E. SUE WAMSLEY 2491 State Route 45 South Salem, OH 44460 (330) 337-4132 ewamsley@kent.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. Department of History, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Ohio (June 1998) Dissertation written under the direction of Kenneth Andrien, Susan M. Hartmann, and Leila J. Rupp. M.A. Department of History, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (August 1990) Thesis directed by Leila J. Rupp. B.A. Department of History, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (June 1978) ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Department of History, Kent State University at Salem, Salem, OH, 44460, 2005-present Interim Director, Women s Studies Program, University of Akron, Akron, OH, 2002-2004 Senior Lecturer, Department of History and Women s Studies Program, University of Akron, Akron, OH, 2001-2004 Full-Time Instructor, Department of History, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2001-2002 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History and Women s Studies Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2000-2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH, 1999-2000 COURSES TAUGHT History of Women History of Modern Latin America History of the United States: Early America History of the United States: Modern America History of the United States: A Global Perspective Recent America: The United States,1945-Present World Civilization: Ancient and Medieval World Civilization: Modern PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH Research in Progress Women, Politics, and Power: The Case of Virginia Chase Steedman Weddell Book A Hemisphere of Women: Latin American and U.S. Feminists in the Founding and Development of the Inter-American Commission of Women, 1915-1939, (Under Review)
Articles & Essays Marianismo, Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia (New York: M.E.Sharpe, 2009). (Edited) Constructing Feminism Across Borders: The Pan American Women s Movement and the Founding of the Inter-American Commission of Women. In Crossing Boundaries: Women s Organizing in Europe and the Americas, 1880s-1940s, eds., Pernilla Jonsson, Silke Neunsinger, and Joan Sangster. (Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University Press, 2007) Woman s Central Association of Relief, Women in the American Civil War: An Encyclopedia. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007) (Edited) Women s Movement and Social Activism, 1865-1920. Encyclopedia of American Social Movements (New York: M.E.Sharpe, 2004) (Edited) PRESENTATIONS Conferences Rethinking the Organized Women s Suffragist Campaign: Coal Miners Daughters and the Nineteenth Amendment, 1890-1919, Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Toronto, Canada, May 25, 2014 Transformative Learning Grant Team, Celebrating College Teaching Sixteenth Annual Conference, Kent State University, October 30, 2009 Cultural Imperialism in the Struggle for Equal Rights: Latin American and U.S. Feminists in the Early Twentieth Century, Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Minneapolis, MN, June 15, 2008 Building an International Women s Movement in the Inter-American Commission of Women, 1928-1934, Panel Organizer and Presenter, American Historical Association, Washington, D.C., January 6, 2008 Student Engagement: Exploring Diverse Perspectives Within and Beyond the Classroom, Celebrating College Teaching Fourteenth Annual Conference, Kent State University, Kent, OH, November 2, 2007 The Seven-Minute Date with Student Engagement, KASADA (Kent Academic Support & Advising Association), Stark, OH, May 14, 2007 Negotiating National and International Interests in the Development of Pan American Feminism, 1928-1937, Panel Organizer and Presenter, Ohio Academy of History Conference, Westerville, OH, April 28, 2007 The Seven-Minute Date with Student Engagement, Lilly West Conference on College & University Teaching, Pomona, CA., March 16, 2007 Gender Makes the World Go Round, Panel Organizer and Presenter, Women s History Month, University of Akron, Akron, OH, March 2004 Equal Rights in the Development of the Inter-American Commission of Women. National Policy History Conference. Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, OH,
June 2, 2000 International Campaigners for Equal Rights: Latin American and U.S. Feminists in the Inter-American Commission of Women. American Historical Association, Washington, D.C., January 9, 1999 Spirit of Pan Americanism? Transnational Organizing Among Latin American and U.S. Women, 1915-1928. Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 9, 1996 Invited Speaker Women and Politics between the Wars: The Case of Virginia Chase Steedman Weddell, Colloquium, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA, May 17, 2017. Rise of the Women s Movement in the 1960s, Guest Lecturer in Special Topics Course, Kent State University, Department of History, February 7, 2010 Using Technology to Enhance College Teaching, Kent State University, Department of History, November 5, 2009 Using Personal Responders in College Teaching, Moulton Scholars Program, Kent State University, Faculty Professional Development Center, December 7, 2007 Contested Values in the Construction of Pan American Feminism, History Colloquium Series, Department of History, Kent State University, March 7, 2006 Women s Studies in Academe, Guest Lecturer in Academic Success Seminar, University of Akron, Akron, OH, November 2003 Women, Gin, and Men, Paper presented at the Women s Studies Lecture Series, University of Akron, Akron, OH, October 2003 Theory, Colonialism, and Women, Guest Lecturer in Historical Foundations Graduate Seminar, University of Akron, Akron, OH, October 2001 UNIVERSITY, COMMUNITY, & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Salem Campus Chair, Faculty Council, Kent State University, 2017- Leadership Team, Kent State University, 2017- Travel Committee, Kent State University at Salem, 2008-2010; 2013-present Faculty Senate Alternate, Kent State University, 2016-present Learning Spaces Committee, Kent State University, 2016-present Student Complaint Committee, Kent State University at Salem, 2011-2016 Staffing Needs Committee, Kent State University at Salem, 2010-present Academic Standards Committee, 2014-2015 Honors Program Committee, Kent State University at Salem, 2013-2014 Coordinator, Honors Program, Kent State University at Salem, 2007-2013 Reader, Charles Edmisten Honors Thesis, Spring 2013 Salary Review Committee, Spring 2012 Library Committee, Kent State University at Salem, 2008-2010 Judge, Undergraduate Research Conference, Kent State University at Salem, April 28, 2010 Handbook Committee, Kent State University at Salem, Spring 2010
