Raphael Folsom Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies Email: raphael.folsom@ou.edu Office: DAHT 821 Research: Latin American History Dr.. James Cane-Carrasco Associate P
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Department of History University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma
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Department at the University of Oklahoma!
It is our distinct pleasure to be your chosen university to pursue your graduate studies,
we look forward to the growth, contributions and phenomenal successes of each of our students as you achieve your goals and graduate from the programs here at OU.”
The purpose of this Graduate Student Handbook (Handbook) is to assist you during your transition to the University, throughout your studies and through the conclusion of your graduate studies It is an expectation that all History Graduate Students have read and are familiar with its contents We hope you take advantage of the numerous
opportunities and resources available to you during your time in the Department There are further resources available on the History Department Website and through the History Department Administrative team Please contact Janie Adkins for more
information or refer to the History Department faculty and staff web pages to view a list
of all faculty and staff
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Applications are filed through the Graduate College at OU
and then reviewed by members of the Graduate Faculty of the Department of History
Applications are due by December 31 for FA admission the following year
1) Admission to the Degree of Master of Arts Application
a) Procedures and Requirements
i) The Graduate College sets residence and other general requirements for the
Master of Arts (M.A.) Formal application for admission to the program is made online through the Graduate College Admissions
http://www.ou.edu/gradcollege/admissions/apply Prospective M.A students will complete the Graduate College application form and forward the required transcripts to the Graduate College In addition, the Department of History
requires:
ii) Three letters of reference, preferably from the applicant's professors
iii) A statement of purpose explaining why the applicant wishes to pursue the
M.A degree, what fields of history interest the applicant, and what the
applicant hopes to do with the degree (approximately 500 words)
iv) An essay, term paper, or seminar paper, preferably from a history course
v) Completed applications are forwarded to the Department of History for
review The Graduate Studies Committee uses the following criteria in
admissions decisions Students must
vi) Have a 3.5 or better grade-point average in a 4-point system in all courses in history taken as an undergraduate
vii) And have a 3.5 or better grade-point average in all courses taken during the last two years of undergraduate study
*Meeting these requirements does not, however, guarantee admission to the program Admission depends on the Graduate Studies Committee's overall evaluation of an
application Qualitative measures, such as the Statement of Purpose, the quality of the submitted paper, and letters of reference are regarded as especially important On rare occasions, students are admitted conditionally, usually when their undergraduate
preparation is inadequate The Graduate Studies Committee may require students who are admitted conditionally to take 12 hours of course work in history earning a 3.5 GPA before they are considered for regular admission The courses will be selected by the chair of the Graduate Studies Committee in consultation with the student
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A Graduate School New Student Administrative Information
✓ Sooner ID Card: All admitted students can receive their new Graduate student identification card by walk-in appointments at 900 Asp Avenue The office is open 8AM-5PM Monday through Friday weekly The cost
is $15 by cash or check only
✓ Parking passes can be purchased through the following website
person The OU parking maps can be found at
B Graduate Student Life
✓ The OU Graduate Student Life Center is open to all Graduate School students Monday through Friday 9AM-5PM not including federal holidays The center offers study areas, conference rooms and amenities for all
C Additional Graduate Student Resources
✓ Scholarly Lounge and rentable study rooms are available at the Bizzell Memorial Library on the Lower Level floors one and two respectively Contact the library help desks for more information
✓ Resource Guide here: http://www.ou.edu/gradcollege/new-students
D Setting up your accounts
✓ Set up your sooner email through setting up your account at the
following link: https://accounts.ou.edu/Account/NewAccountSetup
✓ To set up your OUNet (4x4) account refer to the following link:
E Emergency notification system sign up
✓ To sign up for emergency situation and weather alerts follow the step by step guide at https://www.ouhsc.edu/police/Emergency-
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✓ The Graduate Studies Committee consists of the Director of Graduate Studies, who chairs the committee, and two other faculty members The Committee will have primary responsibility for overseeing the graduate program in history, including responsibilities of recruitment, admission, funding, and curriculum
✓ The Graduate Studies Committee must comply with all University and Graduate College policies and with the Department’s Governance document
G Graduate Student Liaison-Janie Adkins
✓ Assists in enrolling in classes
✓ Negotiating paperwork
✓ Provides support daily, primary contact for administrative items
III Departmental Events and Resources
1) Department Workshops -Example
a) Workshops are conducted each semester; all Graduate students are highly
encouraged to attend these events
b) From the Graduate Director, Dr Raphie Folsom, these events are important
for various reasons:
i) They allow you to see professional historical scholarship in the process of publication
ii) They expose you to ideas, methods, sources, and people from outside your field that may prove useful in your own work
