JASON H. SILVERMAN

ADDRESS: Office:

Department of History
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC 29733
(803) 323-4677 or 323-2173 FAX (803) 323-4023
E-Mail: silvermanj@winthrop.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Graduate

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1981.
M.A., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 1976.

Undergraduate

B.A. with Distinction, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1974.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1990- Professor of History, Winthrop University (1992-).

    -1990-1 S.C. Governor's Professor of the Year

    -1991 Winthrop College Distinguished Professor 

1987-1990 Associate Professor of History, Winthrop College.

1984-1987 Assistant Professor of History, Winthrop College.

    -1985 Winthrop College Outstanding Junior Professor

1982-1984 Acting Assistant Professor of History and Afro-American Studies, Yale University

1980-1982 Lecturer in History and Afro-American Studies; Assistant Editor, Frederick Douglass Papers, Yale University; NHPRC Fellow.

COURSES TAUGHT:

The Civil War and Reconstruction (Winthrop University)

Comparative Slavery in the Americas, Graduate Seminar (Winthrop University)

American Ethnic History (Winthrop University)

The Old South and The Civil War (Yale University, Winthrop University)

The New South (Yale University)

Afro-American History (Yale University, Winthrop University)

Slavery and Freedom in the Americas, Junior-Senior Seminar (Yale University)

Free Blacks in the Americas, Junior-Senior Seminar (Yale University)

The Canadian Mosaic and the American Melting Pot: A Comparison, Junior-Senior
Seminar (Yale University)

United States History to 1877 (University of Kentucky, Winthrop University)

United States History since 1877 (University of Kentucky, Winthrop University)

Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, Graduate Seminar (Winthrop University)

With Susan R. Silverman, Immigration in the American South 1864-1895: A Documentary History of the Southern Immigration Conventions.                       The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY, 2006.

With Samuel N. Thomas, Jr., and Beverly D. Evans, IV, Shanks: The Life and Wars of General Nathan George Evans, C.S.A. Da Capo Press, New York, NY, 1989, rev. ed., 1993.                 

With Judith A. Andrews, South Carolina: Then and Now. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, S.C., 2001.

With Samuel N. Thomas Jr., A Rising Star of Promise:" The Civil War Odyssey of David Jackson Logan, 17th South Carolina Infantry, 1861-1864. Savas Publishing Company, Campbell, CA, 1998. [Nominated for the Museum of  Confederacy's Founder's Award.]

With W. Martin Hope, Relief and Recovery in Post Civil War South Carolina: A Death By Inches. The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY, 1997.

The Peopling of America: A Synoptic History. Americans All: A National Education Program, Beltsville, MD, 1994, rev. ed., 1995.

America Before 1877: A Synoptic History. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY, 1989, rev. ed., 1993.

Unwelcome Guests: Canada West's Response to American Fugitive Slaves, 1800-1865. Associated Faculty Press, Millwood, NY, 1985. [Nominated for the Anisfield-Wolf and the Albert Corey (AHA/CHA) Book Prizes; French language edition published by Editions Nouvelle Optique, Montreal, Quebec.]

co-editor, The Frederick Douglass Papers. Series One: Speeches, Debates, and Interviews. Volume III: 1855-1863. Yale University Press, New Haven CT, 1985

co-editor, The Frederick Douglass Papers. Series One: Speeches, Debates, and Interviews. Volume II: 1847-1854. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT,1982

"Moving the Lines: Redistricting Presents Challenges for School board Members," American School Board Journal 193 (January 2007); 7, 17-18.

"In Isles  Beyond the Main': Abraham Lincoln's Philosophy on Black colonization Revisited After Twenty Five Years," In Lincoln's American Dream: Clashing Political Perspectives, eds., Kenneth L. Deutsch and Joseph R. Fornieri, Potomac Books, Inc., Washington, D.C., 2005, pp. 195-202. 

With Susan R. Silverman, "Blacks In Gray: Myth Or Reality?," North & South 5 (April 2002): 35-44.

With Samuel N. Thomas, Jr. and Beverly D. Evans, IV, "Shanks: Portrait of a General," North & South 3 (March 2000): 33-46.

With Robert M. Gorman, "The Confederacy's Fighting Poet: General John Wagener," North & South 2 (April 1999): 42-49.

