Curriculum Vitae January 18, 2010

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1 Curriculum Vitae January 18, 2010 Personal: H. Bert Jenson Associate Professor English, American Studies, Folklore Utah State University Uintah Basin 987 East Lagoon Roosevelt UT Office: (435) Fax: (435) Cell: (435) Experience: Associate Professor English, American Studies, Folklore, Utah State University Uintah Basin, Roosevelt, Utah (10/2010 to present). Associate Librarian: Adjunct History Department Utah State University Uintah Basin, Roosevelt, Utah (8/98-10/2010) Extension Affiliate Librarian, Adjunct History Department Utah State University Uintah Basin, Roosevelt, Utah. (8/92-10/98) EPA's Asbestos Hazards Emergency Response Act(AHERA), Duchesne County School District, Utah. (4/86-8/92). Education: M.S. Dept. English, American Studies/Folklore Emphasis, Utah State University, Logan Utah: Experiencing the San Blas Cuna; and Where Dreams Became Destiny: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. at Ft. Duchesne, Utah, (1996). B.S. Dept. of History, Utah State University, Logan, Utah (1993) Minor in Psychology. Teaching: Dept/No Title Credits *Sections Av. Enrolled Hist 4940 Historical Internship Eng/Hist 3710 Folklore Collq Eng/Hist 3700 Regional Folklore Eng/Hist 3070 Perspectives in Folklore Eng/Hist/Anth 2210 Intro. to Folklore History 1700 American Civilization USU 1320 B.H. History of Spain USU 1300 American Institutions Inst 1000 Use of Library Resources

2 Publications: Ute Indian vs Homesteader Worldview: Settlement on the Northern Ute Reservation (In process). Minnie Maud School District Utah Historical Quarterly (SUBMITTED, IN REVISION). The Latest Word from 1540: People, Places, and Portrayals of the Coronado Expedition. Edited by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, Xi pp.) (Book Review) Utah Historical Quarterly (Spring 2009). William Clark Indian Diplomat. By Jay H. Buckley. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, xx pp.) (Book Review) Utah Historical Quarterly (Spring 2009). A Navajo Legacy: the Life and Teachings of John Holiday. By John Holiday and Robert S. McPherson. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,, xxii pp.) (Book Review) Utah Historical Quarterly ( Fall 2006) Cultural and Historical Resources, in Ordinance #05-234: An Ordinance Amending the Public Land Use Policies Within the Duchesne County General Plan. (2/2005) "The Pioneer Saga of the Nine Mile Road." A travel guide held in perpetuity and made available to Area Tourist Councils, Chambers of Commerce, BLM, and other agencies. (2004). Termination s Legacy: The Discarded Indians of Utah, By R. Warren Metcalf. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, xviii pp.)(book Review) Utah Historical Quarterly. (Fall 2003) Uintah Basin Campus Library Partnered With USU Libraries System. MARGINALIA. (Utah State University Libraries: Logan, Utah). (Spring 2002). Philo T. Farnsworth: The Father of Television, By Donald G. Godfrey. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, xviii pp. (Book Review) Utah Historical Quarterly. (Spring 2002). Where Dreams Became Destiny: General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr." Military Review. Dec Jan-Feb 1995, Pg (1995).

