EDUCATION

Ph.D. in History  University of Kansas, 1993.
M.A. in History  University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984.
B.A. in History  Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, 1982

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor of History. Washburn University, 2009-
Associate Professor of History, Washburn University, 2004-2009
Assistant Professor of History, Washburn University, 2000-2004
Lecturer in American Studies, University of Kansas, 1999-2000
Visiting Professor of History, Bethel College, 1999-2000
Chair and Associate Professor of History, Goshen College, 1998-99
Assistant Professor of History, Goshen College, 1995-98
Instructor in History, Division of Continuing Education, University of Kansas, 1992-94
Assistant Instructor, Department of History, University of Kansas, 1988-92
Instructor in History, Bethel College, 1984-85; 1987

HONORS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Sweet Sabbatical Award, Washburn University, 2007
Inducted into Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, May 2006
Center for Kansas Studies Grant for Oral History: Remembering World War II, 2005-06
Faculty Research Grant, Washburn University, 2005
Sweet Sabbatical Award, Washburn University, 2004
Faculty Travel Grants, Washburn University, 2000-2005
Faculty Development Grants, Washburn University, 2001-2002
Faculty Research Grant, Goshen College, 1995-96; 1996-97
Multicultural Affairs Grant, Goshen College, 1996-97
Honors for Dissertation, 1993
Dissertation Fellowship, University of Kansas, 1992-93
Alfred M. Landon Historical Research Grant, Kansas State Historical Society, 1992
Jackson Baur Award for Research, University of Kansas, 1991
Abel-Hodder Teaching Award, University of Kansas, 1988
Rockefeller Fellowship, University of California, 1982-83

BOOKS

Women Against the Good War: Conoscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941-47. University of North Carolina Press, Gender and Culture Series, 1997.
With Robert Kreider, When Good People Quarrel: Studies of Conflict Resolution. Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 1989.
With Robert Kreider, Hungry, Thirsty, A Stranger: The Mennonite Central Committee Story. Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 1988.
Brick and Mortar: A History of Newton, Kansas. Newton, KS: City of Newton, 1984.

ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

"Let the Sound Run Through You," in Nurturing Spirit Through Song: The Life of Mary K. Oyer, ed. Rebecca Slough. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing, 2006.
"North American Mennonite Peacemakers and Their History," Journal of Mennonite Studies (2005): 91-100.
"Clark, Georgia Neese," in Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 5, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
"Alternatives to War: Past and Present," in Addressing Tragedy in the Classroom, ed. Steven Mintz. H-Teach, 2001, http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/teaching/journals/sept11/mintz/alternatives.html.
"Mennonite Women." In Handbook of American Women's History, eds. Angela Howard Zophy and Frances M. Kavenik. 2nd ed. New York: Garland Press, 2000.
"Prairie People: A Swiss Volhynian Kaleidoscope of Images." Mennonite Life 55 (June 2000).
"Pacifist Professional Women on the Job in the United States." In Challenge to Mars: Essays on Pacifism from 1918 to 1945, ed. Peter Brock and Thomas P. Socknat. Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 1999.
"A Gender Gap Among Mennonnite Peacemakers?" Mennonite Quarterly Review 73 (July 1999): 539-45.
"Beckoning Stories: Maria's Gifts." Mennonite Life 54 (March 1999), 11-19.
"Piety and Professionalism: The Bethel Deaconesses of the Great Plains." Mennonite Life 49 (March 1994): 4-11.
"Feminist Historiography and Teaching Peace." In Nonviolent America, ed. Louise Hawkley and James C. Juhnke. North Newton, KS: Bethel College, 1992.
"The 'Second Sex' and the 'Second Milers': Mennonite Women and Civilian Public Service." Mennonite Quarterly Review 66 (October 1992): 523-38.
"Museums." The Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5. Elkhart, IN: Institute of Mennonite Studies, 1990.
"No 'Easy Street': Bethel's Struggle for Accreditation, 1930-1938." Mennonite Life 43 (1987): 4-10.
"From Anabaptism to Mennonitism: The Mennonite Encyclopedia as a Historical Document." Mennonite Life 37 (December 1982): 13-19.

BOOK REVIEWS

In Journal of American History, The Public Historian, History of Education Quarterly, Labour/Travail, Fides et Historia, Mennonite Quarterly Review, Mennonite Life, Mennonite Historical Bulletin, Mennonite Weekly Review, Conrad Grebel Review, Peace & Change, Journal of Church and State, Indiana Magazine of History, The Annals of Iowa

CONSULTATION - HISTORICAL PROJECTS IN FILM

Served as Kansas Humanities Scholar for "Conscientious Objectors in Kansas," Sunflower Journeys, produced for KTWU public television, 2004.
Served as Kansas Humanities Scholar for "Duck and Cover," Sunflower Journeys, produced for KTWU public television, 2003.
Served as historical consultant for The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It, Paradigm Productions, Berkeley, Calif. Produced for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and shown on PBS stations beginning in 2002.

CONSULTATION - SECONDARY EDUCATION

Table leader, Advanced Placement exam grading, Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas, 2003, 2004.
Faculty reader, Advance Placement exam grading, Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, Texas, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002
Served on validation/standard setting panel for History Comprehensive exams, Kansas State Department of Education and Educational Testing Service, Topeka, KS, 2002.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

District 3 Coordinator, National History Day-Kansas, 2000-present
Panelist, Outstanding Book Award in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, sponsored by the Young Center at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, 2007.
Panelist, Horsch Essay Contest in Anabaptist/Mennonite History sponsored by the Mennonite Historical Committee, Goshen, IN, 2007.
Panelist, Langsdorf Award Committee, sponsored by the Kansas State Historical Society, 2003.
Member, Editorial Board, Studies in Anabaptist-Mennonite History, 2001-present
Member, Publication Committee, Kansas State Historical Society, 2001-present
Member, Editorial Board, Mennonite Historical Bulletin, 19960present
Presenter/Moderator, Indiana Humanities Council, 1995-99
Consultant, Kansas Committee for the Humanities, 1994-95