Robert Roy Foresman : Curriculum Vitae
Robert Roy Foresman
UNK Department of History
103P Copeland Hall
Kearney, NE. 68849
(308) 430-8182
foresmanrr@lopers.unk.edu
EDUCATION
2009-2011-B.A. Chadron State College, History-Honors Graduate, 3.47 GPA
2014-2016-M.A. University of Nebraska at Kearney, History, 3.9 GPA
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
January 2015–Present-Graduate Assistant, UNK History Department, Teaching Assistant for American History from 1865 (Hist 251, Spring 2014), Research Assistant for Dr. Mark Ellis in Military History (Spring 2014-Present), Research Assistant, Kearney Goes to War Digital History Project, World War II, Buffalo County, Nebraska History
August–December 2014-Graduate Assistant, Office Assistant, Honors Program, UNK, ORCA Program, Dr. John Falconer, Dr. Jane Christensen
August 2011–May 2012-Graduate Assistant, Chadron State College History Department
August 2009-May 2010-Staff Researcher, Chadron State College, Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center and Museum, Prof. Sarah Polak
August 2009-May 2010-Board Member, Docent, Volunteer, Dawes County Historical Society and Museum, Chadron, Nebraska
HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
December 2015-UNK History Department, Most Original Thesis Award, Doughboys on the Diamond: Winfield Charles Noyes and America’s World War I Major League Baseball Veterans
October 2015-World War I Centennial Commission-Appointee, Nebraska
March 2015-Travel Grant, University of Nebraska/Flint Hills History Conference, Walter Matthau: Before the Silver Screen in World War II, Kansas State University and University of Kansas, March 27-28th, 2015, Manhattan, Kansas
October 2015-20th AnnualGovernor’s Lecture in the Humanities, Selected as UNK Graduate Representative, “World War One: Remembering America's Forgotten War”. Featuring David Reynolds Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, Nebraska
January 2015-May 2016-Graduate Assistantship-University of Nebraska at Kearney
August 2011-May 2012-Graduate Assistantship-Chadron State College
August 2011-May 2012-Chadron State College-Graduate Student Council-Appointed as Graduate Student Representative, Dr. Joel Hyer
May 2011-Honorary History Award Recipient, Chadron State College, Ivy Day Award, CSC History Department, Blue Key Honor Society
August 2010-May 2011-Centennial Scholarship Award Winner, Chadron State College
August 2010-May 2011-Theatre Scholarship Award Winner, Chadron State College
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
March 2015-Flint Hills History Conference, Walter Matthau: Before the Silver Screen in World War II, Kansas State University and University of Kansas, Manhattan, Kansas
March 2015-Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, The 1879 Northwestern League and The Omaha Green Stockings, March 5-7th 2015, Omaha, Nebraska-Coordinated with the Missouri Valley History Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha and the University of Nebraska at Kearney
March 2015-Missouri Valley History Conference, Preservation and Commemoration Panel, Sponsored by the Society for Military History, Jerome Martin, US Strategic Command-Chair, Walter Matthau Reporting: The Duster—How the Air Base News at the Kearney Army Air Field during World War II Preserved History, Omaha, Nebraska, University of Nebraska at Omaha
October 2010-Northern Great Plains History Conference, Frances Brainard O’Linn: A Crucible of Pioneer Feminism in the West, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
March 2010-Mari Sandoz Heritage Society Conference, Son of the Gambling Man, Book Review of Mari Sandoz, Chadron State College, Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center, The Other Son of the Gambling Man, March 7-9th, 2010, Chadron, Nebraska
ACCEPTED PRESENTATIONS
February 2015-36th Annual Southwest Popular American Culture Association Conference, (SWPACA), Many Faces, Many Voices: Intersecting Borders in Popular and American Culture, Walter Matthau Reporting: The Duster at Kearney Army Air Field—Film, Military and Journalistic History Converge in World War II, February 11- 14th, 2015, Albuquerque, New Mexico
July 2013-Society of American Baseball Researchers, National Convention 43, Home but Not yet Home: World War I and its Impact on Professional Baseball-The Story of Win Noyes, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 2013
March 2012-2012 University of Nebraska-Lincoln-Symposium 1862-2012: The Making of the Great Plains, Pioneer Feminism through an Ideological Lineage in Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
November 2010-Porcupine Quillwork; an Ancient Technique in Art: An Investigation into the Transitions of Sewing and Alteration Techniques of the Western Sioux, Museum of the Fur Trade, presented to Family and Consumer Sciences of Chadron State College, Faculty, Dr. Yvonne Moody, Chair and Moderator
November 2010-Frances Brainard O’Linn: A Crucible of Pioneer Feminism in the West, Dawes County Historical Society and Museum, Quarterly Board Meeting, Chadron, Nebraska
November 2010-Frances Brainard O’Linn: A Crucible of Pioneer Feminism in the West, Washington County Genealogical Society, Quarterly Meeting, Blair, Nebraska, Washington County Museum
September 2010-Frances Brainard O’Linn: A Crucible of Pioneer Feminism in the West, Westerner’s International of Chadron, September Quarterly Meeting, Chadron, Nebraska
February 2010-Frances Brainard O’Linn: A Crucible of Pioneer Feminism in the West, Daughters of the American Revolution, Spring Quarterly Meeting of the Dawes County D.A.R., Chadron, Nebraska
PUBLICATIONS
January 2017-“Walter Matthau Reporting: Military Journalism in Kearney, Nebraska during World War II” The History Press (Arcadia Publishing, 2017.)
