Catherine M. Lewis, Ph.D.
Education
Degree InstitutionMajor(s)Date
Ph.D.University of IowaAmerican StudiesMay 1997
M.A.University of IowaAmerican StudiesMay 1995
B.A.Emory UniversityEnglish and HistoryMay 1990
Employment
InstitutionPosition Dates
Kennesaw State UniversityAssoc. Prof. of History and Women’s Studies2003-present
Brenau UniversityAssistant Professor of English and History1997-2003
Agnes Scott CollegeAdjunct InstructorFall 1995
Smithsonian Institution Folklife Ethnographer Summer 1995
University of IowaInstructor1992-1995
The Kamber GroupPublic Relations Researcher and Librarian1990-1991
Courses Taught
History American Studies and Public History
Survey of U.S. History I (contact-1865)American Values
Survey of U.S. History II (1865-present)American Lives
U.S. Women’s History I (contact-1865)Museum Studies
U.S. Women’s History II (1865-present) History and Memory (scheduled for fall 2005)
Sport and American Culture
The History and Meaning of the Holocaust
Women and Islam (team-taught with Dr. John Turner, scheduled for fall 2005)
Rhetoric and CompositionEnglish
Rhetoric and CompositionInterpretation of Literature
Composition and LiteratureSurvey of American Literature I (contact-1865)
Writing LaboratorySurvey of American Literature II (1865-present)
Honors Survey of American Literature II
Asian and African Literature
Women’s Literary Studies
Senior Seminar
Presentations
National and Regional Scholarly Presentations and Conferences
Presenter, “Native Places and Contested Spaces: Museums, Multiculturalism, and Interpretive Authority,” American Studies Association (upcoming, November 2005)
Presenter, “Taking the Mystery Out of Your History,” American Association of State and Local History (upcoming, September 23, 2005)
Book Featured in Roundtable, The Changing Face of Public History: The Chicago Historical Society and the Transformation of an American History Museum, American Association of State and Local History (upcoming, September 23, 2005)
Chair, “African American Communities During and After Jim Crow,” National Council on Public History (April 15, 2005)
Chair and Comment, “Portraying Immigration and Ethnic History Through Exhibits,” Organization of American Historians (April 2, 2005)
Chair, “Not All Moonlight and Magnolias: Exhibiting the American South,” American Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia (November 2004)
Panelist, with Randy Patton and Craig Pascoe, "Selling Corporate History: Perils and Prospects," Georgia Association of Historians (April 2-3, 2004)
Panelist, “Advancing Women As Leaders: A Documentary on Women Presidents in Georgia,” ACE Network, GAWHE, and GAWCC (November 7, 2003)
Panelist, “Is There an American Studies Gallery in This Museum,” American Studies Association, Hartford, Connecticut (October 2003)
Panelist, “The Faces of Freedom Summer: The Art and Politics of Herbert Randall,” Georgia College and State University (November 22, 2002)
Roundtable Participant, Virginia Humanities Council, Regional Humanities Consortium (April 25, 2001)
Panelist, “Outside the Ivory Tower: Interdisciplinarity Outside Academia,” Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University (March 25, 2000)
Panelist, “Tell About the South: Voices in Black and White,” sponsored by Georgia State University, Rialto Theater (February 26, 2000)
Featured Historian, “This Is History: Atlanta’s Historic Oakland Cemetery,” Criswell Video Productions (2000)
Featured Historian, “The Desegregation of Atlanta’s Golf Courses,” CNN/Sports Illustrated (aired December 24, 1998)
Chair, “Women in Historic Preservation,” Historic Preservation Conference, Athens, Georgia (November 4, 1997)
Chair and Presenter, “Cooperation or Competing Visions: Museums and Community Collaborations,” American Association of Museums, Atlanta (May 1997)
Presenter, “Museums and Multiculturalism,” American Studies Association, Pittsburgh (October 1996)
Presenter, “Museum Education and the Problem of Interpretive Authority,” Learned Societies Congress, Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Brock University (1996)
Chair and Presenter, “Anne Bradstreet, Wounded Knee, and Monster Trucks: Introducing Undergraduates to the Study of American Culture(s),” American Studies Association (October 1995)
Presenter, “Museums and Multiculturalism . . . Is There a Common Ground?” Mid-America American Studies Association/Rocky Mountain American Studies Association (1995)
Presenter, “Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be curators”: The West as America and the Politics of Public Display,” Mid-America American Studies Association (1994)
Seminars
American Studies Maymester, coordinated by Dr. LeeAnn Lands and Dr. Sarah Robbins. Sponsored by Dean Teresa Joyce (May 18-19, 2005)
