A Leap from the Ivory Tower: Contemplating Culture and Environmental Disaster (in progress).

"Beyond Environmental Awareness" (in press).

Emergency Response Plan (Providence: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, 2004-7). On-line at http://www.dem.ri.gov/topics/erp.htm.

Agricultural Emergency Response Plan (Providence: Division of Agriculture, RI DEM, 2007). On-line at http://www.dem.ri.gov/topics/ag_erp.htm.

Continuity of Operation Plan (Providence: RI DEM, 2005-7). On-line at http://www.dem.ri.gov/topics/erp/6_14.pdf.

Emergency Response and Remediation of the Mercury Release at the Lawn Terrace Apartment Complex in Pawtucket, 2004 (Providence: RI DEM, 2005). On-line at http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/director/emerresp/pdf/lawnterr.pdf

"Defining America," in Amerika Shakai eno Tamenteki Apurochi [Multiple Approaches to American Society], ed. Yoneyuki Sugita (Okayama, Japan: University Education Press, 2005).

"Defining America," in American Freedoms; American (Dis)Orders, ed. Zbigniew Lewicki (Warsaw, Poland: Warsaw Univeristy, American Studies Center, 2005), Vol. I, pp. 167-175.

“Americans’ Problem With Global Warming,” American Studies 45:1 (Spring 2004), pp. 5-37. Winner of the Stone-Suderman Award in 2006. On-line version at http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz/globalwarming.htm.

Hog Ties: What Pigs Tell Us About America (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002).

"American Studies: Approaches and Concepts," Encyclopedia of American Studies, ed. George Kurian, Miles Orvell, Johnnella Butler, and Jay Mechling (Bethel, CT: Grolier Publishing Company for the [U.S.] American Studies Association, 2001). On-line version at http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz/asconcepts.htm.

(Editor and Contributor), The American Studies Anthology (Lanham, MD: SR Books, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2001).

"A Welcoming Tradition," in Festival of Iowa Folklife: Cultural Crossroads, ed. Rachelle H. Saltzman (Des Moines: Iowa Arts Council Festival Guide and Supplement to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, June 10, 2001), p. 13. Reprinted on-line at http://www.wcfcourier.com/folklife/stories/010611tradition.html

(Photographer) Illustrations in "Traditions" by Rachelle H. Saltzman, Iowa Heritage Illustrated 82:1 (Spring 2001), pp. 40, 44-45.

"Graduate School in the U.S.," Beijing Youth Daily (May 4, 2000), p. 23.

"Us and Them: Folk Life Among Recent U.S. Immigrants," in "The American Century": Looking Back and Beyond (Seoul: American Studies Association of Korea, 1999), pp. 107-114.

"Hog Wars and Pig Politics," in Fear Itself: Enemies Real and Imagined in American Culture, ed. Nancy L. Schultz (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1999). pp. 377-387.

Hog Ties: Pigs, Manure, and Mortality in American Culture (New York: Palgrave Macmillan / St. Martin's Press, 1998).

"To Kvetch and Define a Field," in "American Studies: From Culture Concept to Cultural Studies?" ed. Norman R. Yetman, a special issue of American Studies 38:2, (Summer 1997), pp. 49-68. On-line version at http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz/Tokvetch.htm.

"Working For American Studies In Hong Kong -- Looking Toward 1997," in American Studies in Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China, ed. John J. Deeney and Elena Yuan, Special Issue of HKAC Occasional Papers, Number 5 (Sha Tin: Hong Kong - America Center, 1997), pp. 2-5.

(Contributor), Iowa Folklife: Our People Communities, and Traditions, A Learning Guide for Teachers, Students, and Senior Citizens Produced by the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1997).

"Comments from an Internationalist in the Heartland," Journal of American Studies [American Studies Association of Korea] 28:2 (Winter 1996), pp. 603-605.

