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NAME: Robert Blackey
ADDRESS: Department of History
California State University, San Bernardino
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407
(909) 537-5550;
EDUCATION:
Undergraduate:
City College of New York (CUNY); 1959-63
Major: History
Degree: B.A.
Graduate:
New York University; 1963-64
Major: History
Degree: M.A.
Master's Essay (i.e., seminar paper accepted in
lieu of a thesis):
Director: Dr. Edward R. Tannenbaum
Title:“The Changing Mood in the British
Trades Union Congress, 1924-28”
New York University; 1964-68
Major: History
Degree: Ph.D.
Dissertation Director: Dr. John W. Wilkes
Title: “The Political Career of George Montague Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, 1748-1771: a Study of an Eighteenth-Century
English Minister”
Research: British Library
Public Records Office (London)
House of Lords Records Office
The Bodleian (Oxford)
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Ireland
HONORS AND AWARDS:
* Wang Family Excellence Award of the California State
University system, 2003
* Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award of the
American Historical Association, 2001
* Distinguished Service Award of the Western Regional
Assembly of The College Board, 1999
* CSUSB’s nominee for the Carnegie Foundation’s Professor of
the Year Award, 1995, 1996, 2004
* Performance Step Salary Increase, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-
99, 1999-2000
* Resolution of Appreciation, Committee on History in the
Classroom, 1995, for service to history profession &
to teaching historians
* Distinguished Service Award, CSUSB, 1995
* Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, CSUSB,
1986-87, 1987-88
* San Bernardino Area Chamber of Commerce Teacher Recognition
Award, 1984
* Exceptional Merit Service Award, CSUSB, 1984
* NEH Summer Stipend, 1984 (CSUSB senior nominee)
* Outstanding Professor Award, CSUSB, 1983-84
* CSCSB Faculty Development Fund & Micro-Grant Awards, 1972-73,
1974-75, 1976-77, 1985-86, 1997-98
* William Andrews Clark Library (of the University of
California, Los Angeles) Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1969
* New York University Founders Day Award, 1969
* New York University Fellowship, 1967-68
* Honorary Fels Foundation Nominee, 1967-68
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE - TEACHING:
* Professor, CSU, San Bernardino, 1976-present
* Associate Professor, CSC, San Bernardino, 1971-76
* Assistant Professor, CSC, San Bernardino, 1968-71
* Part-time Lecturer, Hunter College of the City University of New York,
spring, 1968
* Graduate Teaching Assistant, New York University, 1965-67
TEACHING AREAS:
* History:
Tudor and Stuart England
England in the Age of Revolution and Reform
Early Modern Europe, Renaissance to 1815
Renaissance and Reformation
Europe in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment
World Civilization
* Interdisciplinary:
Revolutions in History
Expository Writing for Social Sciences Majors
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE - ADMINISTRATIVE:
* Chair, Department of History, 1983-1994
* Social Sciences B.A. Coordinator, 1985-1997, 2008-10
* Accreditation Coordinator and Liaison Officer, 1977-84
(i.e., part-time administrative work)
* Relations with Schools Officer, 1972 (i.e., I inaugurated the position at Cal State, San Bernardino when called upon to do so in the face of an enrollment crisis. My work helped to alleviate the problem and I returned to the classroom at my own request.)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE - COMMITTEES:
I have been on a number of committees, the most important of which are:
* Faculty Senate
* Retention, Promotion & Tenure (both School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and College-wide; chair of the latter for 2 years)
* Faculty Affairs
* Improvement of Instruction
* Continuing Education
* Student Union
* Student Recruitment
* Faculty Advisor to the Class of 1974
* Dean's Advisory (School of Social and Behavioral Sciences)
* Social Sciences Advisory Council (i.e., Cal State faculty and representatives from high schools)
* Teacher Education Advisory Council
OTHER EDUCATIONAL WORK:
Member, Steering Committee to Establish a College Board National Task
Force on the Arts in Education, 2008-10
Elected member of the National Academic Assembly Council of The College Board,
2001-04
Elected member to the Regional Council of The College Board Western Regional
Office, 1997-2000
Member, Major Field Test-History Development Committee, Educational Testing