iii) They allow you to give support, in the form of constructive criticism and praise, to scholars who will later be able to do the same for you, when you present in this series
iv) I realize that scheduling is complicated, and that we all have enormously complicated and busy professional lives But I urge all graduate students, particularly those in the earlier stages of their careers, to prioritize the
workshop series
2) Phi Alpha Theta Award Dinner-Example
a) This is held annually to recognize History Department undergraduate and
graduate students’ accomplishments, awards and fellowship winners It is
usually held in March or April It is a festive occasion with dinner, remarks from the Department Chair, and the presentation of the awards This is an opportunity for all undergraduate and graduate students in the History
Department to come together and recognize the incredible achievements
completed throughout the annual year with awards, social interaction and
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3) Scholarly Visits
a) Throughout each semester various lecture series will be offered as Scholars and
visitors rotate through the campus These lectures will be announced by the department as they are scheduled, all History Department members are
encouraged to attend and support Please contact the point of contact or Janie Adkins for more information on lecture series as they arise
4) Job Talks
a) Depending on the hiring status of the History Department, there may be job
talks from prospective hires throughout the semester These opportunities are imperative to the future of the History Department and future students and are highly encouraged for maximum attendance It is expected that the department members will read all job talk documents prior to the presentation and will ask pertinent and professional questions towards the candidates
b) During some Job Talk interviews, opportunities will arise for meals and
escorting scholars to various locations according to itineraries Graduate
students are afforded the ability to conduct one on one conversations with the interviewees allowing both the expansion of knowledge and opinion
formulation on the best potential candidates for the department
5) Calls for Papers and Various Conferences
a) Throughout the semester there may be opportunities to present and develop
papers for a wide variety of organizations and Universities Graduate students should treat these calls for papers and ability to present their topics with
enthusiasm and take advantage as they are able
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Dr James S Hart Jr
Department Chair and Hudson Fellow
Email: jshart@ou.edu Office: DAHT 406A Research: Tudor-Stuart England, Ireland
Dr Raphael Folsom Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Email: raphael.folsom@ou.edu Office: DAHT 821
Research: Latin American History
Dr Gary Clayton Anderson Research Professor
Email: gcanderson@ou.edu Office: DAHT 311
Research: American Indian History, Ethnohistory
Dr Alfred S Bradford John Saxon Chair of Ancient History
Email: abradford@ou.edu Office: DAHT 422
Research: Ancient Greek and Roman History
Dr Kathleen A Brosnan Paul and Doris Eaton Travis Chair of Modern History
Email: kbrosnan@ou.edu Office: DAHT 820
Research: U.S Western and Environmental History, Urban, Legal and Public History
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Email: cane@ou.edu Office: DAHT 312 Research: Latin American History
Dr David Chappell Rothbaum Professor of History
Email: dchappell@ou.edu Office: DAHT 421
Research: Human Rights and Social Movements, African American History, Economic History, Intellectual
Dr Jennifer Davis Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Email: Jennifer.j.davis@ou.edu Office: DAHT 424
Research: French History
Dr Lauren Duval Assistant Professor
Email: lduval@ou.edu Office: DAHT 416 Research: Early America, American Revolution, Women’s and Gender History
Dr Elyssa Faison Associate Professor
Email: efaison@ou.edu Office: DAHT 423
Research: Japanese History
Dr Steven M Gillon Professor
Email: smgillon@ou.edu Office: N/A
Research: Modern U.S History, Resident Historian of the History Channel
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Email: grinberg@ou.edu Office: DAHT 416
Research: American Jewish History, Modern U.S History, Women’s and Gender History
Dr Robert L Griswold Professor
Email: rgriswold@ou.edu Office: DAHT 804C
Research: Recent U.S and American Social History
Dr Miriam Gross Associate Professor
Email: mdgross@ou.edu Office: DAHT 409B
Research: Modern Chinese and Asian History
Dr Sarah Hines Assistant Professor
Email: sarahthines@ou.edu Office: DAHT 317
Research: Latin American and the Caribbean
Dr Sandie Holguin Professor
Email: sholguin@ou.edu Office: DAHT 315
Research: Modern European Intellectual and Cultural History, Modern Spain
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Email: Jennifer.holland@ou.edu Office: DAHT 417
Research: Gender and Women’s History, North American West,
20th Century U.S History
Dr Anne Hyde Professor
Email: anne.hyde@ou.edu Office: MH 556
Research: 19th Century North American West, Native America, Race
Dr Ben Keppel Professor
Email: bkeppel@ou.edu Office: Copeland Hall 117
Research: 20th Century United States, African American History
Dr Alan Levenson Schusterman/Josey Chair in Judaic History
Email: alevenson@ou.edu Office: DAHT 305
Research: Jewish Intellectual, Literary and Religious History
Dr Roberta Magnusson Associate Professor
Email: rmagnusson@ou.edu Office: DAHT 822
Research: Medieval European and Italian History
Trang 12Dr Adam Malka Associate Professor
Email: acmalka@ou.edu Office: DAHT 413 Research: The Early U.S Republic, North American Slavery, Law, Politics and Society
Dr R Warren Metcalf Associate Professor
Email: w.metcalf@ou.edu Office: DAHT 419
Research: American Indian History, American West
Dr Stephen H Norwood Professor
Email: shnorwood@ou.edu Office: DAHT 819
Research: 20th Century U.S History, American Social and Labor History, Jewish and Holocaust Studies
Dr Garret Olberding Associate Professor
