Brief Curriculum Vitae KEITH A. EREKSON. Director, Church History Library

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1 8/2014 Brief Curriculum Vitae KEITH A. EREKSON Director, Church History Library The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 15 East North Temple St. Salt Lake City, UT Education MBA 2014 University of Texas at El Paso Ph.D History, Indiana University M.A History, Brigham Young University B.S Sociology, Brigham Young University Awards and Honors 2011 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Texas System 2009 Finalist, Mary Jon and J. P. Bryan Leadership in Education Award, Texas State Historical Association 2007 Ben Lane Award, Vermont Historical Society [best published article, ] 2006 Person of the Year, Time Magazine [for managing a history blog] Fellowships and Grants College Readiness Project Grant, Texas Faculty Collaborative in Social Studies of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 2010 Community Project Grant, Humanities Texas 2010 Education and Writing Grant, Sid Richardson Foundation Administrative Positions Director, Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Executive Director, Centennial Celebration, The University of Texas at El Paso Special Assistant to the President, The University of Texas at El Paso Founder and Director, Center for History Teaching & Learning Academic Appointments Associate Member, Graduate Faculty, The University of Texas at El Paso Associate Professor, Department of History, The University of Texas at El Paso Associate Member, Graduate Faculty, University of Texas-Pan American Assistant Professor, Department of History, The University of Texas at El Paso Visiting Lecturer, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN

2 Erekson 2 Scholarly Editing and Publishing Positions Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Indiana Magazine of History 2013 Consulting Editor, OAH Magazine of History (January issue) Member, Board of Editors, Journal of Mormon History 2009 Guest Editor, Indiana Magazine of History (December issue) Managing Editor, History SoTL Newsletter and website Assistant Editor, Indiana Magazine of History Editorial Assistant, Indiana Magazine of History New Media and Digital Humanities Blog designer and manager, Transformations, University of Texas at El Paso 2008 Digital content advisor, Indiana Magazine of History Blog designer and manager, History SoTL: An International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History 2006 Web Markup & Style Coding STEPS Certificate, University Information Technology Services, Indiana University, October 16 Consulting and Public Testimony 2011 Invited Witness, Meetings of the Texas State Senate and House Higher Education Committees, Austin, TX, April Curriculum and Planning Advisor, Licenciado en Historia, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, México 2010 Witness, Texas State Board of Education Meeting, Austin, TX, May Workshop Facilitator, History Department, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, May Invited Witness, Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Austin, TX, April Curriculum and Planning Advisor, Humanities Texas, Austin, TX 2008 Interpretive consultant, Magoffin Home, El Paso, TX PUBLICATIONS Books Politics and the History Curriculum: The Struggle over Standards in Texas and the Nation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) Everybody s History: Indiana s Lincoln Inquiry and the Quest to Reclaim a President s Past (University of Massachusetts Press, 2012) Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals From Archive to Awards Ceremony: An Approach for Engaging Students in Historical Research, Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 10, no. 4 (October 2011):

3 Erekson 3 Putting History Teaching In Its Place, The Journal of American History 97, no. 4 (March 2011): Losing Lincoln: A Call to Commemorative Action, Indiana Magazine of History 105, no. 4 (December 2009): Lincoln and Davis: Three Visions of Public Commemoration in Kentucky, Ohio Valley History 8, no. 2 (Summer 2008): Method and Memory in the Midwestern Lincoln Inquiry : Oral Testimony and Abraham Lincoln Studies, , Oral History Review 34, no. 2 (Summer/Fall 2007): From Missionary Resort to Memorial Farm: Commemoration and Capitalism at the Birthplace of Joseph Smith, , Mormon Historical Studies 6, no. 2 (Fall 2005): The Joseph Smith Memorial Monument and Royalton s Mormon Affair : Religion, Community, Memory, and Politics in Progressive Vermont, Vermont History 73 (Summer/Fall 2005): Out of the Mists of Memory : Remembering Joseph Smith in Vermont, Journal of Mormon History 31, no. 2 (Summer 2005): Book Chapters Memories, Monuments, and Mormonism: The Birthplace of Joseph Smith in Vermont, in Born in the USA: Birth and Commemoration in American Public Memory, edited by Seth Bruggeman (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2012), Edited Collections Consulting Editor, OAH Magazine of History 27, no. 1 (January 2013); special issue on History Wars. Editor, Scholars Assess the Proposed Texas Social Studies Standards, History News Network, May 10, Guest Editor, Indiana Magazine of History, 105, no. 4 (December 2009); a special issue on The Lincoln Bicentennial in Indiana. Editor, What We Will Do Now that New Mormon History is Old: A Roundtable Journal of Mormon History 35, no. 3 (Summer 2009): Pamphlets Layers of History at The University of Texas at El Paso (University of Texas at El Paso, 2012). Teaching Family History: A Resource Guide for Family History Teachers, 3d ed. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Center for Family History and Genealogy, 2003). White Papers Recommendations for the Centennial Anniversary of the Founding of The University of Texas at El Paso (President s Office, University of Texas at El Paso, December 1, 2011). Bridging the Gap between K-12 and College Readiness Standards in Texas: Recommendations for U.S. History (Arlington: Texas Faculty Collaborative for Social Studies, 2011).