3 "Lieutenant Charles Young At Fort Duchesne, Utah: A Legacy." Outlaw Trail Journal. Winter 1994, Pg (1994). "Smith Wells: Stagecoach Inn on the Nine Mile Road." Utah Historical Quarterly. Spring 1993, Pg (1993). "The History of Telecommunications in the Uintah Basin."Outlaw Trail Journal. Summer/Fall 1993, Pg (1993). "Chipeta: Glory and Heartache." Outlaw Trail Journal. Winter/Spring 1992, Pg (1992). Presentations: Utah Statewide Archeological Society (USAS) Annual Conference, Ute Indian vs Homesteader Worldview: Settlement on the Northern Ute Reservation. Campus of Utah State University, Vernal, Utah (6/11/2011). Utah State Historical Society Annual Meeting, Nine Mile Road: Gateway to Settlement. 300 Rio Grande Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah. (9//2010). Uintah Basin Area Young Single Adults, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Pioneer Lifestyle in Settlement Era Uintah Basin. (7/2009). Utah Sons of the Pioneers quarterly meeting Uintah Basin Chapter, Homesteaders and Indians on the Uintah Frontier: Settlement Era History. 156 N 200 E, Roosevelt, Utah. (5/2008). Adult Fireside, Uintah Basin Pioneer History. On site in Whiterocks Canyon, Uintah Basin, Utah. (8/2007). Utah Library Association Annual Conference. H. Bert Jenson, with Rob Morrison. Distance Education and Library Instruction. South Towne Exposition Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. (2002). Utah Library Association Annual Conference. Virtual Library, Real Service. South Towne Exposition Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. (2002). League of Professional Women, Roosevelt, Utah Chapter. A Librarian s Approach to The History and Folklore of the Uintah Basin: Its Bibliographic Underpinnings. Crossroads Senior Center, Roosevelt, Utah. (4/2000). Uintah Basin Wagon Masters Association. A History of the Nine Mile Road, On site along the Nine Mile Road, N.E. Utah. (7/99).

4 Nine Mile Canyon Coalition Annual Fall Gathering, "Where Dreams Became Destiny: Benjamin O. Davis at Fort Duchesne Utah." On site in Nine Mile Canyon, N.E. Utah. (9/98). Fife Folklore Conference. "More Fun Than Cream Day at Altonah: An Overview of Uintah Basin Sense of Place." Campus of Utah State University, Logan, Utah. (6/97) Utah Valley State College Elderhostel Program (seven lectures presented on topics of nineteenth century military history, Utah and Uintah Basin settlement history, Ute Indian history, etc). Given as a traveling lecture, in situ, or in a lecture hall. (95-97). Lectures: In Series: Didactic Displays: Governor's Regional Family Conference, "Expand Your Horizons." Traveling lecture on Uintah Basin and Nine Mile Road history. (1997). Guest Lecturer on Utah and Uintah Basin history, John Barton's History 457 "History of Utah" class, held on the USU Uintah Basin campus, Vernal, Utah. (10/96). Utah Humanities Council Speakers' Bureau, Salt Lake City, Utah. "Patchwork of Cultural Diversity: History of Regional Folklore. (3) presentations. (98-99). Utah Humanities Council Speakers' Bureau, Salt Lake City, Utah. Where Dreams Became Destiny: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. at Fort Duchesne, Utah. (6) presentations. (93-97). Utah Humanities Council Speakers' Bureau, Salt Lake City, Utah. Chipeta: Glory and Heartache. (7) presentations, one at the Grand Valley Homecoming Festival onsite at the Ute Indian Museum in Montrose, Colorado, home of Chipeta and Chief Ouray in the 1880s. (93-97). Presenter for Human Interests: The Humanities Book Group, Salt Lake City, Utah. Presented (12) different literary titles in (15) separate discussion groups at (5) distinct locations throughout the State of Utah, reaching a cumulative audience of (192) readers). (95-98). Culinary Art of Mexico, exhibiting a collection of mano and matate, molcahete, mixing bowl and comal, along with pictures and plates ( ).

5 American Amish: coffin case filled with items collected during a visit to the Amish community of Jamesport, Missouri, ( ). Southeast Asia: Two upright and one coffin case filled with items from the Philippines, Malaysia, Irian Jaya, Thialand, Cambodia, New Guinea, and Micronesia. ( ). American Veterans of Foreign Wars: A display of WWII relics, writings, pictures and other paraphernalia involving the entire library and using four full cabinets of displays. This was tied to a day-long kick-off patriotic program open to the public and local schools. ( ). Folklore of the American West: Eighteen linear feet of shelving filled with vernacular art forms depicting the Western spirit. ( ). Native American: 12 foot-long cabinet filled with artifacts from among various tribes of the West and American Southwest: Ute, Pueblo, Papago, Navajo, Shoshone, Cheyenne, Paiute. (2002-present). Field Studies: Collected for preservation historic photos and relics associated with the locally famous Toyack building in Roosevelt, Utah, the self-built home of the FFA Chapter during the Great Depression era; since demolished. (2006). Completed Pariette and Castle Peak Gilsonite Mining District Chinaware Shard Study. (1999). Completed Dragon Mine to Price, Utah Gilsonite Freight Route Survey. (97-99). Awards, Honors, Citations: Recipient Utah House of Representatives and Utah State Senate Commendation for service via lectures presented during the 1997 Legislative Interim Site Visit. (1997). Recipient Utah House of Representatives Certificate of Recognition for publication of "Where Dreams Became Destiny: General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr." Military Review. Dec Jan-Feb 1995, Pg (1995). Recipient "Utah Military History Award for publication of "Where Dreams Became Destiny: General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr." Military Review. Dec Jan-Feb 1995, Pg (1995).