With Samuel N. Thomas, Jr., "Vicksburg, Jackson, and The Army of Relief," North & South 1 (June 1998): 79-84.

"Civil War and Slavery," "Judaism and Slavery," and "Nashville Convention," in Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, 3 vols., ed., Junius P. Rodriguez, ABC-Clio, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, 1997 1:157-161,384-386; 2: 460. [Reprinted in Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia, 2 vols., ed., Junius P. Rodriguez, ABC-Clio, Inc., Santa Barbara, Ca, 2007.]

"'The Law of the Land is the Law': Antebellum Jews, Slavery, and the Old South," in Struggles in the Promised Land: Towards a History of Black-Jewish Relations in America, eds., Jack Salzman and Cornel West, Oxford University Press, New York, NY., 1997, pp. 73-86.

"The Immigrant Influence in the Colonial South: The Case of Philip Mazzei," in Mythic Land Apart: Reassessing Southerners and Their History, eds., John David Smith and Thomas H. Appleton, Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., Westport, CT., 1997, pp. 7-17.

"'We Must Make the Move and Force Them to Follow': South Carolina and the Confederacy," in A Nation of Sovereign States: Secession and War in the Confederacy, ed., Archie P. McDonald, Southern Heritage Press, Murfreesboro, TN, 1994, pp. 1-12.

"'Meaningful Change and Unceasing Continuity': An Essay Review of A History of Blacks in Kentucky," Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 91 (Winter 1993): 64-74.

"The Historian as Actor," College Teaching 40 (Summer 1992): 82.

"Ashley Wilkes Revisited: The Immigrant as Slaveowner in The Old South," Journal of Confederate History 7 (1992): 123-135.

"Foreigners in the Confederacy," "Germans in the Confederacy," "Irish in the Confederacy," and "Northerners in the Confederacy," in Encyclopedia of the Confederacy, 4 vols., ed., Richard N. Current, Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1993,2: 602-604,675-676,822-823; 3: 1157-1158.

"Roots Revisited: The Anglicization of America," Georgia Historical Quarterly 74 (Summer 1990): 254-68.

"Stars, Bars, and Foreigners: The Immigrant and the Making of the Confederacy," Journal of Confederate History 1 (Fall 1988): 265-85.

"Ethnic Southerners ~ Southern Ethnics: Toward a New History of the South," Canadian Review of American Studies 19 (Spring 1988): 99-104.

"The 'Divided Mind of the New South' Revisited: Richard Hathaway Edmonds, the Manufacturers' Record, and the Immigrant," Southern Studies 26 (Spring 1987 [1989]: 41-51.

"Slavery As It Was: Culture, Dissent, and the Peculiar Institution," Canadian Review of American Studies 20 (Spring 1989): 101-08.

"Writing Southern Ethnic History: An Historiographical Investigation," Immigration History Newsletter 19 (May 1987): 1-4.

"Jews in the South," in Dictionary of American Immigration History, ed., Francesco Cordasco, Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J., 1990, pp. 460-63.

"Mary Ann Shadd and the Search for Equality," in Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century, eds., August Meier and Leon Litwack, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, 1988, pp. 87-100. [Reprinted in Darlene Clark Hine, et al., eds.Black Women in United States History. Brooklyn, NY; Carlson Publishing Inc., 1990,4: 1261-74; and Franca Iacovetta, Paula Draper, and Robert Ventresca, eds.,A Nation of Immigrants: Women, Workers, and Communities in Canadian History, 1840s-1860s. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998, pp. 101-115.]

"'Truth is Patient and Time is Just': Early Black Biography and Autobiography Reexamined," Canadian Review of American Studies 18 (Summer 1987): 255-63.

"Race, Rumor, and Rebellion," Reviews in American History 15 (March 1987): 66-71.

With Susan R. Murphy, "'Our Separation is Like Years': The Civil War Letters of Deopold Daniel Louis," South Carolina Historical Magazine 87 (July 1986): 141-47.

Austin Steward" and "David Walker" in Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery, eds., Randall M. Miller and John David Smith, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1988, pp. 706-07; 791-92.

"William King" and "Mary Ann Shadd" in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, ed., Frances Halpenny, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ont., 1990, 12: 491-93; 960-61.