4 Erekson 4 For Teachers Three Rs Dominate Public Discussion of History and Education, Indiana Magazine of History 110, no. 2 (June 2014): The History Survey Project: Improving Introductory History Courses, OAH Magazine of History 27, no. 3 (July 2013): Beyond History Wars, OAH Magazine of History 27, no. 1 (January 2013): 3-4. Seeing Through the Culture Wars to Teach Students about Historical Change, OAH Magazine of History 27, no. 1 (January 2013): Training Doctoral Students with the AHA s Archives Wiki, Perspectives on History 50, no. 8 (November 2012): Doing History at Home, The Social Studies Texan 27, no. 2 (Summer 2011): Introducing Students to Public History in the Borderlands, Public History News 30, no. 2 (April 2010): 9. Guest Columns and Opinion Pieces Counting Down to Our Centennial Year, UTEP Magazine 5, no. 3 (Fall 2013): 2-3. Recognition of UTEP has a Long and Hidden History, UTEP Magazine 5, no. 1 (Winter 2013), UTEP Plays Key Role in City, UT System, El Paso Times, May 13, An Overstuffed Laundry List that Treats Seniors Like Kindergarteners, History News Network, May 10, Texas Social Studies Reform: What Texans Aren t Talking About But Should Be, History News Network, January 11, PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Academic Conference, Symposia, and Colloquia Papers Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Classroom Practice, a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, New Orleans, LA, January 5, Teaching History in a Social Studies Circus, a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Milwaukee, WI, April 21, Everybody s Past: Learning History in America, a paper presented at the Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, January 5, Lessons from the Texas Experience with K-12 History Standards, keynote address at the Australian National History Conference, Sydney, Australia, April 27, Social Studies Circus: How Texas Changed Its Standards without Talking about College Readiness, a presentation made at the College and Career Readiness Initiative Social Studies Collaborative Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, October 8, Reconnecting History to the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, a paper presented at the 12 th Annual Teaching and Learning in History Conference, Oxford, England, March 23, 2010.

5 Erekson 5 Finding Evidence for Student Learning: New Thoughts from an Old Answer, a paper presented at the 11 th Annual Teaching and Learning in History Conference, Oxford, England, April 3, Invited Presentations What Texas Schools Teach about the American Revolution, a presentation made to the Rebecca Stoddert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, El Paso, TX, November 16, Taking History from Textbooks to Thinking: Implications for Effective Teaching, a presentation made do the faculty of the College of Religious Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, November 15, Culture War Circus: Politics and Ejikashun in Texas and the Nation, Pandora s Box Speaker Series, Houston Community College-Northwest, Katy, TX, September 17, Who Founded UTEP? Surprising Answers to a Simple Question, a presentation made to the El Paso County Historical Society, El Paso, TX, May 5, Lincoln and Indiana, Indiana Author s Fair, Indianapolis, IN, December 1, Lincoln s Indiana Environment: New Approach, New Answers, Evansville, IN, November 29, Placing Lincoln on the Indiana Frontier, Filson Historical Society Lecture, Jeffersonville, IN, November 28, Culture War Circus: How Politicians and the Media Play Games in Texas, UTEP Picks: Election 2012, UTEP Library, October 4, Why Civil War History is Everybody s History, a guest lecture delivered at the Midland County Public Library, Midland, TX, July 27, El Plan de Estudios de la Licenciatura em Historia, a presentation made to the history faculty and administration of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, September 9, Workshops for Teachers Aligning the TEKS: Unpacking from the Top and Working Up from the Textbook, workshops presented to U.S. history teachers (grades 5, 8, 11) in the El Paso Independent School District, El Paso, TX, October 14, Opening Up the Textbook and Structured Academic Controversy, workshops presented at the Region 19 Service Center, El Paso, TX, January 22, Social Studies is Not Like Cow Stomachs and Teaching a Disciplinary Skill, workshops presented at the Region 19 Service Center, El Paso, TX, November 9, Four workshops on teaching American history, presented at two professional development workshops, Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, TX, September 15, November 10, Alternatives for Including Local History and Cultures in the K-12 School Curriculum, San Elizario Genealogy and History Conference, April 28, Seven workshops on American history since 1945, presented at a 5-day professional development workshop, National Council for History Education, Pueblo, CO, August 1-5, 2011.

6 Erekson 6 Workshops for Business Leaders Ethics & Words: Lessons from History on Patients and the Law, Medical Staff Meeting, Centennial Club, Biggs Airfield, El Paso, TX, December 8, Ethics & Words: Lessons from History on Patients and the Law, Quarterly Ethics Lecture, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX, November 16, SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Memberships American Historical Association History SoTL Mormon History Association National Council on Public History Organization of American Historians Society of American Archivists Elected Offices in Professional Associations Treasurer, History SoTL: An International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History 2012 Member, Board of Directors, El Paso County Historical Society Member, Board of Directors, Mormon History Association Professional Service 2013 Faculty Director, America at War in the Twentieth Century, Humanities Texas Summer Teachers Institute, El Paso, TX, June Participant, History Tuning Project, American Historical Association 2013 Participant, Graduate Teacher Training, American Historical Association Member, Advisory Council, College & Career Readiness Initiative: Social Studies Faculty Collaborative Member, Advisory Board, West Texas Writing Project Member, Advocacy Committee, National Council on Public History 2011 Member, Virtual Focus Group, Long Range Planning Committee, NCPH 2011 Faculty Director, The Making of Modern America, Humanities Texas Summer Teachers Institute, El Paso, TX, June 14-17