James Patrick Ambuske
Fields & Specialties
Era of the American Revolution, Early Republic, 18th and 19th Century American Intellectual History, Atlantic History, 18th Century Scottish Emigration to North AmericaEDUCATION:
Ph.D. (in progress) UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Dept. of History
ABD, September 2011. Examination fields in U.S History, 1500 – 1865; U.S. History, 1865 – Present; Era of the American Revolution; Atlantic History
M.A., 2006 MIAMI UNIVERSITY, Dept. of History
Thesis: Minting America: Coinage and the Contestation of American Identity, 1775-1800
Director: Andrew Cayton
B.A., 2004 MIAMI UNIVERSITY, Dept. of History, Dept. of Political Science
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UVA, Spring 2012: “Greek and Roman Warfare” (3 Sections)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UVA, Spring 2012: “U.S. Military History, 1600-1900” (3 Sections)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UVA, Fall 2011: “The Age of Thomas Jefferson” (3 Sections)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UVA, Fall 2011: “Palestine, 1948” (3 Sections)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UVA, Spring 2011: “American Intellectual and Cultural History (3 Sections)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UVA, Fall 2010: “Ancient Greece” (3 Sections)
Graduate Assistant, Miami U., Spring 2006: “World History Since 1500” (2 Sections)
Graduate Assistant, Miami U., Fall 2005: “United States to 1865” (2 Sections)
Graduate Assistant, Miami U., Spring 2005: “United States Since 1865” (2 sections)
Graduate Assistant, Miami U., Fall 2004: “United States to 1865” (2 Sections)
CURRENT POSITIONS:
May 2012 - Present: Digitial Humanities Editorial Associate, Founding Fathers Early Access Project
Sept. 2011 – Present: Associate Editor – Articles, Essays in History
August 2010 – Present: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of History University of Virginia
August 2009 – Present: Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of History University of Virginia
PRIOR POSITIONS:
March 2011 – August 2011: Research Assistant, Documents Compass, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, University of Virginia
January 2010 – March 2011: Research Assistant, The Papers of George Washington Project, University of Virginia
July 2006 - August 2009: Director of Special Projects for University Advancement, Miami University.
August 2004 - May 2006: Graduate Assistant, Dept. of History, Miami University.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2012-2013: Co-Chair, Corcoran Graduate Lisasion Committee
2012: Co-Director, Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop
2011: Reviewer for Essays in History
September 2011 – Present: Associate Editor, Articles – Essays in History
August 2010 – August 2011: Chancellor of the Exchequer – Graduate History Students’ Association – Dept. of History, University of Virginia.
October 2008 - August 2009: Lead Project Coordinator for the Miami University Bicentennial Tour - Multi-city traveling exhibit highlighting the history of the institution.
January 2006- May 2006 : Local Arrangements Committee- Beyond Red Power: New Perspectives on American Indian Politics and Culture: The McClellan Symposium on American History, Department of History, Miami University.
August 2005-May 2006: Masters Student Representative- Department of History Graduate Studies Committee, Miami University.
AWARDS AND HONORS
May 2012: Corcoran Department of History Summer Research Award.
April 2012: ASHH Summer Research Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia.
June 2011: Corcoran Department of History Summer Research Award.
February 2011: Nominee, Corcoran Department of History GraduateTeaching Award.
April 2010: Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs Travel Award.
April 2006: Miami University Department of History Travel Grant to present at the Ohio Council of Social Studies in Columbus, Ohio.
March 2006: Miami University Department of History and College of Arts and Science Travel Grant to present at The John A. Barnes Club Conference at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
September 2005: Miami University Department of History Travel Grant to conduct research in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania branch of the National Archives.
August 2004 - May 2006: Miami University Department of History Graduate Assistantship.
PUBLICATIONS:
Review of Chopra, Ruma, Unnatural Rebellion: Loyalists in New York City during the Revolution in Essays in History (forthcoming 2012).
Review of Jarvis, Michael, In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World, 1680-1783 in Essays in History (2011).
"The Fur Trade, 1500s-1800s," in Encyclopedia of American Environmental History, ed. Kathleen A. Brosnan, et al (New York: Facts on File, 2011).
“The Great Awakening,” in Encyclopedia of American Environmental History, ed. Kathleen A. Brosnan, et al (New York: Facts on File, 2011).
“John Quincy Adams,” in Encyclopedia of American Environmental History, ed. Kathleen A. Brosnan, et al (New York: Facts on File, 2011).
“Shays’ Rebellion,” in Encyclopedia of American Environmental History, ed. Kathleen A. Brosnan, et al (New York: Facts on File, 2011).
“Stumbling into History,” in Miami University, 1809-2009: Bicentennial Perspectives, ed. Curtis W. Ellison, et al (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2009).
“‘To Make Our Age What It Should Be’: Contesting Liberty and Power in the Literary Societies of Miami University, 1860-1861,” in Miami University, 1809-2009: Bicentennial Perspectives, ed. Curtis W. Ellison, et al (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2009).
‘“Worthy of the Name of an American’: David Swing’s War Eulogy of Minor Millikin,” in Miami University, 1809-2009: Bicentennial Perspectives, ed. Curtis W. Ellison, et al (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2009).
PAPERS GIVEN:
2010: “The ‘Mischief of Emigration’: Scotland and the American Colonies in the Revolutionary Atlantic World.” Early American Seminar, University of Virginia, November 16.
2006: “Making Cents of a Region: The West and American Coins.” The 46th Annual Meeting of the Western Historical Association. St. Louis, Missouri. October 14.
2006: “18th Century Ideology in the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolutionary War: A Discussion Primer for Secondary and Collegiate Level Students.” The Ohio Council for the Social Studies. Columbus, Ohio. April 8.
2006: “Minting America: Coinage and the Contestation of National Identity in the Early Republic, 1775-1795.” The John A. Barnes Club Conference at Temple University. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 1.
2006: “War and the ‘Classic Shades of Miami’: David Stanton Tappan, Miami University, and the American Civil War.” The Paul Lucas Conference in History. Bloomington, Indiana. March 25.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:
2012: Guest Lecturer for the International Studies Office's ESL Visiting Foreign Students Program. Charlottesvill, Virginia. July 19,20,24.
2011: “The Truman Administration and Palestine in the Post-War World.” Guest Lecture for HIME 2012: Palestine, 1948. Charlottesville, Virginia. November 28.
2011: “Old World, New World Identities.” Guest Lecture for HIUS 3051: Age of Jefferson. Charlottesville, Virginia. September 7.
2009: "Engaging Alumni in the Bicentennial Year." Presentation delivered to the Miami University Alumni Association Board of Directors. Oxford, Ohio. March.
2009: "The Foundation is the Future." Presentation delivered to the Miami University Foundation Board of Directors. Oxford, Ohio. February.
2006: “War and the ‘Classic Shades of Miami’: David Stanton Tappan, Miami University, and the American Civil War.” Reunion College at Miami University’s Reunion Weekend. Oxford, Ohio. June 17.