With John R. McKivigan, "Monarchical Liberty and Republican Slavery: West Indies Emancipation Celebrations in Upstate New York and Canada West," Afro- Americans in New York Life and History 10 (January 1986): 7-18. [Reprinted in John R. McKivigan, ed., Abolitionism and Issues of Race (American Abolitionist Movement). New York, NY: Garland Publishing Co., 1999. Volume 4.]

"'We Shall Be Heard!': The Development of the Fugitive Slave Press in Canada," Canadian Historical Review 65 (March 1984): 54-69. [Reprinted in Paul Finkelman, ed., Articles on American Slavery. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, Co., 1990. Volume 6.]

"Revisiting Black Canada: Notes on Recent Literature," Journal of Negro History 68 (Winter 1983): 93-94.

"Making the 'Invisible Man' Visible: New Light on Black Leadership in the United States," Journal of American Ethnic History 2 (Spring 1983): 93-97.

With D. J. Gillie, "'The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties': Education and the Fugitive Slave in Canada," Ontario History 74 (June 1982): 95-112.

"Race, Class, and Caste in Nineteenth Century America," Yale Review 71 (Spring 1982): 458-67.

"Of Black Utopias," Reviews in American History 10 (March 1982): 60-64.

"The Short Tenure of General Burnside," Civil War Times I/lustrated20 (May 1981): 28-29.

"The American Fugitive Slave in Canada: Myths and Realities," Southern Studies 19 (Fall 1980): 215-27. [Reprinted in John R. McKivigan, ed., Abolitionism and Issues of Race (The Abolitionist Movement). New York, NY: Garland Publishing Co., 1999. Volume 4.]

"Kentucky, Canada, and Extradition: The Jesse Happy Case," Filson Club History Quarterly 54 (January 1980): 50-60. [Reprinted in John R. McKivigan, ed., Abolitionism and the Law (The Abolitionist Movement). New York, NY: Garland Publishing Co., 1999. Volume 5.]  

"Confederate Ambitions for the Southwest: A New Perspective," Red River Valley Historical Review 4 (Winter 1979): 62-71. 

"'In Isles Beyond the Main': Abraham Lincoln's Philosophy on Black Colonization," Lincoln Herald 80 (Fall 1978): 115-22. [Reprinted in Eugene H. Berwanger, ed., The Civil War Era: Historical Viewpoints. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt, Brace Publishers, 1994, pp. 99-

"'The Excitement Had Begun!': The Civil War Diary of Lemuel Jeffries," Manuscripts 30 (Fall 1978): 265-78. 

"Governor William Gilpin and the Southerners," Social Science Journal 14 (January 1977): 127-38. 

"Making Brick Out of Straw: Delegate Hiram P. Bennet," Colorado Magazine 53 (Fall 1976): 309-28.

At least one or more in The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Negro History Bulletin, The Journal of Negro History, The Filson Club History Quarterly, Lincoln Herald, International Labor and Working Class History, North Carolina Historical Review, Georgia Historical Quarterly, International Migration Review, Journal of American Ethnic History, South Carolina Historical Magazine, Journal of American History, Journal of Southern History, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, OAB Magazine of History, Pacific Historical Review, Locus, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, American Jewish Archives, Mississippi Quarterly, North & South, Civil War Book Review, Choice Magazine, Library Journal, The Charlotte Observer, The Rock Hill Herald, and New York Newsday, 1978-2007.

Papers either presented or commented upon at the following meetings: Southern Historical Association; Organization of American Historians; American Historical Association - Pacific Coast Branch; Citadel Conference on the South; American Studies Association; Ohio Valley History Conference; Duquesne University History Forum, and NEH Conference on Slavery in the Age of Emancipation, 1980-2007.

