LYNNE MARIE GETZ
384 Apple Way Road Department of History
Blowing Rock, NC 28605 Appalachian State University
(828) 295-3312 (home) Boone, NC 28608
(828) 493-3144 (cell) (828) 262-6012 (office)
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., History, 1989, University of Washington, Seattle.
M.A., History, 1980, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth.
B.A., History, Spanish, 1978, Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
I.G. Greer Distinguished Professor of History, 2011-13, Professor, 2009- , Associate Professor, 1996-2009; Assistant Professor, 1990-96. Appalachian State University, Department of History, Boone, North Carolina. Graduate Faculty, Women’s Studies Faculty, Global Studies Faculty.
Lecturer, Department of History, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 1990.
Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Department of History, University of Washington, Seattle, 1983-89.
Instructor and Teaching Assistant. Department of History, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1979-81.
CURRENT RESEARCH:
‘Under Circumstances Peculiar to Ourselves’: Memory and Identity in the History of the Wattles-Faunce-Wetherill Family: a study of three generations of the Wattles-Faunce-Wetherill families, demonstrating how families shape their views on gender in response to migration and changing conditions; book manuscript in progress.
The Wetherill Wives: the Women of a Pioneering Family: a study of the women of the Wetherill family of the Four Corners region in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exploring the role of western women in ranching, archeological exploration, tourism, and relations between Native Americans and whites; research for book in progress.
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PUBLICATIONS:
BOOK:
Schools of Their Own: The Education of Hispanos in New Mexico, 1850-1940. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1997.
REFEREED ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS:
“The Quaker, The Primitivist, and The Progressive: Three Cultural Brokers in New Mexico’s Quest for Multicultural Harmony,” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 9, No. 2 (April, 2010), 243-256.
“’A Strong Man of Large Human Sympathy’: Dr. Patrick L. Murphy and the Challenges of Nineteenth Century Asylum Psychiatry in North Carolina,” North Carolina Historical Review LXXXVI (Jan. 2009), 32-58.
“The Romance and Reality of Hispano Identity in New Mexico’s Schools, 1920-1940,” pp 229-48, chapter in The History of Discrimination in U.S. Education: Marginality, Agency, and Power edited by Eileen Tamura. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
“Partners in Motion: Gender, Migration, and Reform in Antebellum Kansas and Ohio,” Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies Vol. 27, No. 2 (2006), 102-135.
"Lost Momentum: The Impact of World War II on Educational Progress for Hispanos in New Mexico," pp. 93-113, chapter in Mexican Americans and World War II, ed. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2005.
"Biological Determinism in the Making of Immigration Policy in the 1920s," International Social Science Review 70(1995): 26-33.
"Mary C. C. Bradford," in Women Educators in the United States, ed. Maxine S. Seller. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1993, pp. 56-62.
"Nina Otero-Warren," in Women Educators in the United States, ed. Maxine S. Seller. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1993, pp. 342-348.
"Extending the Helping Hand to Hispanics: The Role of the General Education Board in New Mexico in the 1930's," Teachers College Record, (Spring, 1992): 500-515.
"Politics, Science, and Education in New Mexico: The Racial Attitudes Survey of 1933," History of Higher Education Annual, 10 (1990): 51-68.
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MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS:
“Efficiency,” “Interstate Commerce Law,” “Labor Legislation, State,” “Unions, Trade and Labor,” “Anthony Comstock,” “Dorothy Canfield Fisher,” and “Raymond and Margaret Dreier Robins,” in Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, ed. John D. Buenker and Joseph Buenker. M.E. Sharpe, 2004.
Watauga County Sesquicentennial Series, Watauga Democrat. 1999:
“Founding Fathers Wanted a Place to Call Their Own, Watauga Democrat, 6 January 1999.
“Seeking the Path to Watauga,” Watauga Democrat, 11 January 1999.
“The Courtroom was ‘Bugged,’” Watauga Democrat, 18 January 1999.
