John Baranski
Dept. of History
Fort Lewis College
1000 Rim Dr.
Durango, CO 81301
970.247.7269 (work) or 970.903.8721 (cell)
Curriculum vitae
Education
Ph.D. in Public Policy and United States History, with a field in Latin American History (March 2004)
University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A. in United States History, with a field in Latin American History (January 1996)
San Francisco State University
B.A. in History with a minor in International Studies (June 1993)
Sonoma State University
No degree. General education courses
Los Angeles Valley Community College
Areas of Research and Teaching Interest
Social and urban policy in the U.S.
19th and 20th Century Americas
Book manuscript (complete and out for review at University of North Carolina Press): Citizen Housing: The Struggle for Economic and Civil Rights in San Francisco, 1906-2006
Teaching Experience
Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
Associate Professor of History and Gender and Women’s Studies(2010 to present)
Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
Assistant Professor of History and Gender and Women’s Studies(2004 to 2010)
Sociology Mexico Program, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
Co-director (2007 to present)
Native American Outreach Program, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
Assistant Professor (2006 to present)
New Directions in Public Policy, Masters Program, University of Colorado, Denver
Instructor (2008 to present)
University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Instructor (2002 to 2004)
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
Instructor (2002 to 2004)
University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Tutor, “ESL, Writing, and Social Science and Humanities” (2003 to 2004)
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California
Instructor (2001 to 2002)
University of California, Washington Center, Washington, D.C.
Instructor (2000)
University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of History
Teaching Assistant (1997 to 2000)
Lowell High School, San Francisco, California
Teaching Assistant (1995)
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Graduate Assistant (1994 to 1995)
Rose Elementary School, Santa Rosa, California
Teaching Assistant, “Bilingual Kindergarten” (1993 to 1994)
Paid Research, Consulting, and Administrative Experience
Chair, History Department, Fort Lewis College (2014 to present)
Senior Consultant, Educational Policy Improvement Center, Eugene, Oregon (2010 to present)
Chair (Interim), History Department, Fort Lewis College (2011-2012)
Text Book Evaluator, Bedford Publishing (2009 to present)
Consultant, Educational Policy Improvement Center (2007 to 2009)
Content Leader, National Council for History Education (2010 to present)
AP U.S. History Exam Reader, College Board (2006, 2007, 2009)
Coordinator, Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy, UC, Santa Barbara (2003 to 2004)
Research Assistant, Professor Nelson Lichtenstein, Dept. of History, UC, Santa Barbara (2002)
Research Assistant, Professor Alice O’Connor, Dept. of History, UC, Santa Barbara (2001 to 2002)
Research Assistant, Professor Bruce Robertson, Dept. of History of Art and Architecture,
UC, Santa Barbara (1996 to 2000)
Research Assistant, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC (1998 to 1999)
Published and Unpublished Works
“Purging the Poorest: Public Housing and the Design Politics of Twice-Cleared Communities,” Book Review for Planning PerspectivesVol. 29, Issue 3 (2014): 419-421.
“Advocating the Man,” Book Review for Journal of Social History (Winter 2010): 609-11.
“’Something to Help Themselves’: Tenant Organizing in San Francisco Public Housing, 1965-1975,” Journal of Urban History Vol. 33, No. 3 (March 2007): 418-42.
“Citizen Hobo,” Book Review for Journal of Social History 39.1 (Fall 2005): 271-273.
“A History of Tenant Organizing in the United States” in Poverty and Social Welfare in
America: An Encyclopedia, eds. Alice O’Connor and Gwendolyn Mink (2004)
“Justice at Work: A Conference Honoring David Brody,” International Labor and Working-Class
History, No. 6 3 (Spring 2003): 135-38.
“Recent Trends in Public Administration Models and Theories.” Unpublished Paper for the Woodrow
Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. (1999)
“Abstracts.” ABC-CLIO Publishing, Santa Barbara, California (1996-1998)
Conference Papers and Talks
“Gender, Violence, and Journalism in Colombia and U.S.-Mexican Border,” Panel Chair and Comment, Rocky Mountain Council For Latin American Studies Conference, Durango, CO (April 5, 2014)
“Inocente,” Moderator for discussion of film at the Center of Southwest Studies Center, Fort Lewis College (March 3, 2014)
“Writing in History: Workshops for Non-Majors and Majors,” for the Writing Program, Fort Lewis College (February 27, 2014)
“Gandhi in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the UFW,” Talk for Peace Studies, Fort Lewis College (February 20, 2014)
“In the Shadow of the Raid,” Moderator for discussion of film at the Center of Southwest Studies Center, Fort Lewis College (March 3, 2014)
“Rethinking the Teaching of Historical Writing: Lessons from the Field,” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Vancouver, Washington (October 11, 2013).
