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EDUCATION 1977 Ph.D. Harvard
University, History of American Civilization EMPLOYMENT 2000- William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1998-2000 Professor of English and American Studies, and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1989-99 Editor, Early American Literature 1987-98 Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1985-87 Professor of English and American Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder 1980-85 Associate Professor of English, University of Colorado, Boulder 1976-80 Assistant Professor of English, University of Colorado, Boulder 1974-76 Instructor, Middlebury College 1973-74 Teaching Fellow, Harvard College HONORS AND AWARDS Distinguished
Scholar Award, Division of American Literature to 1800 of the Modern Language
Association, 2008 National Book
Critics Circle Finalist, Nonfiction, 2008 Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Scholar in Residence, American Antiquarian Society (2006-07). Who's Who In America, 2006--. James Russell Wiggins Lecturer, American Antiquarian Society, 2004. University Post-Baccalaureate Distinguished Teaching Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004. Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society, 2002-03. Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished
Scholar-in-Residence, American Antiquarian Society, 2002-03 (declined). ASCAP-Deems Taylor Special Citation, for America's Instrument, 2000. Award of Merit, Society of Early Americanists, 2000. Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society, 1998. Frances Densmore Prize, 1996, awarded by American Musical Instrument Society Corresponding Member, Massachusetts Historical Society (elected), 1996 National Council, Institute of Early American History and Culture (elected), 1991-1994. Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society, 1989. Member, American Antiquarian Society, elected 1988. Senior Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VA, 1985-86. Faculty Fellowship, Council on Research and Creative Work, University of Colorado, 1985-86. Chancellor's Writing Award, University of Colorado, 1985. Member, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, elected 1985. Fellow, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University, 1980-81. Norman Foerster Prize in American Literature, awarded by the Modern Language Association, 1977. Summer Research Fellowship, Council on Research and Creative Work, University of Colorado, 1977. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVITIES 1999-2008 Advisory Editor, Early American Literature 1997-2002 Advisory Editor, "Reencounters with Colonialism: New Perspectives on the Americas," University Press of New England. 1997- Advisory Board, Book History (Penn State University Press) 1995-97 Selection Committee, American Antiquarian Society Fellowship Program 1994-95 Co-director, Faculty Working Group in the History of Print Culture in the American South, 1993 National Endowment for the Humanities, Selection Panel for Dissertation Fellowships 1992- Editorial
Board, A History of the Book in America, American Antiquarian Society
and Cambridge University Press. 1992- Advisory Board, American Periodicals 1991 & 1994 Selection Committee, Douglas Adair Memorial Award, Organization of American Historians 1991-94 Editorial Board, William and Mary Quarterly 1991-97 Advisory Board, Program in the History of the Book in American Culture, American Antiquarian Society 1990 National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship Selection Panel, University teachers 1989 National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship Selection Panel for College Teachers and Independent Scholars 1989-99 Editor, Early American Literature 1989-93 Editorial Board, American Literature 1987-90 Prize for Independent Scholars Selection Committee, Modern Language Association 1988-89 Acting Director, Curriculum in American Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1988-89 Advisory Committee, Institute for the Arts and Humanities 1987-89 Associate Editor, Early American Literature 1984-88 Contributing Editor, American Literary Scholarship: An Annual (Duke University Press) 1984-87 Editorial Board, Early American Literature 1984-85 Co-Director, Center for Theory in Humanities, University of Colorado, Boulder 1982, summer; 1983, summer Acting Chairman, Department of English, University of Colorado 1981-85 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, University of Colorado, Boulder 1981, 1982
Faculty Development Awards Committee, University of Colorado 1978-80 Director, American Studies Program, University of Colorado 1978-79 Department Representative to Humanities Center, University of Colorado 1978-79 Resource Person in American Studies, Boulder High School 1977-80 Consultant to Museum Education Department, Old Sturbridge Village. Designer of teacher-training materials to expose high school students to educational opportunities within museums. 1977-85 Editorial Board, English Language Notes
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