ANTHONY J. SCOTTI, JR.

Work Experience

History Instructor, 2007- , MidlandsTechnicalCollege, Columbia, SC

Areas of Study: Colonial America; U.S. Middle Period; Military;Latin America

Adjunct History Instructor, 1996-2007, MidlandsTechnicalCollege, Columbia, SC

History Series Editor, 1996-2007, Bruccoli Clark Layman / Manly, Columbia, SC

Edited American Eras, World Eras, American Decades, and History in Disputevolumes

History Instructor, summers 1994, 1995, GreensboroCollege, Greensboro, NC

Teacher’s Assistant, 1992-1995, History Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia

Reference Librarian’s Assistant, 1988-1989, Z. Smith Reynolds Library, WakeForestUniversity, Winston Salem, NC

Historic Trades Interpreter, 1988, Wheelwright Shop, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, History, December 1995, University of South Carolina, Columbia

Master of Arts, History, May 1991, WakeForestUniversity, Winston Salem, NC

Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, History, May 1987, GreensboroCollege, Greensboro, NC

Professional Training

University Classroom Teacher’s Training, August 1993, USC Instructional Development Project, Columbia

College Activities and Honors

University of South Carolina:

Teacher’s Assistantship, 1992-1995

Graduate Student Association

WakeForestUniversity:

Full Tuition Scholarship, 1987-1988

Graduate Student Association

GreensboroCollege:

Academic Honors Scholarships, 1983-1987

Dean’s List, 1984-1987

Marvin Skaggs History Award, May 1987

Beta Beta Beta Biological Society

Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society

Student Government Association

Stage Band

Professional Affiliations

Organization of American Historians

Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

British Legion (Living History, Revolutionary War)
21st Regiment of Foot (Living History, War of 1812)
Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site
History Committee, Battle of Camden Project

Southern Revolutionary War Institute, Culture & HeritageMuseums of York County, SC

United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada

Who’s Who in American Education, 2006-present
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2002-present
Who’s Who in America, 2001-present
Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1995-1996
Outstanding Young Men of America, 1988

Community Service

Usher Coordinator, Episcopal Church of St. Simon and St. Jude, Irmo, SC, 2004-2005

Military Service

Material Storage and Handling Specialist, Private (E-2), US Army Reserve, 1982-1983, 449th Maintenance Company, Bellmore, NY, Honorable Discharge

Selected Publications

Books

Brutal Virtue: The Myth and Reality of Banastre Tarleton (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 2002).

Articles

“‘The Lost Sons’: British Legion Light Infantry in the Revolutionary War,”Loyalist Gazette 33 (Spring 1995): 24-26.

“Military Differences Between the British and the Americans in the AmericanRevolution,” DISCovering U.S. History, CD-ROM (Detroit: Gale, 1996).

“Dorothy Payne Todd Madison,” in American Eras: Development of a Nation, 1783-1815, edited by Robert Allison (Columbia, SC: Manly / Detroit: Gale, 1997),

p. 312.

“Sitting Bull,” in American Eras: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877, edited byThomas Brown (Columbia, SC: Manly / Detroit: Gale, 1997), pp. 219-220.

“Geronimo,” in American Eras: Development of the Industrial United States, 1878-1899,edited by Vincent Tompkins (Columbia, SC: Manly / Detroit: Gale, 1997), pp. 320-321.

“Sports and Recreation,” in American Eras: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600, edited by Gretchen Starr-LeBeau (Columbia, SC:Manly /Detroit: Gale, 1998), pp. 171-172.

“Scalping,” in American Eras: The Colonial Era, 1600-1754, edited by Jessica Kross (Columbia, SC: Manly / Detroit: Gale, 1998), p. 317.

“Communications,” in American Eras: The Revolutionary Era, 1754-1783, edited byRobert Allison (Columbia, SC: Manly / Detroit: Gale, 1998), pp. 85-116.

“Operation Mincemeat,” in History in Dispute, Volume 4: World War II, 1939-1943,edited by Dennis Showalter (Columbia, SC: Manly / Farmington Hills, MI: St.James, 2000), p. 263.

“Operation Market Garden,” in History in Dispute, Volume 5: World War II, 1943-1945,edited by Dennis Showalter (Columbia, SC: Manly / Farmington Hills, MI: St.James, 2000), p. 24.

“World Chronology,” in American Decades: 1990s, edited by Tandy McConnell (Columbia, SC: Manly / Detroit: Gale Group, 2001), pp. 3-26.

“Elizabeth I,” in World Eras, Volume 1: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600, edited by Norman Wilson (Columbia, SC: Manly / Farmington Hills, MI:Gale Group, 2001), pp. 256-257.

“The Battle of Marathon,” in World Eras, Volume 6: Classical Greek Civilization, 800-323 B.C.E., edited by John Kirby (Columbia, SC: Manly / Farmington Hills, MI:Gale Group, 2001), p. 181.

“Holy Roman Empire,” in World Eras, Volume 4: Medieval Europe, 814-1350, edited by Jeremiah Hackett (Columbia, SC: Manly / Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2002), p. 221.

“Valley of the Kings,” in World Eras, Volume 5: Ancient Egypt, 2615-332 B.C.E., edited by Edward Bleiberg (Columbia, SC: Manly / Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2002), p. 249.

“Howe Brothers,” in History in Dispute, Volume 12: The American Revolution, 1763-1789, edited by Keith Krawczynski (Columbia, SC: Manly / Farmington Hills,MI: St. James, 2003), pp. 155-163.

“The Great Wall of China,” in World Eras, Volume 7: Imperial China, 617-1644, edited by Guangqiu Xu (Columbia, SC: Manly / Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2003), p. 117.

“The Corleone Family,” in Students’ Companion to American Literary Characters, Facts On File, forthcoming.

Book Reviews

“‘Good in his post, with a disposition to command’: A Review of Francisco Bouligny,”The Southern Historian 16 (Spring 1995): 95-96.

“A Review of M.C. Beckham’s Colonial Spy: A Novel Set in the American Revolution,” in Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution< November 2005, pp. 11-12.

Selected Presentations

Television Commentary

“Battlefield Detectives: Cowpens,” History Channel, Granada Media, aired in December 2004.

Lectures

“The Myths of Bloody Tarleton,” keynote speaker, Banastre Tarleton Symposium, Kershaw County Historical Society, Camden, SC, April 2002.

“The Battles of Hanging Rock and Fishing Creek,” Kershaw-Cornwallis House, Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, Camden, SC, August 2002.

“Banastre Tarleton and the Battle of Cowpens,” Cowpens National Battlefield, Gaffney, SC, July 2004.

“Battle of Waxhaws: 225th Anniversary Address,” University of South Carolina, Lancaster, May 2005.

Historical Consulting

“Rebels and Redcoats III,” Decision Games, Bakersfield, CA, 2003.

“Bicentenary of the Act of Parliament (1807) Exhibit,” July-October 2007, National Gallery, London, England.