sections, 1999 to 2014, 2017 The Cold War 3 sections, 2002, 2005, 2016 History of Science 6 sections, 2000 to 2009 History of East Asia 1 section, 2000 Russian History 1 section, 2001 Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia 2 sections, 2003, 2006 Greco-Roman History 1 section, 2003 Medieval Europe 2 sections, 2000, 2004 Early Modern Europe 1 section, 2004 19th Century Europe 2 sections, 2001, 2005 20th Century Europe 2 sections, 2002, 2005 American Foreign Relations 1 section, 1999 Colonial/Revolutionary America 1 section, 2001 Honors Courses Honors Seminar 2 sections, 2002, 2003 Independent Study/Internship Courses/Senior Theses Mentored: History/Law Internship 4 in 2000 Government/History Independent Study 5, 2001 to 2004
BUCKINGHAM 3 History Senior Thesis 5, 2000 to 2002 Special Projects- Liberal Arts 3, 2007 to 2008 New York- St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition, and Culture Summer 2013 Taught a three-week seminar in the History of Technology in St. Petersburg, Russia entitled: From Dawn to Dusk? A Human History of Technology PROFESSIONAL SERVICE SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY Morrisville State College Campus-Wide Service 2016 to present College Senate, Liberal Arts Senator Elected to a three-year term to represent the School of Liberal Arts 2016 to present Sheila Johnson Institute Committee Liberal Arts representative on the committee overseeing the distributing of the SJI grant funds 2008 to present Co-advisor to the MSC Gaming Guild 2015 to 2017 Middle States Periodic Review Report Co-chaired the effort to write the five-year institutional report. 2014 to 2015 Liberal Arts representative on the Presidential Search Committee Participated in the committee that successful recommended the eighth president of Morrisville State College. 2014 to 2015 Co-Chair, General Education Task Force The task force recommended and the College Senate passed recommendations that merged liberal arts and general education requirements. 2013 to 2014 Chaired coordinating committee for the 7 th Science, Technology, and Society Symposium entitled The Monsters of Science and Technology: Killer Robots, Mad Scientists, and Abominations 2011 to 2015 President of the College Senate/ Speaker of Faculty Congress Elected leader of the faculty/professional staff. During two two-year terms, rewrote and instituted new by-laws that more fully incorporated professional staff representation (including a name change), tied
BUCKINGHAM 4 committees to the main body, and began to set goals and review key policies and issues. Created new committees: Nomination Committee (to handle elections), Professional Development Committee (organize activities), Norwich Liaison Committee (to hear Norwich campus concerns), Educational Technology Committee (to give input on all technologies with an impact on teaching). Reorganized faculty/staff handbook and linked it to appropriate College Senate Committees. Redesigned continuing appointment and promotion procedures and criteria. Began a faculty development program. 2010 to 2011 Steering Committee for Middle States Accreditation Work Group leader overseeing the data gathering for the self-study focusing on Standard 12- General Education and Standard 13- Other Educational Offerings. Wrote the draft for the two standards later incorporated into the overall self-study. 2009 to 2011 Academic Affairs Committee, Liberal Arts Representative, The committee serves as the opportunity for students and faculty from across campus to comment on new courses/programs and changes to existing courses/programs. Elected Chair in 2009-10 and 2010-2011. 2009 to 2011 Faculty Congress, Liberal Arts Representative Faculty governance organization representative. 2008 to 2009 Institutional Assessment Committee, Liberal Arts Representative The committee coordinated program assessment including creation of goals, collection of data, and review of program plans. 2008 to 2009 Ad-hoc Faculty Congress Retention Committee Assisted in the creation of a five-year retention plan for the college. 2007 to 2010 Awards Committee, Liberal Arts Representative The committee chooses the annual recipient of the various Chancellor s Awards and the local Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award. 2007 to 2009 Academic Affairs Committee, At-Large Member The committee serves as the opportunity for students and faculty from across campus to comment on new courses/programs and changes to existing courses/programs. Elected Secretary, 2007-08. Elected Chair, 2008-09. Department/School Service 2016 to present Chair of the Social Science Department Elected to a three-year term.