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, “Seminar on Using Primary Sources to Teach the Holocaust.” One of 20 faculty members selected nationally for this program (June 2004)
Teaching Workshops
Participant, “Reading and Writing the Holocaust: Teaching Strategies for the 21st Century,” Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project’s Spring Continuity Program (March 4, 2004)
Panelist, “Preparing Student Publications,” Student Success in First-Year Composition Conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia (February 2003)
Keynote Speaker with Debra Dobkins, Student Success in First-Year Composition Conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia (February 2001)
Panelist, “Team Teaching: Energizing Your Classroom,” Brenau University Retreat (August 2000)
Presenter, “Technology in the Classroom,” Arts and Humanities School Meeting, Brenau University (February 24, 2000)
Panelist, “Team-Teaching Strategies: Reviving Freshman Composition,” Student Success in First-Year Composition Conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia (February 11, 2000)
Presenter, “Research Papers” and “Integrating Research into Your Writing,” Brenau University Writing Center (1998-2002)
University and Community Presentations
Chair, “Working for Peace,” Student Leadership Training & Symposium on Peace, Kennesaw State University (April 8, 2005)
Guest Lecturer, “Ethical Implications of the Holocaust,” for the Cobb Education Consortium (March 29, 2005)
Guest Lecturer, “Women’s History: Theory and Practice,” Dr. Gerrit Voogt’s HIST 3376 Problems and Philosophies of World History (March 14, 2005)
Guest Speaker with Yvette Upton, Georgia Institute of Technology, “Ethical Considerations in Women’s and Gender Studies,” ILEC, Kennesaw State University (January 25, 2005)
Panelist, “Beggars and Choosers: Motherhood is Not a Class Privilege in America,” Kennesaw State University (September 13, 2004)
Guest Speaker, “Ethics and Oral History,” Documenting Stories: World War II and Civil Rights Histories, High School Teachers Program, Atlanta History Center (October 28, 2002)
Guest Speaker, “From Temple to Forum: A Survey of American History Museums,” Phi Alpha Theta, Kennesaw State University (September 25, 2003)
Guest Speaker, “The Legacy of Bobby Jones,” Sunday in the Park, Oakland Cemetery (2000, 2001, 2002)
Guest Speaker, “Sports in American Culture,” Gainesville Optimists Club (June 2001)
Guest Speaker, “The Legacy of Women’s Golf in Georgia,” East Lake Golf Club (May 24, 2001)
Guest Speaker, “The Making of a Modern Game,” Buckhead Library (May 21, 2001)
Guest Speaker, “Southern Literature: Creating a Sense of Place,” Tallulah Falls Study Club (February 13, 2001)
Guest Speaker, “Bobby Jones and Character Education,” Atlanta Optimists Club (December 19, 2000)
Guest Speaker, “The History of Medicine,” Dr. Barbara Schell’s Foundations in Occupational Therapy course (August 29, 2000)
Guest Speaker, “The History of Golf in Georgia,” Buckhead Business Association (August 8, 2000)
Guest Speaker, “A History of Georgia Women in Golf,” Georgia Women’s Golf Association, Champions’ Dinner, Athens Country Club (October 13, 1999)
Guest Speaker, “Jewry in Atlanta and the South,” for the cast of Last Night at Ballyhoo, Georgia Mountain Center (September 8, 1999)
Featured Speaker, “Down the Fairway with Bobby Jones,” Atlanta History Center (April 5 and April 6, 1999)
Guest Speaker, “The History of Brenau,” Alumnae Association Archives Committee (September 23, 1998)
Guest Speaker, “Toward Freedom: The African-American Experience of Reconstruction,” High School Teachers Program, Atlanta History Center (August 1997)
Publications
Books (published and scheduled to be published)
Considerable Passions: Golf, the Masters, and the Legacy of Bobby Jones. Chicago: Triumph Books, 2000. Over 20,000 copies sold.
The Season’s Final Major: The History of the PGA Championship, with John Companiotte. Chelsea, Michigan: Clock Tower Press, 2004.
The Changing Face of Public History: The Chicago Historical Society and the Transformation of an American History Museum. DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005.
Bobby Jones and the Quest for the Grand Slam. Chicago: Triumph Books, 2005.
A Host to History: The Story of the Atlanta Athletic Club. Atlanta: Bookhouse Group, 2005. (scheduled for September)
Books (under consideration)
Introduction to Museum Studies: Theory and Practice in the Twenty-First Century, with Richard Anthony Lewis. Under consideration at AltaMira Press.
Don’t Ask Me What I Shot: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Golf, and Post-War America. Under consideration at McGraw-Hill and Triumph Books.