6 External Funding: Students: Recipient "Morris S. Rosenblatt Award" for best General Interest Article, presented by the Utah Historical Society for "Smith Wells: Stagecoach Inn on the Nine Mile Road." Utah Historical Quarterly. Spring 1993, Pg (1994) Facilitated acquisition of free library shelving $22, Facilitated acquisition of library shelving $2, Acquired Ruben Russell Artifact Collection $15, USU/First Security Bank building acquisition. $90, Asbestos Hazards Emergency Response Report $1, Donor Directed Gift from Current Topics Club $3, TOTAL XTERNAL MONIES FACILITATED 133, Spring 2010 Successfully advised local full-time student Kamil Chandler, helping her to choose a History Major. Spring 2010 Wrote letter in support of student Jessica Bennett in her successful bid for a scholarship to Utah State University. Summer 2009 Wrote letter in support of former student Melissa Percival in her successful bid to be admitted to the School of Radiology at Weber State University Advised concurrently enrolled student Maren Farnsworth in her successful bid for the Social Science Sterling Scholar Award for the Northeastern Utah Region Coordinator for Serena Hayes Student Teaching at Wasatch High School History/Media Center 1995 Provided guidance and instruction to and acted as a reference for student Paula Huber in her successful bid for employment as a librarian for the Uintah School District, Vernal Facilitated transfer for Brandon Barney, a Native American student, to attend the USU Logan Campus.

7 1995 Taught and then encouraged student Elizabeth King to seek employment as a librarian with the Uintah County Library, Vernal, Utah; she was successful. Innovations Applied to Classroom Instruction: Digitizing and creating PowerPoint slides to go with my Eng/Hist 2210 Intro to Folklore class Developed and implemented fully operational Online Hist.1700 American Civilization course. Digitized and prepared 1440 PowerPoint slides for my USU 1300 American Institutions Class. Digitized and prepared 1200 PowerPoint slides for use in my USU 1320 B.H. History of Spain class. Collected accouterment, staff, water bottle, par fleche bag and traditional scallop shell to illustrate the pilgrim walk to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, incorporated into History of Spain class. Incorporate authentic Spanish Stew into History of Spain class. Incorporate slave food section into Am. Civ. classes. Use atlatl spear thrower for hands-on demonstration of ancient Tools. Use actual collected implements from several cultures around the world to foster interest in a discussion of diachronic vs synchronic perspectives of expressive culture theory. Implemented a traveling classroom, taking students on a tour to view and discuss elements of built culture and sense of place. Established Student Folklore Archive at the USU-Uintah Basin Campus. Provide for students a collection of folk art and material culture. Host Ethnic Picnic tasters table of traditional foods. Perform a retinue of folksongs as part of my lecture on that genre and encourage class participation. Host Harold B. Lee Library practicum excursion

8 Language: Spanish Library Services and Development: (Since starting with USU Uintah Basin, I have overseen all library services and development, including but not limited to the following) Have created growth within the library that has taken it from its original 750 square foot room into a new, state-of-the-art 3,500 square foot. Act as librarian for student body of nearly 1,500 students and 25 faculty, helping an average daily count of 211 students and faculty with their research needs. Maintain close working relationship with USU s Distance Education Library Services (DELS) for additional document deliver to our off-campus students and faculty. Provide library outreach to other entities through three Library Services Agreements: Uintah Basin Applied Technology. College Library Services Partnership Agreement; USU Libraries Reciprocal Loan Agreement; and Distance Education Library Services Loaning Agreement. Have supervised 12 different Work Study Students over the course of 25 fifteen-week semesters for a total of 7,500 hours. Supervised those who worked on cataloguing project entered into with USU Library Services, cataloguing all holdings at the USU Uintah Basin campus library. Help oversee Testing Center, housed in the library at USU Uintah Basin. Facilitated Accreditation of USU Uintah Basin Library by National League of Nursing Accrediting Commission. Started a Friends of the Library initiative for Uintah Basin Library. Member of Building Committee and furnishings task force for the new Student Center and library facility; organized and

