Profile for ARWIN D. SMALLWOOD | The University of Memphis

Faculty and Staff Profiles

ARWIN D. SMALLWOOD

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Additional Information

http://cassian.memphis.edu/history/asmallwd/

Education

Ph.D. History - The Ohio State University - 1997
M. A. History, Cum Laude - North Carolina Central University - 1990
B. A. Political Science - North Carolina Central University - 1988

Work Experience

Carter G. Woodson Distinguished Lecturer, Association for the Study of African American Life and History - The Carter G. Woodson Distinguished Lecturership - 2012 to Present
Associate Professor, Department of History - The University of Memphis - 2003-Present
Associate Professor, Director, African-American Studies, Department of History and the African-American Studies Program - Bradley University - 2001-2003
Visiting Professor, History Programs of Community Colleges, and Public and Private Universities of Central Illinois. - Central Illinois Higher Education Consortium - 1997-1998
Assistant Professor, Director, African-American Studies, Department of History and the African-American Studies Program - Bradley University - 1997-2001
Faculty Research Mentor, Department of History - Bradley University - 1996-2003
Instructor, Director, African-American Studies, Department of History and the African-American Studies Program - Bradley University - 1995-1997
Teaching Assistant, Department of History - The Ohio State University - 1994-1995
Instructor, History summer program for youth - Afro-American Cultural Center of Charlotte, NC - Summer 1994
Visiting Instructor, Department of History - North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University - 1993-1994
Bridge Counselor/Coordinator, Upward Bound Program - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Summer 1992
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of History - Dr. John C. Burnham, Distinguished Professor of Medical History - The Ohio State University - 1992
Summer Intern, Overseas Briefing Center, Foreign Service Institute - United States Department of State - Summer 1991
Summer Intern, Overseas Briefing Center, Foreign Service Institute - United States Department of State - Summer 1990
Bridge Counselor/Coordinator, Upward Bound Program - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Summer 1989
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of History - Dr. Sylvia Jacobs, Distinguished Professor of African History - North Carolina Central University - 1989
Teaching Associate, Department of History - North Carolina Central University - 1988-90
Officer Candidate, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) - Detachment 585, North Carolina Central University and Duke University - 1983 -1986

Honors/Awards

Nominated for The University of Memphis CEHHS Hall of Fame - College of Education Health and Human Sciences Alumni, Chapter - 2013
Carter G. Woodson Distinguished Lecturer - The Association for the Study of African American Life and History - 2012 - Present
Re-Nominated for the Samella Lewis Professional Development Achievement Award - The Ohio State University African-American Alumni Society - 2012 -2013
The National Endowment for the Humanities, African-American Challenge Grant Fellowship - The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - May 2012
Igniting Excitement for Academic Excellence Award - University of Memphis, Black Scholars Unlimited - February 22, 2012
Study Abroad Course Development Fellowship, for developing a Study Abroad Program to the Six Nations or Haudenosaunee people of Canada, - The University of Memphis, Study Abroad Program - 2011 - 2012
Nominated for the Samella Lewis Professional Development Achievement Award - The Ohio State University African-American Alumni Society - 2010
American Philosophical Society, Library Residents Research Fellowship - American Philosophical Society - April 2010
American Philosophical Society, Franklin Research Grant - American Philosophical Society - April 2009-10
Professional Development Assignment - Research Office, University of Memphis - 2008-09
Nominated for the Igniting Excitement for Academic Excellence Award - University of Memphis - 2008
Invited presenter, at the New World Cartographies Conference hosted by The Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford and the American Museum of Bath, England. Program consited of a total of thirteen invited scholars of Native American History, Early American History and Historical Cartography from universities around Europe and United States - The Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford and the American Museum of Bath, England - November 2-3, 2007
Faculty Research Grant - College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Memphis - 2007
Re-nominated for Membership in the Leadership Memphis Executive Program - Leadership Memphis - 2007
Outstanding Service Award - Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis - 2006
Nominated for Membership in the Leadership Memphis Executive Program - Leadership Memphis - 2006
Nominated to participate in the Assessment of Doctorate Programs nationally - National Research Council - 2006
Donovan Travel Award - College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Memphis - 2003-2008
The Joel Williamson Research Fellowship - The Southern Historical Collection, UNC Chapel Hill - 2003-2004
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship - Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania - 2003-2004
Mellon Research Fellowship - Virginia Historical Society - 2003-2004
The Gilder Lehrman Fellowship - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - 2003-2004
Awarded The Focus Fellowship - The Georgia Institute of Technology - Spring 2002
Re-nominated for Samuel Rothenberg Award for the Professional Excellence - Bradley University - 2002
Awarded Sabbatical Leave - Bradley University - 2001-02
Nominated for Samuel Rothenberg Award for the Professional Excellence - Bradley University - 2001
The Archie K. Davis Fellowship - The North Caroliniana Society - 2000
Inducted into African-American Hall of Fame Museum - African-American Hall of Fame Museum, Peoria, IL - 1999
Volunteer Award for teaching in the ILR Program - Institute for Learning in Retirement, Bradley University - 1996 - 2003
First year Faculty Teaching Award - Bradley University - 1996
Award for Volunteer service at the Illinois River Correctional Center - Illinois Department of Corrections - 1995 -2003
Special Award for writing "A History of the Overseas Briefing Center" - Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State - 1990
Outstanding Service Award - Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State - 1990
Graduated Cum Laude - North Carolina Central University, Department of History - 1990
Outstanding Service Award, As President of the NCCU, GSA - North Carolina Central University, Graduate Students Association - 1990
Inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, National Honor Society for History - North Carolina Central University, Department of History - 1990
Inducted into Pi Gamma Mu, National Honor Society for the Social Sciences - North Carolina Central University, Department of History - 1990
Outstanding Service Award, As Business Manager, Graduate Students Association - North Carolina Central University, Graduate Students Association - 1989
Outstanding Service Award, As Upward Bound Bridge Counselor/Coordinator - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Upward Bound Program - 1989
Outstanding Service Award - North Carolina Central University, Concert and Touring Choirs - 1987
Member of Color Guard - AFROTC Detachment 585, North Carolina Central University/Duke University - 1985
Inducted into the Arnold Air Society - AFROTC Detachment 585, North Carolina Central University/Duke University - 1985
Volunteer Award, For Helping Hurricane victims in Wilmington, North Carolina - American Red Cross - 1985

