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Scarlett Nicole Rebman

History Department

Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs

Syracuse University

145 Eggers Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244-1020

snrebman@syr.edu

 

Education

Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

PhD Candidate, History, 2013-Present

Master of Arts, American History, August 2016

Master of Philosophy, American History, August 2016

Dissertation: “Saving Salt City: Fighting Inequality through Policy and Activism in Syracuse, NY, 1955-1975”

Committee: Jeffrey Gonda (Chair), Andrew Wender Cohen, Margaret S. Thompson

Fields of Study:

Modern American Social and Political History (Advisor: Jeffrey Gonda)

History of Capitalism in the United States (Andrew Wender Cohen)

Modern Latin America (Gladys McCormick)

Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio

Bachelor of Arts, History and Education, May 2009 (Magna cum Laude)

 

Teaching Experience

Teaching Mentor, Graduate School, Syracuse University, 2016-2017

• Led discussions with a group of ten graduate students during the Teaching Assistant Orientation Program
• Co-developed and presented a workshop on motivating students

Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Syracuse University

History 101: American History to 1865 (with Susan Branson), Fall 2016

History 210: Ancient History (with Craige Champion), Fall 2015

History 102: American History since 1865 (with Jeffrey Gonda), Spring 2015

History 121: Global History (with Junko Takeda), Fall 2014

 

Awards and Fellowships

Public Humanities Fellowship, New York Council for the Humanities, 2015-2016

• Received $8,000 in funding to develop and implement a public humanities project
• Participated in workshops on topics such as digital humanities and community engagement

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Graduate School, Syracuse University, 2016

Alan K. Smith Prize: Best Paper in a Graduate History Course, Syracuse University, 2015

Dobie Kampel Fellowship, Syracuse University, 2013-2014

Student Teacher of the Year Award, Ohio Association of Teacher Educators, 2010

 

Grants

History Department Conference Travel Grant, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, and Fall 2015

Maxwell School Summer Research Grant, 2016, 2015, and 2014

Roscoe Martin Research Grant, 2015 and 2016

Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant, 2015

 

Public Humanities Experience

Discussion Facilitator, New York Council for the Humanities Reading & Discussion Group, North      Onondaga Public Library, Fall 2016

• Led community discussions about books on the theme “Muslim Journeys”

Director, Local History Summer Camp, Southwest Community Center, Syracuse, NY, July 2016

• Successfully applied for a $3,000 Action Grant from the New York Council for the Humanities
• Promoted student understanding of area struggles for human rights through activities and field trips

Co-Creator, Humanities for Everybody, Kalamazoo, MI, 2011

• Wrote a proposal and brought together stakeholders from nonprofits and Western Michigan University to offer free, college-level humanities courses to low-income residents of Kalamazoo

 

Research and Editorial Experience

Research Consultant for Dave Zirin, Jim Brown biography, Fall 2015

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Human Subjects Research Training, Completed August  2014, Expires August 2017

Research Assistant for Rebecca Sheehan of University of Sydney, Syracuse University Special Collections      Research Center, August 2014

Researcher, Local History Project, Northeast Hawley Development Association, Syracuse, NY, 2014

Senior Editorial Assistant, Book Review Section of the Historian, 2007-2008

Conference Presentations

“The Publicly Engaged Scholar” Panel, Federation of State Humanities Councils Conference, Salt Lake City, Upcoming (November 2016)

“The Model Cities Program and the End of the Civil Rights Movement in Syracuse, New York,” Urban History Association, Chicago, Upcoming (October 2016)

“Saving Salt City: Civil Rights and the War on Poverty in Syracuse, New York,” Graduate History     Conference, Washington University in St. Louis, October 2015

“Shaking up Salt City: CORE’s Grassroots Activism in Syracuse, NY,” Department of History Graduate  Student Conference, Syracuse University, March 2015

“Demonstrations in the Deep North: CORE’s Urban Renewal Protests in Syracuse, New York, 1963,” Graduate History Conference, University of Rochester, February 2015

“‘Will Japan Seize Alaska?’: Tensions between the United States and Japan in the Early 1930s,”         Department of  History Graduate Student Conference, Syracuse University, March 2014

 

Guest Lectures

“The Rise of Macedonia,” History 210: Ancient Empires, Syracuse University, October 2015

“The Transatlantic Slave Trade,” History 121: Global History, Syracuse University, November

 

Publications

Book Review: The Newark Frontier: Community Action in the Great Society by Mark Krasovic, Journal of African American History (In Progress)

One-act historical plays for middle school students published by Plays Magazine:

• Jackie Robinson: American Hero, January 2014
• Detour on the Road to Freedom, March 2012
• Suu’s Quest for Peace, January 2012
• Matthew Henson: Explorer of the Arctic, January 2011
• Hypatia: First Woman Mathematician, October 2010

 

Service

Chairperson, History Department Peer Mentoring Program, Syracuse University, 2016-2017

• Proposed and implemented a new peer mentoring program for the history department
• Matched 11 incoming graduate students with peer mentors and organized informational

 

Primary and Secondary School Teaching Experience

English Teacher, Bethlen Secondary and Arany Janos Primary Schools, Debrecen, Hungary, 2011-2012

Reading Teacher, Loy Norrix High School, Kalamazoo, MI, 2009-2010

Social Studies and Mathematics Intern, Buckeye Valley Middle School, Delaware, OH

 

Professional Memberships

American Historical Association

Organization of American Historians

Urban History Association

 

Community Engagement and Leadership

Mentor for individuals with disabilities, Advocates Incorporated, Syracuse, NY, 2013-Present

Volunteer, Refugee Center, Debrecen, Hungary, 2011-2012

AmeriCorps VISTA, Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services, Kalamazoo, MI, 2010-2011

Tutor, Kalamazoo Communities in Schools, Kalamazoo, MI, 2010-2011

Tutor, Columbus Initiative, Columbus, OH, 2005-2009