“A First Look at Watauga,” Watauga Democrat, 27 January 1999.
“Watauga’s Place in the Life of Daniel Boone,” Watauga Democrat, 27 January 1999.
“Religious Life in Early Watauga County, Watauga Democrat, 27 January 1999.
“Watauga’s View of America,” Watauga Democrat, 8 February 1999.
“Kermon Hagaman Describes Early Zionville: Tale Shared of a Relative Killed by an Angry Husband,” Watauga Democrat, 22 February 1999.
“Kermon Hagaman Recalls the Korean War, Marriage, and Ben Ward’s Baseball Team,” Watauga Democrat, 22 February 1999.
“Annie Oakley Loved to Visit Blowing Rock and Give Shooting Lessons,” Watauga Democrat, 15 March 1999.
“War Followed the Men Home to the Mountains: The Tragedy of Stoneman’s Raid,” Watauga Democrat, 14 June 1999.
“Merchants, Residents Lobbied State to Have Boone Chosen as the County Seat for Watauga,” Watauga Democrat, 25 February, 2000.
"Jessie Benton Fremont," in Great Lives from History: American Women. Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 1994, pp. 686-690.
"Elsie Clews Parsons," in Great Lives from History: American Women. Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 1994, pp. 1414-1418.
"The General Education Board and the Education of Spanish-Speaking New Mexicans," Rockefeller Archive Center Newsletter (Summer, 1989): 5-6.
“Cedar River Watershed Cultural Resource Study,” City of Seattle Water Department, 1987.
With Russell Tremayne. "The Port of Seattle--Celebrating 75 Years of Service," Portage VIII (Summer, 1986): 4-13.
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AWARDS
I.G. Greer Distinguished Professor in History, Appalachian State University, 2011-2013.
Foundation Fellowship, Appalachian State University, 2011-2012.
University Research Council Grant, Appalachian State University, 2010.
John Topham and Susan Redd Butler Faculty Research Award, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, Brigham Young University, 2008, 2009.
Summer Faculty Grant for General Education Curriculum Development, Appalachian State University, 2008.
Foundation Fellowship, Appalachian State University, 2007-2008.
University Research Council Grant, Appalachian State University, 2006.
External Scholars Grant, Hubbard Center, Appalachian State University, 2005.
University nomination for National Endowment for Humanities Summer Stipend, Appalachian State University, 2005.
Frederick B. Artz Fellowship, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 2005.
University Research Council Grant, Appalachian State University, 2004.
University Research Council Grant, Appalachian State University, 1998.
Student Government Association Outstanding Teaching Award Nominee, Appalachian State University, 1998.
University Research Council Summer Research Grant, Appalachian State University, 1997.
William C. Strickland Outstanding Young Faculty Member Award Nominee, College of Arts and Sciences, Appalachian State University, 1996.
Student Government Association Outstanding Teaching Award Nominee, Appalachian State University, 1996.
University Research Council Grant, Appalachian State University, 1993.
Hubbard Center Curriculum Development Grant, "Teaching Diversity in American History Courses," Appalachian State University, 1993.
University nomination for National Endowment for Humanities Summer Stipend, Appalachian State University, 1991.
Grant-in-Aid. Rockefeller Archives Center, North Tarrytown, New York, 1988.
Rachel Royston Scholarship. Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Seattle, Washington, 1988.
Dissertation Fellowship, University of Washington, 1987.
American History Scholarship, Colonial Dames of America, 1987.
Arthur A. Denny Graduate Fellowship, University of Washington, 1986.
University Fellowship, Texas Christian University, 1979.
COURSES TAUGHT:
HIS 1101 World Civilization to 1500
HIS 1102 World Civilization Since 1500
IDS 1103 Origins & Migrations: American Families
UCO 1200 First Year Seminar: Family History
HIS 1200 American History
HIS 2201 American Civilization To 1876
HIS 2204 American Civilization Since 1876
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COURSES TAUGHT: (cont.)