July 2015-“The Case of the Mysterious Lithuanian Hex: The Cleveland Cab Driver Who Jinxed Joe DiMaggio” Amazon Digital Services, Inc. (KDP Publishing, 2015.)
Spring 2011-“Cottonwood” & “quiet” 10th Street Miscellany, Chadron State College, 2011.
RELATED COURSEWORK
(4.00 GPA IN ALL COURSEWORK INDICATED)
Fall 2015 HIST 803 Historical Methods
Spring 2015 HIST 895P Topical Studies-Introduction to Digital History
Summer 2015 HIST 848 Readings in American History-Popular Music
Summer 2015 HIST 848 Readings in American History-The Populist Movement
Fall 2014 HIST 879P Nebraska and Great Plains History
Fall 2014 HIST 879P Pre-Hispanic Colonial Latin America
Summer 2012 EDUC 224 Multimedia Support, Instruction and Learning
Fall 2012 EDUC 131 Introduction to Teaching
Fall 2012 EDUC 270 Special Topics-Human Relations
Summer 2011 EDCI 635 Curriculum Development
Summer 2011 HIST 541 Issues, Topics and Workshops in History-History of the American Presidency
Summer 2011 PS 531 History of Political Thought
Spring 2011 HIST 441 Issues, Topics and Workshops in History-History of the Pacific Rim
Fall 2010 HIST 400-Independent Study-1960’s, Civil Rights and Vietnam
Fall 2010 HIST 435 History of Historical Writing
Fall 2010 HIST 446 History of the American West, 1500-1890
CURRENT AND PRIOR ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS and VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
· World War I Centennial Commission, Appointee, Nebraska Delegate 2015
· Blue Key National Honor Society
· Dawes County HistoricalSociety, Nebraska
· Washington County Genealogical Society, Nebraska
· Buffalo County Historical Society, Nebraska
· Ravenna Historical Society, Nebraska
· Pi KappaDelta National Forensic Honorary Fraternity
· Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honorary Fraternity
· Nebraska State Historical Society
· Social Sciences Club-Chadron State College
· Museum and Preservation Society-CSC, Vice President
· United States Armed Services Veteran
· Society of American Baseball Researchers
· Society for Military History
· Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society, Pi Nu Chapter
· Lutheran Leadership Conference-National Selected 1994 Midland College
· International Mission Team Leader, Bocas del Toro, Panama, 1992
· Who’s Who Award Recipient-High School Students of America 1992
· Letterman, Track, Basketball 1990-92 Bellevue East High School
· Future Teachers of America Award, Bellevue East High School 1992
· Creighton University 1992 Best in State-Advertising Design
· Omaha Community Playhouse Volunteer, 1993-95
· Project Intermission Young Men’s Group-Executive Board-San Mateo, California, National Wellness Award Winner
· Chamber of Commerce Member-Omaha, NE., San Francisco, CA.
· NASB-Nebraska Association of School Boards Member 2002-03
· Project Homeless Connect 2008, Omaha
· Durham Western Heritage Museum Volunteer, Docent, 2008
REFERENCES
Dr. Peter Gough
California State University Sacramento
Assistant Professor
6000 J St.
College of Arts and Letters
Mariposa Hall 5000
TAH-3085
Sacramento, CA. 95819
916-278-6465
Dr. Joel Hyer
Chadron State College
Dean of Graduate Studies
1000 Main St.
Burkhiser Hall 214
Chadron, NE. 69337
308-432-6359
Dr. Mark Ellis
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Professor and Department Chair
905 W. 25th St.
Copeland Hall, 103A
Kearney, NE. 68849
308-865-8767
Dr. Jeff Wells
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Assistant Professor
905 W. 25th St.
Copeland Hall 103L
Kearney, NE. 68849
308-865-8898
Dr. James Rohrer
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Associate Professor
905 W. 25th St.
Copeland Hall 103H
Kearney, NE. 68849
308-865-8769
Prof. Sarah Polak
Chadron State College
Executive Director-Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center and Museum
1000 Main St.
Chadron, NE. 69337
308-432-6000
Dr. Mathew Brust
Chadron State College
Assistant Professor, Physical and Life Sciences
1000 Main St.
Chadron, NE. 69337
308-432-6446
Prof. LaWayne Zeller
Chadron State College
Educational Certification Officer, Professor
1000 Main St.
Chadron, NE. 69337
308-432-6032