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Allen
Ballard
Steven
Leibo
Reid Mitchell
William Rainbolt
Essays
Essay by Allen
Ballard
Essay by Steven
Leibo
Essay
by Reid Mitchell
Essay
by William Rainbolt
Guest Essay
Essay
by Thomas Mallon
Writing samples
Moses
Rose
by William Rainbolt
A
Man Under Authority
by Reid Mitchell
Carried
by Six
by Allen Ballard
Tienkuo:
The Heavenly Kingdom
by Steven Leibo
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WILLIAM R. RAINBOLT Rainbolt@cnsvax.albany.edu
EDUCATION:
Candidacy: Ph.D. in History,
University at Albany (SUNY) Expected date of completion: May,
1999
Dissertation: "From Charity
to Duty: The Temporary Emergency Relief Administration of New York State,
1931-37."
The dissertation examines the origins
and six-year existence of TERA, the prototype New Deal Agency begun while
Franklin Roosevelt was governor of New York.
M.A., Journalism (History concentration)
University of North Texas, 1975
Thesis (published): "The
History of Underground Communication in Russia Since the Seventeenth Century"
B.A., Journalism and Russian
Studies, University of Maryland, 1972
University of Missouri School
of Journalism, 1975-79
(Graduate study in media law/ethics)
University of Missouri School
of Law, 1976
(15 credits as part of media law/ethics
program)
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
University at Albany Benevolent
Association Research Grant, 1998
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
University at Albany (SUNY),
Dept. of English (Journalism Program),
Albany, N.Y., 1984-present; Director
of Journalism Program, 1984-87, 1993, 1998 -- responsible for curriculum
development, faculty assignment, recruitment, advisement, teaching, internships.
Lecturer in Journalism and English, 1987-present
Siena College, Dept. of English,
Loudonville, N.Y., 1990-93. Lecturer in Journalism and English (adjunct)
Rowan University (formerly
Glassboro State College), Dept. of Communications, Glassboro, N.J., 1979-84.
Assistant Professor of Communications
University of Missouri, School
of Journalism, Columbia, Mo., 1975-79. Lecturer, Print Journalism (Newspaper/Magazine
sequence)
Academic committee activities (Albany
and Rowan): chair of university-wide councils on faculty ethics (wrote
university policy on freedom of expression), academic policies and procedures,
faculty leaves; member of four search committees; member of numerous other
committees.
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Society for Historians of the Gilded
Age and Progressive Era
(Participate in H-Net Lists for:
New Deal, SHGAPE, SAWH, New York History, Journalism History, and Teaching)
The Authors Guild
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE--MEDIA
AND WRITING:
Novelist (published), freelance
writer, and communications consultant, 1986-present Asbury Park, N.J.,
Press: copyeditor, 1980
Fort Worth, Tex., Star-Telegram:
county reporter, 1973-74
Lubbock, Tex., Avalanche-Journal:
feature writer, 1967
Denton, Tex., Record-Chronicle:
sports editor, entertainment editor, reporter,
copyeditor, 1964-67, 1968-69
PUBLICATIONS:
Extensive publications in both journalism,
creative writing, and scholarship, including a historical novel, a thesis
issued as a monograph, and numerous articles in national publications.
A complete list is available upon request.
See also:
Contemporary Authors, Vol.
152, pp. 369-70
Who’s Who in the East, current
edition
Who’s Who in Media and Communications,
1st edition (forthcoming)
Contact:
University at Albany, Albany, N.Y.
12222 Humanities 363 Phone: 518-442-4087
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