9 carried out the Library Open House. Maintained Library Rooms on both the Roosevelt and Vernal campuses of USU Uintah Basin for 7 years. Brought into my tenure track 4½ years library experience. Holdings, Acquisitions, and Other Library Improvements: Increased Library stacks ten-fold: (from 1500 items to 15,989), acquiring collections from noted writers and professors such as S. George Ellsworth, Leonard J. Arrington, and Dr. Jack Brotherson. Established a Special Collections now surpassing 10,000 items, including 309 books and artifacts dealing with local and regional history, heritage, and folklore. Established Folklore Archive which has grown to over 3,500 written and 250 material pieces. Produced 18 didactic displays within the library itself Created 148 square feet of showcase displays outside the library Arranged donation of 55 sections of new library shelving to go in new library Negotiated for and executed 1½ year long cataloging project classifying all holdings in USU Uintah Basin Library Successfully interfaced with USU Libraries Systems to get electronic search and circulation system in place Acquired for the library a first ever photocopier Built in home shop 18 sections of shelving for the Vernal Center library room. Made agreement with USU Libraries for portion of books donated to them. Student and Faculty Library Literacy Training Jenson, H. Bert. A Library So Close You Can Touch It. An updated tri-fold information brochure.

10 Jenson, H. Bert, and Ken Secrest. "Utah State University Uintah Basin Campus Library." A tri-fold information brochure. Conduct several library awareness training seminars each semester and in-class tutorials by request. Maintain for handout updated library information/access Brochure Have begun production of a library training video to be used in on-demand self awareness training by patrons. Maintain in Class Bulletin an informational advertisement about library services. Created for handout bookmarks with library information printed on them. Created library information insert for syllabi, for use by instructors. Met with USU President Kermit Hall and his Roads Scholar tour, introducing them to our library Instituted a Library News bulletin board Taught to date 17 sections of Library Skills INST 1000 (see teaching) Hosted to date 17 weekend excursions to Harold B. Lee Library on the BYU campus for practicum exercise. Librarian Outreach in Support of Other Libraries: Member Duchesne County Library Board, Duchesne County, Utah (2011 to present). Facilitated donation of 300 issues of three different vintage Uintah Basin newspapers covering 10 years publication and dating to over 100 years ago, to the University of Utah Newspaper Project. Between 1998 and 2010, provided over 100 book loans per year to Utah State University s main campus in Logan and to various students in the RCDE program.

11 Participated in Utah Academic Libraries Consortium annual fact finding tour, dedicated to enhancing delivery of library materials and information throughout the State. Serve as Chair-Elect of the Utah Library Association s Archive, Manuscripts, and Special Collections Committee (AMSC). Extend services and support for programs at local libraries at public schools, the Ute Tribe, and Uintah County and Roosevelt City, i.e., the Vernal Express indexing project at Uintah County Library; grant writing at the Ute Tribe Library; and historic displays at the local Middle School, no name a few. Have placed with various libraries and institutions of learning within the State, thousands of books and other materials, and extended service and support to libraries outside the State of Utah by placing for distribution by LDS Humanitarian Services Division, complete classroom sets of discontinued student texts. Have made 16 presentations in libraries to reading guilds and belles-lettres clubs. Librarian Membership and Support of Scholarly Associations: Member American Library Association (ALA) Member Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists (CIMA) Member Utah Library Association (ULA) Member Utah Academic Libraries Consortium Committee (UALC) Member Utah Historical Society (UHS) Professional Conferences and Other In-Service Training Attended: Utah Statewide Archeological Society (USAS) Annual Conference, Ute Indian vs Homesteader Worldview: Settlement on the Northern Ute Reservation. Campus of Utah State University, Vernal, Utah (6/11/2011) William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University of Maryland lecture, Taking Stock of Higher Education s Future Mark Spragg, noted author of An Unfinished Life, among