"Hogs and the Meaning of Life in Iowa," in 1996 Festival of American Folklife, ed. Catherine Hiebert Kerst (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996), pp. 18-20. Reprinted in Festival of Iowa Folklife: A Sesquicentennial Celebration!, ed. Rachelle H. Saltzman and Catherine Hiebert Kerst (Des Moines: Iowa Sesquicentennial Commission, 1996), pp. 19-20. Reprinted in Mississippi: The River of Song, PBS Online http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/music/e1-hogs.html (The Filmmakers Collaborative and the Smithsonian Institution 1998).

"Shit Happens: An American Studies Engagement," American Studies 34:2 (Fall, 1993), pp. 69-79. On-line version at http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz/Shithappens.htm.

"Just Stories of Ethnographic Authority," in When They Read What We Write: The Politics of Ethnography, ed. Caroline B. Brettell (Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 1993), pp. 31-43.

(Editor and Contributor) Exporting America: Essays on American Studies Abroad (New York: Garland Publishing, 1993).

"The Politics of International American Studies," American Studies International 31:1 (April, 1993), pp. 89-116. On-line version at http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz/politicsias.htm.

"Coming to Terms with International American Studies," in The Fulbright Difference, 1948-1992, ed. Richard T. Arndt and David L. Rubin (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 1993), pp. 459-468. On-line version at http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz/comingtoterms.htm.

"Multiculturalism and University Lore," in Multiculturalism and the Canon of American Culture, European Contributions to American Studies XXIII, ed. Hans Bak (Amsterdam: VU University Press, 1993), pp. 16-26. On-line version at http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz/multicultlore.htm.

"Teaching About Method," American Studies 31:1 (Spring, 1990), pp. 101-116. On-line version at http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz/Teachmethod.htm.

"'Foreign Expertise': American Studies in Taiwan," American Studies International 27:1 (April 1989), pp. 38-62.

"An Artist Makes History: Peter Feldstein and Oxford '84," North Dakota Quarterly 55:1 (Winter 1987), pp. 78-92. On-line version at http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz/oxford/index.html.

The Strip: An American Place, with photographs by Karin E. Becker (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1985).

"Making Sense of Murals," American Quarterly 26:1 (Spring, 1984), pp. 139-144.

(with Karin B. Ohrn), "Mac's and Mil's," in Exploring Society Photographically, ed. Howard S. Becker (Chicago: Mary and Leigh Block Gallery of Northwestern University, 1981), pp.60-67.

"Some Problems in Interpreting Technology and Culture," Journal of the Society for the Humanities and Technology 2:1 (1980), pp. 26-35.

Anthropology Toward History: Culture and Work in a 19th Century Maine Town (Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1978); Electronic Edition (Houston: Questia Media, 2000).

"Architecture and Culture: The Meaning of the Lowell Boardinghouse," American Quarterly 25:1 (1973), pp. 64-82.

Reviews for American Anthropologist, American Quarterly, American Studies, Ethnohistory, Great Plains Quarterly, Annals of Iowa, Journal of Social History, and Winterthur Portfolio.

Contributor, Festival of Iowa Folklife: Cultural Crossroads, Waterloo, IA, June 15-17, 2001.

Contributor, Festival of Iowa Folklife (Iowa Sesquicentennial Commission), Des Moines, IA, August 22-25, 1996.

Contributor, Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies), Washington, DC, June 24-July 8, 1996.

Contributor, "Exploring Society Photographically," Howard S. Becker, curator, national touring exhibition, 1982-1983.

Grantee, Consulting contract funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to improve the capability for containment and mitigation of animal care and animal disease emergencies in Rhode Island and to provide support to other RI DEM emergency response intiatives, as required, 2007-09.

Fulbright Senior Specialists Candidate, 2004-present.

Grantee, Roosevelt-Dow Distinguished Research Chair, Roosevelt Study Center, Middelburg, Netherlands, 2006-07.

Principal Investigator, "Emergency Response Planning," one-year research, writing, and conulting grants, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RI DEM), 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04, and 2002-03.

Stone-Suderman Award from MAASA for the year's outstanding article ("Americans' Problems With Global Warming") in American Studies, 2006.

Principal Investigator, “Response to Blurred Vision [Report of the Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union]” for the Office on Highway Safety, Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RI DOT), 2006.

