The State College of Florida

PhilipW.TravisPhD

Assistant Professor of History

The State College of Florida

8455 Coral Way

Sarasota,Fl.34243(540)257-3943

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Education

WashingtonStateUniversity,Pullman,WA

PhDinHistory(2014)

Fields-International Relations,US History,WorldHistory

Dissertation-“Outlaw States: theUnited States,Nicaragua,andtheRoots oftheWar on Terror”

Chair:Dr.NorikoKawamura

The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky

MasterofArts(2005)

Thesis:"TheIdeologicalFoundationsofReaganForeignPolicytowardNicaragua"Chair:Dr.DavidHamilton

RadfordUniversity,Radford,VA

B.S.inHistory(2001)

B.S.inPhilosophyandReligiousStudies(2002)

Publications

“FoleyGraduate Fellow Report, Phil Travis.”The Foley Institute Report, 2014.Thomas S. FoleyInstitute for PublicPolicyand Public Service.

“We’re Going to Nicaragua: The United States, Nicaragua, and Counterterrorism in Central America during the 1980s.” Journal of Terrorism Research 7, issue 2 (May 2016).

Book Manuscript:Reagan’s War on Terrorism in Nicaragua: The Outlaw State.London: Lexington Books, 2016.

The Treaty of Esquipulas. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latin American History, Fall 2016. Currently in Peer Review.

“Phantasmagoric: A Review of the Art of Elisabeth Stevens.” Phantasmagoric: The World of Elisabeth

Stevens with Selections from the State College of Florida, Fall 2015.

Conferences

World Historical Association, Ghent, Belgium, July 3-5, 2016

Paper Presenter: “The British Diaspora: The Effect of the War Years on the Working Class”

Faculty Colloquium, Eastern Oregon University, May 1, 2015

Presenter: “The Terrorism Label: Propaganda and the United States Contra War”

Societyof HistoriansofAmericanForeignRelations,Arlington, Va. June25-27, 2015

PaperPresenter: “The Terrorism Label: The Reagan Administration’s Solution to the

Vietnam Syndrome”

WorldHistoricalAssociation,Savannah, Ga.June 30-July 2, 2015

Paper Presenter: “Nicaragua’s Terror War: 1974-1981”

Societyof HistoriansofAmericanForeignRelations,LexingtonKy. June19-21,2014

PanelOrganizer:“Nixon,Nintendo,andNicaragua:TheConsequencesofthe ColdWarinthePacific,1970-1990”

PaperPresenter:“TheUnited States,Nicaragua, and the Challenge ofInternational Terrorism”

WorldHistoricalAssociation,Heredia, CostaRica July16-19, 2014

Paper Presenter: “War for Peace: Costa Rica, theUnited States,and the EsquipulasPeace agreement”

Awards

BernardBobbTeachingExcellence Award for Graduate Students(WSU 2014)

WileyResearchExposition,WashingtonStateUniversity:Winner,BestOralPresentation(WSU 2013)

MaryO.andClaudiusJohnson Fellowship (WSU2013)

FoleyInstituteGraduateFellowship(WSU 2013)

EdwardM.BennettScholarship(WSU2010,2012)

TeachingExperience

The State College of Florida– Assistant Professor of History Fall 2015-Present

Courses Taught:

EUH 1000-Western Civilization I: until 1600

EUH 1001-Western Civilization II- Since 1600

EUH 2032- World War II and the Holocaust

EasternOregonUniversity–VisitingAssistant Professor of History Fall2014-2015CoursesTaught:

History480-20thCenturyU.S., 1900-1945History481-20thCenturyU.S., 1945-PresentHistory458-Civil War and ReconstructionHistory448-Historyof Modern RussiaHistory

History 437- History of Modern Germany

History 360-U.S. MilitaryHistory

History352-TheSixties

History201-U.S. HistoryTill 1865

History202-U.S. HistorySince1865

History112-World HistorySince 1500

WashingtonStateUniversity–TeachingAssistant/Instructor Fall2010-June 2014CoursesTaught:

History466-TheCold War

History388-Historyofthe VietnamWarCoursesAssisted:

History111- WorldCivilizationsII

History231-LatinAmericaintheNational PeriodHistory110- WorldCivilizations I

History395-BaseballandAmericanSocietyRCI105-Roots ofContemporaryIssues

Lewis-ClarkStateCollege–HistoryInstructor Fall 2012CoursesTaught:

History112- UnitedStatessince 1865

History111- UnitedStates to1865

NewRiverCommunityCollege–HistoryInstructorSpring2007-Summer2010CoursesTaught:

WorldHistory110-Historyof WorldCivilizationsI

WorldHistory111-Historyof WorldCivilizationsIIUSHistory121-UnitedStates HistoryI

USHistory122-UnitedStates HistoryII

WesternCivilization 101-HistoryofWesternCivilization IWesternCivilization 102-HistoryofWesternCivilization II

ProfessionalService,AffiliationsandotherrelatedExperience

Coach: Brain Bowl Collegiate Trivia Team (current)

GraduateandProfessionalStudentAssociation:Dist.Rep.CollegeofLiberalArts(2012-2013)

GraduateStudiesRepresentative,WSUHistoryDepartment(2011-2012)

AmericanHistoricalAssociation(AHA)

SocietyofHistoriansofAmericanForeignRelations(SHAFR)

WorldHistoryAssociation(WHA)

Re-enactment-“Lewis-McHenryDuel”(2008 and2009)