Ansley Lillian Quiros
Department of History
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, TN 37235
615.322.2755
EDUCATION
Ph. D. expected 2014, Vanderbilt University
“‘God is with us’: Lived Theology in the Civil Rights Movement in Americus, Georgia, 1942-1978”
Dissertation Committee: Gary Gerstle (advisor), Dennis Dickerson, Sarah Igo, Paul Kramer, Charles Marsh
Comprehensive Exams Passed 2010: US History Since 1877, History of Immigration, History of Race and Religion
M.A. History, Vanderbilt University, May 2010
B.A. History and Latin American studies, Furman University, May 2008, GPA: 3.98
AWARDS AND ACADEMIC HONORS
Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities Graduate Fellow, 2013-2014
Graduate Research Award, Vanderbilt University, 2012
Summa Cum Laude, Furman University, 2008
Phi Beta Kappa, 2007 (junior year)
American Graduate Fellowship Finalist, Council of Independent Colleges, 2008
Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership organization), 2008
Zetosophia Scholar (given to one Senior woman each year for overall excellence), 2008
Phi Alpha Theta: History Honors Society, 2008
Gilpatrick History Scholarship (for excellence in study of History), 2008
Senior Order (Furman honorary society for women), 2008
Furman Advantage Summer Research Assistantship (oral history project with WWII
veterans for Upcountry History Museum), 2007
Winston C. Babb Award (given to the top male and female in each class based on
academics, athletics, and leadership), 2006
Phi Eta Sigma: National Honor Society, 2005
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching, Teaching Affiliate, 2013-2014
Teaching Assistant Orientation, Vanderbilt University, 2013
Teaching Assistant, Vanderbilt University, Department of History in following courses:
History 141, US History, Reconstruction through World War II, Fall 2011
Divinity 2750, History of Religion in America, Spring 2011
History 170, Western Military History to 1815, Fall 2010
History 142, US History, Post 1945, Cold War to the Present, Spring 2010
History 166, American Enterprise, Fall 2009
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, AND PUBLIC HISTORY
“A Prophet in Blue Jeans: Clarence Jordan as Public Intellectual,” Thinking Publicly
Conference, Drew University, June 2013
“‘Demonstration Plot for the Kingdom’: Koinonia Farm and the Theological
Civil Rights Movement,” Americanist Workshop, Vanderbilt University, Fall 2012
Commentator, Music City Conference, Spring 2012
Leader, Gilder Lehrman Foundation Teachers Conference Workshop on Immigration
History, May 2010
Contributed to exhibit: “Weaving Our Survival: Upcountry Stories of WWII,” which
received the 2010 Award of Excellence from the Southeastern Museums
Conference
“‘Foreigners or Friends? Aliens or Americans?’ Ideological Tensions within the
Protestant Home Missions Movement, 1880-1930,” Graduate Student Seminar,
Vanderbilt University, 2009
Contributed to documentary film: “Threads of Victory: Upcountry South Carolina
During WWII,” which won 2008 Award of Merit from the American Association
for State and Local History (AASLH)
WORK AND VOLUNTEER
Tutor, The Carraway Center, 2012-2013
Tutor, East Middle School, 2010-2012
Volunteer, City Church of East Nashville, 2008-2012
Youth Ministries, Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2009
Pastoral Intern, Katrina relief, Lagniappe Presbyterian Church, 2008
Recreational Sports Assistant, 2005-2008, Furman University
Tutored Spanish-speaking elementary school students, 2007
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Fluent in speaking, reading, and writing