DEREK R. EVERETT
CURRICULUM VITAE
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1120 E. Lake Place, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
303-523-1612 (cell)
Education
Ph.D., History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 2008
Dissertation: “Frontiers Within: State Boundaries and Borderlands in the American West”
Committee: Elliott West (chair), Daniel Sutherland, Jeannie Whayne, Patrick Williams
M.A., History, ColoradoStateUniversity, Fort Collins, 2003
Thesis: “The Admiration of Future Ages: Colorado’s State Capitol”
Committee: FrankTowers (chair), John Albright, Mark Fiege, John Straayer
B.A., magna cum laude, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, 2001
Research Fields
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Colorado and the American West
American boundaries, frontiers, and borderlands
Nineteenth-century United States
American political history
American geographical history
American public architecture
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Publications
Books
Creating the American West: Boundaries and Borderlands (University of Oklahoma Press, 2014)
- Finalist, Colorado Book Awards, History Category, Colorado Humanities
The ColoradoState Capitol: History, Politics, Preservation (University Press of Colorado, 2005)
Articles
“Boundaries,” Colorado Encyclopedia, online historical resource in development, forthcoming
“The Mouse and the Statehouse: Intersections of Florida’s Capitols and Walt Disney World,” Florida Historical Quarterly, forthcoming
“To Shed Our Blood for Our Beloved Territory: The Iowa-Missouri Borderland,” Annals of Iowa 67: 4, Fall 2008, p. 269-297
“On the Extreme Frontier: Crafting the Western Arkansas Boundary,” Arkansas Historical Quarterly 67: 1, Spring 2008, p. 1-26
“Modern Statehouses for Modern States: Edward Durell Stone’s Capitol Architecture in North Carolina and Florida,” Southern Historian 28, Spring 2007, p. 74-91
“‘Those Days of Hammer and Anvil Politics’: Conservative Political Literature and Party Identity, 1895-1902,” Ozark Historical Review 34, Spring 2005, p. 1-17
Book/Website Reviews
Review of Democratic Beginnings: Founding the Western States by Amy Bridges and Making the White Man’s West: Whiteness and the Creation of the American West by Jason E. Pierce, Reviews in American History, forthcoming
Review of Bonds of Union: Religion, Race, and Politics in a Civil War Borderland by Bridget Ford, Journal of American History, forthcoming
Review of It’s Official!: The Real Stories behind Arkansas’s State Symbols by David Ware, Arkansas Historical Quarterly, forthcoming
Review of Frontier Boosters: Port Townsend and the Culture of Development in the American West by Elaine Taylor, University of Toronto Quarterly 85: 3, Summer 2016, p. 459-461
Review of “Geography of the Post: U.S. Post Offices in the Nineteenth Century West” ( Western Historical Quarterly 46: 3, Autumn 2015,p. 396
Review of Shaping the North Star State: A History of Minnesota’s Boundaries by William E. Lass, Annals of Iowa 74: 2, Spring 2015, p. 187-188
Review of State of Change: Colorado Politics in the Twenty-First Century, eds. Courtenay W. Daum, Robert J, Duffy, and John A. Straayer, Center for Colorado and the West, posted 19 August 2012, http://coloradowest.auraria.edu/book-review/state-change-colorado-politics-twenty-first-century
Review of The Gospel of Progressivism: Moral Reform and Labor War in Colorado, 1900-1930by R. Todd Laugen, Western Historical Quarterly 42: 4, Winter 2011, p. 540-541
Review of How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein, Annals of Iowa 68: 4, Fall 2009, p. 449-451
Review of Troubled Waters: Steamboat Disasters, River Improvements, and American Public Policy, 1821-1860 by Paul F. Paskoff, Arkansas Historical Quarterly 68: 1, Spring 2009, p. 98-99
Review of The Border between Them: Violence and Reconciliation on the Kansas-Missouri Line by Jeremy Neely, Annals of Iowa 67: 1, Winter 2008, p. 95-97
Review of Nimrod: Courts, Claims, and Killing on the Oregon Frontier by Ronald B. Lansing, Pacific Northwest Quarterly 97: 2, Spring 2006, p. 93-94
Conference Papers and Presentations
