William Garrett Piston, Ph.D.

Research Vita

Education o B.A. Vanderbilt University, 1975 o M.A. in history, Vanderbilt University, 1977 o Ph.D. in history, University of South Carolina, 1982

Employment o Missouri State University, 1988 to present.

o Assistant Professor, Aug. 1988-May 1993 o Associate Professor, Aug. 1993-May 1998 o Professor, May 1998-present

o The Louise S. McGehee School, New Orleans, 1982-1985. Chairman of the Social Studies Department, pre-K through twelfth grade, in a private girls' school.

Scholarly Activity Since Promotion to Full Professor in May 1998

Books

1. A Rough Business; Fighting the Civil War in Missouri. (Columbia: The State Historical Society of Missouri, 2012). Edited anthology of articles reprinted from the Missouri Historical Review.

2. Portraits ofCoriflict; A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil War. (Little Rock: University of Arkansas Press, 2009). Co-authored with Thomas P. Sweeney.

3. Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove; A Battlefield Guide with a Section on Wire Road (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006). Co-authored with Earl Hess, Richard Hatcher, and William Shea.

4. Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000). Co-authored with Richard W. Hatcher. This book was peer reviewed.

Articles and book chapters (peer reviewed)

1. "The Bishops and the Black Hawks; Family and Ambition in Raising a Volunteer Regiment in Civil War Missouri," scheduled for the April2016 issue of The Missouri Historical Review.

2. "Quinine and Courage: The Battle of Springfield, January 8, 1863," in Springfield's Urban Histories; Essays on the Queen City of the Missouri Ozarks (Springfield: Moon City Press, 2012): 15-57. Co-authored with John C. Rutherford.

3. '"Springfield is a vast hospital': The Dead and Wounded at the Battle of Wilson's Creek," Missouri Historical Review, 93 (July 1999), 345-66.

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Articles and book chapters (not peer reviewed)

4. "Missouri and the Civil War in the West; More essays from the Missouri Historical Review," Missouri Historical Review, 106 (October 2011): 1-13.

5. "Underrated Generals," North & South, 12 (April2010): 12-17, 41. Co-authored with Steven H. Newton, Sharon S. MacDonald, and Steven E. Woodworth.

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6. '"When the Arks. boys goes by they take the rags off the bush': Arkansans in the Wilson's Creek Campaign," in "The Die is Cast": Arkansas Goes to War, 1861, ed. Mark K. Christ (Little Rock: Butler Center Books, 2010), 101-30, 145-49.

7. "A Conflict Preserved: Photography in Missouri During the Civil War," Gateway, 29 (Fall2009): 60-73. Co-authored with Thomas P. Sweeney.

8. "The Most Overrated Generals," North & South, 11 (Dec. 2009): 14-22. Co-authored with Stephen H. Newton, Keith Poulter, Stephen E. Woodworth, and Gregory J. W. Urwin.

9. "Struggle for the Trans-Mississippi: The St. Louis-Fort Smith Transportation Corridor," North & South, ll(Oct. 2009): 14-21, 67.

10. "Missourians and the War on the Western Rivers," North & South, 11 (June 2009): 44-53. Co-authored with Thomas P. Sweeney.

11. '"This field is a regular Golgotha': A Union Chaplain Visits the Wilson's Creek Battlefield," The Bugle Call; Newsletter of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (Winter 2008).

12. "The American Civil War, 1861-1865," in John M. Carroll and Colin F. Baxter, eds., The American Military Tradition from Colonial Times to the Present (New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2006), 77-100.

13. "Wilson's Creek and the Struggle for Missouri," Hallowed Ground (Summer 2006), 20-25.

14. "Tactical Organization at Wilson's Creek," in The Battle of Wilson's Creek Commemorative Booklet (Springfield: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Foundation, 2000), 14-16. Co-authored with John Wolfe.

15. "The Secret Romance ofOmer Rose Weaver, Arkansas Artillerist," in The Battle of Wilson's Creek Commemorative Booklet (Springfield: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Foundation, 2000), 25-27.