Grantee, U.S.-China Education Trust, to lecture and consult in China on American Studies, May-June, 2005.

Fulbright Senior Specialist, Poland, 2004.

Grantee, U.S. Department of State, to lecture and consult in Senegal on American Studies, May 2003.

Grantee, U.S. Department of State, to lecture and consult in Moldova on American Studies, February-March, 2003.

Elizabeth Kolmer Award from MAASA for Outstanding Mentoring in American Studies, 2002.

Consultant, "Complexity Across Borders: Coupled Human and Natural Systems in Yellowstone Northern Elk Winter Range," National Science Foundation (BCS-BE: Dyn Coupled Natural-Human), 2002-05.

Principal Investigator, "An Ethnographic Study of Climate Considerations in Regional Agricultural Decisions," Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER) Seed Grant, 2000-02.

Collaborator, "Modeling Biocomplexity and Socio-Economic Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: A Proposal to Develop an Interdisciplinary Team" (David L. McGinnis, principal investigator), National Science Foundation (NSF) Planning Grant, 2001-02.

Grantee, Ford Foundation and International Forum for U.S. Studies (IFUSS), "Crossing Borders/Reciprocal American Studies," Research/travel Award, South Africa, 2001.

Stanley Foundation International Travel Grant, (Switzerland and Denmark) 2002, (Norway) 1995, (Denmark) 1993, and (Wales) 1992.

Scout Report, Site Selection for "American Studies Recommendations" <http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz> ( (November 24, 2000).

Distinguished Senior Lectureship, Fulbright Scholar Award, People's Republic of China, 1999-2000.

Grantee, Folklife Program Research, Iowa Arts Council, 2000-01and 1998-99.

Developmental Assignment, University of Iowa, 1999-2000, 1990-91, and 1984-85.

Outstanding Professional Honors, College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa, 1998-99.

New Technology in the Learning Environment (nTITLE) Award, 1997.

Lingnan Foundation Award, 1995-96.

Smithsonian Institution Folklife Research Grant, 1996, 1995.

Member, International Faculty, Center for the Study of American Culture and Language, Salzburg Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, 1995.

Who's Who in America.

Who's Who in Science and Engineering.

Cultural Affairs Council Project Grant, 1995.

American Council of Learned Societies Travel Grant, (Norway) 1995.

Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute, "Telling Tales: Humanities Approaches to the Study of Folk Narrative," June-July, 1992.

Distinguished Senior Lectureship, John Adams Chair of American Studies, Netherlands American Commission for Educational Exchange (Fulbright Award), 1990-91.

United States Information Service and Fulbright Grants, Denmark, Finland, Germany, and Portugal, April-June, 1991, and Switzerland, November 1990.

Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities and Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry, Summer Workshop, "Narrative in the Human Sciences," June-July 1990.

University House Interdisciplinary Research Grant, 1987.

Fellow, National Science Council, Republic of China, 1984-85.

Fulbright Award, U.S. Educational Foundation in India, May-June, 1985.

United States Information Service Grant, Republic of Korea and Japan, April-May, 1985.

Old Gold Summer Fellowship, 1980 and 1981.

John A. Kittredge Fund Grant, 1977, 1974, and 1973.

Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1974-75.

“Defining America,” Ghent University, Belgium, December 12, 2006.

“Internet Resources for American Studies,” Ph.D. Seminar, Roosevelt Study Center, November 29, 2006.

“On-line Resources for the Study of the U.S.” and “Defining America,” Clinton Institute for American Studies, University College Dublin, Ireland, November 19-21, 2006.

“Defining America,” Keynote Address for the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Roosevelt Study Center, Middelburg, Netherlands, November 15, 2006.

“Parables of Diversity,” Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, December 7, 2006, and Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, October 13, 2006.

“American Studies Outside the University: Research and Writing for Environmental Managers, Scientists, Policy Makers, and the Public,” University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, February 24, 2006.

"American Studies Outside the Classroom," American Studies Association Meeting, Washington, DC, November 3, 2005.

