VITA

John L. Rector

Western Oregon University

 

Professor, History

Graduate and Undergraduate Faculty

 

1.  ACADEMIC DEGREES

 

    Ph.D. Indiana University, 1976; History

    M.A.  Indiana University, 1970; History

    B.A.  Whitman College, 1965; History

 

2.  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

    1987-present  Western Oregon University

     2006              Northwest Council on Study Abroad Program, Rosario, Argentina

    1977-1987     Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Assoc. Prof.)

    1983-1984     Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica de Chile (Visiting Professor)                                                     

    1976-1977     Lewis and Clark College (Lecturer)

    1970-1972     Indiana University (Assoc. Instructor)

    1968-1969     Peace Corps Training, University of Washington (Director of Cultural Studies)

    1965-1968     Peace Corps Volunteer, Chile

 

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  Chicago Joint Center for Latin

           American Studies, 1986        

    Fulbright Visiting Professor, Chile, 1983-84

    National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on Latin American Economic

           History, Univ. of Chicago, 1982

    Organization of American States Fellowship, 1975

    Indiana University Graduate Grant, 1974

    Fulbright Fellowship, Chile, 1972

    Latin American Studies Association

   

 

4. PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

 

    Chair, Social Science Division, 2006-present

    President, Faculy Senate, Western Oregon University 2005-2006

    Western Oregon University Sesquicentennial Committee 2005-2006  

    Lecturer, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, Puebla, Mexico, 2004

    Co-director, Fulbright Program for Teachers in Puebla, Mexico, summer 2003

    Western Oregon University Faculty Senate, 2003-2006

    Chair, Northwest Council on Study Abroad, 1998-2000  (Consortium of thirteen public

           universities in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington promoting overseas study programs)

     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 Mexico, 1996

    Chair/Co-Chair, Department of History and Political Science, 1988-91; 1994-96

    Member of the Faculty Union Bargaining Team, 1997-1998

    Chair, International Education and Services Committee, 1992-94

    Chair, Cultural Awareness Commission, 1990-92

    Director of Puerto Rican Endowment for the Humanities Lecture Series, Ponce, Puerto

          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 Chile, Greenwood University Press, 2003 and Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

 

    Book reviews:

    Luz María Méndez Beltrán, La exportación minera de Chile 1800-1840, in Hispanic   American Historical Review (herafter HAHR), vol. 86:2 (May 2006), 413-414.

   Maria Graham , Journal of a Residence in Chile, ed., Jennifer Hayward, HAHR, vol.85:3 (August 2005), 502-503.

    Cristián Gazmuri, Eduardo Frei Montalva y su época in, HAHR, vol. 84:1 (Feb. 2004), 179-180.

    Gonzalo F. Córdoba, Resident Commissioner Santiago Iglesias and His Times, in HAHR , vol. 75:4 (Nov. 1995), 701-702

    Fernando Picó, Al filo del poder and Sherrie L. Baver, The Political Economy of Colonialism: The State of Industrialization in Puerto Rico, HAHR, vol 74 (Nov. 1994), 749-751.

     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 Oxford University Press, 1989

    

     Articles

 

     "La influencia de la historia, la literatura y las bellas artes en la cultura puertorriqueña," Las humanidades en el Puerto Rico de hoy, (Ponce, 1988), 49-53.

       "El impacto económico de la independencia de Chile," Historia, XX, (1986), 295-318.

       "Pensamiento y realidad económica durante la independencia de Chile," Quintas Jornadas de Historia de Chile, (Universidad de Santiago, 1984).

       "Arturo Alessandri," in Biographical Dictionary of Modern Peace Leaders, Greenwood Press, 1985.

       "Transformaciones comerciales producidas por the independencia de Chile," Revista Chilena de Historia y Geografía, (hereafter RCHG) CXLIII (1975), 107-126.

       "El mercader y su casa comercial," RCHG, CXLIV (1976), 62-80.

 

      Papers Presented

 

     "The Politics of Free Trade Revisited: The Case of Chile," for Oregon Academy of Sciences (hereafter OAS), Reed College, Feb. 25, 1995

     "NAFTA's Challenge to Mexican Nationalism," OAS, Oregon State University, Feb. 26, 1994

     "Reflections on Latin American Sovereignty: The Case of Chile," OAS, Willamette University, Feb. 22, 1992.

            "The Politics of Inflation in Latin Ameica: The Achilles Heel of the New Democracies," OAS, Pacific U., Feb. 24, 1990.

            "The Latin American Debt in Historical Perspective: The Case of Chile," OAS, Univ. of Portland, 1989.

     "El impacto económico del descubrimiento de América," Museo de Ponce, Feb. 19, 1986.

     "The Economic Impact of Independence in Latin America: The Case of  Chile," Southwestern Social Science Association, Houston, March 16-19, 1983

     "Economic Nationalism and Chilean Independence," Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, University of Southern California, August 1980.

 

    Recent forums and lectures

 

“Human Rights and the Foreign Policy of the United States,” Law School, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2006.    

“Peace Makers and Peace Keepers of the United Nations,” League of Women Voters, Salem October 3, 2003

    "Thirty Years After the Revolution in Chile," WOU, February 16, 2000

     "The United Nations," CCTV, Salem, March 11, 1998

     "The Crisis in Mexico" and "Can Miracles Happen in Haiti," with Prof. Narasingha Sil for CCTV, Salem, 1995.

     "The U.S. in Haiti: The Second Time Around," Faculty Research Forum, Oregon Room, October 28, 1994

      " Buying and Selling NAFTA in Canada and Mexico" with Prof. Max Geier, Oregon Room, January 19, 1994.

 

7. COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

     St. Timothy's Episcopal Church Vestry, 1997-2000; Recorder, 2002-present