16. "The Missouri State Guard" in The Battle of Wilson's Creek Commemorative Booklet (Springfield: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Foundation, 2000), 31-34. Co-authored with Thomas P. Sweeney.

17. "The Controversial Life and Career of James Longstreet," in Book of Honor, ed. by Robert C. Thomas (Sanford, N.C.: The Longstreet Memorial Fund, 1999), 1-9.

18. "'Don't Yield an Inch!': The Missouri State Guard," North & South, 2 (June 1999), 10-26. Co-authored with Thomas P. Sweeney.

Entries in Reference works

1. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall." Encyclopedia Virginia: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/ Written 2009.

2. "Longstreet, James." Encyclopedia Virginia: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/ Written 2009.

3. "Longstreet, James." The Oxford Companion to American Military History (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 402.

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4. "Jenkins, Micah," "Carter, Samuel P.," and "Longstreet, James." American National Biography (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 495-96, 892-94, 942-43.

Introductions to books

• From Manassas to Appomattox, by James Longstreet (New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2004), xvii-xxix.

Papers at Academic Conferences(# 2, 3, 6, 5, 7, 8, and 9 by invitation;# 11 top conference in my field)

1. "The Bishops and the Black Hawks; Ambition and Family in Raising a Volunteer Regiment in Civil War Missouri," Midwest Popular Culture Association, Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 3, 2014.

2. "Teaching Freedom's Road: African Americans in the Civil War," Fort Scott National Historic Site Teacher's Workshop, Fort Scott, Kan., Sept. 21, 2013.

3. "Why Wilson's Creek?," "A Social Analysis of the Soldiers at Wilson's Creek," and "Wilson's Creek in Cultural Memory," at Wilson's Creek: How a Forgotten Battle Saved Missouri and Changed the Course of the Civil War," funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for Schoolteachers, Drury University, Springfield, Mo., June 14-18,21-25, 2010.

4. "Dynamics of a 'Social Contract': Commonalities in the Community Bonds Experienced by Northern and Southern Soldiers in the American Civil War," 2007 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2007.

5. "'When the Arks. boys goes by they take the rags off the bush': Arkansans in the Wilson's Creek Campaign, 1861," Old State House Museum, Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 19,2006.

6. "Embattled Brothers: Elements of Victory and Defeat in the American Civil War," Teaching American History Seminar, Chattanooga, Tenn., June 13, 2006.

7. "The Pelicans Go to War; The Third Louisiana Infantry and the Campaign of 1861," at "A Terrible Vengeance," The College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo., November 18,2005.

8. "'Pandemonium Turned Loose': The Battle of Wilson's Creek, Aug. 10, 1861," at "Talking Ozarks: Battles and Ballads," Lyon College, Batesville, Ark., Sept. 16,2004.

9. "The 'New Military History' and the Trans-Mississippi," at "Battle Histories: A Conversation about Approaches to Civil War Military Studies," a panel discussion at the Southern Historical Association, Houston, Tex., Nov. 8, 2003.

10. "Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and the Controversy that Surrounds Him," at "Crisis, Conflict, and Interpretation," College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo., Oct. 20, 2001.

11. "Honor and Community: The Battle of Wilson's Creek as a Test Case for the Motivations of Soldiers in the American Civil War," The Society for Military History, Calgary, Alberta, May 25, 2001.

12. "'The lines were within shotgun range': An Analysis of Combat at the Battle of Wilson's Creek," Missouri Conference on History, Joplin, Mo., Sept. 17, 1999.

Awards Since Promotion to Full Professor in May 1998

1. The Carter Award, United Ministries in Higher Education, 2012, in recognition of service.

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2. Annual Missouri Book Award, The State Historical Society of Missouri, Oct. 2, 2010, for Portraits of Conflict; A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil War.

3. The Helen Dortch Longstreet A ward for 2002, presented by The Longstreet Society, in recognition of service.

4. Annual Missouri Book Award, The State Historical Society of Missouri, Nov. 3, 2001, for Wilson's Creek; The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It.

5. Southwest Missouri State University Research Award, 2000. 6. Harry S. Truman Award, Civil War Round Table of Kansas City, 1999.