“Workers of the World Unite: One Worker at a Time,” (invited talk) Countering Contingency: Teaching, Scholarship and Creativity in the Age of the Adjunct, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (April 2013)
“Immigration,” Panelist for the Common Reading Experience, FLC, (October 6, 2010)
“Listening Rhetoric in Labor Conflicts: What did you say Joe Hill,” Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, Bozeman, MT (October 2008)
“”They Take Our Jobs: Looking Backward at Contemporary Immigration Debates,” Life Long Learning Series, Pagosa Springs, CO (October 2008)
“History of Immigration,” Sexual Assault Services Organization, Durango, CO (September 2008)
“History of Immigration,” de alma, Durango, CO (July 2008)
“”They Take Our Jobs: Looking Backward at Contemporary Immigration Debates,” Life Long Learning Series, FLC (February 2008)
“Building Community: Public Housing Tenant Organizing, 1976-1982,” Jr. Faculty Research Colloquium, FLC (February 2008)
“The United Farm Worker Movement,” Latino College Outreach Day, FLC (November 2007)
“Building Community: Public Housing Tenants in San Francisco, 1976-1987” California Council for the Promotion of History, 27th Annual Conference, Arcadia, CA (October 2007)
“Public Speaking,” Sexual Assault Services Organization, Durango, CO (September 2007)
“Women Waging Peace,” Panel for the Common Reading Experience, FLC (November 2006)
“The Chicano Movement,” Latino College Outreach Day, FLC (November 2006)
“Something to Help Ourselves,” AHSS Jr. Faculty Research Colloquium, FLC, (February 2006)
“The Chicano Movement,” Latino College Outreach Day, FLC (November 2005)
“Let it Wait Another Day,” Building a Participatory Action Research Program: Past and Future,” Building
Capacity for Effective Participatory Research Action Research Conference, University of California, Los Angeles (February 6, 2004)
“Punk Rock and College History,” Diversity Action Committee, outreach project, Lompoc High School,
California (May 2003)
“Out of Step with Washington: Tenant Organizing in San Francisco Public Housing, 1968-1976’”
Journal of Public Policy Conference, St Louis, Missouri (May 2002)
“Building a Multi-cultural New Deal Coalition: Public Housing Policy Making in San
Francisco, 1933-1941,” All University of California Policy Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara (November 2001)
Fort Lewis College, Department and Campus Service
Chair, Department of History (2011 to 2012 interim, 2014 to present)
Chair, Curriculum Committee (2013 to present)
Social Studies Coordinator, Teacher’s Education Program (2004 to present)
History Department Assessment Committee Chair (2005 to present)
Curriculum Committee (2005 to present)
Task Force for the Hiring and Retention of Quality Faculty (2008 to 2012)
Advisor for Feminist Voice, student group (2008 to 2011)
Advisor for Phi Alpha Theta, History Honors Society (2005 to present)
Visiting Faculty Committee (2005 to 2006)
Housing Task Force (2008 to 2009, inactive since 2009)
Journey through our Heritage, de alma, Latino Student K-12 Outreach
New Student Orientation (2007-2009)
Campus Writing Competition Judge, Campus Writing Board, Writing Program (2006 to 2007)
Education for Global Citizenship Retreat, May 10, 2006
Search Committees
History, Islam and Africa (2014)
History, U.S. History (2013)
Sociology, Comparative Latin America (2010)
Teacher Education, Secondary Education (2008)
Teacher Education, Secondary Education (2007)
History, Early America/Transatlantic World (2007)
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dean (2008)
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dean (2007)
History, East Asia (2007)
History, Medieval Europe (2005)
Awards and Fellowships
Faculty Development Grant, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado (2012)
Faculty Development Grant, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado (2011)
Faculty Development Grant, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado (2005)
Faculty Development Grant, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado (2004)
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Pre-doctoral Fellowship, UC, Santa Barbara (2002)
University of California Regents’ Dissertation Fellowship, UC, Santa Barbara (2002)
Robert L. Kelley Award, Department of History, UC, Santa Barbara (2001)
University of California President’s Dissertation Fellowship (2001)
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Pre-doctoral Fellowship, UC, Santa Barbara (2001, declined)
Department Fee Fellowship, UC, Santa Barbara (2000-2001)
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Washington, D.C. (2000-2001)
Travel Grant, Department of History, UC, Santa Barbara (2003)
