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Ph.D., History, University of Kentucky, 5 May 1996.
Dissertation: “The Moravian Mission Among the Cherokees at Springplace, Georgia.” Directed by Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green.
M.A., History, Western Carolina University, May 1992.
Thesis: “To Ascertain the Mind and Circumstance of the Cherokee Nation, Springplace, Georgia, 1805-1821.” Directed by William Anderson.
A.B., Education, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, June 1962.
The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees, 2 vols. 1805-1813 and 1814-1821 (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2007).
The Portable Gambold Diary: An Abridgement to the The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees (under contract with the University of Nebraska Press).
Anna Rosina Gambold and Her Encounters with African Slave and Cherokee Women
“The Moravian Missionaries of Bethlehem and Salem,” in Ethnographies and Exchanges: Native Americans, Moravians, and Catholics in Early North America, A.G. Roeber, ed. (University Park: Penn State Press, 2008).
"Moravians and Cherokees at Early Nineteenth-Century Springplace Mission, Georgia," Documentary Editing 28 (Spring 2006).
“Cherokee Slaveholding: James Vann’s Diamond Hill Plantation and African Bondage,” Race, Roots, & Relations, Terry Straus, ed. (Chicago: Albatross Press, 2005).
“Early 19th-Century Cherokee and Moravian Spirituality Converges at Springplace, Georgia,” Annotations (National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) publication) vol.30 (March 2002).
“Transcribing and Translating Early Nineteenth-Century Moravian Missionary Diaries,” Documentary Editing 20(June 1998).
“Oconostota”; “David Zeisberger”; “Treaty of New Echota (1835)”; and “Sequoyah.” Encyclopedia of the United States - American Indian Policy, Relation, and Law, Paul Finkelman and Tim Garrison, eds. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2008).
"Native American Ethnography, 1750-1829" Encyclopedia of the New American Nation, Paul Finkelman, editor (Boston: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2005).
“Sequoyah,” Encyclopedia on Disability (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005).
“Indian Missions in Georgia,” chapter in the New Georgia Encyclopedia ( Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2002).
Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America, by Kerry A. Trask (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2007), Journal of Illinois History, Spring 2007.
The Cherokee: A History by Robert Conley (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005), Indigenous Nation Studies Journal, Spring 2006.
Cherokee Women in Crisis by Carolyn Johnson (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2003), Great Plains Quarterly, Spring 2005.
Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World by Robbie Ethridge (Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 2003) in Journal of Mississippi History, Fall 2004.
The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900 (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2001), edited by R. David Edmunds, Journal of Illinois History, Spring 2003.
Contrary Neighbors: Southern Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory by David La Vere, Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, number 4(Winter 2001).
Historical Research
American History to 1877
Native Peoples: Pre-contact to 1840
Native Peoples: 1840 to 2005
Social Science Pedagogy
Indians Encounter Lewis and Clark
Indian Resistance and Indian Reform (Graduate Seminar)
African American Music and the Struggle for Freedom with Associate Professor Prince Wells, III (Interdisciplinary (IS) Course)
National Historical Publication Records Commission (NHPRC), a department of the National Archives, awarded University of Nebraska Press $20,000.00 to defray publication costs for the publication (2007) of the two volume edition of The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees. (endorsed in June 1996 by NHPRC)
Phi Kappa Phi, new initiate, spring 2007.
Funded University Research (FURS) grant for sabbatical granted spring 2006, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Interfaith Leadership Award, awarded by SIUE Friends of Religious Center, October 2, 2004.
Newberry Scholar in Residence, Newberry Library, Chicago, from July 1, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, to July 1, 2008.
Newberry Fellow, Lester J. Cappon Fellowship in Documentary Editing, Newberry Library, Chicago, Fall of 2001.
Newberry Fellow, Lannan Institute on Native American Studies, Newberry Library, Chicago, Summer 2001.
Finalist in Charlotte Newcombe Award (Woodrow Wilson) for dissertation grant, 1995.
Phillips Fund for Native American Studies, American Philosophical Society, 1995.
North Caroliniana Award, 1995.
Phi Alpha Theta, fall 1991.
Pi Gamma Mu, fall 1991.
Dean's List (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), 1961.
Oreades, (Newcomb College/Tulane University), 1959.
Eta Sigma Phi, (Newcomb College/Tuland University), 1959.
“Cherokee Spirituality through Eyes of The Flea, The Little Broom, and The Bird,” 2007 Native American Month at SIU-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, November 14, 2007.
“Beyond Bows and Sifters: Early Nineteenth Century Cherokee Males and Females Exert Power within Traditional Precepts,” National Trail of Tears Conference, Rome, GA, November 5-8, 2007.