William Garrett Piston Department of History

Research Matrix

Department criteria for promotion from associate to full professor 1. the publication during one's professional career (or unequivocal acceptance for publication) of

a) a monograph and two additional scholarly publications (at least article-length). These can be articles in peer reviewed journals (or equivalent), edited works,..Qr translations. A major accreditation report may also be counted as a scholarly publication. Original chapters in scholarly books that have been peer reviewed will be considered equivalent to scholarly articles. Or b) seven scholarly publications (at least article­length). At least five of these must be scholarly articles in peer reviewed journals (or equivalent). The other two may be edited works or translations. Original chapters in scholarly books that have been peer reviewed will be considered equivalent to scholarly articles. A major accreditation report may also be counted as a scholarly publication.

Fulfillment of same criteria since promotion to full professor

I fulfill criteria 1 by fulfilling option la, publishing during my career a monograph and more than two additional scholarly publications:

Monograph: • Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the

Men Who Fought It (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000).

Additional scholarly publications: • A Rough Business; Fighting the Civil War in Missouri.

(Columbia: The State Historical Society of Missouri, 2012). Edited anthology of articles reprinted from the Missouri Historical Review.

• Portraits of Conflict; A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil War. (Little Rock: University of Arkansas Press, 2009). Co-authored with Thomas P. Sweeney.

• Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove; A Battlefield Guide with a Section on Wire Road (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006). Co-authored with Earl Hess, Richard Hatcher, and William Shea.

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2. While in the rank of associate professor the delivery of two original papers at state, regional, national, or international conferences.

3. While in the rank of associate professor the publication (or unequivocal acceptance for publication) of a) a monograph, or b) three scholarly articles in peer reviewed journals (or equivalent) or c) two scholarly articles in peer reviewed journals (or equivalent) and one additional scholarly publication (at least article-length showing significant use of primary sources in the appropriate field). This can be an edited work or translation. Original chapters in scholarly books that have been peer reviewed will be considered equivalent to scholarly articles. A major accreditation report may also be counted as a scholarly publication.

I fulfill criteria 2 by delivering 12 papers at academic conferences (see vita):

• 7 Regional (papers# 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12) • 3 National (papers # 1, 6, 9) • 2 International (papers # 4, 11)

I fulfill criteria 3 by fulfilling option 3a, publishing a monograph: Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000).

I also fulfill criteria 3 by fulfilling option 3c, as I have published 2 articles in a peer-reviewed journal (Missouri Historical Review) and an edited work: A Rough Business; Fighting the Civil War in Missouri. (Columbia: The State Historical Society of Missouri, 2012). This is an edited anthology of articles reprinted from the Missouri Historical Review.

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William Garrett Piston

The History Department Promotion Policy states the following in regard to Service: Service will be assessed by the Personnel Committee on a yearly basis, with the evaluation year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. Credit for service events (marked with an *) that occur after the Personnel Committee has allotted service credits for the evaluation period, but before the end of the academic year, will be allotted during the next academic year. Candidates must average 3.00 credits per year while serving at MSU. Each full-time faculty member is expected to: (1) participate actively in the shared governance structure of the University by serving on departmental, college, and university committees and by assuming an appropriate share of the requisite duties. Service activities also expand opportunities for learning and shape the learning environment. Service activities may also include: (2) sponsoring an active student organization; (3) establishing opportunities for student experiences; ( 4) removing barriers to learning; and ( 5) obtaining funding and other resources for teaching and scholarship. Additional service opportunities include: (6) participating in professional organizations and

Service Matrix

I have met criteria #1, which is a requirement, by serving since 1998 on eight university level committees, two college level committees, and nine regular department committees, plus four search committees, two of which I chaired.