Service, 1996-97, 2002
National Advisory Board: The History Teacher, the journal of the Society for History
Education, 1996-98
Advisory Board: DISCovering U.S. History CD-ROM for Gale Research Inc., 1996
Educational Testing Service, essay and multiple-choice test question writer (1) for
the Advanced Placement European History Program and (2) for the National
Teachers Exam (several times each)
Professor at the Cal Poly Pomona History-Social Science Project on the "Industrial
Revolution in World History," July 11-29, 1994, part of the California History-
Social Science Project
American Historical Association representative to the American Association of
Higher Education "Peer Review of Teaching Project" (1994), part of the
AAHE's Teaching Initiative
American Historical Association representative to the Seminar on the Assessment of
Scholarship (March 11-12, 1993), The Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, NJ
American Historical Association representative on the National Review Panel of the
National Council for the Social Studies (to develop standards for social
studies teaching in the U.S., 1992-94)
American Historical Association World History Task Force (for the UCLA National
History Standards Project), Member, 1992
American Historical Association Ad Hoc Committee on Redefining Scholarly Work
(Syracuse University Project), Member, 1992
Advisory Board: Committee on History in the Classroom, 1990-present
California Subject Matter Assessment Project for History and Social Science,
Member, 1989-90
Since 1970 I have been active with the European HistoryAdvanced Placement
Program of the Educational Testing Service and The College Board in the
following capacities:
Reader 1970-72,85-90,95,97
Table Leader 1973-75,96,98, 2001-02, 2005
Chief Reader-Designate1975-76
Chief Reader 1976-80
[As Chief Reader-Designate and Chief Reader I was also a member of
the AP-CLEP Examination and Test Development Committee.]
Test Development Committee, Member 1985-86
Test Development Committee, Chair 1986-89
PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS:
History: Core Elements for Teaching and Learning. Rockville, MD: Wildside Press,
2011.
History Anew: Innovations in the Teaching of History Today. Long Beach: The University Press, California State University, Long Beach, 1993. (Note: History Anew was distributed to all graduate teaching assistants in the History Dept. at Stanford University because it helped them "understand that when they conceive and organize a course, they are 'producing' history in ways that are analogous to research" [Richard Roberts, Dept. of History, Stanford University]. The book was also required reading for History 698, College Teaching and Lecture Preparation, at Western Michigan University.)
Revolutions and Revolutionists: A Comprehensive Guide to the Literature. Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Books, 1982.
Revolution and the Revolutionary Ideal (co-authored with Clifford T. Paynton).
Cambridge, MA: Schenkman Publishing Company, 1976.
Modern Revolutions and Revolutionists: a Bibliography. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-
Clio Books, 1976.
Why Revolution? Theories and Analyses (co-edited with Clifford T. Paynton).
Cambridge, MA: Schenkman Publishing Company, 1971.
PUBLICATIONS - ARTICLES:
“’We’ll Be Right Back’: Introducing Constructive ‘Breaks’ Into History Lectures,”
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, forthcoming Fall 2012: 59-68.
“Early Bird Specials: Some Thoughts On Use Of Class Time Before Class Begins,”
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 35:1(Spring 2010): 3-11.
“So Many Choices, So Little Time: Strategies For Understanding and Taking
Multiple-Choice Exams in History,” The History Teacher 43:1 (November 2009): 54-66.
“To Illuminate History: Making Teaching Picture-Perfect.” Teaching History: A
Journal of Methods, 30:2 (Fall 2005): 59-71.
“Advanced Placement European History: An Anatomy of the Essay Examination,
1956-2000.” The History Teacher, 35:3 (May 2002): 311-42.
“New Wine in Old Bottles: Revitalizing the Traditional History Lecture.” Teaching
History: A Journal of Methods, 22:1 (Spring 1997): 3-25. This article was
nominated for the American Historical Association’s Gilbert Award.
“Words to the Whys: Crafting Critical Book Reviews.” The History Teacher, 27:2
(February 1994): 159-66.
“Unity brings E. Germany into light.” San Bernardino Sun (March 17, 1991), Section
D: 1, 4.
“Off the Beaten Track.” ELAN 3:4 (May 1990): 70-71, 92.
“Britain: History Around Every Corner.” ELAN 2:12 (December 1989): 66-69.