Teaching Experience

HIST 9000 - Dissertation (G) (for Ph. D students) - University of Memphis
HIST 8012 - Independent Readings (G) (for Ph.D. students) - University of Memphis
HIST 8080 -Research Seminar (G) (for Ph.D. students) - University of Memphis
HIST 8880 -African-American Historiography to 1820 (G) (for Ph.D. Students) - University of Memphis
HIST 8881 - Readings in African-American History to 1865 (G) (for Ph. D. students) - University of Memphis
HIST 8882 -African-American Historiography From 1820 to 1920 (G) (for Ph.D.. Students) - University of Memphis
HIST 8883 - Studies in African American History: Africans, Native Americans and Whites: A History of the Origins and Persistence of Tri-racial Isolates and Mixed-Race Peoples of the Eastern United States 1524 to Present. (G) (for Ph.D. students) - University of Memphis
HIST 8884 -African-American History and the Historical Profession (G) (for Ph.D. Students) - University of Memphis
HIST 8890 - Readings For Comps (G) (for Ph. D. Students) - University of Memphis
HIST 7012 - Directed Readings (G) (for M.A, students) - University of Memphis
HIST 7070 - Research Seminar (G) (for M.A. students) - University of Memphis
HIST 7880 -African-American Historiography to 1820 (G) (for M. A. Students) - University of Memphis
HIST 7881 - Readings in African-American History to 1865 (G) (for M.A. students) - University of Memphis
HIST 7882 -African-American Historiography From 1820 to 1920 (G) (for M.A.. Students) - University of Memphis
HIST 7883 - Studies in African American History: Africans, Native Americans and Whites: A History of the Origins and Persistence of Tri-racial Isolates and Mixed-Race Peoples of the Eastern United States 1524 to Present. (G) (for M.A. students) - University of Memphis
HIST 7884 -African-American History and the Historical Profession (G) (for M.A. students) - University of Memphis
HIST 7996 - Thesis (G) (for MA students) - University of Memphis
HIST 6879 - Africans in America to 1820 (G) (for M.A. students) - University of Memphis
HIST 6880 -African-American History From 1820 to 1920 - University of Memphis
HIST 6941 - Study Abroad Program - History of the American Indian (G) (for graduate students) - University of Memphis
HIST 6941 - History of the American Indian (G) (for M.A. students) - University of Memphis
HIST 2010 - United States Before 1877 (U) - University of Memphis
HIST 3881 - A Survey of African-American History (U) - University of Memphis
HIST 4014 - Directed Readings (U) (for undergraduates) - University of Memphis
HIST 4020 -Internship in History (U) (for undergraduates) - University of Memphis
HIST 4053 -The African Diaspora (U) - University of Memphis
HIST 4879 - Africans in America to 1820 (U) (for undergraduates) - University of Memphis
HIST 4880 - African-American History From 1820 to 1920 (U) (for undergraduate students) - University of Memphis
HIST 4941 - Study Abroad Program - History of the American Indian (U) (for undergraduates) - University of Memphis
HIST 4941 - History of the American Indian (U) (for undergraduate students - University of Memphis
AAS 210 -African-American Studies 1619-Present (U) - Bradley University
HIST 305 - American Indian History (U) - Bradley University
HIST 406 - Independent Study (U) - Bradley University
HIST 204 -American Civilization Since1877 (U) - Bradley University
HIST 405 -Independent Reading (U) - Bradley University
HIST 203 -American Civilization to 1877 (U) - Bradley University
AAS 211 -African-American History Since 1877 (new course) (U) - Bradley University
AAS 210 -African-American History to 1877 (new course redesigned from old 210) (U) - Bradley University
AAS 215 -African-American Culture and Values (U) - Bradley University
AAS 300 -Contemporary Issues in African-American Studies (U) - Bradley University
LAS 101 -History of Bradley University (new course to help celebrate University's Centennial) (U) - Bradley University
ILR -Institute for Learning in Retirement Classes: History of the Civil War, Pre-Revolutionary American History, Post- Revolutionary America, Revolutionary America to the Civil War, America Since the Civil War, United States History from World War I to Present. - Bradley University
HIST 311 -Afro-American History Since 1877 (U) - N. C. A & T State University
HIST 310 -African-American History to 1877 (U) - N. C. A & T State University
HIST 101 -World Civilization II (U) - N. C. A & T State University
HIST 100 -World Civilization I (U) - N. C. A & T State University
HIST 152 -American Civilization since 1877 (U) - The Ohio State University - Teaching Assistant
HIST 151 -American Civilization to 1877 (U) - The Ohio State University - Teaching Assistant
HIST 3520 -African-American History Since 1865 (U) - N.C. Central University, Teaching Assistant
HIST 3510 -African-American History to 1865 (U) - N.C. Central University - Teaching Assistant
HIST 2220 -United States History Since 1865 (U) - N.C. Central University, Teaching Assistant
HIST 2210 -United States History to 1865 (U) - N.C. Central University, Teaching Assistant