IDS 2533 Introduction to Women's Studies
HIS 3228 Gilded Age & Progressive Era
HIS 3510 Women in the American West (Honors)
HIS 3510 Race & Gender in the American West (Honors)
GH 3515 Memory and Migration
HIS 3532 History & Biology of Gender
HIS 3530 Issues in Mexican Immigration
HIS 3530 Border Wars
HIS 3234 History of the American West
HIS 3235 Mexican American History
HIS 3236 Immigration & Migration in American History
HIS 3922 Western Intellectual Tradition (U.S.)
HIS 3923 Truth in History/Truth of History
HIS 4100 Senior Seminar: Southwest Borderlands
HIS 4100 Senior Seminar: Chicano History
HIS 4100 Senior Seminar: Anti-Slavery Movement
HIS 4100 Senior Seminar: Race in American History
HIS 4100 Senior Seminar: History of Psychiatry & Psychology
HIS 4100 Senior Seminar: Women & Minorities in the American West
HIS 4575 Introduction to Public History
HIS 5000 Varieties and Methodologies of History
HIS 5002 Seminar in Public History: Community Heritage Conservation
HIS 5002 Seminar in Public History: Cultural Resources Management
HIS 5002 Seminar in Public History: Historic Preservation
HIS 5206 Seminar: The Gilded Age & Progressive Era
HIS 5206 Seminar: The Making of Modern America, 1865-1940
HIS 5207 Research Seminar: American West
PUBLIC HISTORY EXPERIENCE:
Consultant, “100 Years of San Luis Valley Reservoirs: A Centennial Celebration,” Monte Vista, Colorado. 2006-2007. Assisted on grant-writing, narrated DVD production.
Director, Public History Program, 1995-2002. Department of History, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
Consultant, Broughton Hospital History Project, Morganton, North Carolina. 1996-2002. Researched history of Broughton State Psychiatric Hospital, processed archival materials, advised Public Information staff on interpretive exhibits and booklet.
Consultant, Watauga County Sesquicentennial Celebration Steering Committee, Boone, North Carolina, 1998-1999. Planned events for year-long commemoration of County Sesquicentennial. Edited Watauga County Sesquicentennial History Series for Watauga Democrat.
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PUBLIC HISTORY EXPERIENCE (CONT.)
Consultant, Cove Creek Preservation and Development, Inc., and Watauga County Historical Society, Sugar Grove, North Carolina. 1996-2000. Worked with community organizations and individuals on National Register nominations, Heritage Days festivals, restoration projects, etc.
Editorial Assistant, Jane Addams Papers Project, Seattle, WA. Edited index to correspondence; researched genealogy and activities of Jane Addams. 1989-1990.
Research Consultant, Seattle Water Department. Cataloged historic photograph collection; surveyed and documented historic townsite for nomination to National Register of Historic Places. 1987-1988.
C.E.I.P. Intern, Seattle Water Department. Conducted on-site surveys, documented and compiled inventory of historic and archaeological sites on Cedar River Watershed. 1986.
Archival Intern, Port of Seattle. Organized archival collection; conducted oral history interviews; wrote article on Port history. 1985.
Archival Assistant, University of Washington Archives. Processed papers of Senators Warren G. Magnuson and Henry Jackson. 1984.
Copy Cataloger and Bibliographic Searcher, Technical Services, Africana Collection, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Ill., 1982-83.
CONFERENCES:
“Beyond the Trading Post Walls: The Role of Traders’ Wives in Negotiating Cultural Difference,” presented at the American Historical Association—Pacific Coast Branch, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 6-8, 2009.
“The Family as Catalyst in Social Reform: Mary Hartman’s Household in the American Context,” presented at the Western Association of Women Historians Annual Conference, Santa Clara, California, April 30-May 3, 2009.
