Chad Vanderford
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor of History
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
4901 E. University
Odessa, TX 79762
(432) 552-2312
vanderford_c@utpb.edu
Education:
• Ph. D., History, Louisiana State University, 2005.
• M.A., History, California State University Northridge, 2000.
• B.A., Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1996.
Employment:
• Associate Professor of History, University of Texas of the Permian Basin
(Fall 2012 to present).
• Assistant Professor of History, University of Texas of the Permian Basin
(Fall 2006 to Summer 2012).
• Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Ashland University
(Fall 2005 through Spring 2006).
• Instructor, Louisiana State University
(Spring 2005 through Summer 2005).
• Grader, Louisiana State University
(Fall 2004 through Spring 2005)
• Board of Regents Fellow, Louisiana State University
(Fall 2000 through Summer 2004).
• Research Intern, Natchez National Historical Park
(Summers of 1998 and 1999).
Academic Leadership Positions:
• Faculty Secretary
(Fall 2008 to Fall 2014).
• General Education Coordinator, History Department
(Fall 2012 to Spring 2014).
• C.A.T. (Critical Thinking Assessment Test) Trainer
(Summer 2011 to present).
• Assistant Faculty Marshall
(Fall 2010).
Teaching Load:
• Three classes per semester, each semester since Fall of 2006.
Courses Taught:
• History 1301: United States to 1877
• History 1302: United States since 1877
• History 2321: World Civilizations to 1500
• History 3342: American Revolution, 1763-1789
• History 3343: U.S. Early National, 1789-1815
• History 3344: Jacksonian America, 1815-1850
• History 4343: Founding Fathers
• History 4389: English Overseas Expansion to 1689
• History 4389: British Empire, 1689-1815
• History 4399: Senior Seminar
• History 6300: Historian’s Craft
• History 6355: United States South
• History 6378: Research in U. S. History
Books:
• The Legacy Of St. George Tucker: College Professors in Virginia Confront Slavery and the Rights of States, 1771-1897. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2015.
Peer-Reviewed Articles :
• “Declarations of Independence: Slavery, Secession, and the Confederate Scapegoat.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly LXX (2011): 92-107.
• “The Divided Legacy of a Founding Father: Henry and Beverley Tucker confront Nullification and Secession.” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography CXIX (2011): 210-243.
• “Peter Little and the Pennsylvania Connection in Antebellum Natchez.” Journal of Mississippi History LXXI (2009): 317-341.
• “Proslavery Professors: Classic Natural Right and the Positive Good Argument in Antebellum Virginia.” Civil War History LV (2009): 5-30.
Book Reviews:
• Andrew Fede, Roadblocks to Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in the United States South, reviewed in Journal of Southern History LXXIX (2013): 470-471.
• Jon Meacham, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, reviewed in Tennessee Historical Quarterly LXX (2011): 243-245.
• W. Kirk Wood, Nullification, A Constitutional History, 1776-1833: Volume One: James Madison, Not the Father of the Constitution: Other Framers, Different Intentions, and the Origins of Nullification, 1776-1787; Volume Two: James Madison and the Constitutionality of Nullification, 1787-1828, reviewed in Journal of Southern History LXXVI (2010): 977-978.
• Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholder’s Worldview, reviewed in Civil War Book Review VIII (2006).
• Richard Lowe, Walker’s Texas Division: Greyhounds of the Trans-Mississippi, reviewed in Civil War History LII (2006): 322-323.
• Michael Wayne, Death of an Overseer: Reopening a Murder Investigation from the Plantation South, reviewed in Civil War Book Review III (2001): 44
Other Publications:
• “St. George Tucker’s Dissertation on Slavery,” in Encyclopedia Virginia, 8 January 2015, available at: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/A_Dissertation_on_Slavery_With_a_Proposal_for_the_Grad ual_Abolition_of_It_In_the_State_of_Virginia_1796#contrib
• “Beauregard, P. G. T,” “Butler, Benjamin F.,” “Espionage,” “Forrest, Nathan Bedford,” “Kansas -Nebraska Act,” “Red River Campaign,” “United States Military Academy at West Point,” and “Zouaves,” Encyclopedia of American History, ed. Gary Nash, (11 volumes, New York: Facts on File, 2003), V: 26-27, 46-47, 133-135, 197-198, 297-298, 372, 403-404.
• Contributor to Teacher’s Companion for PBS documentary The American Presidency, 2000.
Research Presentations:
• “The Divided Legacy of a Founding Father: Henry and Beverley Tucker confront Nullification and Secession.” Virginia Forum, April 24, 2009.