“China: Impressions of Another World.” ELAN 2:7 (July 1989): 8-10; 2:8 (August
1989): 64-66.
“Bull's-eye: A Teachers' Guide for Developing Student Skill in Responding to Essay
Questions.” Social Education, 52:6 (October 1988): 464-66. Reprinted in
History Anew, edited by R. Blackey. Long Beach: The University Press,
California State University, 1993.
“University Students' Writing.” Crosscut: Writing Across the Disciplines, 6:1 (Winter
1986): 2-3.
“Writing In the Major: A Novel Approach That Works.” Perspectives, 24:5 (May/June
1986): 10-13. Reprinted in History Anew, edited by R. Blackey. Long Beach:
The University Press, California State University, 1993.
“Will Robots Carry Union Cards?” Business and Society Review, no. 53 (Spring
1985): 33-34.
“How Advanced Placement Essay Questions Are Prepared—And How Yours Can
Be Too.” AHA Perspectives, 20:2 (November 1982): 23-25.
“A Guide to the Skill of Essay Construction in History.” Social Education, 45:3
(March 1981): 178-82. Reprinted in History Anew, edited by R. Blackey.
Long Beach: The University Press, California State University, 1993.
“Free At Last: Portuguese Colonies After Independence” (review article). ASA
Review of Books '79 (African Studies Association), V (1979): 174-76.
“A Politician in Ireland: The Lord Lieutenancy of the Earl of Halifax, 1761-63.” Eire-Ireland,
XIV:4 (Winter 1979): 65-82.
“Fanon and Cabral: a Contrast in Theories of Revolution for Africa.” Journal of
Modern African Studies, XII:2 (June 1974): 191-209. Reprinted in Martin
Thomas, ed., European Decolonization. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate, 2007.
“A War of Words: The Significance of the Propaganda Conflict Between English
Catholics and Protestants, 1715-1745.” Catholic Historical Review, LVIII:4
(January 1973): 534-55.
PUBLICATIONS - BOOK CHAPTERS:
“James I.” In Historic World Leaders, vol. 2. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
“Henry VIII.” In Historic World Leaders, vol. 2. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
“Writings on Revolution.” In Why Revolution? Theories and Analyses, ed. by
Clifford T. Paynton & Robert Blackey. Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Pub.
Co., 1971, pp. 280-94.
PUBLICATIONS - BOOK REVIEWS:
Victorious Insurgencies: Four Rebellions that Shaped our World by Anthony James
Joes, in Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 36:1 (Spring 2011): 49-50.
Martin Luther: A Brief Introduction to His Life and Works by Paul R. Waibel, in
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 31:1 (Spring 2006): 47-48.
Victorian England, ed. by Clarice Swisher, in Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
28:1 (Spring 2003): 44-45.
Elizabeth I, 2d edition, by Christopher Haigh, in Teaching History: A Journal of
Methods 24:2 (Fall, 1999): 87-88.
Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, 3rd edition, by Richard
Andrew Lobban, Jr. and Peter Karibe Mendy, in International Journal of
African Historical Studies 31:1 (1998): 230-32.
The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain, 1783-1870 by Eric J.
Evans and Crime and Society in England, 1750-1900 by Clive Emsley, in
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 22:2 (Fall, 1997): 96-98.
Classroom in Conflict: Teaching Controversial Subjects in a Diverse Society by John
A. Williams, in American Historical Review, 101:1 (February, 1996): 158-59.
Learning History in America: Schools, Cultures, and Politics edited by Lloyd
Kramer, et al. in Journal of American History, 82:1 (June, 1995): 378-79.
Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Africa by Nzongola-Ntalaja, in International
Journal of African Historical Studies, 21:4 (1988): 741-42.
Revolutions, Armies, and War: A Political History by Jonathan R. Adelman, in
American Historical Review, 92:3 (June 1987): 637-38.
Reluctant Rebels: Comparative Studies of Revolution and Underdevelopment by
John Walton, and Great Revolutions Compared by Jaroslav Krejci, in
American Historical Review, 90:1 (February 1985): 108-09.
Robert Harley and the Press: Propaganda and Public Opinion in the Age of Swift
and Defoe by J. A. Downie, in Albion, 12:1 (Spring 1980) 70-71.