“Disparate Cultures Converge at the Moravian Springplace Mission, 1805-1821,” Brenau University, Gainesville, GA, November 1, 2007.
Moravian Missionary” Anna Rosina Gambold: Female Ethnographer of Early Nineteenth Century Cherokee Culture,” Dialogue with Senior Citizens, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, October 31, 2007.
“‘Lived Religion’: Reflections of Anna Rosina Gambold’s Moravian Springplace Mission,” Cherokee-Moravian Historical Society, Old Salem, Winston-Salem, NC, October 27, 2007
“’Iceberging’: A Path to Uncover Early Nineteenth Century Cherokee Spirituality,” Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, October 26, 2007.
“Early Nineteenth-Century Moravian and Cherokee Women,” Cherokee Nation, the National Trail of Tears Conference, Catoosa, OK. October 27-29, 2005.
“Comparing Moravian Missionary Experiences: David Zeisberger and John and Anna Rosina Gambold,” Penn State University, sponsored by the Max Kade German-American Research Institute, conference entitled, “Native Americans and the German-Speaking Diaspora in Early Modern North America.” September 23-25, 2004.
“Gender Roles through Moravian Missionary Eyes,” Newberry Library, Colloquium, April 24, 2002.
“Reconstructing the Cherokee and Moravian Story through Early Nineteenth Century Missionary Diaries: Transcending Divergent World Views, Archaic Language, and Time,” University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, March 5, 2001.
“The Historical Challenge to Unearth Cherokee Spirituality: Early Nineteenth Century Cherokee, The Flea, and His Encounters with Christian Precepts,” Mid America History Conference, Tulsa, OK, September 27-29.
“Early Nineteenth Century Cherokee Losses, Fur Trade and Corn: A Study of Cherokee Society in Turmoil,” International Fur Trade Conference, St. Rupert’s Landing, St. Louis, MO, May 25-28, 2006.
“Cherokee Spirituality: The Elk’s Story,” International Humanities Conference, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia, July 3-6, 2006.
“Contextualizing Translations of Immigrant Germans and Editing Moravian Pietism,” Association for Documentary Editing, Denver, Colorado, October 6-8, 2005.
“’Heartfelt Caring’: Early Nineteenth Century Cherokee and Moravian Women Creating Bonds of Friendship,” King’s College (London) and Monash University (Australia), conference entitled, “Politics of Friendship,” London, England, September 9-10, 2004.
“Reclaiming the Past: Early Nineteenth Century Cherokee Women as Cultural Vessels”; Midwest Missouri Valley Conference, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE, March 4-6, 2004.
“Early Nineteenth Century Disparate Spiritualities, Cherokee and Moravian, Converge at the Springplace Mission," American Society of Church History, Louisville Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, May 8-10, 2003.
“Cherokee Women as Cultural Preservationists,” American Society for Ethnohistory, Quebec City, Canada, October 19, 2002.
“Cherokee Perceptions on Land and ‘Rights to Land’ before Forced Removal, 1838-39.” National Conference of the Trail of Tears Association, Cape Girardeau, MO, April 24-26, 2001.
“The Prominence of Early Nineteenth Century Cherokee Women: Dawnee as Case Study,” American Society for Ethnohistory, Tuscon, AZ, October 18-21, 2001.
“Native and European Divergent Worldviews: How Early Nineteenth Century Cherokees and Moravian Missionaries Responded to Each Other’s Concepts Pertaining to the Mystical Properties of Blood”; American Society for Ethnohistory, London, Ontario, October 14, 2000.
“Political Encounters: American Policy Makers, Cherokees, and Springplace Moravian Missionaries,” paper presented at Cherokee History Day, Springplace, GA., May 22, 1999.
“European Values and Cherokee Adaptations to Traditional Life: Moravians and Cherokees in the Early Nineteenth Century,” Dartmouth conference, “Indianer und Deutsch-Deutsch und Indianer: Cultural Encounters in Three Centuries,” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, May 13-15, 1999.
Panel Organizer, American Society for Ethnohistory, Tulsa, OK, November 8-11, 2007.
Member, Department of Historical Studies, Search Committee, Position for German History, fall and winter 2007.
Program writer: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) have nationally recognized our Social Science Pedagogy Education program, Department of Historical Studies, fall 2006
Member, Department of Historical Studies, Search Committee, Position for Social Science Pedagogy, fall and winter 2005.
SIUE Committee for Distinguished Service Awards and Honorary Degrees, fall 2005-
Chairperson and 2004 Program Committee, Association for Documentary Editing, program entitled, “Editing Native American Materials,” Indianapolis, Indiana, November 13-15, 2004.
Meridian Society, SIUE women in philanthropy, Chair, Awards Committee, 2003-2005