Outreach

Lecture "The 150th Anniversary of The Emancipation Proclamation - The University of Memphis, Lambuth Campus - February 8, 2013 - Office of Multicultural Affairs
"At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and The March on Washington" - Federal Correctional Complex, Forrest City - Febuary 15, 2013 - Federal Correctional Complex
Member Board of Directors - Davies Manor - 2012 to 2013 - Davies Manor
Member Board of Directors - Hertage Collegiate Leadership Academy of Bertie County - 2012 to 2013 - Hertage Collegiate Leadership Academy of Bertie County
"The History of African Americans in Memphis" - Memphis Community - February 16, 2012 - Memphis Urban League Young Professionals
"Black Indians: An American Story" - Students and University Community - February 14, 2012 - University of Memphis, Multicultural Affairs
"Centennial Birthday Celebration" - University Volunteers - January 21, 2012 - University of Memphis
Career Day - Bon Lin Middle School Students 6th thru 8th grade - April 27, 2011 - Bon Lin Middle School Counselor
Career Day - Bon Lin Middle School students 6th thru 8th grade - January 22, 2010 - Bon Lin Middle School, School Counselor
"Black History Month, Message". - Rock of Ages, CME Church - February 28, 2010 - CME Church
Teaching History with Maps - All Social Studies Teachers from Memphis City Schools. Regional lectures held at Manassas High School, Hillcrest High School, White Station Middle School and Kirby High School - January 6 - 27, 2010 - Memphis City Schools, Social Studies Coordinator
"Plantations at the Crossroads" - Historic Hope Foundation, Residents of Bertie County and Eastern North Carolina - April 17, 2010 - Historic Hope Foundation
Recruitment Project - Attendants at Conference entitled “New Directions in American Indian Research Conference" - March 7 and 8, 2008 - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Great Conversations - Faculty from The University of Memphis, College of Arts and Sciences - March 27, 2008 - University of Memphis
Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of Multiculturalism - Staff of Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis - February 25, 2008 - Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis
"Mapping the Multiethnic and Cultural Heritage of African Americans in Bertie County" - Residents of Bertie County - February 2, 2008 - Education Program Committee, Historic Hope Foundation
Dissemination of Information about Indian Woods NEH Project - Indian Woods Community Leaders: Federal, State, and County Elected Officials; Community and Church Leaders, Educators, and Members of the Public - August 11, 2007 - University of Memphis, College of Arts and Sciences and the Historic Hope Foundation
Presented "Indian Woods: 400 Years of Recorded History" discussing potential for NEH funding for Indian Woods Project - Board of Directors of Historic Hope Foundation - April 16, 2007 - Historic Hope Foundation
Black History Month Lecture - Staff of Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis - February 25, 2007 - Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis
"Memphis State Eight Public Forum" - Scholars, and graduate students from around the nation, University students and members of the community - September 14, 2006 - The University of Memphis
Panelist for lecture series entitled, "Do Thugs go to College" - High School Seniors - March 20, 2006 - Empowered Men of Color and Melrose High School
The State of Black Affairs Town Hall - University of Memphis Students - March 15, 2006 - University of Memphis Black Graduate Student Association and The Covenant
"Celebrating Communities Attributing to Black Fraternal, Social, and Civic Institutions" - Staff of Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis - February 7, 2006 - Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis
Lecture on "The Niagara Movement and Today - Staff of Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis - February 25, 2005 - Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis and National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice
Great Conversations - Donors to the College of Arts and Sciences of The University of Memphis - April 22, 2004 - University of Memphis, College of Arts & Sciences
Southern Festival of Books - Public - October 12, 2004 - Humanities Tennessee
High School Scholars Seminar - High School History Students - October 6, 2004 - University of Memphis - Department of History
Southern Festival of Books - Public - October 6, 2005 - Humanities Tennessee
Black History Month Program - Staff of Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis - February 26, 2004 - Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis
Black History Month Celebration "Readings in the Rotunda" - University of Memphis Students - February 8, 2004 - University of Memphis Black Student Association and The Covenant
High School Scholars Seminar. - High School History Students - November 13 2003 - University of Memphis - Department of History
"400 Hundred Year History of Indian Woods" - Indian Woods Baptist Church - February 2003 - Indian Wood Baptist Church and The Historic Hope Foundation
Lecture Series - Members of American Association of University Women - 1997-98 - American Association of University Women
Lecture Series - Prison Inmates - 1995-2003 - Illinois Department of Corrections
Member of Board of Directors - Peoria Tri-County Urban League - 1995-2003 - National Urban League
Community Lectures - Retired persons from central IL. - 1995-2003 - Institute for Learning in Retirement
The Illinois Articulation Initiative to create state wide history standards. - All Community Colleges, Private and Public Universities in the State of Illinois.. - 1995-2003 - Illinois Board of Education
Bridge Counselor/ Coordinator for Upward Bound Program - High School Students - Summer, 1992 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
State Wide Upward Bound Conference - Upward Bound Programs from around the state. Hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Summer 1989 - North Carolina Central University, Graduate Students Association
Bridge Counselor/ Coordinator for Upward Bound Program - High School Students - Summer, 1989 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Service

