Curriculum Vitae

Henry E. Himes III

400 Stewart St. Apt 402

Morgantown, WV

330-883-5834

hhimes@mix.wvu.edu

Education

B.A. in Geography, Youngstown State University, 2001.

M.A. in History (with Certificate in Applied History), Youngstown State University, 2011.

Doctoral Program (History), West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, ABD, August 2012 to Present.

Employment History

Graduate Assistant, Institute for Labor Studies and Research, West Virginia University (June 2015 to Present)

Graduate Instructor: History 152 (Growth of the American Nation to 1865), West Virginia University. (August 2014 to May 2015)

Graduate Instructor: History 153 (Making Modern America, 1865 to Present), West Virginia University. (January 2014 to May 2014)

Graduate Assistant: History 152 (Growth of the American Nation to 1865), West Virginia University. (August 2013 to December 2013)

Intern at the Heinz History Center, Museum Department: I conducted research to facilitate the updating of the exhibit Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation, the research focused on Safety in the Steel Industry. (June 2013 to August, 2013)

Robbins Fellowship, West Virginia University, (August 2012 to May 2013). The fellowship provided me with one year of graduate school funding with no requirement to teach.  Designed to offer graduate students time and funding in order to focus on studying for their comprehensive exams.

Graduate Instructor: World Civilization II, 1500 to Present, Spring Semester 2012, Youngstown State University. (January 2012 to May 2012)

Technology Corps member of AmeriCorps and the Ohio History Service Corps:  Responsible for facilitating the digitization of archival material from the Northeast Ohio region to be displayed on the Ohio Historical Society’s Ohio Memory website; responsible for conducting digitization workshops as well as supervising Ohio History Service Corps volunteers. (October 2010 to August 2011)

Graduate Assistant/Intern at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor (the “Steel Museum”): at the museum I held the following positions:  Archives/Library assistant, processing new archival collections and assisting the archivist/librarian in all her duties; Docent, providing tours of the museum’s permanent exhibit titled “By the Sweat of Their Brow;” which documents the industrial and labor history of the Youngstown and Warren, Ohio region. (August 2008 to August 2011)

Cashier, Youngstown State University Bookstore. (January 2008 to August 2008)

Substitute teacher in the Hubbard School district Hubbard, Ohio. (2007-2008)

Ohio Army National Guard Officer (Rank: Captain), Columbus, Ohio. (2006-2008)

Army Officer (active duty, Rank: Second Lieutenant thru Captain), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (2001-2006)

Student Employee, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio. (1998-2001)

Research and Projects

Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) Labor Education project: Currently I am conducting research for a BAC sponsored labor education program.  The final product will be a series of short labor history videos on topics relevant to the BAC.  The videos are intended to provide historical context, raise awareness, and spark member discussion. (Current Project)

Doctoral Dissertation (Current Project):  My current research goal is to conduct a comparative historical study of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) and the United Steel Workers of America (USW) throughout the post-World War II era.  The study will concentrate on the interaction and influence that both of these unions have had on the development of the postwar public/private welfare state.  Much work has already been done at the institutional level.  Many works have focused on the influence that business, the State, and national union leadership have had on the creation and entrenchment of the United States’ bifurcated welfare system.  However, there remains a dearth of scholarship on the rank and files’ relationship with the postwar welfare state.  My goal is to address that gap.  My plan is to use the UMW and the USW, and their different and unique interactions with the postwar welfare state, as a lens to analyze and compare rank and file workers of both unions in order to better understand workers’ class and/or union consciousness throughout the postwar era.  I will also use the rank and files' interaction with the public/private welfare state to help us better understand generational differences within both the UMW and the USW as well as look at race and gender issues, workers views on postwar liberalism, and the impact that deindustrialization and corporate bankruptcy have had on both active and retired workers.

Master’s thesis A Fight for What Was Earned: Solidarity USA, Corporate Bankruptcy and the Fight for the American Dream in the post-World War II Era, a labor oriented study which documents the struggle of Solidarity USA, a Youngstown based retiree organization that formed in order to use collective power and direct action to win back lost pension and healthcare benefits after the July 17, 1986 Chapter 11 Bankruptcy of the LTV corporation.