University Level • Facu1ty Concerns Committee (member, 1998-1999; chair 1999-2000) • Facu1ty Salaries Committee, a subcommittee of the Facu1ty Handbook

Revisions Committee (member, Fall2003-spring 2004) • Faculty Senate (member, 2006-2009) • Graduate Council (member, 2000-2003; Jan. 2013-present)

o Graduate Facu1ty Membership Subcommittee (member 2013-2014; chair 2014-present)

• Graduate Mentor Awards Committee (member, Spring 2014) • Provost's Distance Education Committee (member April2010-May

2012) • University Awards Committee (member, Spring 2002) • Veterans Committee (member, 2006-2007)

College Level (CHPA) • Dean's Advisory Committee (member, 2008-2009) • CHPA Compensation Committee (member, 2008-2009; chair, 2008)

Department Level • Compensation Committee (member, 2007-2008) • Curriculum Committee (member, 2010-2013) • Department Secretary (2014-2015)

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(7) in public bodies, which can bring prestige to the University and expand professional competence of the individual. Service also includes (8) providing professional expertise to business, industry, schools, community organizations, and colleagues in other university programs.

The department's promotion policy assigns a point value to different types of service activities, with a minimum of three points to be earned each year. See supporting documents for point system.

• Development Committee (member, 2003-2004) • Graduate Studies Director (2000-2003; Jan. 2013-present) • Graduate Studies Committee (chair, 2000-2003; Jan. 2013-present) • Personnel Committee (chair 2003-2005; member, 2012-present) • Search Committees (chair, African American History, 2009-2010;

chair, Asian History, 2006-2007; member, Ozarks Studies, 2007-2008; member, Social Studies, 2003-2004)

• Undergraduate and Professional Education Committee (2004; chair, 2006-2007)

• Undergraduate Studies Committee (chair, 2005-2007) • U.S. Survey Assessment Coordinator (2006)

Criteria #2-8 are not minimum requirements, but examples of what faculty may accomplish in order to obtain points.

I have excelled in criteria #8. I have been an advisor to the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, and have testified before Congress in relation to expanding the battlefield's boundaries. I served as an advisor to the Springfield-Greene County Library District for the 20007 grant led to the establishment of its webpage "Community and Conflict: The Impact ofthe Civil War in the Ozarks." I have delivered seventy-five public addresses, all by invitation, in venues that include the MSU campus, public libraries, colleges and universities, National Park Service sites, state historic sites, and museums. These are listed below the matrix. My service thus significantly exceeds the department's requirements for promotion.

Over the last five academic years my scores have been: 2010-2011: 6 points

• Member, Distance Education Committee Distance (1 point) • Member, Greater Ozarks Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee (1

point) • Member, Department Curriculum Committee (1 point) • Delivered three or more original papers at community level (1 point)

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• Consultant and staff member, NEH workshop Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for Schoolteachers. (1 point)

• Chair, African American History search committee (1 point) 2011-2012: 5 points

• Member, Distance Education Committee Distance (1 point) • Member, Department Curriculum Committee (1 point) • Member, Department Personnel Committee (1 point) • Delivered three or more original papers at community level (1 point) • President and Program Chair, Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks (1

point) 2012-2013: 5 points

• Member, Department Curriculum Committee (1 point) • Member, Department Personnel Committee (1 point) • Delivered three or more original papers at community level (1 point) • Faculty Advisor, Theta Mu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the National

History Honors Society (1 point) • President and Program Chair, Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks (1

point) 2013-2014: 10 points

• Member, Graduate Council; chair, Graduate Faculty Membership Subcommittee (2 points)

• Director of Graduate Studies (2 points) • Member, Department Curriculum Committee (1 point) • Member, Personnel Committee (1 point) • Assessment of Newtonia Battlefield for National park Service (1

point) • Delivered three or more original papers at community level (1 point) • Led Tour of Shiloh Battlefield for Teaching American History grant

for the U.S. Department of Education (1 point) • Member, Graduate Mentor Awards Committee (1 point)

2014-2015: 6 points

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• Member, Graduate Council; chair, Graduate Faculty Membership Subcommittee (2 points)

• Director of Graduate Studies (2 points)

• Delivered three or more original papers at community level (1 point)

• Member, Personnel Committee (1 point)

Community Service Activity Since Promotion to Full Professor in May 1998

Community • Wilson's Creek National Battlefield General Management Plan, 2002, and Congressional Testimony, 2004

o Consultant to the Battlefield for boundary adjustment, identifying properties adjacent to the park boundaries of historical significance which might be acquired from willing sellers. To support this I testified before a House of Representatives subcommittee in June 2004.

