American Studies Institute Faculty Workshop

What are the connections between history, literature, science, and the arts? What does it mean to teach across disciplines? This faculty workshop can answer those questions, and more!

Confirmed speakers and session leaders for the workshop include:

	Edward J. Larson, Ph.D., University of Georgia Edward J. Larson is the Talmadge Chair of Law and Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia and recipient of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History for his book, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. An author of six books and more than 100 published articles, Dr. Larson writes about issues of law, science, and medicine from a historical perspective. Before joining the Georgia faculty, he served as associate counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, counsel for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, and as an attorney with a Seattle law firm. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and Ph.D. in the history of science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
	Andy Ambrose, Ph.D., Tubman African American Museum Dr. Ambrose is the new director of the Tubman Museum in Macon, Ga., and was until recently the chief operating officer of the Atlanta History Center. He is the author of Atlanta: An Illustrated History and co-author of Metropolitan Frontiers: A Short History of Atlanta. He is also co-editor of a forthcoming book from the University of Georgia Press, The South in the Twentieth Century. In addition to writing and museum administration, Dr. Ambrose has curated several exhibits at the Atlanta History Center, served as associate editor of Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South, and taught college courses on historical research and public history. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from the University of Tennessee and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Emory University.
	Sylvia Aquino, University of California, Davis Ms. Aquino holds an M.S. from the University of Oregon and a B.S. from California State University, Fresno. Since 2003 Ms. Aquino has been a lecturer at the University of California, Davis, and prior to that was an American Studies teacher in the Vacaville School District in California. Ms. Aquino was a featured speaker at the 2005 American Studies Association (ASA) Conference, and is also a member of the ASA Secondary School Committee, created to foster discussions and interaction among those involved with American Studies at the secondary school level.
	Jay W. Bonner IV, The Asheville School Mr. Bonner is the associate head of The Asheville School, where he has served as an English instructor for 18 years. He received his A.B. from Duke University in comparative literature and an A.M. from Brown University in writing. In addition to his duties at Asheville School, Mr. Bonner is a staff writer for the Asheville Poetry Review. Both he and John Gregory (see next page) teach in Asheville's Integrated Humanities Initiative, which allows students to explore the connections between history and literature.
	Jordan Clark, The Lovett School Mr. Clark is an art history teacher in the Upper School at Lovett. He holds a B.A. in English from Davidson College, an M.A. in art history from The University of Virginia, and an M.B.A. from The University of North Carolina. Prior to joining Lovett in 2004, Mr. Clark was employed at Gables Residential, a publicly traded real estate company he helped found in 1994, where he served as chief investment officer. Prior to joining Gables, Mr. Clark was a partner with Trammell Crow Residential and, prior to that, was curator of the 3M corporate art collection.
	Robert Craig, Ph.D., Georgia Tech Dr. Craig, a professor of architecture, is the author of several books, including Atlanta Architecture: Art Deco to Modern Classic, 1929-1959. Craig serves as secretary of the Society of Architectural Historians and was instrumental in founding the Georgia chapter of DOCOMOMO, dedicated to the documentation and conservation of the modern movement. Craig received a B.A. in history and education from Principia College, an M.A. in history from the University of Illinois, and then completed his Ph.D. in the history of architecture and urban development at Cornell University.
	John Gregory, The Asheville School Mr. Gregory is in his 10th year of teaching, the last five of which have been at Asheville. A member of the school's Humanities-English Department, he holds a B.A. in English from Duke University and a M.Ed. in secondary English education from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Gregory and his colleague, Jay Bonner, are past attendees of Lovett's American Studies Institute faculty workshop.
	Eric King, Blind Willie's Eric King is the co-founder of Blind Willie's, a blues club in Atlanta's historic Virginia-Highland neighborhood. For 20 years the club has booked local, regional, and national acts, with an emphasis on older working musicians--offering Mr. King an opportunity to get to know the greatest generation of blues musicians. Mr. King is also involved in the Atlanta History Center's annual "Nothin' But the Blues" concert series, a past recipient of The Blues Foundation's Keeping the Blues Alive Award.
	Catherine M. Lewis, Kennesaw State University Dr. Lewis is an associate professor of history at Kennesaw whose teaching and research focuses on public history, the Holocaust, women's studies, sports history, and American Studies. She holds both a Ph.D. and an M.A. from the University of Iowa in American Studies, and a B.A. in English and history from Emory University. Before joining Kennesaw's faculty, Dr. Lewis was an assistant professor of English and history at Brenau University. She is the author of several books, including Considerable Passions: Golf, the Masters, and the Legacy of Bobby Jones and The Changing Face of Public History, and has served as the curator of dozens of exhibits for museums, nonprofits, and corporations.
	Wayne Parker, The Lovett School Mr. Parker has taught at The Lovett School for 34 years, where he has created and instructed courses on videography and film history. He is a recipient of Lovett's  Woodward Award for Excellence in Teaching, whose recipients are recognized by colleagues as master teachers who improve the achievement of students in significant ways and go beyond the normal commitment of time and energy in the pursuit of excellence. Mr. Parker holds a B.A. in English from Ohio Wesleyan University and studied English in graduate school at Emory University.
	Tiffany Simpkins Russell, Atlanta Tiffany Russell is an educational consultant and doctoral candidate in educational policy studies at Georgia State University. Ms. Russell's areas of research include African-centered education and social movements in African American history. Her passion is teaching the Civil Rights Movement and the Harlem Renaissance. Ms. Russell has developed African-centered and multicultural curricula for independent schools, including Lovett, and has presented scholarly papers at conferences and institutes addressing diversity initiatives. She holds both M.A. and B.A. degrees from Temple University.
	Richard Schramm, National Center for the Humanities Richard R. Schramm completed a Ph.D. in English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978. He served as a lecturer in English at UNC-CH until 1980, when he became a coordinator in UNC's Program in the Humanities. In 1984 he joined the National Humanities Center, where he organized its development efforts, and later took a leadership role in the Center's education initiatives. The Center's steady growth and increasing national recognition led the Center to name him Vice President for Education Programs in 2002. Under his direction the Center developed TeacherServe, an award-winning online curriculum enrichment service, as well as its Teacher Professional Development Program, which trains educators to custom design local professional development seminars in American literature and history using resources from the Center's online seminar toolbox library. Dr. Schramm has written on educational issues and on Southern literature, especially on the work of Tennessee writer James Agee. He has served on review panels for the National Endowment for the Humanities and on various education task forces.