“From Rejection to Redemption: Memorializing American Indians at the Colorado State Capitol,” Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, NE, forthcoming
“Dome on the Range: Preserving Colorado’s Capitol Crown,” U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, D.C., 14 July 2016
“The Mouse and the Statehouse: Florida’s Contemporary Visions of Symbolic Architecture,” Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Inc., Lake Buena Vista, FL, 7 January 2016
“Sweet Relief: How the Sugar Beet Saved Colorado,” Agricultural History Society, Lexington, KY, 6 June 2015
“Secession in Colorado, 2013: ‘Restoration’ Comedy or Tragic Drama?”, Southwestern Political Science Association, Denver, CO, 11 April 2015
“Los Betabeleros: The Rise of Latino Labor in Colorado’s Sugar Industry,” Southwestern Historical Association, Denver, CO, 10 April 2015
“If at First You Don’t Secede, Try, Try Again: Political Divorce in the American West,” Western History Association, Newport Beach, CA, 16 October 2014
“Geography versus Geometry: State Boundaries and the Making of an ‘American’ West,” PacificCoast Branch—American Historical Association, Denver, CO, 10 August 2013
“Beets, Brazos, and Bayonets: Hispanic Labor in Colorado during the Great Depression,” Dakota Conference: The Spanish Northern Plains, Sioux Falls, SD, 26 April 2013
“Dividing Dakota: Homesteading and Boundaries on the Northern Plains,” presented at the “1862-2012: The Making of the Great Plains” symposium, Center for Great Plains Studies, Lincoln, NE, 29 March 2012
“A Dome Where the Buffalo Roamed: Preserving Our Capitol,” History Colorado 2011-2012 Lecture Series, Denver, CO, 21 February 2012
“Teaching the State and Local History Courses in the North American West: A Roundtable Discussion,” Western History Association, Oakland, CA, 15 October 2011
“Intranational Borderlands: California-Nevada as a Case Study,” Association for Borderlands Studies, Reno, NV, 15 April 2010
“Fluid Boundaries: Water and Western State Lines,” discussion host at “Water Tables 2010: Across State Lines—Sharing the Resource,” Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 20 February 2010
“Migrant Labor and Martial Law in the Great Depression: The 1936 Colorado-New Mexico Boundary Battle,” Western History Association, Denver, CO, 9 October 2009
“Tuebor Meets the MileHighCity: Elijah Myers in Denver,” keynote address at the Elijah Myers Centennial Commemoration, Lansing, MI, 4 March 2009
“Containment Begins at Home: American Indians and Internal Boundaries in the West,” Western History Association, Oklahoma City, OK, 4 October 2007
“Hawkeyes, Pukes, and Honey: The Missouri-Iowa Borderland,” MissouriValley History Conference, Omaha, NE, 1 March 2007
“‘Unconscious of It Ourselves’: The Symbolic Intentions Behind the United States Capitol Dome,” Capitol Fellowship 20th Anniversary Symposium, United States Capitol Historical Society, Washington, DC, 27 October 2006
“Organizing the Wide-Open Spaces: Imposing Boundaries on the Antebellum Trans-Mississippi West,” presented at the “Comparative Perspectives on North American Borderlands” conference, Filson Institute, Louisville, KY, 21 October 2006
“Symbolic Intentions: Designing and Building the United States Capitol Dome,” Mid-America Conference on History, Fayetteville, AR, 16 September 2006
“State Capitol Insider’s Tour,” organized by the Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO, 2 June 2006
“The Heart of Colorado: The Capitol in Granite and Gold,” Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO, 1 June 2006
“San Juan, 1877: Secession Rumbles in the Rockies,” Phi Alpha Theta regional meeting, ArkansasTechUniversity, Russellville, AR, 1 April 2006; Honorable Mention—Outstanding Graduate Paper award
“The Ties that Bind, the Lines that Divide: The Political Significance of the Colorado-New Mexico Boundary,” Western History Association, Scottsdale, AZ, 14 October 2005
“Forts Macleod and Kearny: A Comparison,” Phi Alpha Theta regional meeting, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO, 15 April 2000; Best Undergraduate Paper award
Academic Teaching Experience
Instructor, Colorado State University, 2010-present