• Community and Conflict grant and webpage, 2007

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o Served an advisor to The Library Center on its successful grant application to explore the possibility of digitalizing copies of historical documents in private hands in the surrounding community. The grant came from the Missouri State Library through the Library Services & Technology Federal Grant Program. The grant was for $29,617. The led to the establishment of the Library's digital resources webpage "Community and Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks" webpage: http://vvvvw.ozarkscivilwar.org/

• NEH Grant and Teachers' Workshop, 2010 o Consultant and staff member for an NEH workshop held at Drury University, June 14-18 and 21-25: "Wilson's Creek:

How a Forgotten Battle Saved Missouri and Changed the Course of the Civil War." Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for Schoolteachers. Prof. Randall Fuller, English Department, Drury, initiated the project and served as director for the $160,231 grant.

• Greater Ozarks Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee, July 2010-Aug. 2011 o Committee member. Promoted regional activities related to the !50th anniversary of the Civil War to the general public

and local educators. • National Park Service Newtonia Battlefield Review, 2013

o Conducted a review of the Newtonia Civil War battlefield, Newtonia, Missouri, for the National Park Service, in response to the Newtonia Battlefield Association's application to have the battlefield become a national park. This was a detailed analysis of the historical significance of the site in relation to local, state, and national sites; its significance

in relation to the war in general; and it significance as the site of the only Native American-versus-Native American combat in the war

• Travelling America's "C's," 2013 o Under a Teaching American History grant for the U.S. Department of Education obtained by Prof. David Dalton,

College of the Ozarks, I led social studies teachers from the Ozarks on a tour of the Shiloh National Batttlefield. • Ministries in Higher Education

o Member of the Board of Directors, 1997-2006; 2008-2011, in a Christian ministry to Missouri State University students.

• Papers and Addresses at Public Forums (all by invitation)

1. "Archaeology and the Wilson's Creek Civil War Battlefield: Challenges and Opportunities," Ozarks Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society, Springfield, Mo., Nov. 4, 2015.

2. "Legacies of the Civil War," panel discussion, The Library Center, Springfield, Mo. Aug. 20,2015. 3. "The Battles of Springfield and Hartville," The Meyer Library, Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., March 24,2015.

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4. "The American Colonial Militia: Nursery for Nationalism," Drury University Mature Learners Program, Springfield, Mo., Feb. 24, 2015.

5. "James Longstreet and the Confederate Cause in 1864," The Library Center, Springfield, Mo., Oct. 28,2014. 6. "The Battles of Lexington and Concord,' National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Springfield, Mo.,

Aprill6, 2014. 7. "Sculpted in Bronze and Stone: Americans Remember War," Drury University Mature Learners Program, Springfield, Mo.,

AprilS, 2014. s. "African Americans in the Civil War," in "Voices of the Civil War," a lecture series sponsored by the Office of Multicultural

Programs, Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., Nov. 8, 2013. 9. "Fighting for Both Sides; Missourians in the Civil War," Missouri State University Annual Veterans Breakfast, Springfield,

Mo., Nov. 8, 2013. 10. "Egotism or Patriotism?: Longstreet Goes West, 1863," annual conference of The Longstreet Society, Chattanooga, Tenn.,

Oct. 13, 2013. 11. "From Virginia to Missouri: The Civil War in 1863," The Library Center, Springfield, Mo., July 20,2013. 12. "James Longstreet and the Gettysburg Controversy," The Library Center, Springfield, Mo., July 17, 2013. 13. "Writing about the Civil War," The Library Center, Springfield, Mo., May 20, 2013. 14. "Pea Ridge: The Perspective from 150 Years," Battle of Pea Ridge 150th Anniversary Commemoration," Pea Ridge, Ark.,

March 23, 2013.

15. "Quinine and Courage: The Battle of Springfield, January 8, 1863," Battle of Springfield !50th Anniversary Commemoration, Springfield, Mo., Jan. 8, 2013.