Discussion Leader, The Kite Runner, Seniors to Sophomores Program, Kent State University at Salem, September 19, 2008 English Search Committee, Kent State University at Salem, Summer 2008 Judge, Undergraduate Research Conference, Kent State University at Salem, April 23, 2008 Curriculum Development Committee, Kent State University at Salem, 2007-2008 James F. Cooney Endowed Scholarship Award Committee, Kent State University at Salem, Spring 2007 Presenter, Undergraduate Research Celebration of Scholarship, Kent State University at Salem, September 26, 2007 Co-Organizer and Presenter, Faculty Professional Development Series, Kent State University at Salem, 2006-2007 Salem Campus Diversity Committee, Kent State University at Salem, 2005-2007 Undergraduate Honors Committee, Kent State University at Salem, 2005-2007 Co-Organizer, Plagiarism Workshop, Kent State University at Salem, November 28, 2006 Co-Organizer, Vista Workshop, Kent State University at Salem, September 15, 2006 Member and Facilitator, New Faculty Orientation Committee, Kent State University at Salem, Fall 2006 English Search Committee, Kent State University at Salem, Summer 2006 Participant, Fall Career Majors Expo, Kent State University at Salem, October 26, 2005 Student Evaluations Committee, Kent State University at Salem, Fall 2005 Department of History Chair, Regional Campus Reappointment-Tenure-Promotion Committee, 2016-2017 Regional Campus Representative, Faculty Advisory Council, Department of History, Kent State University, 2016-2017 Regional Representative, Chair Review Committee, Department of History, 2014-2015 Department of History, American History Committee, Kent State University, 2005-present Department of History, History of Civilization, Kent State University, 2005-present Regional Campus Representative, Faculty Advisory Council, Department of History, Kent State University, 2013-2014 Department of History, Undergraduate Program Committee, Kent State University, 2006-2014 Gold Pen Award for Excellence in Writing Committee, Department of History, Kent State University, April 2014 Department of History, Graduate Faculty, Kent State University, 2005-2013 Reader, Master Thesis Committee, Department of History, Kent State University, 2010-2011 Handbook Committee, Department of History, Kent State University, Spring 2010 Whitney Scholarship Committee, Department of History, Kent State University, April 2010 Regional Campus Representative, Faculty Advisory Council, Department of History, Kent State University, 2008-2010 Gold Pen Award for Excellence in Writing Committee, Department of History, Kent State University, April 2009 Handbook Committee, Department of History, Kent State University, Fall 2008 Gold Pen Award for Excellence in Writing Committee, Department of History, Kent State University, April 2008 Mentor and Facilitator, Preparing Future History Faculty, Department of History, Kent State University, 2006-2008 Presenter, Using Technology to Enhance College Teaching, History Department Brown Bag, Kent State University, November 16, 2007 Second Reader, Ph.D. Written Examinations, Department of History, Kent State University, Spring 2006 Department of History Faculty Search Committee, Kent State University, 2005
University Regional Campus Faculty Advisory Council, Kent State University, 2017- University Committee on Student Rights & Standards, Kent State University, 2017- Regional Campus Representative, Arts & Sciences College Curriculum Committee, Kent State University, 2017- University Committee on Student Rights & Standards Alternate, Kent State University, 2016-2017 Student Judicial Committee Alternate, Kent State University, 2015-2016 Judge, Graduate Research Conference, Kent State University, 2015 Regional Campus Representative, Arts & Sciences College Curriculum Committee, Kent State University, 2007-2013 Chair, Regional Campus Professional Development Summer Award Committee, Kent State University, Spring 2010 Member, Screening Committee, Research and Graduate Studies Research and Creative Activity Award, Kent State University, Fall 2008 Member, Regional Campus Professional Development Research Award Committee, Spring 2008 Community Friends Graveyard Clean-Up Project, Collaboration with Salem Museum & Historical Society, 2013- present Campus Representative (Kent State University at Salem), Salem Museum & Historical Society, Salem, OH, 2005-present Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of Travels with My Donkey, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, January 16, 2014 Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of My Life in France, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, November 21, 2013 Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of Mountains Beyond Mountains, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, April 14, 2011 Judge, 4-Way High School Speech Competition, Salem Rotary Club, March 1, 2011 Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, February 17, 2011 Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of Time of the Butterflies, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, September 30, 2010 Judge, 4-Way High School Speech Competition, Salem Rotary Club, March 2, 2010 Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of Swallows of Kabul, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, September 24, 