12 other titles, lecture on writing. Utah Field House, Vernal, Utah UALC Scholarly Communications Issues Conference. University of Utah National Off Campus Library Services Conference 2002 Utah Library Association Annual Conference 2001 Utah Records Conference 2001 National Book Festival, Washington D.C Fife Folklore Conference Sense of Place 1997 Fife Folklore Conference Traditional Arts 1996 Fife Folklore Conference Folk Medicine 1995 Fife Folklore Conference Children s Folklore 1994 Utah State Hist. Soc. Conf. on History and Heritage 1994 Utah Interpretive Associations Conference Service to University: Served as Ombudsman for Mark Holmes tenure committee, Member Office Assistant II Selection Committee: Front Desk. Member Office Assistant II Selection Committee: Testing Center Member Student Services Compact Planning Committee (Self Assessment and 5-year planning committee). Member English Selection Committee, Uintah Basin Campus Member TA Selection Committee, Uintah Basin Campus Member USU-UBBC Library Self Study Committee. Service to State and Region:

13 Member Utah Academic Libraries Consortium working toward enhanced delivery of library materials and information statewide. Certified Local Government (CLG) Representative for Duchesne County, Utah. Serve as Executive Board Member and Past Chairman Nine Mile Canyon Coalition, a heritage preservation group of which I am the founder. Serve as Executive Board Member and Past Chairman Outlaw Trail History Association, Vernal, Utah. Member Bureau of Land Management s Back Country Byway reassessment team. Team leader on north end Nine Mile Road information kiosk project. Served as Judge in the Social Sciences division of the Utah Sterling Scholar competition held at Wasatch High School, Heber, Utah (May 2000). Hosted Legislative Wives Tour of Nine Mile Canyon, Legislative Interim Site Visit, (November 1998). Governor s Regional Family Conference, Expand Your Horizons, lectured on early history of the Uintah Basin (1997). Service to Community and County: Member Land Use Committee for Duchesne County, Utah Wrote the Heritage and Tourism section of the Duchesne County Ordinance #05-234: An Ordinance Amending the Public Land Use Policies Within the Duchesne County General Plan. (2/05) CLG Representative for Duchesne County, Utah. (Letter of Findings/Consultation), prepared for United States Bureau of Land Management, Vernal District Office concerning

14 disposition of the historic Wells Draw Road. Facilitated Fremont Indian Figurine Study for Ashley National Forest Board Member Duchesne County Chapter Youth & Families With Promise. Hosted USU Horizons Program Tour to Nine Mile Canyon Present atlatl spear throwing workshops at schools, Scout groups, etc. Member Duchesne County Museum Planning Task Force Facilitated a government through literature display in the library of Roosevelt Middle School, Roosevelt, Utah. Serve as guide to various school field trips to Nine Mile Canyon and other historic sites in the area. Educational Outreach to Local Schools/Community: Wrote letter of support for Dennis Manning grant application to establish a Ferrier school at his shop, The Forge, in Ioka, Utah. (2008). Counseled and shared information with author Gary Weicks, helping him in the writing of his book Forgotten Dispatches of the Ghost Road Guardians: Troops, Rangers, and other Strangers Tending the Talking Wire Along the Historic Carter Military Road (2007). Counseled and shared information with Steve and Maureen Tanner in the writing of their book History of Nine Mile Canyon (2008). Organized and carried out the Veterans Day Commemoration Program, involving extensive military memorabilia exhibitions, vintage model airplanes, patriotic speech and flag ceremony, and movies. Local primary schools participated in a poster and history collecting program and were brought in busses to participate. Over 300 townspeople and students participated. (2005). Provide for primary /secondary schools a hands-on atlatl demonstration with lecture

15 Present for secondary schools lectures on the ways and means of researching local history Presented three lectures with exhibits on Uintah Basin Settlement History, Uintah High School, Vernal UT 1995 KVEL Radio Voices of the Past, History of Nine Mile Canyon and the Nine Mile Road, live with commentator Mike Hall. End Vitae 01/18/12