• “The Thought and Legacy of St. George Tucker.” Summer Fellows Program, Virginia Historical Society, July 23, 2008.
• “St. George Tucker and the Idea of Rights.” Summer Fellows Program, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, May 16, 2007.
• “Proslavery Professors: The Abandonment of Natural Rights and the Movement Toward the ‘Positive Good’ Argument in Antebellum Virginia.” Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, March 14, 2007.
• “Natural Rights and Slavery in St. George Tucker’s Virginia.” Louisiana State University Department of History Works In Progress Series, November 19, 2004.
• “Peter Little: From Merchant to Planter in the Old Natchez District, 1780-1856.” 4th Biennial Historic Natchez Conference, February 13, 2000.
• “Origins and Development of Theodore Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory.” May 1998, 22nd Annual Meeting of the Social Sciences Research and Instructional Council, Northridge, California, May 11, 1998.
Honors and Awards:
• Excellence in Teaching Award, The National Society of Leadership and Success, Spring 2015.
• Golden Windmill Award, LaMancha Society, Spring 2012.
• Mellon Research Fellowship, Virginia Historical Society, Summer 2008.
• Summer Institute Fellowship, University of Virginia’s Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy, funded by the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History, Summer 2008.
• Coffelt Fellowship, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg, Summer 2007.
• Philadelphia Society Travel Grants, Fall 2001 and Fall 2003.
• Louisiana State University Board of Regents Fellowship, 2000-2004.
• Rena Vassar Graduate Fellowship, California State University Northridge, Fall 1999.
• John Bauer Memorial Scholarship, California State University Northridge, Spring 1999.
• Betty Nesvold Best Paper Award, awarded by the California Social Sciences Research and Instructional Council, May 1998.
M.A. Thesis Committees: • Michael Tisdale, “Satanism in American Life,” 18 November 2014.
• Jay Burns, “The History of Midland Army Airfield,” 28 October 2014.
• Trent Huber, “Render unto Caesar: The Mormon Experience with the Religious Culture of the United States,” 16 April 2012.
• Charles Hicks, “Beat Nation: Nationalistic Discourse in Beat Literature,” 16 April 2010.
• Cade Allen, “American Higher Education and the Cold War, 1945-1970: A Bitter Conflict,” 2 July 2009.
• Jennifer Young, “The Ideal of Motherhood: Puritan Ministers and the Creation of the Perfect Mother,” 13 April 2009.
M.A. Committees:
• Lupe Garza, April 27, 2015.
• James Rush, August 17, 2012.
• Isaac Nabarrette, August 16, 2012.
• Katie Palmer, August 8, 2011.
• Lee Jordan, March 25, 2011.
• Patricia Hardy, November 3, 2008.
• David Dixon, April 14, 2008.
• Mauricio Quintela, May 3, 2007.
• Brandon Young, November 29, 2007.
Academic Committees:
• Graduate Council Bylaws Committee, Spring 2010.
• Commencement Committee, Fall 2008 to present.
• Assessment Review Committee, Fall 2007 to present.
• Latin America History Search Committee, Fall 2007 to Spring 2010.
• Voting Member of Graduate Council, Fall 2009.
• Student Representative to the Search Committee for an Associate Dean of the Social Sciences, California State University Northridge, Spring 1999.
Other University Service Activities:
• Major Advisor for more than thirty undergraduates.
• Faculty Advisor for C.O.G. (Coalition of Organized Gamers) Club, Fall 2011 to present.
• Faculty Participant, “College & Career Readiness Initiative Faculty Collaborative: Social Studies Symposium,” University of Texas Arlington, April 3, 2009.
• Faculty Advisor for History Club, Fall 2007 to Fall 2008.
Professional Service Activities:
• Manuscript Reviewer for Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.
• Faculty Advisor for Phi Alpha Theta, 2007 to 2010.
• Moderator for panel on “Cross-Cultural Encounters,” 20th Annual Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies Conference, Louisiana State University, March 23, 2005.
Community Service Activities:
• Guest on Stan Galarza’s bilingual radio show on KOZA 1230 AM. Discussed the role that the Constitution of the United States plays in American political life. October 21, 2009.
• Constitution Day Address: “Executive Power and the Electoral College,” September 17, 2008.
• Constitution Day Address: “The Origins of the Constitution of the United States,” September 17, 2007.
• Presenter at The Hispanic Serving Institutions Minority Scholar Program “Night of Research,” November 2, 2006.
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