“Of Deserts and Desolation: Trading Post Wives on the Navajo Reservation,” presented at the Southeastern Women’s Studies Association, Boone NC, April 2-4, 2009.
“Trading Post Wives: The Wetherill Women Meet the Navajo,” presented at the Western History Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 22-25, 2008.
Comment, Panel on “New Perspectives on American Women’s Antislavery Activism,” Fourteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 12-15, 2008.
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CONFERENCES (cont.):
“The Quaker, the Primitivist, and the Progressive: Three Cultural Brokers in New Mexico’s Quest for Multicultural Harmony,” Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, New York City, March 28-31, 2008.
“Trout Farming, Dude Ranching, and Widowhood: The Wetherills of the Upper Rio Grande,” Western History Association Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 3-6, 2007.
“The Historian as Participant in Family History: Or, How I Became the Family Genealogist,” American Association for State and Local History, Atlanta, Georgia, September 5-8, 2007.
“Sisters and Colleagues: A Comparative Look at Rural and Urban Women Doctors,” American Association of the History of Medicine Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 3-6, 2007.
“Feminist Life Writing: A Roundtable,” Southeast Women’s Studies Association, Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 22-24, 2007.
“The Family That Collects Together Stays Together: The Problem of Pothunting and the Contested Construction of Wetherill Family Identity,” Southwest/ Texas Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 14-18, 2007.
“’My Dear Doctor’: A Supportive Network of Women Physicians, 1870-1930,” Seventh Conference on Southern Women’s History, Southern Association of Women Historians, Baltimore, Maryland, June 8-10, 2006.
“Treating the Untreatable: Dr. Patrick L. Murphy and the Challenges of Nineteenth Century Asylum Psychiatry,” Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Historians of Medicine and Science, Durham, NC, February 22-23, 2003.
Chair and comment, Panel on “History Contrived: Creating Heritage and Promoting the Past,” National Conference on Public History, Ottawa, Canada, April 18-21, 2001.
"Lost Momentum: The Impact of World War II on Educational Progress for Hispanos in New Mexico," Conference on U.S. Latinos and Latinas in World War II, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, June 1-3, 2000.
Discussion Leader, Public History Curriculum Retreat, National Conference on Public History, St. Louis, Mo., March 30-April 2, 2000.
"Dead Founders and Inconvenient Cemeteries: When and Why Universities Take Their History Seriously," National Conference on Public History, Lowell, MA, April 29-May 1, 1999.
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CONFERENCES (cont.):
"Taking Upon Themselves: Women as Educators in Colorado and New Mexico, 1890-1930," Annual Meeting of the History of Education Society, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 29-31, 1998.
Chair and comment, Panel on "Science/Fiction: Sexologists, Novels and the Making of the Degenerate Lesbian, 1890-1930," Tenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 7-9, 1996.
"Hispano Roles in Determining Curriculum in the Schools of Territorial New Mexico, 1850-1912," Symposium on Power and Place in the American West, Seattle, Washington, November 2-5, 1994.
"The Debate Over Mexican Labor in the Southwest: Biological Determinism in the Making of Immigration Policy, 1920-1924," Western History Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 20-23, 1994.
"Paths to Public Life: Women in the American West," Southeast Women's Studies Association Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, April 16-18, 1993.
"Americanization in a Western Company Town: Pluralism, Paternalism and the Democratic Ideal," National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC, March 10-14, 1992.
Session Moderator, "Preserving the Traditional Cultures of North Carolina," Annual Meeting of the Society of North Carolina Archivists, Boone, NC, October 4, 1991.
"The Community School at Work: Educating the Spanish-Speaking Child in New Mexico in the 1930's." History of Education Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 1-4, 1990.
MISCELLANEOUS PRESENTATIONS:
"It Runs in the Family: Gender, Identity, andMemory in Family History," in WS 2400 Distinguished Lectures on Women, Sex & Gender, Appalachian State University, Sept. 11, 2012.