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	James Brian Wagaman <wagaman@mail.h-net.msu.edu> Penn State Harrisburg The 1960's social movements, enviromental history and politics, all aspects of popular and American culture.

Address:	2076 Lexington Ave Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 United States

Primary Phone:	717-986-1264

List Affiliations:	List Editor for H-PCAACA

Interests:	African American History / Studies American History / Studies Anthropology Diplomacy and International Relations Local History Native American History / Studies Political History / Studies Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Bio: EDUCATION Master of Arts in American Studies; Penn State University, Harrisburg Bachelor of Humanities; Penn State University, Harrisburg Associate of Arts in Letters, Arts, and Sciences; Penn State University TEACHING/GRADING EXPERIENCE Instructor. Freshman Composition. Central Pennsylvania College. Summer and Fall 2001. Substitute Instructor. Western Tradition III: Humanities; Adolescent Literature Reading Development; American Ethnic Literature. Penn State Harrisburg, Spring 2000, Summer200l. Instructor. Capital Area Writing Project Kid’s College. Writing about the Environment. -Taught students in grades six through twelve, Summer 1998. Grader. Assessed writing competency of candidates for the War College, Carlisle, PA. PUBLICATION Book Review. Review of John William Sayer, Ghost Dancing the Law. The Wounded Knee Trials (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998) in Humanities-Net Reviews; forthcoming in The Journal of American Culture. AWARDS and HONORS NAME LISTED IN: “Who’s Who in the World.” 1998 to present edition. “Who’s Who in America.” 1998 to present edition. “Who’s Who in Finance and Industry.” 1997 to present edition. “Who’s Who in the East.” 1997 to present edition. “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering.” 1997 to present edition. National Award: The Dan Walden Award for Best Undergraduate Essay on America and Literature and Culture, 1995. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association Convention Program Director 1999 -Scheduled all convention activities for 200 participants -Scheduled 60 panels -Prepared convention program and directory of members -Corresponded with all participants by e-mail and snail mail -Supervised 30 area chairs -Prepared Program Director’s report, using spreadsheets -Prepared bulk mailing of convention program to all participants Executive Board Member 1997-2000. -Participated in all board meetings -Prepared detailed reports and presentations Local Arrangements Chair 1998 -Negotiated with hotel management to secure convention site -Made all convention facility arrangements Member, Committee for Membership Recruitment and Retention 1996-1999 -Compiled e-mail list of all members 1996-1999. Assistant Program Chair 1996 -Assisted in all duties of Program Director Area Chair: Culture and the Environment 1995-1999 The Sixties- 2000 National American Culture/Popular Culture Association Area Chair: The Sixties 1999-present Northeast Modern Language Association Nominating Committee Member 1998-present Chair: Literature and the Environment CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS "A Feminist Struggle in the Sioux Nation: Lakota Woman" National PCA/ACA New Orleans, April 2003 “Class Issues and the American Indian Movement.” Northeast Modern Language Association. Buffalo, April 2000. ‘Revolution and Radicalism: A Rhetorical Analysis of the BPP’s Newspaper.” American Culture Association. New Orleans, April 2000. “Alcatraz: Five Years of American Indian Protest.” Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Valley Forge, November 1999. “Alcatraz and the American Indian Movement.” Northeast Modern Language Association. Pittsburgh, April 1999. “Lakota Woman: The Rebirth of a Nation;” American Culture Association. San Diego, March 1999. “Autobiography, Theory, Dyslexia.” Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association.” University of West Virginia, October 1998. “Shared Experience: An Ethnic Review.” National Writing Project Meeting. Ocean City, NJ, May 1998. ‘Teaching Literature to the Dyslexic Reader.” Northeast Modern Language Association. Baltimore, April 1998. “‘Double Indemnity: Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Baltimore, November 1997. “Changing Times, Unchanging Characters: The Epic in Poetry and Film.” American Culture Association. San Antonio, April 1997. ‘The Popular Epic: Then and Now.” Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Philadelphia, October 1996. “The Odyssey and Legends of the Fall: The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same.” Pennsylvania College English Association, Philadelphia, April 1996. “Gender and Class in Lady Chatterley’s Lover.” Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Syracuse, October 1995. ‘Zora Neale Hurston and the Dialogic Imagination.” Popular Culture Association. Philadelphia, April 1995. “The Bakhtinian Fool in Their Eyes Were Watching God” Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Wheeling, WV, October 1994. CONFERENCE SESSIONS Originated, Organized, Promoted, and Chaired “The Sixties.” (2 Sessions). National American Culture/Popular Culture Association. New Orleans, LA April 2003. “The Sixties.” (2 Sessions). National American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Toronto, ON April 2002. “The Sixties.” (5 Sessions). National American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Philadelphia, April 2001. “The Sixties.” (13 Sessions) National American Culture/Popular Culture Association. New Orleans, April 2000. “American Indian Activism in the Twentieth Century.” (1 Session) Northeast Modern Language Association. Buffalo, April 2000. “Environment and Culture.” (2 Sessions) Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Valley Forge, November 1999. “Literature and the Environment.” (2 Sessions) Northeast Modern Language Association. Pittsburgh, April 1999. “Environment and Culture.” (2 Sessions) Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association. University of West Virgini1l, November 1998. “Literature and the Environment.” (5 Sessions) Northeast Modern Language Association. Baltimore 1998. ‘Environment and Culture.” (3 Sessions) Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Baltimore, October 1997. “Environment and Culture.” (2 Sessions) Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Philadelphia, October 1996. “Cultural Conflict and Societal Change.” (4 Sessions) Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Association. Syracuse, November 1995.