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Philip W. Travis
PhD
Assistant Professor
of History
The State College of Florida
8455 Coral Way
Sarasota, Fl. 34243
(540) 257-3943
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
PhD in History (2014)
Fields- International Relations, US History, World History
Dissertation- “Outlaw States: the United States, Nicaragua, and the Roots of the War on Terror”
Chair: Dr. Noriko Kawamura
The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
Master of Arts (2005)
Thesis: "The Ideological Foundations of Reagan Foreign Policy toward Nicaragua" Chair:
Dr. David Hamilton
Radford University, Radford, VA
B.S. in History (2001)
B.S. in Philosophy and Religious Studies (2002)
Publications
“Foley Graduate Fellow Report, Phil Travis.” The Foley Institute Report, 2014. Thomas S. Foley
Institute for Public Policy and Public Service.
“We’re Going to Nicaragua: The United States, Nicaragua, and Counterterrorism in Central America
during the 1980s.” Journal of Terrorism Research 7, issue 2 (May 2016).
Book Manuscript: Reagan’s War on Terrorism in Nicaragua: The Outlaw State. London: Lexington
Books, 2016.
The Treaty of Esquipulas. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latin American History, Fall 2016. Currently in
Peer Review.
“Phantasmagoric: A Review of the Art of Elisabeth Stevens.” Phantasmagoric: The World of Elisabeth
Stevens with Selections from the State College of Florida, Fall 2015.
Conferences
World Historical Association, Ghent, Belgium, July 3-5, 2016
 Paper Presenter: “The British Diaspora: The Effect of the War Years on the
Working Class”
Faculty Colloquium, Eastern Oregon University, May 1, 2015
 Presenter: “The Terrorism Label: Propaganda and the United States Contra War”
Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations, Arlington, Va. June 25-27, 2015
 Paper Presenter: “The Terrorism Label: The Reagan Administration’s Solution to the
Vietnam Syndrome”
World Historical Association, Savannah, Ga. June 30-July 2, 2015
 Paper Presenter: “Nicaragua’s Terror War: 1974-1981”
Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations, Lexington Ky. June 19-21, 2014
 Panel Organizer: “Nixon, Nintendo, and Nicaragua: The Consequences of the Cold War in the
Pacific, 1970-1990”
 Paper Presenter: “The United States, Nicaragua, and the Challenge of International Terrorism”
World Historical Association, Heredia, Costa Rica July 16-19, 2014
 Paper Presenter: “War for Peace: Costa Rica, the United States, and the Esquipulas
Peace agreement”
Awards
 Bernard Bobb Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Students (WSU 2014)
 Wiley Research Exposition, Washington State University: Winner, Best Oral Presentation (WSU 2013)
 Mary O. and Claudius Johnson Fellowship (WSU 2013)
 Foley Institute Graduate Fellowship (WSU 2013)
 Edward M. Bennett Scholarship (WSU 2010,2012)
Teaching Experience
The State College of Florida – Assistant Professor of History
Courses Taught:
EUH 1000-Western Civilization I: until 1600
EUH 1001-Western Civilization II- Since 1600
EUH 2032- World War II and the Holocaust
Fall 2015-Present
Eastern Oregon University – Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Courses Taught:
History 480- 20th Century U.S., 1900-1945
History 481- 20th Century U.S., 1945-Present
History 458- Civil War and Reconstruction
History 448- History of Modern Russia History
History 437- History of Modern Germany
History 360- U.S. Military History
History 352- The Sixties
History 201- U.S. History Till 1865
History 202- U.S. History Since 1865
History 112- World History Since 1500
Fall 2014- 2015
Washington State University – Teaching Assistant/Instructor
Courses Taught:
History 466- The Cold War
History 388- History of the Vietnam War
Courses Assisted:
History 111- World Civilizations II
History 231- Latin America in the National Period
History 110- World Civilizations I
History 395-Baseball and American Society
RCI 105- Roots of Contemporary Issues
Fall 2010-June 2014
Lewis-Clark State College – History Instructor
Courses Taught:
History 112- United States since 1865
History 111- United States to 1865
Fall 2012
New River Community College – History Instructor
Courses Taught:
World History 110- History of World Civilizations I
World History 111- History of World Civilizations II
US History 121- United States History I
US History 122- United States History II
Western Civilization 101- History of Western Civilization I
Western Civilization 102- History of Western Civilization II
Spring 2007-Summer 2010
Professional Service, Affiliations and other related Experience
 Coach: Brain Bowl Collegiate Trivia Team (current)
 Graduate and Professional Student Association: Dist. Rep. College of Liberal Arts (2012-2013)
 Graduate Studies Representative, WSU History Department (2011-2012)
 American Historical Association (AHA)
 Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR)
 World History Association (WHA)
 Re-enactment- “Lewis- McHenry Duel” (2008 and 2009)