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