- Colorado History (HIST 363, four sections)
- U.S. Immigration History (HIST 360; two sections)
- American West to 1900 (HIST 351; two sections)
- United States, 1876-1917 (HIST 347; two sections)
- World History, 1500-Present (HIST 171; one section)
- World History, Ancient-1500 (HIST 170; thirteen sections)
- U.S. History since 1876 (HIST 151; one section)
- U.S. History to 1876 (HIST 150; six sections)
- Western Civilizations, Modern (HIST 101; one section)
Senior Lecturer, Metropolitan State College/University of Denver, 2009-present
- American Immigration History (HIS 3590; seven traditional sections, four online sections)
- Emergence of Modern US (HIS 3540); one section)
- Colorado Water and the West (HIS 3462; one section)
- Colorado History II (HIS 3110; one section)
- American History since 1865 (HIS 1220; twelvetraditional sections, two online sections)
- American History to 1865 (HIS 1210; seven traditional sections,five online sections)
- Multicultural America (HIS 1150; three sections)
- Colorado History I (HIS 1110; seventeen traditional sections, eighteen online sections)
- American West (HIS 1100; one section)
Instructor/Master Lecturer, University of Arkansas, 2004-2009
- The American Frontier (HIST 4463; one section)
- History of the American People since 1877 (HIST 2013; eight sections)
- History of the American People to 1877 (HIST 2003; nine sections)
- Honors Institutions and Ideas of World Civilizations I (HIST 1113H; four sections)
- Honors Institutions and Ideas of World Civilizations II (HIST 1123H; four sections)
- Institutions and Ideas of World Civilizations I (HIST 1003; one section)
- Western Civilizations I (WCIV 1003; seven sections)
- HonorsCollege Thesis Committee Service:
“We Don’t Intend to Have a Story: Integration in the DollarwaySchool District of Arkansas” (History Department), John B. Pickhardt, 2009
“Titanium Nanofiber Scaffolding: A Study on the Controlled Release Properties of Methylene Blue” (Biochemistry Department), Andreas Chen, 2009
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Arkansas, 2003-2004
Assistant Coordinator, American West Program, ColoradoStateUniversity, 2002
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Colorado State University, 2001-2002
- Western Civilizations I (HYCC 100; one section)
- Western Civilizations II (HYCC 101; one section)
Service/Volunteer Work
“The American West as Living Space” Pulitzer Reading and Conversation Series, discussion facilitator for sessions in Nederland (CO) and Thornton (CO), September 2016
Guest speaker, Winslow Senior Community of Fort Collins (CO), August 2016
History department representative, Metropolitan State University of Denver Majors Fair, November 2015
Guest speaker, Theory of Knowledge class at Lakewood (CO) High School, September 2015
Special Judge, Best Individual Project in Colorado History, National History Day state level competition, May 2015
Presenter, “How Colorado Got Its Shape,” Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Google Hangout, U.S.S. Colorado Project, April 2015
Guest speaker, Theory of Knowledge class at Lakewood (CO) High School, September 2014
Guest speaker, Metropolitan State University Phi Alpha Theta chapter, April 2014
Guest speaker, Theory of Knowledge class at Lakewood (CO) High School, September 2013
Member, Arvada West High School Foundation, July 2013-present
Member, Local Arrangements Committee, Western History Association annual conference, October 2012
Guest speaker, The White House Project, Denver Monthly “Go Lead”, March 2012
Presentation on academic research for LakewoodHigh School students at the Auraria Campus Library, March 2012
Paper presenter, Faculty Research Seminar, History Department, Colorado State University, October 2011
Guest speaker, Theory of Knowledge classes at Lakewood (CO) High School, September 2011
Presentation on academic research for LakewoodHigh School students at the Auraria Campus Library, March 2011
Paper presenter, MUPPETS—History Department, Metropolitan State College of Denver, December 2010
Guest speaker, Theory of Knowledge class at Lakewood (CO) High School, September 2010