James Burgh: Spokesman for Reform in Hanoverian England by Carla Hay, in
Albion, 11:4 (Winter 1979): 390-91.
Race, Conflict and the International Order: From Empire to United Nations by Hugh
Tinker, in American Historical Review, 83:3 (June 1978): 693.
The FLN in Algeria: Party Development in a Revolutionary Society by Henry F.
Jackson, in Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, 5:1 (Spring 1978):
135-36.
On Revolt: Strategies of National Liberation by J. Bowyer Bell, in Canadian Review
of Studies in Nationalism, 4:2 (Spring 1977): 280-81.
The English Ministers and Jacobitism Between the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 by
Paul S. Fritz, in American Historical Review, 81:5 (December 1976): 1106.
PUBLICATIONS - PAMPHLETS/BOOKLETS:
Perspectives on Teaching Innovations: World and Global History. Washington,
D.C.: American Historical Association, 1999. [Edited most of the essays and
wrote the introduction.]
Perspectives on Teaching Innovations: Teaching to Think Historically. Washington,
D.C.: American Historical Association, 1999. [Edited most of the essays and
wrote the introduction.]
Why Become a Historian. American Historical Association website (1998):
[Contributing editor and
author of one of the essays.]
Beginning an Advanced Placement Course in European History (Edition C.)
Princeton: College Entrance Examination Board, 1980.
Grading the Advanced Placement European History Examination, 1979 and 1980.
Princeton: College Entrance Examination Board, 1980.
Grading the Advanced Placement European History Examination, 1977 and 1978.
Princeton: College Entrance Examination Board, 1979.
PAPERS PRESENTED & SESSIONS CHAIRED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
“How Art Improves Teaching and Understanding History: A Case Study with the Italian
Renaissance,” Lilly Conference (West) on College and University Teaching
(March 16-17, 2012)
“The Arts Across the Curriculum and Teaching History,” Lilly Conference (West) on
College and University Teaching (March 20-21, 2009)
“Teaching History With the Arts,” National Forum, The College Board (November 11,
2008)
“Content Integration: Blending the Arts and History for Better Teaching and Learning”
Forum, The College Board (November 8, 2008), Houston
“Early Bird Special: A Constructive Use of Class Time Before Class,” Lilly
Conference (West) on College and University Teaching (March 21-22, 2008)
“Using Sequences of Images to Improve Teaching & Learning,” Lilly Conference
(West) on College and University Teaching (March 17-18, 2006)
“Teaching European History Through Art & Sequences of Images,” European
Council of International Schools Annual Conference, The Hague, The
Netherlands (November 17-20, 2005)
“Incorporating Artifacts, Objects & Other Media in the Classroom,” Lilly Conference
(West) on College and University Teaching (March 19-20, 2004)
“Melding Tradition & Innovation in Teaching History,” keynote presentation at the
annual national History Teaching and Learning Conference, University of
Lancaster, Great Britain (April 9-11, 2003)
Panelist at two sessions on teaching & students, Western Regional Meeting of The
College Board (February 2001)
“Teaching History Through Art: Two Case Studies of Women’s Images & Roles,”
Lilly Conference (West) on College and University Teaching (March 5-7,
1999)
“Using Technology & the Humanities to Enhance History Education,” Conference on
Undergraduate Teaching & Learning: Technology to Enhance Education
(April 24,1998)
Panelist in session on “Teacher Preparation: The Readiness Is All,” Western
Regional Meeting of The College Board (February 1998)
“The Interactive Lecture: Revitalizing the Traditional History Lecture,” American
Historical Association Annual Meeting (January 1997)
Chair of session on “Armaments Distribution,” 5th Annual International World History
Association Conference (June 20-23, 1996)
“Revitalizing the Traditional Lecture,” Lilly Conference (West) on Excellence in
College and University Teaching (March, 8-11, 1996)
Chair/Commentator of session on “World History: Teacher Preparation Through
High School-College Collaboration, The Philadelphia Story,” American
Historical Association Annual Meeting (January 1995)
“Revitalizing the Old Fashioned Lecture,” Symposium on University Teaching, California State University system (February 1994)
Chair of session on “Tapping the National Storehouses: Primary Sources in the