Articles, Book Entries, Museum Catalogs, Study Guides, Online Publications
Review Essay, “Purses, Platforms, and Power: Women Changing Charlotte in the 70s,” Public Historian, forthcoming, September 2005.
“Bob Jones at Merion,” U.S. Amateur Program, United States Golf Association, May 2005.
“America’s Central Palace of Pleasure: 125 Years at Madison Square Garden,” The New-York Journal of American History (Spring 2004): 114-123.
Encyclopedia Entry: Anne Frank in the World, 1929-1945, New Georgia Encyclopedia, Georgia Humanities Council, February 2004.
Co-author, Study Guide, The Power of the Press: The History of the Atlanta Daily World, 2003.
Co-author, As Gold Refined by Fire: A History of Brenau University, 1878-2003, an online illustrated history of the university.
Encyclopedia Entries: "Phillip Weltner," New Georgia Encyclopedia, Georgia Humanities Council.
Encyclopedia Entries: “Dumbarton Oaks Conference” and “The Crisis.” W. E. B. Du Bois Encyclopedia. ed. Gerald Horne and Mary Young. Greenwood Press: Westport, CT, 2001.
Self-Guided Tour Brochure, East Lake Golf Course, March 2001.
“The Legacy of Women in Golf.” Atlanta History, quarterly journal of the Atlanta Historical Society (Spring 1999).
“Museum Education and the Problem of Interpretive Authority.” Brock University (Canada), Proceedings of the 1996 Learned Societies Congress, Special Interest Group on Education and Museums (1998).
Study Guide, Playing Through: African American Golf in Georgia, December 1998.
“Reinterpreting the American Revolution at the Yorktown Victory Center.” Exhibition Review, Journal of American History, June 1997.
Producer, “Photojournalism in Atlanta,” (video) for See All About It: Photojournalism in Atlanta, Nicholson Gallery, Atlanta History Center, November 1997.
Women’s History in Georgia: A Guide to Source Material. Atlanta: Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 1996.
“Introduction: An Interdisciplinary Exchange on Otherness,” in Questioning Otherness: An Interdisciplinary Exchange. Papers from the 1995 Distinguished International Lecture Series, ed. Virginia R. Dominguez, Center for International and Comparative Studies, Iowa International Papers, 1995, i-xii.
“Who Owns African Art?” in Journeys: Life Stories of African Art Objects. Exhibit Catalog. University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1995.
Exhibitions Curated and/or Coordinated
The Legacy of Ivan Allen Jr., traveling exhibition in collaboration with Georgia Tech (scheduled to open March 2006)
From Atlantic Steel to Atlantic Station, permanent exhibition for Atlantic Station (scheduled to open October 2005)
Creating Community: The Atlanta Regional Commission, permanent exhibition for the ARC (scheduled to open August 2005)
Coordinator, The Story of Summer Hill, permanent exhibition in collaboration with Dr. LeeAnn Lands for the Etowah Area Consolidated Housing Authority (May 2005)
Bobby Jones and the Quest for the Grand Slam, traveling exhibition for the Atlanta History Center (April 2005)
Golf and Glory at the Masters, temporary exhibition for Augusta National Golf Club (April 2005)
Piedmont Hospital: A Century of Compassion and Care, permanent exhibition, Piedmont Hospital (February 2005)
Coordinator, One Hundred Years at Piedmont Park, permanent exhibition, Piedmont Park Conservancy (December 2004)
The Gateway to Health and Happiness, permanent exhibition, Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai, California (November 2004)
Kennesaw State University: A Rising Star Turns 40, traveling exhibition curated with Dr. Tom Scott, Kennesaw State University (April 2004)
Mark Trail: Adventures in Nature, permanent exhibition, Georgia Mountain History Museum (March 2004)
The Legacy of Augusta National Golf Club, temporary exhibition, Augusta National Golf Club (April 2004)
Delta Air Lines: Celebrating 75 Years of Service, traveling exhibition, Delta Air Lines (March 2004)
The Power of the Press: The History of the Atlanta Daily World, traveling exhibition, Atlanta Daily World (August 2003)
Coordinator, Enterprising Women: 250 Years of Women in Business, traveling exhibition organized by the Schlesinger Library (July 2003)
Atlanta’s Defining Women (with Frances Westbrook), temporary exhibition, Atlanta History Center (July 2003)
The Story of Augusta National, temporary exhibition, Augusta National Golf Club (April 2003)
The Champions of the Byron Nelson Classic, permanent exhibition, Four Seasons Resort and Club in Dallas, Texas (January 2003)
Rabun Gap Nacoochee School: A Centennial Celebration, permanent exhibition, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (September 22, 2002)
Georgia’s Gentleman Golfer: Charles R. Yates, permanent exhibition, East Lake Community Foundation, Charlie Yates Golf Course (August 2002)