"Response to Environmental 'Incidents' in Rhode Island," Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University, October 13, 2005.

"Issues in Teaching Interdisciplinary American Studies," Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, May 15, 2005.

"Defining America," Keynote Address for the Annual Meeting of the Polish Association of American Studies, Warsaw, Poland, October 17, 2004.

"Multiculturalism in American Popular Culture and Science," "Multiculturalism in University Lore," "Teaching About America as a Foreign Country," and "American Studies on the Internet," The American Studies Center of the Warsaw University in Warsaw, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Univeristy in Lublin, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and Center for American Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, October 12 to 21, 2004.

"Preparing for Emergency in Rhode Island," Staff Development Day Session, Brown Univeristy, Providence, RI, June 15, 2004.

"The Changing Face of American Studies in the United States," Keynote Address for the 20th Anniversary American Studies Colloquium, "Shaping the Future Direction of American Studies in Africa," Gorée, Senegal, May 4, 2003.

"Approaches and Concepts in American Studies," "The Concept of American Studies," "Internet Resources for American Studies," and "America as a Foreign Country," The Institute of Political Studies and International Relations, The American Studies Center, and Moldova State University in Chisinau, Russo State University in Balti, and Comrat State University in Comrat, Republic of Moldova, February 23 to March 6, 2003.

"Global Warming, Scientists and 'Stakeholders,'" Conference of the International Society for Literature and Science, Aarhus, Denmark, May 10, 2002.

"Facing and Effacing the Fact of Global Warming," New England American Studies Association Meeting, Boston, MA, April 27, 2002.

"Disease and Discourse," American Studies Association Meeting, Washington, DC, November 9, 2001.

"Relations Between 'Folk' and 'Expert' Knowledge of Climate Change," Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society, Anchorage, AK, October 20, 2001.

"American Studies via the Internet," University of Cape Town, South Africa, August 14, 2001.

"Is It Getting Warmer or Is It Me? -- Stakes in Modern Climatology," Annual Conference of the Mid-America American Studies Association with the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America, Madison, WI, April 20, 2001.

"Musical Strings From Many Lands" (Tai Dam, Iraqi, Mexican, Bosnian Croatian), Folklife Strand of the Iowa Language and Cultural Concerns Conference of the state Department of Education and the Arts Council, the Bureau of Refugee Services, Midwest Equity Assistance Center, Heartland AEA, and MidTESOL, Des Moines, IA, February 8, 2001.

"American Studies in International Contexts," American Studies Association Meeting, Detroit, MI, October 12, 2000.

"American Studies With Asian Characteristics," Keynote Address for the Fulbright Conference on Teaching American Literature and Culture in Asian Learning Contexts, Sun Yat-sen America Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June 1, 2000.

"Parables of Diversity," international conference on "Law and Disorder in American Literature," Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China, May 20, 2000.

"Us and Them: Folk Life Among Recent U.S. Immigrants," Guangxi University, Nanning, P.R. China, April 10, 2000; Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies, Nanjing, P.R. China, March 21, 2000; 34^th International Seminar of the American Studies Association of Korea, Chollanam-Do, October 16,1999.

"On U.S. Multiculturalism: An Exploration Via Pig Lit., Swine Science, History, and Lore," Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China, March 20, 2000.

"America as a Foreign Country," Association of American Studies (Republic of China) Annual Convention, Taiwan University, Taipei, December 18, 1999.

"Doing American Studies by Internet," American Institute in Taiwan and National Science Council of the Republic of China, Taipei, December 16, 1999; Dongbai University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, P.R. China, November 16, 1999.

"Key Terms for International American Studies," Guangxi University, Nanning, P.R. China, April 9, 2000; Dongbai University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, P.R. China, November 17, 1999.

"Folk Expressions and Group identity Among Recent U.S. Immigrants," Mid-America American Studies Association Conference, Omaha, NE, April 16, 1999.

"'American Studies' -- Whose Content, Whose Desire?" Capstone Conference of the International Forum for U.S. Studies, "Outside/In: U.S. Studies In a Global Context," Iowa City, IA, April 25, 1999.