University of Memphis - Chair, Academic Support Committee, Faculty Senate - 2012 to 2013
University of Memphis - Faculty Tenure and Promotion Appeals Committee - 2012 to 2015
University of Memphis, Department of History, - Colonial U.S. History Search Committee - 2012 to 2013
Graduate Association for African American History - Advisor - 2012 to Present
University of Memphis - Faculty Senate 2nd Term - 2013 to 2015
University of Memphis - Faculty Senate, Academic Support Committee - 2012 to 2013
Department of History - Search Committee, Colonial American Position - 2012 to 2013
University of Memphis - Faculty Senate, Academic Support Committee - 2011 to 2012
University of Memphis - Faculty Senate - 2010 to 2013
University of Memphis - Faculty Senate, Academic Support Committee - 2010 to 2011
University of Memphis, Graduate Faculty Status - Graduate School approves ability to direct Theses and Dissertations - 2011 to 2015
University of Memphis, Department of History - Tenure and Promotion Sub Committee - 2010
University of Memphis, Graduate Council - Graduate Council - 2009 to 2010
University of Memphis - Vice Provost for Research - Arts & Humanities Faculty Research Grants Review Committee - 2008-2009
North Carolina Central University - James E. Shepard Society - 2007-Present
University of Memphis - President's Circle - 2007-Present
University of Memphis - College of Arts and Sciences - Graduate Studies Committees. - 2007 - 2010
University of Memphis - Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change - Faculty Advisory Committee - Spring 2007
University of Memphis - Vice President for Student Affairs - University Appeals Committee - 2006-2008
University of Memphis - College of Arts and Sciences - Freshman Convocation Committee - 2006-2008
University of Memphis - Department of History - Judge for Tennessee History Day Competition - 2005
University of Memphis - Chair, Committee to Redesign Departmental Website - 2005
University of Memphis - Department of History - Program arrangement committee for Ohio Valley Historical Conference - 2004
University of Memphis - Department of History - Tenure and Promotion Committee - 2003-08
University of Memphis, Graduate Faculty Status - Graduate School approves ability to direct Theses and Dissertations - 2003 to 2011
University of Memphis - Chairs Advisory Committee - 2003-08
Bradley University - Teaching Learning Excellence Grant Review Committee - 2001-2003
Bradley University - Minority Opportunities Committee (appointed by University President, Dr. David Broski) - 2001-2003
Bradley University - Intercollegiate Athletic Committee (appointed by University President, Dr. David Broski - 2001-2003
Bradley University - Faculty Grievance Committee - 2001-2003
Bradley University - Research Excellence Committee - 2001-2003
Bradley University - Task Force on Globalization and Diversification - 1997-1998
Bradley University - Strategic Planning Committee - 1997-1998
Bradley University - Bradley University Centenial Committee - 1997-1998
Bradley University - Innovative Teaching Grants Review Committee - 1997-2003
Bradley University - Search Committee for Assistant Professor of German History - 1996-1997
Bradley University - Search Committee for the Oglesby Professorship in American History - 1996-1997
Bradley University - Teaching Excellence Award Review Committee - 1996 - 1997
Bradley University - Martin Luther King Celebration Planning Committee - 1995-1996
Bradley University - Human Relations Task Force - 1995-1996
Bradley University - American Studies Committee - 1995-2003
Bradley University - Athletic Appeals Committee - 1995-2003
Bradley University - Lawrence Lecture Committee - 1995-2003
Bradley University - Chair, African-American Studies Committee - 1995-2003
Bradley University - American Studies Committee - 1995-2003
Bradley University - Advisor Black Alumni Association - 1995-2003
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University - Co-organizer of the African-American Landscape Symposium - 1994
The Ohio State University - Vice-President, Diop Historical Society - 1992-1993
North Carolina Central University - Vice-Chair, Triangle Alliance of African-American Graduate and Professional Students (NCCU, Duke, NCSU and UNC) - 1989-1990
North Carolina Central University - President, North Carolina Central University. Graduate Student Association - 1989-1990
North Carolina Central University - Search Committee for Dean of School of Education - 1989-1990
North Carolina Central University - Judge for Essay Contest for Mt. Calvary United Church of Christ - 1989
North Carolina Central University - NCCU Planning Committee - 1988-1990
North Carolina Central University - Vice-President, E.E. Thorpe Historians Society - 1988-1990
North Carolina Central University - Business Manger, North Carolina Central University, Graduate Students Association - 1988-1989
North Carolina Central University - AFROTC, Red Cross Volunteer - 1985-1986
North Carolina Central University - AFROTC, Big Brother Volunteer - 1984-1987
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, John D. Rocerfeller, Jr. Library - Fellow - 2011 - 2012
American Philosophical Society - Fellow - 2009-2011
Melungeon Heritage Association - Invited member of Board of Directors - 2010 to Present
Iroquois Conference - Member - 2008 - Present
The Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation - Member - 2008 - 2009
Society for Military History - Member - 2008-2009
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture - Member - 2007-2009
Historic Hope Foundation - Invited member of Education Program Committee - 2007 - Present
American Historical Association - Life Member - Life Member
Association For The Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) - Life Member - Life Member
Southern Historical Association (SHA) - Life Member, Membership Committee - Life Member
Organization of American Historians - Member - 2007-2012
National Civil Rights Museum - Educational Advisory Board and Curriculum Committee - 2003-2008
Library Company of Philadelphia - Fellow - 2001-2003
Pennsylvania Historical Society - Fellow - 2001-2003
Virginia Historical Society - Fellow - 2001-2003
North Carolinana Society - Fellow - 2001-2003
National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies - Member Board of Directors - 1996-1997
National Association of African-American Studies - Member Board of Directors - 1996-1997
Tri-County Peoria Urban League - Member Board of Directors - 1995-2003
Charlotte Mecklenburg Urban League - Member - 1993-1994
Institute on Desegregation (Inter-institutional Research Group) - member - 1988-1990
American Political Science Association - member - 1985-1988
North Carolina Central University, Political Science Club - member - 1983-1988
North Carolina Central University, Chess Club - member - 1883-1987
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Program - member - 1983-1987