Pi Kappa Alpha National Fraternity Special Initiate "Man of the Year",  2000                                                                                                                                Student Government Association Outstanding Professor Award, 1994                                                                                                                               Panhellenic Outstanding Faculty Award, 1994, 1993
Winthrop College Distinguished Professor Award, 1991
South Carolina Governor's Professor of The Year Award, 1990
Presidential Distinguished Service Award, 1990
Phi Kappa Phi Excellence in Teaching Award, 1990, 1988, 1986
Named as one of Alpha Lambda Delta's (Freshman Honorary) Favorite Professors of Freshmen, 1986
Winthrop College Outstanding Junior Professor Award, 1985
Research Fellow, Institute for Southern Studies, University of South Carolina, 1985 Southern Regional Education Board Research Grant, 1985
Winthrop College Research Council Grant, 1990, 1986, 1985
Winthrop College Summer Research Grant, 1989, 1988, 1986, 1985
Included in Who's Who In American Education, 1996
Included in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1994, 1999, 2002
Included in Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1994, 1993
Included in Men of Achievement, 1988. 
Included in International Authors and Writers Who's Who, 1988, 1986.
Included in Outstanding Young Men of America, 1984 Included in Contemporary Authors, 1984.
Included in Who's Who in the East, 1984, 1983.
Canadian Embassy Faculty Enrichment Grant, 1983
American Philosophical Society Research Grant, 1983
National Historical Papers and Records Commission Editing Fellowship, 1980
Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society, 1986
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 1976
Phi Alpha Theta International Historical Honor Society, 1974

Belle W. McWilliams Lecturer, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, Fall 1994.
Invited Guest Lecturer, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Africa, May, 1887. 
Scholar in Residence, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY, Spring, 1984.

PROFESSIONAL, ACADEMIC, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS:

Elected to the Board of Trustees of Rock Hill School District Three in the general election, 2002, 2006
Publications Advisory Board, S.C. Department of Archives and History, 2001
South Carolina Council for History Education, Steering Committee,2000
Editorial Board, South Carolina Magazine of History, 2000-2005
Advisory Board, Lincoln Prize, Gettysburg College, 1998-
Editorial Board, Civil War Regiments, 1997                                                                                                                                                                                Editorial Board, North & South, 1997
Editorial Board, Southern Jewish History, 1997-99
Chairman, S.C. Governor's Professor of The Year Advisory Panel, S.C. Commission on Higher Education, 1995-97
Gubernatorial Appointment to the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission, 1994-96
Advisory Board, Americans All: A National Education Program, Washington, D.C., 1994-96                                                                                                South Carolina Curriculum Review Panel, 1992-94
South Carolina Council on Education Collaboration, 1991-93
Historical Research and Theme Development Advisory Board and Program Committee, Museum of the New South, Charlotte, N.C., 1992-96
Southern Historical Association
Membership Committee, 1993-94, 1994-95
Executive Committee and Sponsoring Committee, Tri-County Urban League, 1993-96 
Advisory Board, The Other Crowd: The Southern Jewish Experience, An American Story. A television special in production by P&W International Film and Video, New York, NY, for P .B.S. broadcast.
Editorial Board, Journal of Confederate History, 1988-2004
Rock Hill School District Foundation, 1994-1995

WINTHROP UNIVERSITY SERVICE, COMMITTEES, AND DISTINCTIONS:

Faculty Representative, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Fund, 1984-88.
Ethnic Studies Curriculum, 1985-86
Arnold Shankman Memorial Lecture, 1984-86; Chair, 1986-87
Honors Program Task Force, 1984-86 Honors Council, 1986-88
Advisory Committee to Winthrop College Women's Caucus, 
1985-86 Winthrop College Bookstore, 1984-86; Chair, 1986-88
College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum, 1985-87
Academic Conduct, 1986-88
Library Committee, 1987-89; Chair, 1987-88
Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Studies Committee, 1988-89
Chair, Arts and Sciences Committee to Study Summer Grants, 1988-89
Research Council, 1988-89; 1993-94; Chair, 1993-94
Academic Council, 1988-91; Chair, 1989-91
Committee on Undergraduate Instruction, 1988-89
General Education Committee, 1989-90
Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, 1989-92
Co-Chair, Presidential Task Force on Effective Teaching, 1989-90
Black Studies Committee, 1990-91
Co-Chair, Presidential Inaugural Steering Committee, 1990-91
Academic Vice Presidential Search Committee, 1990-91
Men's Basketball Head Coach Search Committee, 1992-93
Arts and Sciences Personnel Committee, 1992-93
Chairman of the Faculty Conference and Faculty Representative to the Board of
Trustees, 1995-1997