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KATHRYN HAIN
875 Padley Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
(801) 935-4273
[email protected]
http://kathrynhain.wordpress.com/
Department of History
215 S. Central Campus Drive #310
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
(801) 581-6121
http://history.utah.edu/
EDUCATION
ABD University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
2009-Present
Graduate Teaching Assistantship for impact on undergraduate teaching:
2013-2014
Women in the History of Islam Hybrid Course
Winner of the History Department Graduate Student Teaching Opportunity: Spring 2013
Slavery in World History
Passed comprehensive exams, achieved Ph.D. candidacy
September 2013
Burton Fellowship “Most Promising Graduate Student”
Fall 2009-Spring 2012
MA
Jerusalem University College, Jerusalem, Israel
1987-1988, 2000-2008
Middle Eastern Cultures and Religions, Master of Arts, magna cum laude October 2008
Service project: Taught in local Palestinian college
Created manual for incoming international teachers
BS
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Bachelor of Science in Education, cum laude
Teacher’s Certificate, Kindergarten through 12th grade
Graduate Studies; “College Teaching Methods”
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Rothberg visiting graduate program
Two year intensive classical Arabic program
Kelsey Arabic School, Amman, Jordan
Two year full-time Arabic (dialect) program graduate
1975-1980
December 1980
1980-1999
1993
2007-2009
Fall 2007, 2008-2009
Summer 2008, 2008-2009
1996-1998
January 1998
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, USA
National Geographic course for teachers
Taught geography pedagogy in teacher training seminars
1993
July 1993
1993- 1994
University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Year abroad in the Sociology Department, Delhi University
Tidal wave clean up volunteer, Andra Pradesh, India
1977-1978
November 1977
RESEARCH AREAS
My research focuses on feminine slavery in Islam. My dissertation is Shackled Migration; The
European Slave Trade to the Middle East (750-900 C.E.) Secondary research is for potential
classes: East-West Connections through the Ages, Introduction to Islam, The Modern Middle
East, Medieval History of the Mediterranean, State and Society in Medieval Islam, Slavery in
World History, Jerusalem History: Meeting place of three religions, Minorities under Islam,
Women in Islam, Arab Literature in Translation, Arab/Israeli Conflict, World Religions, and
World History to 1500.
PUBLICATIONS
Hain, Kathryn and Matthew Gordon, eds. Women, Slavery, and Social Mobility in the Medieval
Islamic World, undergoing peer review at Oxford University Press.
Hain, Kathryn. “Devshirme is a Contested Practice,” Historia: the Alpha Rho Papers. Vol. II
(2012): 165-176. http://epubs.utah.edu/index.php/historia/article/viewArticle/629
PRESENTATIONS
Hain, Kathryn. “Comparing Feminine Slavery across the Christian and Muslim Mediterranean
Worlds” paper on the panel, Women in Bondage: Local and Transnational Histories,
Part 3: Enslaved Women in the Muslim World at the 128th Annual Meeting of the
American Historical Association, Washington D.C., January 3, 2014, repeated at the
University of Utah Practicing History Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 21, 2014.
Hain, Kathryn. “Concubines as Commodity: Europe’s Export of Slave Women to the Muslim
World in the 8th-9th Centuries” in Mothers, Lovers, Queens, and Commodities:
Comparing Roles of Medieval Concubines in Islamdom, Christian Europe, and Jewish
Cairo at the 47th Annual Meeting of Middle East Studies Association, Denver, CO,
Oct. 12, 2013.
Hain, Kathryn. “How European Slave Girls Impacted Cultures from Iberia to China in the Early
Medieval Period” presentation on the panel, Slavery and World History at the 21st World
History Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. June 27-30, 2012.
Hain, Kathryn. “The Impact of Foreign Concubines on the Medieval Muslim World”,
presentation on the panel, Ethno-Religious Diversity and Cultural Innovation in the
Medieval Mediterranean, at the 13th Mediterranean Research Meeting, Montecatini
Terme, Italy, March 21-23, 2012. Repeated at the University of Utah Department of
History Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. April 12, 2012.
Hain, Kathryn. “The Conundrum of the Seventh Century Sources”, paper presented at the ΦΑΘΑΡ Regional Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. April 2011.