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16. "Longstreet 1862: From Personal Tragedy to Professional Triumph," annual meeting of The Longstreet Society, Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 7, 2012.

17. "Forgotten Local History: The Battle of Springfield, January 8, 1863," Ozarks Studies Speakers Series, Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., Sept. 11, 2012.

18. "Roads, Rails, and Rebellion: The Civil War in Missouri," The History Museum for Springfield-Greene County, Springfield, Mo., Aug. 7, 2012.

19. "Pea Ridge: The Most 'What If?" Battle of the Civil War," Drury University Mature Learners Program, Springfield, Mo., May 22,2012.

20. "Fighting the Civil War in Missouri," Civil War Endowment Fund Ceremony, Kansas City, Mo., April12, 2012. 21. "Why the Civil War in Missouri was Different," at "Papers and Paintbrushes; Art and History Scholars Reflect on the Civil

War," sponsored by Drury University, Springfield, Mo., March 12, 2012. 22. "Making Sense of the American Civil War," book discussion, The Library Center, Springfield, Mo., Feb. 2, 2012. 23. "Sectional Crisis and the Civil War on the Western Border," panel discussion sponsored by the Kansas City Library and the

University ofMissouri-KC, Kansas City, Mo., Nov. II, 2011. 24. "The Civil War in Missouri," 151h Annual Pamplin Park Symposium, Petersburg, Va., Oct. 16,2011. 25. "Honor Above All; A Social History of the Battle of Wilson's Creek," The Missouri Literary Festival. Springfield, Mo., Sept.

24, 2011. 26. "From Camp Jackson to the Battle of Wilson's Creek," Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 7, 2011. 27. "The Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi," Red River Heritage Festival," Washington, Ark., July 23, 2011. 28. "Portraits of Conflict: Photography and the Civil War in Missouri," Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Mo., June 16,

2011. 29. "George Washington's Strategy for the American Revolution," Drury University Mature LearnersProgram, Springfield, Mo.,

May 24,2011. 30. "Myths and Realities in the Fights at Concord and Lexington," Drury University Mature Learners Program, Springfield, Mo.,

May 17, 2011. 31. "The Civil War in Cinema," The Library Center, Springfield, Mo., April25, 2011. 32. "Writing about the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Brentwood Library, Springfield, Mo., Aprill8, 2011. 33. "Bagpipes, Brogue, and the Damned Dutch: Ethnicity in the Civil War in Missouri," Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic

Site, Ash Grove., Mo., April 2, 2011.

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34. "The Forgotten Beginning of the Civil War: Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory," Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, Ok., March 24, 2011.

35. "Ripe for the Sickle of War: Missouri and Arkansas, 1861," Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, Ok., March 23, 2011. 36. "Freedom's Road: African Americans in the Civil War," Black History Month speakers series, Missouri State University,

Springfield, Mo., Feb. 17,2011. 37. "Iron Afloat: Missourians and the Civil War on the Western Waters," Drury University Mature Learners Program, Springfield,

Mo., Sept. 28, 20 ll. 38. "Freedom's Champions: Missouri's African Americans in the Civil War," Drury University Mature Learners Program,

Springfield, Mo., Sept, 21,2011. 39. "What Will the Sesquicentennial Mean to Us?" keynote address at the !49th anniversary observations, Wilson's Creek

National Battlefield, Republic, Mo., Aug. 10, 2010. 40. "Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil War," Greene County Historical Society, Springfield,

Mo., May 8, 2010. 41. "The President's Paladins: Lincoln's Search for a Commanding General," Drury University Mature Learners, Springfield, Mo.,

Sept. 15,2009. 42. "Lincoln and the Border States: The Uncivil War," Drury University Mature Learners Springfield, Mo., Sept. 8, 2009. 43. "The Civil War in Southwest Missouri," Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site, Ash Grove, Mo., March 21,2009. 44. "A Family Affair: The Carter Brothers and Their Raid on East Tennessee, Dec. 1862-Jan. 1863," at "Hoofbeats in the

Heartland; A Civil War Cavalry Seminar," sponsored by the East Tennessee Historical Society and the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable, Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 28, 2009.