Guest speaker, Denver Public Schools “Power and Authority” Social Studies Institute, June 2010
History department representative, 24th Annual Faculty to Faculty Conference, SheratonDenverTechCenter, April 2010
History department representative, Metropolitan State College of Denver Majors Fair, March 2010
Presentation on academic research for LakewoodHigh School students at the Auraria Campus Library, March 2010
History department representative, Metropolitan State College of Denver Open House, November 2009, February 2010
Paper presenter, MUPPETS—History Department, Metropolitan State College of Denver, November 2009
Guest speaker, Denver Public Schools Social Studies Institute, November 2009
Guest speaker, Theory of Knowledge classes at Lakewood (CO) High School, September 2009
“The Tiley House,” architectural history paper composed for a permanent display at the ColoradoStateUniversityVisitorsCenter (now AlumniCenter), Fort Collins, July 2003
“North Colorado” Secession Movement Interviews/Presentations
- 48th Meyer Nathan Lecture: “Secession in Northern Colorado: Will the Centennial State Be Split?”, Department of History, Colorado State University (November 2013);Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Service “Colorado State of Mind” interview (October 2013); Winslow Senior Community of Fort Collins (October 2013); Colorado Public Television “Studio 12” panelist (September 2013);NPR affiliate KUNC Radio interview (August 2013); Weld County Commissioners public hearing (July 2013)
Western state boundaries interviews/presentations
- Denver Consistory of Scottish Rite (April 2016); Denver Posse of Westerners (May 2015); Broomfield, Colorado Public Library History Series (March 2015);Ghost Town Club of Colorado (January 2015); Winslow Senior Community of Fort Collins (July 2014)
ColoradoState Capitol Activities
Volunteer guide and researcher at the Colorado State Capitol, 2009-present
Summer guide and researcher at the Colorado State Capitol, 1997-2001
Special Tours and Research:
- “The Colorado State Capitol: Historic Interpretation and Preservation” tour, American Historical Association annual conference, 6 January 2017
- Member, 140th Statehood Centennial Celebration Committee, 2015-2016
- Master of Ceremonies, 139th Colorado Day celebration, 31 July 2015
- Master of Ceremonies, Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration and dedication of KhachkarMonument on the ColoradoState Capitol Grounds, 24 April 2015
- Consultant, museum display at the Colorado State Capitol, 2015
- VIP ambassador, Dome Re-Dedication Ceremony, 2 October 2014
- Keynote address at 138th Colorado Day celebration, 1 August 2014
- Production team member and interviewee, Centennial Statehouse documentary, James Havey Productions, Denver, CO, 2010-2012
- Keynote address at 135th Colorado Day celebration, 1 August 2011
- Consultant, museum display at the Colorado State Capitol, 2006
Historical Presentations:
- Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services (November 2016)
- Morningstar Senior Community of Fort Collins, CO (March 2016)
- Kohl Elementary School, Broomfield, CO (May 2015)
- Union Lodge #7, Denver, CO (April 2015)
- Capitol Volunteer Holiday Luncheon (December 2014)
- Colorado State Archives, inaugural public lecture (October 2014)
- Capitol volunteer training session (December 2013)
- Arvada West High School, Arvada, CO (November 2013)
- Winslow Senior Community of Fort Collins, CO (January 2013)
- Colorado Fulbright Alumni Association (November 2012)
- Rocky Mountain Guides Association (February 2011)
- Ghost Town Club of Colorado (November 2010)
- Hackberry Hill Elementary School, Arvada, CO (April 2010)
- Ghost Town Club of Colorado (February 2010)
- Denver Consistory of Scottish Rite (October 2009)
- Curator’s Office of the Architect of the United States Capitol, Washington, DC (June 2006)
- Capitol Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon (May 2003)
Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships
United States Capitol Historical Society Fellowship, 2015-2016
Gordon H. McNeil Award for Outstanding Graduate Research Paper, Department of History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 2008