"Sounding America: American Studies After the Seattle Meetings," Roundtable Plenary Session, Mid-America American Studies Association Conference, Omaha, NE, April 16, 1999.

Commencement Address on behalf of the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa, December 19, 1998.

"Culture Wars Around the Hog House," History and American Studies Lecture, Colby College, Waterville, ME April 2, 1998.

"American Studies for the 21^st Century," Plenary Session, Great Lakes American Studies Association Meeting, Oxford, OH, March 7, 1998.

"Some Swine Disease Science," for "Story-Telling in Science and Scholarship," Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry Conference, Iowa City, IA, January 30-31, 1998.

"What Makes a Community and How You Can Study It," "Using Folklife to Teach Social Studies," "Occupational Folklore," "Using Artifacts for Oral History and Folklife Interviews," and folk artist presentations, Iowa Heritage Expo, Des Moines, IA, June 12-14, 1997.

"Hog Wars and Pig Politics," New England American Studies Association Conference, Salem, MA, May 3, 1997.

"Going Public with American Studies: Working Folklife Festivals" and "Using Ethnography to Illuminate the American Experience," Mid-America American Studies Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 25, 1997.

"Multiculturalism in America: A Whimsical, Porcine View," The Johns Hopkins University - Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, Nanjing, P.R. China, May 22, 1996.

"American Studies on the World Wide Web," Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing Foreign Affairs College, Peking University, Guangzhou Foreign Studies University, Zhongshan University, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai Institute for International Studies, Fudan Univesity, Nanjing University, in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Nanjing, P.R. China, May 3-23, 1996.

"To Kvetch and Define a Field," Plenary Paper, Mid-America American Studies Association Conference, St. Louis, MO, April 19, 1996.

"Resources for American Studies on the Web," Hong Kong - America Center, Shatin, NT, March 6, 1996.

"Stepping Into It," Fulbright Forum, Hong Kong, December 1, 1995.

"Teaching about America as a Foreign Country," American Studies Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 10, 1995.

"Say It with Swine," Canadian American Studies Association Conference, Vancouver, BC, October 20, 1995.

"Multicultural Porcinalia," History Seminar, University of Hong Kong, October 5, 1996.

"Husbandry at the Border," Nordic Association for American Studies Biennial Meeting, Oslo, Norway, August 9, 1995.

(Contributor) "The Brave New World of Animal Biotechnology: Can Ethics Meet Reality?" North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Hastings Center, and National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, June 5, 1995.

"The Body Porcine," Joint Meeting of the Mid-America and Rocky Mountain American Studies Associations, Fort Collins, CO, April 8, 1995.

"American Culture as an Export: Crossing Borders and Building Bonds on Foreign Soil," American Studies Association Meeting, Nashville, TN, Oct. 29, 1994.

"The Double Dialectic: The Tension Between Holism and Eclectic Pluralism in American Studies Theory and Practice," position paper, American Studies Association Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 6, 1993.

"Multicultural Hoopla and University Lore," Nordic Association for American Studies Biennial Conference, Odense, Denmark, August 20, 1993.

"Shit Happens," 1993 Presidential Address, Mid-America American Studies Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 17, 1993.

"International American Studies as U.S. Intervention," American Studies Association Convention, Costa Mesa, CA, Nov. 8, 1992.

"International American Studies as Americanization," international conference, "The Americanisation of Culture," Swansea, Wales, Sept. 17, 1992.

"The Politics of International American Studies," New University of Lisbon, Portugal, June 6; Kennedy Institute, Free University of Berlin, Germany, May 13; Finnish American Studies Association Meeting, University of Tampere, April 20; and Roskilde University, Denmark, April 10, 1991.

"Commercial Sprawl and the Quality of Life in the U.S.," New University of Lisbon, Portugal, June 5; Copenhagen School of Economics, April 12; Keynote address for Danish American Studies Association, Copenhagen, April 9; and 1991 American Studies Seminar, Nordwijkerhout, Netherlands, February 1, 1991.