Intercampus Travel Grant, UC, Santa Barbara (2001)
History Associates Award, Department of History, UC, Santa Barbara (2000)
Travel Grant, Department of History, UC, Santa Barbara (2000)
History Associates Award, Department of History, UC, Santa Barbara (1999)
Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Office of Residential Life, UC, Santa Barbara (1999)
Dick Cook Memorial Award for Outstanding Department Service, Department of
History, UC, Santa Barbara (1999)
Graduate Division Fee Fellowship, UC, Santa Barbara (1997-1999)
Travel Grant, Department of History, UC, Santa Barbara (1997)
Travel Grant, Graduate Division, UC, Santa Barbara (1997)
Professional and Community Service
Member of the Board of Directors, Compañeros, Durango, CO (2013 to present)
Evaluator of article manuscripts for Journal of Urban History (2008 to present)
Evaluator of article manuscripts for Journal of Social History (2005 to present)
Member of the Board of Directors, Sexual Assault Services Organization, Durango, CO (2010 to 2012)
Task Force Member, Sexual Violence Prevention Council, Durango, CO (2007 to 2011)
Task Force Member, Compañeros, Durango, CO (2004 to 2007)
Diversity Action Committee, Department of History, UC, Santa Barbara (2002 to 2004)
Member, Telluride Miners Memorial Committee, Telluride, CO (2005 to 2008)
Volunteer Organizer, Santa Barbara Coalition for a Living Wage (2000 to 2001)
Vice President, Tivoli Gardens Tenants Association, Washington, DC (2000)
Graduate Student Association Representative, Department of History, UC, Santa Barbara (1999 to 2000)
Curriculum Development Committee, Department of History, UC, Santa Barbara (1998 to 1999)
Tutor, Adult Literacy Program, Santa Barbara Public Library (1997 to 1999)
Editor, Ex Post Facto, the student-run journal of the History Students’ Association, San Francisco
State University (1993 to 1995)
Media
Radio KDUR Cold War and the Common Reading Experience, Oct. 16, 2013
Radio KDUR Immigration and the Common Reading Experience, Sept. 8, 2010
Radio KDUR International Women’s Day, Feb. 27, 2008
Radio KDUR International Women’s Day, Feb. 27, 2007
Professional Memberships:
Organization of American Historians
California Historical Society
H-Labor listserv
H-American Studies listserv
H-Urban listserv
Courses Taught:
Lower Division History
Colonial to present U.S. (Santa Barbara City College)
U.S. History: 1877 to present (Fort Lewis College)
Women in U.S. History since1848 (Fort Lewis College)
Great Issues in Public Policy (Santa Barbara City College)
U.S. History and Film (Fort Lewis College)
Immigration and Violence in U.S. History (Fort Lewis College)
Upper Division History
Urban History (Fort Lewis College)
Emergence of American History, 1893-1939 (Fort Lewis College)
History of Poverty in the U.S. (Fort Lewis College)
Women in American History (Fort Lewis College)
U.S. Since 1945 (Fort Lewis College)
20TH Century U.S. History (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
History of the Vietnam War (Fort Lewis College)
History of Work and Immigration in a Cross Border Context (Fort Lewis College)
History of Work and Workers (Fort Lewis College)
Philosophy and Methods in History (Fort Lewis College)
Senior Seminar (UC, Santa Barbara and Fort Lewis College)
Lower Division Non-History Courses
First Generation in College (Fort Lewis College general education)
Introduction to Labor Studies (UC, Santa Barbara)
Upper Division Non-History Courses
Professional Writing and Editing (Navajo Nation,Teacher Education Outreach Program)
Social Poetry (Fort Lewis College general education)
Movements of Resistance (Fort Lewis College general education)
Defining America (Navajo Nation,Teacher Education Outreach Program)
Senior Seminar (Fort Lewis College, Gender and Women’s Studies program)
Sociology Field Methods (Fort Lewis College, Dept. of Sociology)
Sociology of the Southwest (Fort Lewis College, Dept. of Sociology)
Labor Studies Internship Seminar (UC, Santa Barbara)
Political Science Internship Seminar (University of California, Washington Center)
Graduate Seminar:
American Politics (University of Colorado, Denver, Dept. of Political Science)
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References:
Dr. Michael Martin
Associate Professor, Department of History
Fort Lewis College
1000 Rim Dr.
Durango, CO 81301
970.247.7147 (work), 970.403.2606 (cell) or
Dr. Janine Fitzgerald
Professor of Sociology
Fort Lewis College
1000 Rim Dr.
Durango, CO 81301
970.247.7063 (work), 970.769.1513 (cell), or
Dr. ErikJuergensmeyer
Associate Professor of Writing and Director of the Writing Program
Fort Lewis College
1000 Rim Dr.
Durango, CO 81301
970.247.7098 (work), 970.764.5788 (cell), or
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