Bob Jones Remembered: A Centennial Celebration, temporary exhibition, Augusta National Golf Club (April 2002)
The Spirit of Atlanta: A Tradition of Citizen Service, permanent exhibition, United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, R. Charles Loudermilk Building (May 2000)
The Masters: Then and Now, temporary exhibition, Augusta National Golf Club (April 2001)
Down the Fairway with Bobby Jones, permanent exhibition, Atlanta History Center (April 1999). Named best exhibition in Georgia by the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries (1999-2000)
A Hero for the Ages: Remembering Bobby Jones, temporary exhibition, Alston + Bird, LLP, American Bar Association Meeting (August 8, 1999)
Playing Through: African American Golf in Georgia, traveling exhibition, East Lake Community Foundation (September 1998)
Co-curator, Journeys: Life Stories of African Art, temporary exhibition, University of Iowa Museum of Art (Spring 1995)
University Service
Co-coordinating the third annual Jewish Life in the South conference, focusing on Jewish women, with Dr. Tom Scott, Kennesaw State University (March 2006)
Curating exhibitions on the history of KSU athletics and the KSU Hall of Fame, Convocation Center, Kennesaw State University (Summer 2005)
Currently serving on the search for a faculty member in twentieth century contemporary art for the Department of Art and Art History at the invitation of Dr. Daniel Sacks, Kennesaw State University
Coordinated visit of Dr. Shannon Fogg for the Year of France Program, Kennesaw State University (February 17, 2005)
Helped secure $590,000 grant from the Marcus Foundation in support of the Anne Frank exhibition, Kennesaw State University (December 2004)
Submitted IMLS grant for a film series in support of the Anne Frank exhibition, Kennesaw State University (December 2004)
Presenter, Augmester Workshop (August 9, 2004), coordinator of the convocation speaker, Dr. Eugen Schoenfeld (August 27, 2004), met with over a dozen KSU1101 classes in support of the program coordinated by Dr. Kathy Matthews, Kennesaw State University.
Co-curated with Dr. Tom Scott, Kennesaw State University: A Rising Star Turns 40 (April 2004)
Presented copies of my books in both 2003 and 2004 to Dennis Cooper and Tom Garrett of RTM Restaurant Group during the RTM Challenge, Kennesaw State University.
Wrote a SALT grant and managed a presidential scholar, Alise Weaver, for the Anne Frank Exhibition, Kennesaw State University (2003-2004)
Directed Jennifer Lyon’s senior seminar research paper, “David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt: A Case for Libel and the Dispute of Holocaust Revisionism,” Kennesaw State University (2003-2004)
Guest Speaker in Dr. LeeAnn Lands’ Public History course, Kennesaw State University (September 25, 2003 and October 13, 2004)
Co-coordinated Cambridge University study abroad program, Brenau University (2001 and 2002)
Chair, Library Committee, Brenau University (2001-2003)
Member, Women’s Center Committee and Service Learning Committee, Brenau University (2002-2003)
Editor, SACS self-study, Brenau University (1998-2000)
Prepared proposal for both the Brenau University Writing Center (1997) and the Brenau University Museum Studies Program (1998)
Coordinator, Women’s History Month, Brenau University (1998 and 1999)
Consulting
Archival Consultant, The Bookhouse Group, 2005-present
Historical Consultant, Bobby Jones—Stroke of Genius, Warner Brothers (released spring 2004)
Editorial Consultant, Clock Tower Press, April-October 2003
Special Projects Consultant, Atlanta History Center, 1997-2003
Community Service
Board Member, Bobby Jones Scholarship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002-present
Founding Board Member, Brenau University Archives, 1998
Board of Trustees, Georgia Mountain Museum, 1999-2001
Honors
Outstanding Faculty Award, Brenau Panhellenic Council, 2003
Professional Equity Grant, Conference on College Composition and Communications (March 19-22, 2003)
Down the Fairway with Bobby Jones, selected as Best Permanent Exhibition, Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries (1999-2000)
Invited Member, Humanities Leadership Forum, Georgia Humanities Council (November 2, 1999)
Campus Volunteer of the Year Award, Brenau University (May 1999)
Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Chi Omega Sorority (May 1999)
Omicron Delta Kappa National Honorary Leadership Society (February 24, 1999)
Alexander Kern Dissertation Award, University of Iowa (1995-1996)
Professional Affiliations
American Association of Museums
American Association of State and Local History
American Studies Association
Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries
Golf Writers Association of America
National Council on Public History
Organization of American Historians
Southeastern Museum Conference