Andrew H. Myers
Assistant Professor, American
Studies
University of South Carolina
Upstate
Work Address:
University of South Carolina
Upstate
800 University Way
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Profile:
United States historian. Innovative researcher and writer. Effective lecturer and discussion leader who uses computer technology and hands-on teaching methods to enrich the classroom environment. Capable organizer and administrator who contributes to committees and faculty governance. Member of the community who shares historical expertise with government organizations and local schools.
Experience:
1998-present Assistant Professor,
University of South Carolina Upstate
Spring 1998 Southern Studies Instructor,
University of South Carolina Columbia
1997-1998 Military
Science Instructor, Benedict College
1994 Instructor,
University of Virginia
1993-1994 Teaching
Assistant (for Edward Ayers), University of Virginia
Teaching Associate (for Julian Bond), University of
Virginia
Education:
Ph.D., University of
Virginia, 1998
M.A., University of Virginia,
1993
A.B., cum laude, Honors in History, Davidson College, 1986
Publications:
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Black,
White, and Olive Drab: Racial Integration at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and
the Civil Rights Movement. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press,
forthcoming in 2006.
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Entry
for Sherman's March, The South Carolina Encyclopedia. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, forthcoming in 2006.
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Entry
for Freddie Stowers, The South Carolina Encyclopedia. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, forthcoming in 2006.
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Entry
for Fort Jackson, The South Carolina Encyclopedia. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, forthcoming in 2006.
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"The Blinding of Isaac
Woodard," Proceedings of the
South Carolina Historical Association, 2004.
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"Teaching History
in the Backyard," The History Teacher, Volume 35, Number 4, August 2002.
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Review of Chester L.
Quarles, Terrorism: Avoidance and Survival, in Journal of Political Science, Volume 30, 2002.
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"108th
Division (Institutional Training) Annual Historical Report CommanderÕs
Summary," in Edward P. Shanahan, ed., USARC Annual Command History
Series: Annual Command History
Supplement, Major Subordinate Commands and Installation CommandersÕ Summaries,
1995. Atlanta: Office of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Reserve Command,
1997.
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"The Charlottesville
Woolen Mills: Working Life,
Wartime, and the Walkout of 1918," Magazine of Albemarle County History, Volume 53, 1995.
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"The Creation of
the Shenandoah National Park: Albemarle County Cultures in Conflict," Magazine
of Albemarle County History, Volume
51, 1993.
Presentations:
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ÒBlack, White, and Olive
Drab: Integration at Fort Jackson and Its Effect on the Civil Rights Movement
in Columbia,Ó The Citadel Conference on the South, Charleston, SC, March 2003.
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ÒThe Blinding of Isaac
Woodard,Ó South Carolina Historical Association, Columbia, SC, March 2003.
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"Resonant Ripples
in a Global Pond: The Blinding of Isaac Woodard," Internet presentation,
American Studies Association, Houston, TX, November 2002.
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"Body Counts on the
Home Front: The Effort to End Housing Discrimination at Fort Jackson,"
Conference of Army Historians, Washington, DC, August 2002.
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"Black, White, and
Olive Drab: Military-Social Relations During the Civil Rights Movement at Fort
Jackson and in Columbia, South Carolina," Association for the Study of
Afro-American Life and History, Charleston, SC 1996.
Awards:
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Teaching and Productive
Scholarship Grant, USC Upstate, 2006
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Alpha Sigma Lambda
National Honor Society for Nontraditional Students, 2005
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Finalist, Bank of
America Excellence in Teaching and Advising Award, 2003
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Teaching and Productive
Scholarship Grants, USC Upstate, 2002
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Finalist, Bank of
America Excellence in Teaching and Advising Award, 2002
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Ernest Boyer Award for
the Scholarship of Teaching, 2001
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Research Fellow,
Institute for Southern Studies, USC Columbia, 1995-1998
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Mary E. Rawlings Prize
in History, Albemarle County Historical Society, 1993
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Dupont Fellowship,
University of Virginia, 1992
Academic Service:
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Board Member, South
Carolina Historical Association
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Board Member, South
Carolina Academic Learning Environment (SCALE) Project, Spartanburg County
School District 5
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Historical Officer, 108th
Army Reserve Division. Duties
include writing annual history reports and preserving significant records for
an organization spread over four states and Puerto Rico. Duties have also included coordinating
for a state highway historical marker, making presentations, and responding to
inquiries
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Recorder for the General
Faculty and Senate, 2000-2001
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Member, University
Assessment Committee, 2003-present
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Member, University
General Education Committee, 2005-present
Military Service:
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Holds a commission as an
infantry major with twenty years of total service in the Regular Army and
Reserve. Was mobilized during the
spring of 2006 for duty in Iraq.