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Gregory Peek
Curriculum vitae
11/09/2016
Pennsylvania State University
Department of History
108 Weaver building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-1367
[email protected]
252 West Water St., #2
Lock Haven, PA 17745
210-844-1828
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2010 Ph.D., U.S. History, 19th Century
Minor: Latin American History
University of Houston
2005 M.A., U.S. History, 19th Century
Minor: Mexican American History
University of Houston
2002 BA, History
Minor: Philosophy
University of Texas at Austin
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Pennsylvania State University – University Park, History Department, Lecturer of History, 20112016
Lock Haven University, History Department, Part Time Temporary Visiting Professor of History,
2013 - 2014
University of Houston – Main Campus, Department of History, Adjunct Professor of History, 2008 2010
Houston Community College – Main Campus, Adjunct Professor of History, 2006-2010
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
“ ‘The true and living principle of states’ rights and popular sovereignty:’ Indiana Republicans and
Douglas Democrats Allied,” Indiana Magazine of History Vol 111, no. 4, December, 2015.
Encyclopedia Entries
Various entries, Encyclopedia of American Environmental History, ed. Kathleen Brosnan (Chicago:
Facts on File, 2011).
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Book Reviews
Book Review – “Flush Times and Fever Dreams: A Story of Capitalism and Slavery in the Age of
Jackson,” by Joshua D. Rothman, in Civil War History, Vol. 60 no. 2, June, 2014.
Book Review – “Emotional and Sectional Conflict in the Antebellum United States,” by Michael E.
Woods, Civil War History, Vol. 62 no.1, March, 2016.
Book Review, “Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843,” by Reg Ankrom, in
H-Net Midwest Reviews
Manuscripts under Submission
“‘To die in a ditch, if we must:’ Republicans and Americans in Indiana’s 1856 President Election
(Middle West Review).
Manuscripts in Preparation
Hoosier Republicanism: Indiana Political Culture and the Coming of the Civil War, 1842-1861,
(Revise and Resubmit, Indiana University Press).
“Heavy Metal Capital of the World: Joe Anthony, Stone City Attractions, and the birth of San
Antonio’s Heavy Metal Scene,” (In preparation for submission to the Journal of Texas Music
History).
Web Based Publications
The Joe Anthony Project: Rock ’n’ Roll Radio in San Antonio, Texas – 1960-2015. Visit at
www.joeanthonyproject.com
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS
2014, John Brockway Huntington Foundation Fellowship, Huntington Research Library, San
Marino, California
2009, Research Fellowship, Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
2009, Murray Miller Research and Travel Scholarship, University of Houston, History
Department
2008, Everette Helm Visiting Fellowship, Lilly Library, Indiana University
2008, Murray Miller Research and Travel Scholarship, University of Houston, History
Department
2003-2007, Graduate Assistance Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston
1999-2002, Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society, University of Texas at Austin
1998-1999 Texas Interscholastic Foundation – Diamond Anniversary Scholarship
1998 (Fall), 2001 (Spring) Dean’s List, University of Texas at Austin
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
2016, “‘A Triumph of Conservatism’: Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election of 1860,’
Second Annual Midwestern History Conference, Grand Rapids University
2015, “La Colectiva: Community, Graduate School, and the Politics of Chicana/o Studies,”
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies – Tejas Foco, Lone Star College –
North Harris
2014, “Midwestern Conservatives, the Republican Party, and the election of 1856 in the Isaac
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Sherman Papers,” Brown Bag Talks, Huntington Research Library
2014, “ ‘This Most Critical of States’: Horace Greeley, Schuyler Colfax, and the 1860
Presidential Campaign in Indiana,” New England Historical Association, Spring Meeting,
Springfield College
2012, “ ‘The true and living principle of states’ rights and popular sovereignty:’ Indiana
Republicans and Douglas Democrats Allied,” Indiana Association of Historians
Annual Meeting, Hanover College
2011, “Upland Southerners and the Creation of the Republican Party in Indiana and Ohio,
