William James Harris

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Current Address                                                                             Permanent Address

407 Lake Street                                                                             6 Oyster Landing Rd

Apartment B32                                                                   Hilton Head, SC 29928

Ithaca, NY 14850                                                                          (843)671-5832

(607)257-5539                                                                                         

wjh26@cornell.edu

 

 

Education

 

Doctorate of Philosophy, History, Expected May 2008

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Dissertation Subject:  Fear and Violence in Antebellum Mississippi: The Suspected Slave Insurrection Plot of 1835

 

Master of Arts, History, August 2005

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

 

Masters of Arts, History, May 2002

University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

 

Bachelor of Arts, History, May 2000

Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL

 

 

Grants & Awards

 

Research Travel Grant, Cornell University, Graduate School (Spring 2006)

Ihlder Fellowship, Cornell University-History Department (Spring 2006)

Provost Diversity Fellowship, Cornell University, Graduate School (Fall 2005)

Sage Fellowship, Cornell University, Graduate School (Fall 2003, Spring 2003)

Mary White Minority Fellowship, University of Akron (Fall 2000-Spring 2002)

Recipient of The President’s Award, Alabama State University (May 2000)

 

National Honor Societies

Edward Bouchard National Honor Society, Yale University (Inducted, Spring 2006)

 

Presentations/Lectures

 

May 2001        “Disillusionment in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: The

                        Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Challenge at the Atlantic City

                        Democratic National Convention.”  University of Akron

 

Teaching Experience

 

Cornell University, Fall 2005

Instructor

American Studies 324  America and Its Discontents, October – December

            *Due to the illness of the Professor, and upon his recommendation and the

            endorsement of the department, I was asked to teach the final 8 weeks and

            provide final grades for the course.

 

Guest Instructor

History 211, Black Religious Traditions- Sacred and Secular, Professor Margaret Washington. October 4-11.

 

Cornell University, Summer 2005

Teaching Assistant

American Studies 124, America and Its Discontents, Professor Nick Salvatore

 

Cornell University, Spring 2005

History 154, The United States Since 1865, Professor Maria Cristina Garcia

 

Cornell University, Fall 2004

Teaching Assistant

History 340, Recent American History, 1925-1965, Professor Richard Polenberg

 

Cornell University, Summer 2004

Teaching Assistant

American Studies 124, America and Its Discontents, Professor Nick Salvatore

 

Cornell University, Spring 2004

Teaching Assistant

American Studies, Race in 19th Century America, Professor Nick Salvatore

 

Cornell University, Fall 2003

Teaching Assistant

American Studies, 20th Century American Literature and History, Professors Altschuler and McCall

 

University of Akron, Spring 2001

Teaching Assistant

History, U. S. History Since 1865, Professor T. J. Boisseau

 

University of Akron, Fall 2000

Teaching Assistant

History, African American History Through the Civil War, Professor Abel Bartley