Ohio State Senator Harry Meshel Papers.  I processed the senator’s donated papers, newspaper clippings and documents, which I added as an addendum to his permanent collection housed at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor.

The Daniel Roth Diary exhibit; a temporary exhibit for the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor created by Dr. Donna DeBlasio’s Museum curation class.  The exhibit corresponded to the release of The Great Depression: A Diary by Benjamin Roth. (Fall 2009)

The 1959 Steel Strike exhibit; a temporary Exhibit for the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, created by Dr. Thomas Leary’s applied history practicum class. (Spring 2010)

Papers, Talks, and Conference Presentations

“Uncharted Territory: the 1986 LTV Bankruptcy and the Relationship between Independent Retiree Groups and the USWA.” North American Labor History Conference.  Wayne State University. October 2015.

Book Reviews

Review of Mark W. Weber and Stephen H. Paschen, Side by Side: Alice and Staughton Lynd, The Ohio Years (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2014), in West Virginia History: A Journal of Regional Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, Fall 2015

Teaching

Instructor: History 152 (Growth of the American Nation to 1865), West Virginia University. (August 2014 to Spring 2015)

Instructor: History 153 (Making Modern America, 1865 to Present), West Virginia University. (January 2014 to May 2014)

Graduate Assistant: History 152 (Growth of the American Nation to 1865), West Virginia University. (August 2013 to December 2013)

Instructor: World Civilization II, 1500 to Present, Spring Semester 2012, Youngstown State University. (January 2012 to May 2012)

Substitute teacher, Hubbard, Ohio school district, taught grades 5 through 12. (2007-2008)

Officer U.S. Army. Taught a wide range of courses to cadets and soldiers under my supervision in the Army. (2001-2006)

Leadership Positions 

AmeriCorps/Ohio History Service Corps, Technology Corp Member.

Treasurer, Youngstown State University History Club.

Executive Officer U.S. Army, supervised 100 soldiers.

Platoon leader U.S. Army, supervised 30 soldiers.

Fellowships

 Robbins Fellowship, West Virginia University. (August 2012 to May 2013)

Academic Achievements & Awards

Research Mini-Grant for Doctoral Research, awarded by the Graduate Committee, West Virginia University. (Spring 2015)

Humanities Summer Paid Internship, awarded by West Virginia University Graduate School in conjunction with the West Virginia University history department. (June to August 2013)

Marion E. Blum Graduate Essay Award Winner, Youngstown State University. (2009)

Summer Research Assistant, conducted research for Dr. Thomas Leary, Associate Professor of History, Youngstown State University. (2009 & 2010)

Graduate Assistant/Intern at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, and Youngstown State University. (2008-2010)

“Commandant’s List,” U.S. Army Field Artillery Officers Basic course; awarded to the top 20 percent of each graduating class. (2002)

Magna cum Laude, B.A in Geography, Youngstown State University. (2001)

Golden Key National Honors Society. (2001)

George C. Marshall Seminar Award winner (Awarded to the top ROTC cadet at each ROTC institution throughout the country). (2000)

JoAnn Knapic Academic Achievement Award, Geography Department, Youngstown State University. (2000 & 2001)

Professional Organizations

American Historical Association

Organization of American Historians

Labor and Working Class History Association

References

Dr. Ken Fones-wolf

Professor of History

Stuart and Joyce Robbins Chair

202C Woodburn Hall

P.O. Box 6303

Morgantown, WV 26506-6303

Phone: 304-293-9308

Fax: 304-293-3616

Email: Kenneth.Fones-Wolf@mail.wvu.edu

Dr. Elizabeth Fones-wolf

Professor of History

221F Woodburn Hall

P.O. Box 6303

Morgantown, WV 26506-6303

Phone: 304-293-9307

Fax: 304-293-3616

Email: Elizabeth.Fones-Wolf@mail.wvu.edu

Dr. Sam White

Associate Professor

Institute for Labor Studies and Research

717 Knapp Hall

P.O. Box 6031

Morgantown, WV 26506

Phone: 304-293-3109

Fax: 304-293-3395

Email: SWWhite@mail.wvu.edu