1856-1860,” Ohio Goes to War: The Sectional Crisis and the Fight for Freedom,
Cleveland State University
2010, “ ‘To Pull the Full Whig Vote of our State:’ The Election of 1848 and the Collapse
of the Whig Party in Indiana,” Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Peek
Science Association
2009, “Frontier to Border: Upland Southerners and the Political Landscape of
Indiana,” Meeting of the Houston Area Southern Historians, Rice University History
Department
2008, “ ‘The Slow Pace of Change:’ Race, Integration, and Multiculturalism at Houston’s Lamar
High School,” Annual Meeting of the Urban History Association, Poster Session
2008, “ ‘Sentiments More Congenial with those of the People:’ The Politics of Slavery in the Indiana
Territory 1787-1816,” Meeting of the University Of Missouri History Department, Sixth
Annual Graduate Student Conference
2007, “ ‘An Evil That All Good Men Wish to See Eradicated:’ Know Nothingism, Kansas-Nebraska,
and the Indiana People’s Party, 1852-1856,” Annual Houston-area Phi Alpha Theta
Consortium, Houston Baptist University
2007, “ ‘A Great Middle Conservative Course:’ The Rise of the Republican Party in Indiana, 18561860,” Phi Alpha Theta Graduate Student Research Colloquium, University of Houston
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011 – 2016 Lecturer of History, Pennsylvania State University,
Department of History and World Campus
Course: The Western Heritage from 1500
Course: U.S. History Part I to 1877 (residential and online)
Course: U.S. History Part II from 1877 (residential and online)
Course: World History Part I to 1500 (residential and online)
Course: World History Part II from 1500 (residential and online)
Course: History of Fascism and Nazism
Course: The World at War: 1939-1945
Course: U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848-1877
Course: Pennsylvania State History
2013 – 2014 Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Lock Haven University,
Department of History
Course: World Civilizations to 1500
2008 - 2010, Adjunct Professor of History, University of Houston, Department of
History
Course: U.S. History Part I to 1877
Course: U.S. History Part II from 1877
Course: Post 1945 U.S. History
Course: History of the Old South
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2006 – 2010, Adjunct Professor of History, Houston Community College Main
Campus, Department of Social Sciences
Course: Texas State History
Course: Western Civilization Part I to 1500
2002-2009, Teaching Assistantship, University of Houston, History Department
- U.S. History Part I to 1877
- U.S. History Part II from 1877
- History of Globalization (residential and online)
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
2012 – 2016, Manuscript Reviewer Journal of South Texas
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Faculty Advisor – Penn State Veterans Organization
Volunteer Archivist – Piper Aviation Museum, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Friend of the Library – Annie Halenbake Ross Library – Lock Haven
NON-ACADEMIC WORK
2011 – 2016, LSAT and GRE Prep Instructor for Princeton Review, State
College, PA Office
2010 - 2014, Subject Matter Expert for Cengage Learning, eCourse Reader in
United States History, Latin American History, and World History
2007 - 2008, Instructor, Content Review for Texas State Teachers Qualifying
Exam, U.S. History to 1877 & U.S. History from 1877
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Russian (speaking, reading, and writing ability)
Spanish (reading ability)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Organization of American Historians (2007-current)
Phi Alpha Theta - History National Honor Society (2000-current)
Society for the History of the Early American Republic (2007-current)
Texas State Historical Association (2007-current)
Texas Community College Teachers Association (2006-2010)
REFERENCES
Daniel W. Crofts
The College of New Jersey
History Department
Social Sciences Building
2000 Pennington Road
Ewing, New Jersey 08628-0718
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[email protected]
(609) 771-2216
Kate Merkel-Hess
Pennsylvania State University – University Park
Department of History
108 Weaver building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-0750
[email protected]
Tatiana Seijas
Pennsylvania State University – University Park
Department of History
108 Weaver building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-1367
[email protected]
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