CURRICULUM VITAE FOR
Todd Ellick
3855 Staffordshire Lane
Williamsburg, VA 23188
757-968-3190
Skype: tellick
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Education
African History, Ph.D. (5/2014)
Michigan State University
3.97 GPA
Dissertation: “‘First People Still Come Second’: Nama, Rurality, and Marginalization in Namibia, 1870-1920”
German and Russian Area Studies, B.A. (05/2005)
Juniata College (Huntingdon, Pennsylvania)
3.74 GPA
German as a Second Language/Russian, non-degree (09/2003-12/2004)
Philipps-Universität-Marburg (Marburg, Germany)
“A” average in all coursework
Relevant Professional Experience
Peace Corps Volunteer (November 2006-December 2008)
High School Teacher
District Representative for the Peace Corps’ Volunteer Action Committee
Tebellong High School
Tebellong, Qacha’s Nek
Reference: Clement Lephoto ()
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (September 2005- June 2006)
Ricarda-Huch-Schule
Giessen, Germany
Reference: Alexandra Fest ()
Sports’ Stringer (Fall 2002-Spring 2003)
Altoona Mirror
Covered high school football and basketball games in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Reference: Neil Rudel ()
Tutor (2001-2005)
Juniata College
Quantitative Methods Course
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant at Michigan State University
Fall 2010: World History from 1500 (HST 150, Dr. Ben Smith)
Spring 2011: Africa and the World (IAH 205, Dr. Nwando Achebe)
Summer 2011:World History to 1500 (HST 151, Dr. Alan Fisher)
Fall 2012: Latin America and the World (IAH 203, Dr. Ed Murphy)
Spring 2012: World History from 1500 (HST 150, Dr. Ben Smith)
Summer 2012: World History to 1500 (HST 151, Dr. Alan Fisher)
Tebellong High School (Tebellong, Lesotho)
November 2006-December 2008
Subjects Taught: English Language and Literature
Classes Taught: Forms A, B, and C (approximately 7th, 8th, and 9th grade)
Lessons per week: 24 in 2007, 28 in 2008
Activities: English Club Facilitator, Volleyball Coach, Library Development Project (acquired approximately 2,000 books from three sources, oversaw renovation of the building, created accession and lending system.)
Ricarda-Huch-Schule (Giessen, Germany)
September 2005-June 2006
Subjects Taught: English Language and Literature
Classes Taught: 5th through 13th grade
Lessons per week: 12
Conferences
Presented paper “Politics, Morals, and Morale: Trevor Huddleston and Community Engagement in Sophiatown, 1943-1956” at the MSU Africanist Graduate Student Research Conference: 10 Oct. 2010.
Discussant of “Race, Place, and Spatial Politics” panel at the MSU Africanist Graduate Student Research Conference: 20 Oct. 2012.
Attended the African Studies Association annual meetingin Washington D.C., November 2012.
Attended the South African Historical Society annual meeting in Gaborone, Botswana, June 26-29, 2013.
Publications
Review: Ethan & Rosenberg, David;Braley, Shawn (illus.)Soccer World South Africa.White River Junction, VT: Nomad Press, 2010.
Extracurricular Activities
Graduate Africanist Student Association 2011-13
Helped to plan, procure funding, and facilitate Michigan State’s Africanist graduate student conference.
Trail/distance running
2013 races include the Rössing Marathon (Swakopmund, Namibia), the Two OceansUltramarathon 56km (Cape Town), Fish River Canyon 100km (southern Namibia), North Country Run 50 miler (Manistee, MI), JFK 50 miler (Hagerstown, MD)
Grants, Scholarships, Fellowships
Fulbright IIE (Namibia)Nov 2012-Aug 2013
MSU ISP Predissertation Travel AwardSummer 2011
MSU University Distinguished Fellowship (UDF)2009-2014
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) –AfrikaansSummer 2010
Fulbright IIE- ETA (Giessen, Germany)2005-2006
DAAD.edu Grant for Yearlong Study in Germany2003-2004
David Van Boren NSEP Grant for Yearlong Study in Russia (declined)2003-2004
Professional Organizations:
National Peace Corps Association
Fulbright Association
DAAD Association
Languages
German- Fluent. Able to read Sütterlin Script.
Afrikaans- Advanced
Sesotho- Intermediate
Setswana- Intermediate
Russian- Intermediate (Six semesters taken during undergraduate studies.)
French- Some reading proficiency (Two semesters during undergraduate studies.)
Khoekhoegowab/Nama-Damara- Basic
Archival Experience
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Namibia Archives Windhoek:2013
Deutsche Evangelische Lutherische KircheWindhoek: 2013
United Evangelical Mission ArchivesWuppertal, Germany: May 2011
Western Cape Archives Depot Cape Town: June 2011
National Archives of Namibia Windhoek, Namibia: May 2011, 2013
Bishopric Regensburg Regensburg, Germany: February 2006
Coursework
Southern Africa,
HST364 South African History
HST990 Namibian Historiography
Africa
HST829 African Historiography
HST830 African Urban History
HST830 Africa and the Slave Trade
ANP822 Religion and Ritual
Theory and Methods
HST803 Historical Methods
HST850 Oral History Methods
HST850 Social Theory
World History
HST483 Global Catholicism
HST816 European Historiography
HST850 History of Global Sport
References
Peter Alegi, PhD
Associate Professor of African History
Old Horticulture
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-432-8222 x113
Peter Limb, PhD
Africana Bibliographer/Librarian III
Associate Professor of African History, adjunct
Room E224B 100 Library
Michigan State University
East Lansing , MI 48824
517-884-0838
Walter Hawthorne III, PhD
Department Chair of History
Professor of African History
Old Horticulture
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-355-7500
Emil Nagengast, PhD
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
Good Hall
Juniata College
Huntingdon, PA 16652
814-641-3650
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