Books Published

Books

Book under consideration for publication titled A Bibliographic Guide to Historical Resources Useful in the Study of The Tuscarora Nation: A Historic Guide to the Sixth Nation of the Iroquois League or the Hau-de-no-sau-nee People from 1500 to Present. Wales, UK, The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd., 2013
A guide to the Virginia Colonial Records Project Microfilm Records, other manuscripts and transcripts concerning Indians ca. 1600-1800 : housed at the Rockefeller Library of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA Ashley Deluce; Arrianne Daniels; Arwin D Smallwood; Virginia Historical Society.; Library of Virginia.; University of Virginia.; Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2012.
Encyclopedia entry for the 3 vol. Encyclopedia of African-American History, entry titled "The Geography of Slavery," published by Facts on File, 2011
Mapping Colonial American History. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
Mapping Native-American History. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
Mapping African-American History. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Bertie County: An Eastern Carolina History. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2002.
Blacks at Bradley: 1897 to 2000. Chicago: Arcadia Press, 2001.
The Atlas of African-American History and Politics: From the Slave Trade to Modern Times. Boston: McGraw Hill, 1998.
Archived Papers, Oral Interviews, Photos and Other Documents:
"The Bart F. Smallwood Papers," (over 5,000 items) the personal papers of Bart F. Smallwood of Indian Woods, North Carolina, who was founder and president of the Blue Jay Ball Club, Blue Jay Recreation Center, and the Blue Jay Volunteer Fire Department. Papers include over one hundred photographs from the 1920s to 1995, and recorded interviews. Papers accepted and housed by the Manuscripts Department, Southern Historical Collection, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, copyright 1997. (for inventory of collection online see) http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/s/Smallwood,Bart_F.html
"The Wylie Family Papers" Helped to create new manuscript collection which includes pictures, letters, and other documents from late 19th and early 20th century central and southern Illinois. Collection accepted and now housed in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Copies of material on disk are also housed in Bradley University's Special Collections. Gifted in 2002-2003.
Digitized and organized over 700 photographs of African Americans from annuals, yearbooks, newspaper, private collections of local residents and and photographic archives of Bradley University's Special Collections and the Peoria, Illinois Public Library. Collection of CDs were produced containing photographs, and drawings of African American from 1829 to 2001. Copies of CDs are in my possession, and are also housed by Bradley University's Special Collections, and the Peoria Public Library. Photos are now available for scholars doing work on African-Americans in Peoria, and Central Illinois. Work Completed in 2001.

