JAMES WILFORD FINCK
ProfessionalHome
Department of History 110 Meadowdale Dr.
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Chickasha, OK 73018
1727 W. Alabama Ave (405)779-7358 Cell
Chickasha, OK 73018
(405)574-1229
Education
Ph.D., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 2008
Primary Field: 19th Century US/Civil War
Secondary Field: Modern Middle East
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Daniel Sutherland
Dissertation Topic: Kentucky’s secession movement
M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 2002
Primary Field: 19th Century US/Civil War
Thesis Advisors: Dr. James I. Robertson and William C. Davis
Thesis Topic: John Janney and the Virginia Secession Convention
B.A., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 2000
Major: History
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, 2011-Present
Courses under instruction
IDS 2133 American Civilization/Government I
IDS 2143 American Civilization/Government II
IDS 4522 Senior Seminar
Hist 3663 Colonial and Revolutionary America to 1798
Hist 3155 Independent Study: American Slavery
Hist 3773 United States History 1789 to 1877
Hist 3883 United States History 1877 to 1945
Hist 3993 United States History 1945 to the Present
Hist 4233 History Seminar: Research and Writing Methods
Hist 4883 Special Topic: History of Political Parties to 1896
Hist 4883 Special Topic: History of Political Parties from 1896
Hist 4883 American Civil War
Hist 4903 History Seminar: Readings in American History
Lecturer, University of Texas-Pan American, 2006-2011
Courses under instruction
Hist 2013: American Heritage to 1877
Hist 2014: American Heritage from 1877
Hist 4343: Era of Sectional Conflict and Civil War
Adjunct Professor, Northwest Arkansas Community College, 2005-2006
Courses under instruction:
Hist 2013: History of American People to 1877
Hist 2003: History of American People from 1877
Master Lecturer, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 2003-2006
Courses under instruction:
HIST 2003: History of American People to 1877
HIST 2013: History of American People from 1877
Publications
Kentucky’s 1863 Gubernatorial Election. Under submission with Kentucky Historical Society
Divided Loyalties: Kentucky’s Struggle with Armed Neutrality During the Civil War. El Dorado Hills: Savas Beatie, 2012.
Images of America: Chickasha. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.
“Mountain Meadow’s Massacre”
The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, 2006
“The Unwaged War: The 1857 War Against the Mormons”
The Ozark Historical Review, Spring 2005
Book Reviews
Michael J. Roueche. Beyond the Wood. Parker: Vesta House Publishers, 2011
Awards
Kentucky Historical Society Research Fellowship, 2006
Gordon G. McNeil Paper Award, 2005
Awarded by the History Department, University of Arkansas
Roop Fellowship, 2002
Awarded by the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies
Laurie Atkinson Scholarship,2001
Awarded by the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies
Conference Papers and Presentations
Festival of Arts and Ideas: The Body Politic
Chickasha, OK
Oct 16, 2012
“Presidential Campaign Songs”
Lion’s Club Meeting
Chickasha, OK
October 10, 2012
“History of Chickasha”
Rotary Club Meeting
Chickasha, OK
August 30, 2012
“Election of 1800”
Friends of the Library Summer Meeting
Chickasha, OK
August 16, 2012
“History of Chickasha”
Phi Alpha Theta History Conference
Norman, OK
April 14, 2012
Session Chair and Commentator: Oklahoma at War
Mid-American Conference on History
Stillwater, OK
September 2011
“Kentucky’s 1863 Gubernatorial Election”
Rio Grande Valley Historical Conference
Brownsville, TX
February 2011
Session Chair and Commentator: Regional Identity in History
International Week: Achieving Global Peace
Edinburg, TX
November 2010
“Copperheads: The Civil War Peace Movement”
FESTIBA: Festival of International Books and Arts
Edinburg, TX
March 2008
“Texas and Tejanos in the Civil War”
Region One Educational Service Center
Edinburg, TX
High school history teacher training workshop series-guest speaker
Jacksonian America, Nov 2007
Cotton and Slavery, Dec 2007
Sectional Crisis, Jan 2009
Civil War, Feb 2009
FESTIBA: Festival of International Books and Arts
Edinburg, TX
March 2007
“Uncivil Wars: Round Table Discussion on the Civil War”
Mid-American Conference on History
Springfield, MO
Sept-Oct 2004
“Honor and Duty: John Janney and the Virginia Secession Convention”
Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Conference
Blacksburg, VA
April 2001
“American Born Religions”
University Service
Founder and Co-Chair of the USAO Summer History Symposium/High School History
Camp, 2012
Related Work Experience
Manuscript Processor, Special Collections, University of Arkansas, 2002-2004
Asa Hutchinson Congressional Papers Project
Archaeology Field Work, College of William and Mary, 1999-2000Jamestown Island, Williamsburg, VA
Richneck Plantation, Williamsburg, VA
Chatham Plantation, Eastern Shore, VA
Professional Organizations
Society of Civil War Historians, 2003-Present
Phi Alpha Theta, 2000-Present
The Southern Historical Association, 2000-Present