VITA
John L. Rector
Professor,
History
Graduate
and Undergraduate Faculty
1. ACADEMIC DEGREES
M.A.
B.A.
2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1987-present
2006 Northwest Council on Study Abroad
Program,
1977-1987 Catholic
1983-1984 Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica de Chile (Visiting Professor)
1976-1977 Lewis and
1970-1972 Indiana University (Assoc. Instructor)
1968-1969 Peace Corps Training, University of
Washington (Director of Cultural Studies)
1965-1968 Peace Corps
3.
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Phi
Alpha Theta History Honor Society, advisor, 2001 to present
President, Phi Kappa Phi 1994-95
Chair,
Academic Excellence Week, 1993-94
Visiting Scholar, University of
Illinois-University of
American Studies, 1986
Fulbright Visiting Professor, Chile,
1983-84
National Endowment for the Humanities
Summer Seminar on Latin American Economic
History,
Organization of American States Fellowship,
1975
Fulbright Fellowship,
Latin American Studies Association
4.
PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Chair, Social Science Division,
2006-present
President,
Lecturer, National Endowment for the
Humanities Summer Institute,
Co-director, Fulbright Program for Teachers
in
Chair, Northwest Council on Study Abroad, 1998-2000 (Consortium of
thirteen public
universities
in
Board member, State Historical Records
Advisory Board 1997 to present
Consultant for the Oregon International
Council (Latin American seminar)
Co-chair for WOU Faculty Seminar in
Chair/Co-Chair, Department of History and
Political Science, 1988-91; 1994-96
Member of the Faculty
Chair, International Education and Services
Committee, 1992-94
Chair, Cultural Awareness Commission,
1990-92
Director of Puerto Rican Endowment for the
Humanities Lecture Series,
Rico 1986
University Senate, Catholic University of Puerto
Rico, 1979-82; 1986-87
International Council Member, Phi Alpha
Theta, 1982-84
President, Board of Directors, Centro de Orientación y Servicios de la
Playa de Ponce,
Sister Isolina
Ferré, 1978-82; 1987
6.
PUBLICATIONS
The History of
Book reviews:
Luz María Méndez Beltrán, La exportación minera de
Maria Graham , Journal of a Residence in Chile, ed.,
Jennifer
Gonzalo F. Córdoba, Resident Commissioner Santiago Iglesias and His Times, in HAHR , vol. 75:4
(Nov. 1995), 701-702
Fernando Picó, Al filo
James J. Lorence,
Enduring Voices, 2nd ed., for DC
Heath, 1994
Critical Thinking Skills in U.S. History,
vol I, for DC Heath, 1993
Michael C. Meyer and William L. Sherman, The Course of Mexican History, 3rd ed., for
Articles
"La influencia
de la historia, la literatura
y las bellas artes en la cultura puertorriqueña," Las
humanidades en el Puerto Rico de hoy,
(
"El impacto económico de la independencia de
"Pensamiento
y realidad económica durante la independencia
de
"Arturo Alessandri," in Biographical
Dictionary of Modern Peace Leaders,
"Transformaciones comerciales producidas por the independencia de
"El mercader y su casa comercial," RCHG, CXLIV (1976), 62-80.
Papers Presented
"The Politics of Free Trade
Revisited: The Case of Chile," for
"NAFTA's
Challenge to Mexican Nationalism," OAS,
"Reflections on Latin American
Sovereignty: The Case of
"The Politics of Inflation in
Latin Ameica: The Achilles Heel of the New
Democracies," OAS,
"The Latin
American Debt in Historical Perspective: The Case of
"El impacto
económico
"The Economic Impact of
"Economic Nationalism and Chilean
Recent forums and lectures
“Human Rights and the Foreign Policy of the
“Peace
Makers and Peace Keepers of the United Nations,” League of Women Voters,
"Thirty Years After
the Revolution in
"The United Nations," CCTV,
"The Crisis in
"The
" Buying
and Selling NAFTA in
7.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church Vestry,
1997-2000; Recorder, 2002-present