BUCKINGHAM 5 2015 to present School of Liberal Arts Awards Banquet Committee Elected to the committee overseeing the annual student awards banquet. Elected chair for 2015-2016. 2015 to present School Review Committee Elected to the committee that reviews continuing appointment portfolios. Elected as chair for 2015-2016. 2014 to present Liberal Arts Program Steering Committee Created and sought discussion of a reorganized AA Liberal Arts: Humanities and Social Science degree Middle States Commission on Higher Education 2015 to present HEOA Compliance Review volunteer Reviewed evidence provided in self-studies and periodic reviews to show compliance with federal regulations. Completed 2 reviews in 2016. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 2003 to 2006 Member at Large, Executive Committee Appointed to a three-year term to serve on the committee that oversees and coordinates the operations of the Michigan Academy. 2000 to 2005 Chair, History of Science and Technology Section Responsible for soliciting and organizing the section s annual meeting and communicating with section members. 1999 to 2000 Vice-Chair, History of Science and Technology Section Responsible for assisting the section chair in soliciting and organizing the section s annual meeting and communicating with section members. Other 2006 to 2011 World History AP exam reader, Educational Testing Service. Participated in annual seven-day gatherings to score the essay section of the Advanced Placement Exam in World History. Fall 2010 Fall 2010 Western Civilization I CLEP exam reviewer, Educational Testing Service Consultant involved in reviewing a new version of the exam Vocabulary Validation Survey, Educational Testing Service Consultant involved in testing a program that selects words for history exams
BUCKINGHAM 6 COMMUNITY SERVICE/AFFILIATIONS Lions Club International An international service organization that raises funds to support local, regional, and international charities, especially those connected with the sight and hearingimpaired. Morrisville Club President (2016 to present) 1st Vice-President (2014 2016) 2nd Vice-President (2013 2014) Tail Twister (2008-2013) Member (2006-, Lions Club member since 2000) Board Member, Friends of Rogers Environmental Education Center Friends of Rogers is a volunteer board running the Rogers Environmental Education Center in Sherburne NY following the withdrawal of State support for its educational mission. Appointed to a 3 year term, 2011 to 2014. SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ABILITY PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Articles Mathematics in the Revolutionary Era: The Experience of the Moscow Mathematical Society. In Proceedings: the Eighth Midwest History of Mathematics Conference. pgs. 107-112. Edited by Daniel J. Curtin, David E. Kullman, and Daniel E. Otero. Highland Heights, KY: Department of Mathematics, Northern Kentucky University, 2002. Mathematics as a Scientific, Moral, and Economic Tool in Russia, 1861-1941. In Combined Proceedings for the Sixth and Seventh Midwest History of Mathematics Conferences. pgs. 33-53. Edited by Daniel Curtin, Daniel Otero, and J. D. Wine. La Crosse, Wisconsin: Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 1999. Mathematics as a Tool for Economic and Cultural Development: The Philosophical Views of the Leading Mathematicians of the Moscow Mathematical Society, 1867-1905. Michigan Academician v. XXXI. n. 1 (April 1999): 33-44.
BUCKINGHAM 7 Other Articles/Essays Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry. Research and Discovery: Landmarks and Pioneers in American Science. Edited by Russell M. Lawson. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2008. Challenges to Science in the Revolutionary Era, 1905-1921: The Experience of the Moscow Mathematical Society. Bulletin of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics n. 27 (Nov/Dec 2000): 12-14, 18. Encyclopedia Entries Euler, Leonhard. Supplement to the Modern Encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet, and Eurasian History. Edited by Bruce F. Adams. Vol. 10. New York: Academic International Press, 2011. Finikov, Sergei Pavlovich. Supplement to the Modern Encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet, and Eurasian History. Edited by Bruce Adams. Vol. 10. New York: Academic International Press, 2011. Egorov, Dmitry Fedorovich. Supplement to the Modern Encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet, and Eurasian History. Edited by Bruce F. Adams. Vol. 9. New York: Academic International Press, 2008. Bush, Vannevar. Research and Discovery: Landmarks and Pioneers in American Science. Edited by Russell M. Lawson. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2008. Calculus. Research and Discovery: Landmarks and Pioneers in American Science. Edited by Russell M. Lawson. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2008. ENIAC. Research and Discovery: Landmarks and Pioneers in American Science. Edited by Russell M. Lawson. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2008. Levinson, Norman. Research and Discovery: Landmarks and Pioneers in American Science. Edited by Russell M. Lawson. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2008. Edited Works World History Bulletin. Guest editor of the issue dedicated to the History of Science and Technology in World History. Spring 2009. Book Reviews Scott McCartney s ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World s First Computer. Reviewed in Northwest Ohio Quarterly 74. n. 2 (Spring 2002): 92-94. Paul Josephson s Physics and Politics in Revolutionary Russia. Reviewed in East/West Education 15. n. 1 (Spring 1994): 85-87.
