Visiting Foreign Professor, School of Foreign Languages and Literature.
Lanzhou University, Gansu Province (P.R.C.), October 2014 - April 2014.
Courses taught: English Writing; Oral English.
Visiting Foreign Professor, School of Foreign Languages.
Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province (P.R.C.), September 2013 - June 2014.
Courses taught: American History and Culture (graduate).
Foreign Lecturer, Kaplan-China. Changchun, Jilin Province (P.R.C.), September 2012 -
February 2013.
Courses taught: College preparatory American Studies; American
Government; English for Academic Purposes (EAP).
Adjunct Lecturer, School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism.
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2011 – May 2012.
Primary responsibilities: Taught courses Football in American Culture; Sport
and Leisure in American History.
Director, International Center for Performance Excellence.
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, August 2008- July 2011.
Primary responsibilities: Commissioned and managed the editorial
development and production of academic books and journals (published by the
Center's Fitness Information Technology); supervised and evaluated staff
members; managed Center’s annual operating budget ($700,000); assisted and
consulted with the Dean of the School of PhysicalActivity and Sport Sciences on
international faculty and student exchanges; and the internationalization of the
College's curriculum.
Senior Lecturer (History), School of Humanities, University of Lincoln
(U.K.), January 2004 - July 2008.
Primary responsibilities: Served as Program Coordinator of American
Studies; Study Abroad Coordinator; Conducted and published research;
developed and delivered courses: American & British Youth Culture,
1950-1980; Approaches to Historical Inquiry; History of American Sport;
Reading American Studies; Research Methods; Struggles for Justice: The U.S.
1870-1940; U.S. History to 1865; U.S. History Since 1865; Victory Culture:
America During the Cold War; Vietnam War in Film & History.
Leverhulme Foundation Research Fellow, International Centre for Sport
History and Culture.
De Montfort University, Leicester, England (U.K.), May-December 2003.
Primary responsibilities: Conducted historical research and contributed to the
teaching of the International M.A. degree program sponsored by the International
Federation of Association Football (FIFA).
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sport and Leisure Studies,
University of Tennessee, August 2000-May 2003.
Primary responsibilities: Developed and delivered graduate and undergraduate
courses: Cultural Politics of Sport, History of American Sport,
Introduction to Cultural Studies, Sports in the Western World: Conducted and
published research; Served on departmental and College committees.
Acquisitions Editor, Human Kinetics Publishers.
Champaign, Illinois, July 1997 - September 1999.
Primary responsibilities: Acquired books in sport studies; worked with
authors in the development of book projects; managed the in-house editing and
production processes; and worked with marketing and publicity departments to
promote books.
Program Scholar, Maine Humanities Council,
Portland, Maine, 1995-1997.
Advised Council on program development; evaluated grant applications;
facilitated community discussions on literature, history and the arts.
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of History,
University of Southern Maine, 1993-1995.
Courses taught: Early Twentieth-Century U.S. History, 1898-1938;
U.S. History Since 1939; U.S. History Since 1865.
Ph.D. (History), University of Maine, 1993.
Primary field: U.S. cultural history; secondary fields: U.S. labor history,
Canadian history.
Thesis title: “Patriotic Pastimes: Sporting Traditions and American
Identity, 1876-1926.” Supervisor: Professor William J. Baker.
M.A. (History), University of Connecticut, 1988.
Fields: U.S. social and intellectual history.
B.A. (History), Hope College, 1984.