Books Reviewed

Book Review

1998 - The Afro-American in New York City, 1827-1860. George E. Walker. (New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993. Pp. ix, 227.) New York History LXXIX no. 2 (April 1998): 175.
2000 - Reviewed a new American History textbook titled Created Equal for Addison Wesley Longman, Summer 2000.
1999 - Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board for Annual Editions: African-American History, edited by Rodney Coates, University of Miami, McGraw Hill, 1999.
1999 - Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board for A Turbulent Voyage: Readings in African-American Studies, edited by Floyd W. Hayes, III, Purdue University, Collegiate Press, 1999.

Journal Articles

Invited to submit an essay titled "Race-Mixing A Brief History in Maps" Asian American Literary Review. Special Journal Issue Fall 2013.
"A History Long Forgotten: Intersections of Race in Early America," The Magazine of The Oklahoma Humanities Council, Volume. 5 Issue no: 2. Summer 2012
"A History of Native American and African Relations From 1502 to 1900," Negro History Bulletin, December 1999.

Presentations

2012 - Invited participant in Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference held at DePaul University in Chicago paper titled "One of America's First Mixed Race Peoples: A Study of the Tuscarora and the Indian Woods Reservation Established in Bertie County, North Carolina in 1717. November 1-4, 2012.
2012 - Invited Chair of Session at the 97th meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Lif and History Conference held in Pittsburgh Session titled "Understanding and Moving Forward Through Remembering: Documenting the Intersections and History of African-American and Native American Women in Colonial and Antebellum America, September 27, 2012.
2012 Invited lecturer presenting "A History of Blacks at Bradley" April 20, 2012, Peoria, IL, Bradley University
2012 Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Session titled "Down Home: Progress and Change in Three Southern Communities at Mid-Century" in Cleveland Ohio October 10-14 2012
2012 - Presented paper titled " The Great Tuscarora Diaspora." at the New Voyages to Carolina" Conference February 2-3, 2012 at Thomas Harriot College, East Carolina University, in Greennville, North Carolina.
2011 - Presented paper titled " Understanding and Moving Forward through Remembering: Mapping the Intersections and History of Red, Black, and White Peoples in America." at the Second Reconciliation in America Symposium centering around the theme "Hope & Healing: Black, White, and Native American" June 1-3, 2011 at The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2011- Invited by the Melungeon Heritage Association to give presentation titled, "Ties that Bind Early Virginia and North Carolina and the possible origins of the Melungeons," Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina, July 28 - 30, 2011.
2011 - Presented lecture at the Historic Hope Foundation, Family History And Genealogy Fair at the Roanoke Chowan Heritage Center, Windsor, North Carolina, July 29 and 30, 2011 Fair titled “Blood's Thicker Than Water” The Tri-racial Characteristic of the People of Bertie County and Eastern North Carolina"
2010 - Presented a Paper at the Conference on Iroquois Research titled, "The Tuscarora, Melungeons, Lumbees, Jackson Whites, and Creoles of the Gulf and their Connected Past" NAV Conference Center, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, October 1-3, 2010
2010 - Invited by the Melungeon Heritage Association to give presentation titled, "The Tuscarora Project," Lincoln Memorial University, Lincoln, Tennessee, July 18 - 20, 2010.
2009 - Presented at the Department of History's Brown Bag Series on the, “Indian Woods Project and the use of arcGIS in digitizing valuable archives” Memphis. Tennessee, October 30, 2009
2009 - Chaired session at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH) titled, “The Republican Party As An Instrument for Racial Progress,” Cincinnati, Ohio, September 30 - October 4, 2009
2009 - Presented a paper at the 9th Annual Mid-South GIS Conference titled, “The Indian Woods Project: At the Crossroads of Three Cultures,” German town, Tennessee, November 17-18, 2009 (Poster designed for presentation by Cem Aekus won first place in GIS poster competition).
2009 - Panelist for Graduate Student-Faculty/Post Doc Panel Discussion at the Eight Annual NC OPT-ED Alliance Day) titled, “Why PH.D.?” Greensboro, North Carolina, hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 2, 2009
2009 - Presented a paper at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH) titled, “Teaching African-American History with Maps,” Cincinnati, Ohio, September 30 - October 4, 2009
2009-Commentator for the Graduate Association for African American History's conference titled "From Slavery to Freedom: The African American Experience,"" Department of History, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, September 9 - 11, 2009.
2009-Invited by the Melungeon Heritage Association to give presentation titled, "The Tuscarora Project," Logan County Genealogical Society and Public Library, Logan, West Virginia, June 26 - 27, 2009.
2009-Invited by the Department of history and Phi Alpha Theta at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to give lecture titled, "A History of Black and Native American Relations in North Carolina During and Since Slavery," North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, February 19, 2009.