Classroom from the National Archives, the National Geographic Society, and
the Smithsonian Institution,” American Historical Association Annual Meeting
(January 1994)
Chair of session on “History in a Unified World: The Response of Teachers,”
American Historical Association Annual Meeting (December 1992)
“How High School Advanced Placement United States and European History
Courses Measure Up: Results of Recent College Surveys,” American
Historical Association Annual Meeting (December 1989)
“Writing and Thinking -- The Critical Connection,” College Board Western Regional
Meeting (February 1987)
Chair of session on “Special Techniques for History Instruction,” American Historical Association Annual Meeting (December 1983)
“Essay Test Construction: Grabbing the Bull by the Horns of a Dilemma,” American
Historical Association Annual Meeting (December 1981)
Chair of session on “Advanced Placement European and American History in the
Classroom: A Test or a Curriculum?” American Historical Association Annual
Meeting (December 1979)
“An English Politician in Ireland: Halifax as Lord Lieutenant, 1761-63,” Northwest
Conference on British Studies (April 1979)
“The Revolutionary Ideal in the American Revolution,” Pacific Sociological
Association (March 1976)
“Concept of Revolution Since the 18th Century with Reference to Asia,” Asian
Conference of Southern California (May 1975)
MSS & GRANT PROPOSALS REVIEWED:
Crossroads and Cultures (one chapter for Bedford-St. Martins, September 2011)
Patterns of World History (four chapters [February 2010], three chapters [May 2010],
six chapters [April 2011] for Oxford University Press)
Humanity in Movement (Proposal, Table of Contents, & four chapters [September 2009],
five chapters [January 2010] for Wadsworth/Cengage Learning)
The Global West (one chapter [October 2009] for Cengage Learning)
A History of England (two of four volumes [September 2009] for Cengage Learning)
Traditions & Encounters: A Brief Global History, by Bentley & Ziegler (one chapter
for McGraw-Hill; March 2007)
“The 80 Years’ Question: The Dutch Revolt in Historical Perspective” (an article
for History Compass, an electronic journal published by Blackwell; Fall 2006)
The World (a world history textbook by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, one chapter by
me, for Prentice-Hall; Fall 2006)
Europe in the Era of Religious War, 1559-1715 (for Broadview Press: book ms;
May/June 2005)
An Age of Empires, 1250-1750 (for Oxford University Press: book ms; July/August
2004)
Crossroads & Cultures: A History of the World (for Bedford/St. Martin’s: prospectus
& table of contents; February 2003)
The Renaissance in Europe (for McGraw-Hill/Irwin): chaps. 5-6, 9-10 (December
2002)
Textbook proposal (for Broadview Press): on European history from 1559-1715 (July
2002)
The West in the World: A Mid-Length Narrative History (for McGraw-Hill, Inc.):
timelines (September 1998); map captions (October 1998)
Traditions and Encounters: A History of World Civilizations, vol. II (for McGraw-Hill,
Inc.): chaps. 29-34, (September 1996); chaps. 35-37, 39 (March 1997);
chaps. 36-40 December 1997); chaps. 29-31 (April 1998); chaps 34-35
(September 1998). Also, for the Study Guide, chaps. 2-4, 6-7, and for the
Instructor’s Manual/Test Bank, chaps. 15-18, 24-28 (February 1999)
Personalities and Problems: Interpretive Essays in World Civilizations (New York:
McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994) Review of volume two for a new edition (December
1995)
Personalities and Problems: Political, Social and Cultural Issues in World Civilization
(for McGraw-Hill, Inc., November 1992)
Meaning Over Memory: Recasting the Teaching of Culture and History (for the
University of North Carolina Press, Winter 1992)
Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800: Readings in Social History (for St. Martin's Press,
Fall 1990)
Personalities and Problems: Individuals and Social Forces in World Civilizations (for
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., December 1986 and March 1988)
“Passage of Revolution” (for NEH Media Program, August 1982)
“The Earl of Halifax and the Order of 1752: A Power Play” (for the William and Mary
Quarterly, Summer 1982)
“The Social Psychology of Developing Revolutionary Situations” (for Studies in
History and Politics, Spring 1980)
The American as Anarchist (for ABC-Clio Books, Fall 1975)
EDITORIAL WORK:
Associate Editor, The History Teacher, 1993-96