Stephen Volz
307 E. High St. Apt. 2
Mt. Vernon, OH 43050
(740) 397-8784
EDUCATIONPh.D. History – Africa
University of Wisconsin Madison, WI expected 8/05
thesis: “Tswana evangelists of the nineteenth century”
M.A. History – Africa
University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 12/99
M.A.T. Secondary Education – Social Studies
Washington University St. Louis, MO 8/89
B.A. History major, Philosophy and German minors
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN 5/85
PUBLICATIONSWords of Batswana: Letters to the Editor of Mahoko a Becwana, 1883-1896
editor and translator, with Part T. Mgadla
Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society [forthcoming]
“European missionaries and the development of Tswana identity”
Le Fait Missionnaire [forthcoming]
“European missionaries and Tswana identity in the 19th century”
Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies 17 (2003) 3-19
“Chief of a Heathen Town: Kgosi Sechele and the arrival of Christianity
among the Tswana” University of Wisconsin, African Studies 2001
“Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent”
photographs on website, 2000
Amandla,monthly newsletter, editor
Southern Africa Resource Center Minneapolis, MN 1990-91
TEACHINGKenyon College Gambier, OH 8/04-6/05
EXPERIENCEEarly African History (survey); Race and Politics in South Africa (seminar)
African History, 1800 to present (survey); Health and Healing in Africa (seminar)
University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison, WI
History of Africa, 1500 to 1870; teaching assistant 9/03-12/03
History of Africa, 1870 to present; grader 6/00-6/01, 1/03-7/03
Africa: An Introductory Survey; teaching assistant 9/00-12/00, 1/01-5/01,
1/03-5/03, 6/03-7/03
Martin Luther High School Maspeth, NY 8/91-6/98
Global Studies, U.S. History; grades 9-12; Social Studies Dept. Chairperson
Thamaga Secondary School Botswana, Africa 11/85-12/87
Science, Geography; grades 8-10; U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer
PRESENTATIONSAfrican Literature Association Madison, WI 4/04
“Teaching African History with African Stories” Teacher’s Workshop
National Council for the Social Studies Middleton, WI 3/04
“Democracy in Botswana” Great Lakes Regional Conference
African Studies Association Boston, MA 11/03
“Native brethren and their feudal ties: family and community in the careers of the
first Tswana evangelists”
University of Botswana Gaborone, Botswana 10/02
“European missionaries and Tswana identity” Sociology Seminar
Kgolagano College Gaborone, Botswana 10/02
“Early Batswana missionaries” seminar
University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison, WI
“Bringing the African Village into the American Classroom” African Studies 11/00
“Isaac Schapera and the invention of Tswana tradition” African Studies 7/00
African Studies Outreach Program, various talks, area grade schools 1/99-5/01
Madison Area Technical College Madison, WI 2/01
“Social Change in Botswana” Global Horizons Series
Indiana University Bloomington, IN 4/00
“Kgosi Sechele and Tswana Christianity” Graduate Students Conference
Concordia College Bronxville, NY 4/96, 9/97
“Development in Africa” A.D.P. Program
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN 10/90
“Images of Africa in the U.S. media” Christ College Symposium
AWARDSMilton R. Gutsch History Fellowship
HONORSfor dissertation writing University of Wisconsin spring, 2004
Fulbright-IIE grant
for dissertation research Botswana 2001-2002
Fulbright-Hays grant
for dissertation research [declined, accepted Fulbright-IIE instead]
Ph.D. examinations
passed with distinction University of Wisconsin April, 2001
A.C. Jordan Prize
for best essay in African studies University of Wisconsin 1999-2000
FLAS Fellowships
for study of Swahili, Setswana University of Wisconsin 1998-99, 1999-00, 7/00
Scott Kloeck-Jenson Grant
pre-dissertation travel grant University of Wisconsin 6/00
Fulbright-Hays seminar
summer seminar for teachers; “India and Her Ethos” India 7/95
Scholarship
for study of Secondary Ed – Social Studies Washington University 1988-89
Christ College Scholar
honors program; interdisciplinary Humanities Valparaiso University 1981-1985