45. "Springfield and the Civil War: Division, Devastation, and Reunion," Provost's Research Forum, Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., Feb. ll, 2009.

46. "The Six Johns and the Scots Confession," Scottish St. Andrew's Society of Springfield Kirking of the Tartans, Springfield, Mo., Nov. 1, 2008.

47. "Personalities, Problems, and Paranoia: Braxton Bragg and James Longstreet," at "In a Strange Country: Longstreet in East Tennessee," a symposium sponsored by the Longstreet Society, Knoxville, Tenn., October 10, 2008.

48. "Springfield, Missouri: Land, People, and Ideas," Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China, March 27, 2008. 49. "Springfield Past and Present: A Legacy of Blue and Gray," The Discovery Center, Springfield, Mo., Jan. 15,2008. 50. "Wilson's Creek Outside the Park: Battle and Battle-related Historic Sites Outside the National Battlefield," at "The Civil War

West of the Mississippi," a conference sponsored by the Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks, Springfield, Mo., Nov. 17, 2007.

51. "Personality Matters: Command and Decision at the Battle of Pea Ridge," Peel House Foundation, Bentonville, Ark., Oct. 27, 2007.

52. "Longstreet in the West: Context for the Chickamauga Campaign," Penn State Alumni Association, Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 18,2007.

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53. "Reflections on Conspiracy Theories in History," at "The River of Death: Longstreet at Chickamauga/Chattanooga," a seminar sponsored by The Longstreet Society, Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 6, 2006.

54. "Home Town Support for Civil War Soldiers," Greene County Historical Society, Springfield, Mo., April!, 2006. 55. "Robert Burns and His World," annual Burns Dinner, Scottish St. Andrew's Society, Springfield, Mo., January 14, 2006. 56. "Nathaniel Lyon: The Union's Most Accomplished Field Commander in 1861," 35th Division Annual Reunion, Springfield,

Mo., October 22, 2005. 57. "Lincoln and the Border States: The Uncivil War," The University Libraries lecture series, Missouri State University,

Springfield, Mo., Sept. 14, 2005. 58. "Reaping the Whirlwind: The Civil War in Missouri," Student Activities Council lecture series, Missouri State University,

Springfield, Mo., April 12, 2005. 59. "Freedom's Road: African Americans in the Civil War," at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Mo., Feb. 17, 2005. 60. "Wilson's Creek: A Different Perspective," at Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott, Kan., April18, 2004. 61. "Slavery: The Major Cause of the Civil War," at Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott, Kan., Aprill9, 2004. 62. "Why Longstreet Matters: Race, Reconstruction, and Memory," at "A Soldier All My Life," a seminar sponsored by The

Longstreet Society, Gettysburg, Pa., Oct. 12, 2003. 63. "The Civil War in Missouri," Springfield High 12 Club #51, Springfield, Mo., May 7, 2003. 64. "Divided Loyalties in Missouri: M.S. G. vs. E.M.M.," Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott, Kan., April13, 2003. 65. "Seeds of Prejudice: Douglas Southall Freeman, the Anti-Longstreet Faction, and the Controversy Over James Longstreet's

Role at the Battle of Second Manassas," at "A Soldier Every Inch," a seminar sponsored by The Longstreet Society, Manassas, V a., Oct. 5-6, 2002.

66. "The Missouri State Guard and the Civil War in Missouri and Arkansas, 1861-1862," Pea Ridge National Military Park, Pea Ridge, Ark., Jan. 12, 2002.

67. "The Guerrilla War in the Ozarks: Uncivil War during the War Between the States," keynote address at the annual meeting of the Missouri Division of the Military Order of the Stars and Bars, Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 27, 200!.