2009-Invited to give the David W. Bishop Lecture by the Department of history at North Carolina Central University as part of the university's celebration of its Centennial. Lecture titled, "Why Chronicling African-American History is Important: A Centennial Talk," North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, November 13, 2009.
2008-Presented a Paper at the Conference on Iroquois Research titled, "A History of the 6th Iroquois Nation: The Tuscarora," The Rensselaerville Institute, Rensselaerville, New York, October 3-5, 2008
2008 - Hosted a table for "Great Conversations" a fund raising event for the College of Art and Sciences at the University of Memphis titled "Mapping Red Black and White"March 27, 2008
2008 - Presented a paper at Historic Hope House titled, “Mapping the Multi-Ethnic and Cultural Heritage of African Americans in Bertie County,” Windsor, NC, February 2, 2008.
2008-Invited by the Melungeon Heritage Association to give presentation titled, "The Tuscarora Project," Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, June 24 - 26, 2008
2007 - Served as a commentator for the 9^th annual Graduate Conference on African American History, University of Memphis, September 12-13, 2007
2007 - Presented a paper at the New World Cartographies: Mapping America, 1500-1776 Conference, sponsored by the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford and the American Museum in Britain titled, “Mapping Red, Black and White in America: Documenting Through Maps the Merging on Native American, African and English Cultures, 1584-1776,” Bath, England, November 2-3, 2007
2007 - Presented "Indian Woods: 400 Years of Recorded History" to Board of Directors of Historic Hope Foundation discussing potential for NEH funding for Indian Woods Project, April 16, 2007
2007 - Presented a paper at the 92^nd Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH) titled, “North Carolina’s Forgotten Past: Indian Woods, North Carolina and the Merging of Indian, Black and White Peoples from 1584 to the Present,” Charlotte, NC, October 4, 2007
2006 - Chaired panel entitled, "Race in History: Policing, Containment, Discipline" at First Annual Scholars in Critical Race Studies Conference, entitled, "Naming Race, Naming Racism." Sponsored by Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, Bornblum Judaic Studies, and the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Enrichment Funds
2006 - Presented a paper at the meeting of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH) titled “ Red, Black, and White: The Influence of Native Americans and Europeans on the Development of the African-American Community,” September 30, 2006
2006 - Served as a commentator for the 8th annual Graduate Conference on African American History, University of Memphis, September 13 -15, 2006
2005 - Presented "Mapping Native-American History and Integrating it into the American History Curriculum" at lecture series hosted by Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change and UNESCO Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project
2005 - Presented paper and served on the Local Arrangements committee for the Tennessee Conference of Historians, 2005.
2005 - Served as a commentator for the 7^th annual Graduate Conference on African American History, University of Memphis, September 28-30, 2005
2005 - Presented "Mapping African-American History and Integrating it into the American History Curriculum" at lecture series hosted by the University of Memphis's Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change and UNESCO Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project
2004 - Served as a commentator for the 6^th annual Graduate Conference on African American History, University of Memphis, September 9-11, 2004
2004 - Hosted table for The University of Memphis, College of Arts and Sciences fund raising dinner, titled “Great Conversations” April 22, 2004
2004 - Spoke for Black History Month at the Federal Correctional Institute in Memphis titled “Black History: Reflections of the Past, A Look at the Present, and A Glimpse of the Future” February 26, 2004
2003 - Organized session for the Southern Historical Association titled "The Forgotten people of Dixie: The Legal and Historical Origins of the South's Tri-Racial People" and presented paper titled "The Tuscarora of North Carolina and the Origins of America's First Tri-Racial People." Houston, TX
2003 - Presented paper titled "Rural Blacks in Eastern North Carolina During and Since the Civil Rights Movement: A Case Study of Bertie County, North Carolina 1954-2002," Southern Conference On African American Studies Incorporated, February 21, 2003
2003 - Presented Paper titled, "African Americans, Native Americans, and Europeans in the Making of a Rural Community: Bertie County, North Carolina" Clark Atlanta University, Department of History, February 10, 2003
2003 - Presented paper titled "Africans among the First Nation" for the High School Scholar Seminar, The University of Memphis, November 13, 2003
2003 - Served as a commenter for the Fifth Annual Graduate Students Conference in African American History, held at the University of Memphis
2003 - Moderated a session titled "African-American History," for the 25th Annual Mid-America Historical conference held at The University of Memphis, September 19, 2003
2002 - Presented lecture titled, "Relations Between Africans and Indians in Colonial North Carolina, 1586-1803" for the Department of History at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, February 12, 2002