BUCKINGHAM 8 SCHOLARLY PAPERS PRESENTED (Since 1999) Mathematics on the Periphery: The Role of the Moscow Mathematical Society in the Creation of a Russian Mathematics Community, Joint Meeting of the History of Science Society (U.S.), the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, and the British History of Science Society, University of King s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 2004. The Nekrasov-Markov Polemic in the Minutes of the Moscow Mathematical Society, History of Science and Technology Section, Michigan Academy, Hope College, April 2003. Politics and Mathematics in Russia: The Example of the Moscow Mathematical Society, 1914-1931, 27th Annual Great Lakes History Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, October 2002. The Moscow Mathematical Society and the Development of Russian Mathematics in the 1860s and 1870s, History of Science and Technology Section, Michigan Academy, Central Michigan University, March 2002. Political Pressure and the Moscow Mathematical Society: World War, Consolidation, and Cultural Revolution, 1914-1931, History of Science and Technology Section, Michigan Academy, University of Michigan-Dearborn, March 2001. Challenges to Science in the Revolutionary Era, 1905-1921: The Experience of the Moscow Mathematical Society, Eighth Biannual Midwest History of Mathematics Conference, Northern Kentucky University, October 2000. Mathematics in the Revolutionary Era: The Activities of the Moscow Mathematical Society from 1905 to 1928, History of Science and Technology Section, Michigan Academy, Saginaw Valley State University, March 2000. Women Mathematicians and the Moscow Mathematical Society, 1881-1931, History of Science and Technology Section, Michigan Academy, Grand Valley State University, April 1999. SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES/PANELS ORGANIZED 2000 to 2005 Chair, History of Science and Technology Section, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Organized 2005 section meeting with nine papers in five different subject areas including a special session and discussion on the theme of Science on the Periphery. Organized 2004 section meeting with six papers in four different subject areas including a special session and discussion on the theme of Learning from Scientific and Technological Disasters
BUCKINGHAM 9 Organized 2003 section meeting with seven papers in three different subject areas including a special session and discussion on the theme of Women in Science Organized 2002 section meeting with ten papers in five different subject areas including a special session and discussion on the theme of The Teaching of History in the Science Classroom Organized 2001 section meeting with twelve papers in five different subject areas including a special session and discussion on the theme of Ethics and Science FOREIGN TRAVEL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE July to August 2013 New York-St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition, and Culture Received a SUNY Summer Travel Award to participate in the Institute, teaching a three-week seminar. May to October 1997 Dissertation Research in Moscow, Russia Chosen as one of eight to participate in the Summer Archival and Research Opportunity, a joint program of the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF) and the Center for the Study of Russia and the Soviet Union (now called Praxis International). This program involved a two-week orientation and tour of major archives and libraries in the city of Moscow, the identification of a local scholar as a mentor, and the negotiation of permissions to use archives needed by the participants. Conducted research at the Russian State Library, the Central Historical Archive of Moscow, and the Moscow Mathematical Society Archives in the Department of Higher Geometry at Moscow State University. June 1996 Dissertation Research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Selected to participant as a laboratory associate in the Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe. Recipient of a graduate student housing scholarship. Conducted two weeks of research in the Slavic Library and the Mathematics Library. June 1995 May/June 1995 Russian Language and Cultural Studies, St. Petersburg University Spent 10 days in language and cultural studies. Russian Language and Ukrainian Cultural Studies, Kiev State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (formerly Kiev Civil Engineering Institute) 240 hours of intensive Russian Language Study
BUCKINGHAM 10 May/June 1993 Russian Language and Ukrainian Cultural Studies, Kiev Civil Engineering Institute 240 hours of intensive Russian language Study followed by a three-day visit to Moscow.