68. "The Battle of Wilson's Creek," United States Army Retired Officers' Association, Springfield, Mo., Oct. 21, 200!. 69. "Longstreet, Lee, and the Bloodbath Sununer of 1862: Longstreet's Critique of Lee's Generalship," at "Here is My Old War

Horse," a seminar sponsored by The Longstreet Society, Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 14, 200!. 70. "Politics and Logistics: The Strange Case of Missouri and the Civil War," keynote address at the National Conference of the

Sons ofUnion Veterans, Springfield, Mo., Aug. II, 200!. 71. "No More Compromises: Civil War Comes to Missouri," Blue & Gray Educational Society Seminar, Springfield, Mo., Aug. 5,

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72. "Missouri and the Civil War," keynote address to the llS'h National Congress of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 7, 2000.

73. "Wilson's Creek: The Lessons of History," Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Mo., Aug. 10,2000. 74. "Lyon's Greyhounds: The First Iowa at the Battle of Wilson's Creek," Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Mo.,

April 2, 2000. 75. "The Missouri State Guard at the Battle of Wilson's Creek," at "The Missouri State Guard," a symposium sponsored by the

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Mo., March 20, 1999.

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William Garrett Piston

Teaching Matrix

Student Evaluations This History Department's Promotion Policy states that no more than fifty percent of an evaluation ofteaching may be based on student scores. It does not set a minimum score. My evaluations have consistently been equal to, or better than, the department mean score.

Lowest score - best teaching FAlO 1.91 =Department Undergraduate Mean 1.45 =my score 1.34 = Department Graduate Mean X.X = my score; online course assessed separately SPll 1.80 =Department Undergraduate Mean 1.45 = my score 1.34 = Department Graduate Mean 1.23 = my score FAll 1.85 =Department Undergraduate Mean 1.59 =my score 1.85 =Department Graduate Mean 1.25 = my score SP12 1.72 =Department Undergraduate Mean 1.3 7 = my score 1.13 =Department Graduate Mean 1.03 =my score FA12 1.76 =Department Undergraduate Mean 1.36 =my score 1.56 =Department Graduate Mean X.X = my score; online course assessed separately SP13 1.73 =Department Undergraduate Mean 1.34 =my score 1.27 =Department Graduate Mean 1.13 = my score FA13 1.73 =Department Undergraduate Mean 1.57 =my score 1.34 = Department Graduate Mean 1.07 =my score SP14 1.65 =Department Undergraduate Mean 1.19 =my score 1.94 = Department Graduate Mean

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Teaching Accomplishments The History Department's Promotion Policy required applicants to submit an extensive portfolio, including all syllabi and student evaluations. I provide highlights of accomplishments here.

1.91 =my score FA14 1.73 =Department Undergraduate Mean 1. 73 = my score 1.38 =Department Graduate Mean 1.19 = my score SPlS 1.76 =Department Undergraduate Mean 1. 72 = my score 1.34 = Department Graduate Mean 1.15 =my score

Mentoring students 2002-2015 • Thesis committees chaired: 7 • Thesis committee member: 6 • Seminar paper committee chaired: 13 • Seminar paper committee member: 16

Graduate Director, Aug. 2000-May 2003; Jan. 2013-present.

• Processed admissions • Graduate students consult with me

each semester prior to registration. We have thirty-five to forty graduate students enrolled in an average semester.

• No later than after taking eighteen hours, graduate students consult with me to establish an approved program of study, which I monitor throughout the remainder of their study.

New courses developed: • HST 597/697: The Old South; A

Region and Its Legacy • HST 685: The Civil War in Missouri:

the Use and Understanding of Sources (primary sources seminar)

• HST 720 Proseminar: War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century (readings seminar)

• HST 720 Proseminar: War and Memory in American History (readings seminar)

Each of these courses integrated "memory studies" into the History Department's curriculum, a cutting-edge subfield in history as a discipline. For the War and Conflict in

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the Twentieth Century course students went beyond traditional history materials, studying film, poetry, and fiction. Writing Across the Curriculum

• The History Department requires that courses with an enrollment below forty-two include a paper and exams that are at least fifty percent essay. All of my examinations, at every course level, are entirely essay in format. My undergraduate survey classes require at least one paper; upper level classes require at two or more, or a major research paper; graduate level classes require extra reading and additional written assignments, including research papers.