1999 - Presented paper titled, "Teaching Late Nineteenth Century African-American History with Maps," for the 1999 meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1998 - Organized session titled "Teaching the African Diaspora Through Maps: A New Approach to Integrating African-American History into the Curriculum," for the meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Indianapolis, IN, April 2-5, 1998
1997 - Attended the Berlin-Prague Seminar, a two-week seminar of scholars from around the country who study German and/or Modern European History. One week is spent in Berlin, Germany and the Second in Prague, The Czech Republic, June 19 - July 5, 1997
1997 - Moderated and opened the African American Landscape Symposium which was added for the first time to the annual national meeting of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, co-hosted by the School of Design, Department of Landscape Architecture at North Carolina State University and the School of Agriculture, Department of Plant Science, Landscape Architecture Program, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Asheville, NC, September 11-13, 1997
1997 - Invited speaker for the Bradley University Conference. Spoke on "The History of People of Color at Bradley University" in celebration of Bradley University's Centennial, Peoria, IL, August 19, 1997
1996 - Life in the Rural South during the Civil Rights Movement: A Case Study of Indian Woods from 1957 to 1990," National Association of African-American Studies and National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, National Conference, Houston TX, February 15, 1996
1996 - "Overcoming the Legacy of Plessy: Indian Woods and the Struggle for Civil Rights 1960-1980," North Carolina Central University, The Helen Edmonds New South Conference and Lecture Series, Durham NC, March 23, 1996
1996 - "African-American Activists in the Rural South: Indian Woods and Its Struggle to Overcome Jim Crow 1957-1990," Purdue University, The Annual Symposium on African-American Culture and Philosophy, West Lafayette, IN, March 30, 1996
1996 - "Every Man Carrying His Corner: Indian Woods and the Civil Rights Movement 1957 to 1985," Towson State University, Annual Multidisciplinary Conference On The Scholarship and Creativity of African Americans, Towson, MD, April 24, 1996
1996 - "African-American Studies: An Overview of Bradley's Program," Academic Planning Committee of the Bradley University Board of Trustees, Oak Brook, IL, June 21, 1996
1996 - "Indian Woods: African-American History and Culture as Expressed Through Its Rural Landscape," the 81st annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Charleston, SC, October 2-6, 1996
1996 - Organized session titled "The Historical and Contemporary Impact of the Landscape on African-American Families and Communities," for the 81st annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Charleston, SC, October 2-6, 1996
1996 - "Indian Woods: African-American History and Culture as Expressed Through Its Rural Landscape," the Brown Bag Series, African-American Studies and Research Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 30, 1996
1995 - "Indian Woods: The Struggle, Triumph, and Tragedy of an African-American Community in the Rural South from 1960 to 1993," Faculty Lecture Series, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, October 26, 1995
1995 - "The Black Communities of Bertie County North Carolina: A Case Study of Indian Woods from 1960 to 1993," African-American Landscape Symposium, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, April 7, 1995
1994 - "Defining the African-American Landscape Past and Present," Discussion Panel Member, African-American Landscape Symposium, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, April 7, 1994
1994 - "Origins of American Slavery," African-American Landscape Symposium, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, April 6, 1994
1990 - "A History of the Overseas Briefing Center," (Organizational History), Overseas Briefing Center, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State, Washington, DC, September 9, 1990
1990 - "Impact of Integration on Black Students and Administrators in North Carolina," Institute on Desegregation, Durham, NC, April 10, 1990

Creative/Artistic Works

Interviewed as expert in T.V. documentary titled Gang Violence in America produced by Lawrence Taylor to be released in 2013.
Interviewed as expert in University of North Carolina Regional Emmy award winning T.V. documentary titled "Birth of a Colony: North Carolina" produced by University of North Carolina Public Television, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and Horizon Productions. Aired state wide on UNC TV ( see video at http://video.unctv.org/video/2149619983/ ) October 24, and November 24, 2011.
Interviewed as expert for radio documentary titled "The Melugeons" produced by University of Virginia Public Radio, an affiliate of National Public Radio 2010.
Interviewed by Bourcier Nicolas of Le Monde for an article titled "Obama privilegie l' option du mpabout risque politique" the election of Barack Obama and the state of Race relations in America. November 4, 2009.
Interviewed by Deborah Fries for article on mixed raced peoples of eastern North Carolina from Plenia Air, April 15 2009
Interviewed by Jonathan Ahul about book titled "Blacks at Bradley: 1897 - 2000" produced by Bradley University, Public Radio, an affiliate of (NPR) National Public Radio in 2001. Recording