Email: golberding@ou.edu Office: DAHT 313
Research: Ancient Chinese History
Dr Bala Saho Associate Professor
Email: bsaho1@ou.edu Office: DAHT 412
Research: African History, 19th and 20th Centuries, Colonialism
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Dr Carsten Schapkow Associate Professor
Email: cschapkow@ou.edu Office: DAHT 316
Research: Modern Jewish History, German History
Dr Rhona Seidelman Assistant Professor
Email: rds@ou.edu Office: DAHT 409D
Research: Israel, Immigration, Public Health, Quarantine
Research: Late Antiquity and Medieval Jewish History, Hebrew
Dr Melissa K Stockdale Professor
Email: mstockdale@ou.edu Office: DAHT 420
Research: Russian and Soviet History
Dr Janet Ward Professor, Faculty Director, OU Humanities Forum
Email: janet.ward@ou.edu Office: Carnegie Building 202/203
Research: Urban Studies, Visual Culture, Memory Studies, 20thCentury German, Border Studies
Trang 14Dr Jane Wickersham Associate Professor
Email: jwickersham@ou.edu Office: DAHT 314
Research: Italian and Reformation History
Dr David Wrobel Dean, OU College of Arts and Sciences
Email: David.wrobel@ou.edu Office: ELLH 318
Research: North American West and American Intellectual and Cultural History
Janie Adkins Administrative Assistant/
Graduate Program Coordinator
Email: janie@ou.edu Office: DAHT 403A
Christa Seedorf Office Manager/Financial Associate
Email: christaseedorf@ou.edu Office: DAHT 403A
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1) What courses are offered (annual)
a) What they are
i) Reading seminar
ii) Research Seminar
iii) Directed Readings
iv) Courses in other departments
v) Languages
vi) Thesis Hours-Not the numbers; administrative
V The Master’s Program
1) Graduate Student Responsibilities
a) University Academic Policies and Procedures/Student Honesty Code You are
expected to be knowledgeable of the policies and requirements of your
graduate program, Graduate School, and University and you should commit to meeting these requirements, including your teaching responsibilities
b) You need to comply with the University’s Academic Policies and Procedures,
to include the Student Academic Honesty Code, institutional safety laboratory practices and research policies, human resources rules and regulations, and all other policies and procedures related to the graduate student program
2) Graduate College Information
a) Graduate students must comply with all requirements of the Graduate College
This information can be found at
http://www.ou.edu/gradcollege/forms/bulletin#contentpar_text_1776094486
3) General Administrative Guidance
a) Change of Address/Information -If personal contact information changes
during the semester/year (phone/address/email/office hours), please email Janie in the History department office with the new information as soon as possible
b) To update your information for OU: Current OU students log in to
one.ou.edu using their OU Net ID and password, and update their student address information with the University online through the Personal
Information channel on the Home tab OU students who are also OU
employees also need to update their address information with the Office of Human Resources online through the PeopleSoft Self-Service Web page
4) How Advising Works
a) Dr Folsom for the first semester; then what happens-potential addition of an
advising form (formal agreement)
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be assigned a major professor during the first semester of study The major professor will act as the student's advisor and meet with the student every
semester to monitor academic progress and to help select courses The major professor will also preside over the M.A examination committee
c) The department expects students to complete the masters within two years To
meet Graduate College regulations, the student must complete all work for the M.A degree within five (5) calendar years after enrollment in the graduate program
d) The major professor will formally evaluate the student each spring semester
The Graduate College requires that the grad student receive a copy of this evaluation no later than the 14th week of the SP semester The Grad
Administrator will prepare the template and distribute them to the committee chairs by the 1st of March Other faculty members who teach the student may also prepare evaluations, with copies copy going to the student, the major
professor, and the Graduate Studies Committee
5) Planning Degree Program
a) The department of history offers two programs leading to the M.A degree A
student planning to pursue doctoral work at the University of Oklahoma will take the thesis program The non-thesis program is primarily for the student for example, a secondary school teacher who is not planning to pursue history graduate work beyond the master's level at the University of Oklahoma
Completion of the thesis program does not automatically qualify a student for
admission into the Ph.D program
b) Departmental Requirements for the Thesis Program
c) Students must complete thirty (30) hours of graduate work, earning at least a
3.0(B) average Students should enroll in a minimum of 3 thesis hours during
the semester in which the thesis is defended
d) M.A students must take at least 5 graduate seminars (3 hours each) for a
total of 15 hours Americanist MA students should take at least one pre-1865 U.S history seminar and one post-1865 seminar Latin Americanist MA
students should take both a colonial-era and republican-era seminar when these are offered In addition, each student must take 9 hours of other coursework (upper-division courses for MA credit or directed readings) Of these 24 hours (15 + 9), 12 credits, or 4 courses, must be in a major field of study, 1 course should be in a research seminar when possible, and 9 credits, or 3 courses, in a comparative field hours can be in elective courses or seminars The remaining (5) credit hours are the thesis hours All seminars and coursework are chosen in
consultation with the major advising professor
e) Every incoming master’s student must enroll in HIST 5001: Navigating the
History Profession for 1 credit hour This course does not count as one of the