2009 Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of Storming Heaven, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, February 6, 2009 Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of Walking Across Egypt, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, November 7, 2008 Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of Mrs. Lincoln & Mrs. Keckly, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, April 17, 2008 Co-Organizer, Women s History Month Read-In, Kent State University at Salem, March 12, 2008 Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of The Girl With A Pearl Earring, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, October 27, 2006 Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of Cold Mountain, sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, April 7, 2006 Facilitator, Copeland Oaks Series, Discussion of Lewis & Clark (a film by Ken Burns), sponsored by Kent State University at Salem, October 20, 2005 Professional
Ohio Academy of History, Distinguished Historian Award Committee, 2017- Ohio Academy of History, Executive Committee, 2015- present Ohio Academy of History, Teaching Award Committee, 2013-2015 Women s Studies Faculty Affiliate, Kent State University, Women s Studies Program, 2008-2013 Ohio Academy of History, Secondary Standards Committee, 2007-2009 Session Moderator, Phi Alpha Theta Ohio Regional Conference, April 5, 2008 Conference Proposal Reviewer, National Women s Studies Association, Fall 2006 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Faculty Professional Development Leave, Kent State University, Spring 2016 Regional Campus Research Roundtable, Kent State University at Twinsburg, October 18, 2013 Distance Learning Consultation, Office of Continuing and Distance Learning Education, Kent State University, August 8, 2013 Prezi Consultation, Faculty Professional Development Center, Kent State University, August 1, 2013 Workshop, How to Design a Course for Significant Learning, Department of History, Kent State University, April 12, 2013 Workshop, Enhanced Power Point in the Classroom, Faculty Professional Development Center, Kent State University, April 11, 2013 Teaching Circle, Problem-Based Learning in the Classroom, Department of History, Kent State University, April 13, 2012 Teaching Circle, The Landscape of E-Learning, Department of History, Kent State University, February 17, 2012 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Amherst, MA, June 9-12, 2011 Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 8-10, 2010 Co-Organizer, Teaching with Technology: From the Survey to the Seminar, sponsored by the Department of History, Kent State University, March 18, 2010 Instructional Technology Showcase, Kent State University at Salem, January 14, 2010 Teaching Circle, Department of History, Kent State University, April 10, 2009 Co-Organizer and Attendee, The World Wide Web in Research and Teaching--Revolutionary Possibilities, sponsored by the Department of History, Kent State University, April 6, 2009 Teaching Circle, Department of History, Kent State University, February 6, 2009 Celebrating College Teaching Fifteenth Annual Conference, Kent State University, October 31, 2008 Workshop on Teaching the LERS, Department of History, Kent State University, August 24, 2007 Workshop on Putting Together Syllabi, Salem Campus Teaching Group, Kent State University at Salem, August 22, 2007 Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Miami, OH, November 16-18, 2006 Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 19-21, 2006 Innovative Learning Conference, Kent State University, March 17, 2006 Service Learning Workshop, Where Do We Go From Here?, Kent State University, March 14, 2006 Using Music in Teaching College History, Brown Bag, Department of History, Kent State University, December 2, 2005 Faculty Senate Fall Forum on Plagiarism, Kent State University, November 4, 2005 Celebrating College Teaching Twelfth Annual Conference, Kent State University, October 21, 2005 Member, Collaborative Technology Learning Community, Kent State University, 2005
Participant, Training Programs on Technology in the Classroom, University of Akron, 2003, 2002; Case Western Reserve University 2001; Otterbein College, 1999; Columbus State Community College, 1996, 1994 Ohio Continuing Education Professional Day on E-Learning, 2002 Member, Inter-Department Colloquia on Gender and Classroom Learning, Otterbein College, 2000 Facilitator, Diversity Training Workshops, The Ohio State University, 1997, 1996, 1994 AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship, Virginia Historical Society, Women and U.S. Diplomacy in the Interwar Years: The Case of Virginia Chase Steedman Weddell, 2017 University Council Research Travel Award, Kent State University, 2017 Salem Campus Travel Award, Kent State University-Salem Campus, 2017 Service Learning Recognition Award, Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement and the Faculty Professional Development Center, Kent State University, Spring 2010 Transformative Learning Grant, Kent State University, 2009-2010 Farris Family Innovation Award Proposal, Kent State University, 2009 (Unsuccessful) Division of Research and Graduate Studies Research and Creative Activity Award, Kent State University, Summer 2008 Moulton Scholars Program, Kent State University, Fall 2007 Regional Campus Professional Development Research Award, Kent State University, Summer 2007 Teaching Scholars for Early Career Faculty, Kent State University, 2006-2007 Critical Difference for Women Scholarship, Department of Women s Studies, The Ohio State University, 1995-1996 Ruth Higgins Research Award, Department of History, The Ohio State University, 1995-1996 Elizabeth D. Gee Research Grant, Department of Women s Studies, The Ohio State University, 1995-1996 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Latin American Studies Program, The Ohio State University, 1994-1995 Graduate Student Alumni Research Award, Graduate School, The Ohio State University, 1994-1995