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AWARDS
Norman Mailer Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writers
2014
http://nmcenter.org/pages/view/12/fellowships
HETS (Higher Education Teaching Specialist)
2013
http://ctle.utah.edu/hets/
UTA (University Teaching Assistant) Award; Innovative undergraduate teaching
2014
2013-
http://gradschool.utah.edu/tbp/2013-2014/
TA Scholar; Created new class primarily using active learning methods
2013
2012-
http://ctle.utah.edu/tas/projects/kathryn-hain.php
The World History Association/Phi Alpha Theta Graduate Student $500 Paper Prize
2012
http://www.thewha.org/wha-awards/wha-student-paper-prize-undergraduate-and-graduate-
The Marion Farouk-Sluglett Graduate Paper Prize $100-U of U
2011-2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Higher Education)
University of Utah, Adjunct
current
4400 Intro to Islam, on-line course
pending Spring 2015
4620 Women in the History of Islam, a hybrid course (16 students)
Spring 2014
Winner of the UTA Scholarship for innovative undergraduate education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuTqoyJeoBc
4200 Slavery in World History (6 students)
Winner of History Department Graduate Teaching Opportunity
Spring 2013
University of Utah, Teacher’s Assistant
2010-2012
1500 World History to 1500
Fall 2012
Graded papers and provided the lecture on “Crusades/Jihad” (72 students)
4020 Roman Empire
Spring 2012
Graded research papers and essay exams. (52 students)
1450 Middle East Civilization
Fall 2011
On-line course: responsible for student relations, created and graded quizzes and
discussion questions. (44 students)
1510 World History after 1500
Spring 2011
On-line course: assisted in transition from traditional class to on-line, graded papers
and essay exams. (90 students)
1450 Middle East Civilization
Fall 2010
Graded essay exams, tutored students, provided on-line feedback; monitored
discussion groups, and taught “The Siege of 1683” with class drama. (39 Students)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_TdbqdNi5E
Cross Culture Club, Instructor, Salt Lake City, Utah
Summer 2011
Developed and taught class for academic writing (20 Hours) for international post-docs.
Bethlehem Bible College, Adjunct, Bethlehem, Palestine
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1985-1987, 2000-2001
Developed and taught 3000 and 4000 level classes including: Teaching Methods, Teaching
Preschool, Child Development, Classroom Management, and Academic English
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE (K-12)
Surprise, Centennial, Shelby, Rising City, Seward Public Schools, Nebraska
1990-1996
Substitute teacher; taught all subjects, usually at the junior high and high school level.
Grace English School, Jerusalem, Israel
1986-1989
Founder and head teacher of supplemental English language elementary school.
Trained and managed 4 assistants.
Flagler Public School, Flagler, Colorado
Teacher, 5th grade, Lifeguard for school/community pool.
1981-1982
Govert One Room Country School, Buffalo, South Dakota
Taught all grades; Kindergarten through 8th grade.
Spring 1981
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Utah High School History Fair
Judge for exhibits
Young Adult Interfaith Council, SLC
Panel Speaker on Jerusalem’s Religious Communities
KSL Television
Interview for report on Syria http://www.ksl.com/?nid=235&sid=26621796
Historia: The Alpha Rho Papers/Utah Historical Journal.
Executive editor http://utahhistoricalreview.com/about-uhr/editorial-team/
List-serve for scholars of feminine slavery in Islam.
Founder and moderator
March 20, 2014
Feb. 22, 2014
Aug. 28, 2013
2010-current
2012-current
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP
MESA-Middle East Studies Association
Organizer and presenter on panel for 2013 conference, New Orleans, LA
Panel organizer and chair for 2012 conference, Denver, CO
ΦΑΘ-ΑΡ Historians Fraternity
Panel presenter for 2011 regional conference and two history department conferences
SNAP-Spain-North Africa Project
Organized panel sponsored by SNAP for 2013 MESA conference (not accepted)
WHA-World History Association
Panel presenter for 2012 annual conference, Albuquerque, NM
MEM-Middle East Medievalists
Organized panel sponsored by MEM for 2012 MESA conference.
AHA-American Historical Association
Presenter on panel “Women and Bondage” for 2014 conference, Washington, D.C.
CCWH-Coordinating Council for Women in History
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EXPERIENCE
Non-Profit Organization Administrator, Jerusalem, Israel
1996-2009
Secretary and fundraiser, board member
Raised $90,000 - $110,000 per year through writing and speaking in six countries
Business Owner, Lincoln, Nebraska
Real estate manager
Farmer’s market vender
1994-Present
1990-1995
Global Citizen - Asia, Europe, and North America
Help cook and host four celebration dinners per year for international students Ongoing
Host three international graduate students
2010-present
Visited or resided in 23 countries.
1977-2011
Resided in Amman and Jerusalem for 17 years.
1985-1989, 1996-2009
Israel Triathlon Association finisher, sprint distance
2006-2009
LANGUAGES
Arabic; reading (Classical) and spoken (Jordanian/Palestinian Dialect)
French; reading
Sign Language (ASL)
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