James Hillman Yowell Award for Excellence in Teaching, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 2008
Faculty Appreciation Award, Student Alumni Board & Associated Student Government, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 2007
United States Capitol Historical Society Fellowship, 2005-2006
Doctoral Travel Grant, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 2004, 2005, 2007
Doctoral Academy Fellowship, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 2003-2006, 2007-2008
Graduate Assistantship, Colorado State University, 2001-2002
Presidential Scholarship, Western State College of Colorado, 2000-2001
Academic Excellence Award, Western State College of Colorado, 1998-2001
Academic and Professional Organizations
History Colorado (formerly Colorado Historical Society), 2009-14
Western History Association, joined 2004
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Inc., joined 1999
- Alpha Chapter president, 2004-2007
- Iota-Nu Chapter president, 2000-2001
- Iota-Nu Chapter vice-president 1999-2000
Western Honors Program, Western State College of Colorado, 1998-2001
- Thesis: “The Admiration of Future Ages: The Story of the ColoradoState Capitol”
- Member: Honors Council and Student Honors Council, 1999-2001
Professional Meetings Attended
American Historical Association, annual conference, Denver, CO, January 2017
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Inc., biennial conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, January 2016
Agricultural History Society, annual conference, Lexington, KY, June 2015
Southwestern Political Science Association, annual conference, Denver, CO, April 2015
Southwestern Historical Association, annual conference, Denver, CO, April 2015
Western History Association, annual conference, Newport Beach, CA, October 2014
Western History Association, annual conference, Tucson, AZ, October 2013
Pacific Coast Branch—American Historical Association, annual conference, Denver, CO, August 2013
Dakota Conference: The Spanish Northern Plains, Sioux Falls, SD, April 2013
Western History Association, annual conference, Denver, CO, October 2012
“1862-2012: The Making of the Great Plains,” Center for Great Plains Studies, Lincoln, NE, March 2012
Western History Association, annual conference, Oakland, CA, October 2011
American Historical Association, annual conference, Boston, MA, January 2011
History Colorado: The Colorado Historical Society, annual meeting, Denver, CO, October 2010
Western History Association, annual conference, Incline Village, NV, October 2010
Association for Borderlands Studies, annual meeting, Reno, NV, April 2010
Western History Association, annual conference, Denver, CO, October 2009
American Historical Association, annual conference, New York City, NY, January 2009
Western History Association, annual conference, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2008
American Historical Association, annual conference, Washington, DC, January 2008
Western History Association, annual conference, Oklahoma City, OK, October 2007
Missouri Valley History Conference, annual conference, Omaha, NE, March 2007
Capitol Fellowship 20th Anniversary Symposium, United States Capitol Historical Society, Washington, DC, October 2006
“Comparative Perspectives on North American Borderlands,” Filson Institute, Louisville, KY, October 2006
Western History Association, annual conference, St. Louis, MO, October 2006
Mid-America Conference on History, annual conference Fayetteville, AR, September 2006
Phi Alpha Theta, regional meeting, Russellville, AR, April 2006
Western History Association, annual conference, Scottsdale, AZ, October 2005
Western History Association, annual conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 2004
Phi Alpha Theta, regional meeting, Fayetteville, AR, March 2004
Louisiana Purchase Conference, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, November 2003
Western History Association, annual conference, Fort Worth, TX, October 2003
Phi Alpha Theta, regional meeting, Denver, CO, April 2000
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Inc., biennial conference, Tampa, FL, December 1999