"On the Concept of American Character," Aarhus University, Denmark, April 11, 1991.

"Environments: Built and Found," position paper for the conference, "The Arts and Material Culture: Four Test Cases of Representation," University of California at Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 1990.

"Ethnographic Authority When Push Comes to Shove," international symposium, "Writing the Social Text: Anthropological, Sociological, and Literary Perspectives," University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Nov. 19, 1989.

"American Studies as Diplomacy: A View of U.S./Taiwan Relations," Mid-America American Studies Association Conference, Omaha, NE, April 29, 1989.

"Culture, Personality, Comparison: Francis Hsu's Americans and Chinese," Popular Culture/American Culture Association Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 7, 1989.

"On the Concept of National Character," Catholic University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, Nov. 23, 1987.

"Chinese American Studies: A Field Report from the R.O.C.," 1985 American Studies Association Convention, San Diego, CA, Nov. 2, 1985.

"Everyday Life on the Strip: A Woman at Work," New England American Studies Association Conference, Medford, MA, April 14, 1984.

"Method in American Studies: A Reconceptualization," 1983 American Studies Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 6, 1983.

"Character Sketch to Culture: Two Women at Work," California American Studies Association Conference, Palo Alto, CA, May 1, 1983.

"The Strip: Fieldwork in a Modern American Community," 1979 American Studies Association Convention, Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 30, 1979.

"Technological Change and Occupational Identity," 1978 Conference of the Society for the History of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 20, 1978.

"Eugene O'Neill Event--The American Family: Fact and Fantasy," with two performances by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Iowa City, IA, Jan. 24-26, 1978.

"Teaching Undergraduate Courses in American Studies," 1977 American Studies Association Convention, Boston, MA, Oct. 28, 1977.

"Farmers and Agri-Cultural Change," Bicentennial Symposium, St. Anselm's College, Manchester, NH, Oct. 23, 1976.

"Ethnoscience in American Studies: Methodology," 1975 American Studies Association Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 7, 1975.

"The Lowell Boardinghouse," Merrimack Textile Museum Lecture Series, Lowell, MA,
May 5, 1974.

Senior Fellow, The Coastal Institute, 2002-present

External Examiner, American Studies, University of Hong Kong, 2007-present

Roosevelt-Dow Distinguished Research Chair, Roosevelt Study Center, Middelburg, Netherlands, 2006-07

Marine Research Associate IV, University of Rhode Island, 2004-06

Visiting Scholar of American Civilization, Brown University, 2002-06

Visiting Professor of American Studies, University of Iowa, 2006

"Introduction to Ethnographic Fieldwork"

Visiting Scholar of American Civilization, Harvard University, 2002-04.

Professor of American Studies, University of Iowa, 1977-present (Professor Emeritus as of 2004):

"Theory and Practice in American Studies"
"America as a Foreign Culture"
"Sources for American Studies"
"Turning Points in American Culture"
"Seminar in Writing about Cultures"
"Cultural Imperialism At Home and Abroad"
"Interviewing Americans"
"American Community Studies"
"Non-fiction Representation in Film and Literature"
"American Character"
"Disciplinary Cultures in the University"
"Seminar in Culture Theory"
"Aging in America"
"Fieldwork in American Communities"
"American Values"
"American Communities: The Strip"
"Ethnographic Writing"
"Ethnographic Film"
Plus courses cross-listed or team-taught with Anthropology, Communication Studies, English, and Literature, Science and the Arts.

Consultant, "Complexity Across Borders: Coupled Human and Natural Systems in Yellowstone Northern Elk Winter Range," National Science Foundation (BCS-BE: Dyn Coupled Natural-Human), 2002-05.

Consultant for Shook, Hardy, and Bacon on "Awareness and Common Knowledge of Risk in America," 2002-03.

Consultant for Curriculum Development and Lecturer, The Institute of Political Studies and International Relations, The American Studies Center, and Moldova State University in Chisinau, Russo State University in Balti, and Comrat State University in Comrat, Moldova, 2003.

Distinguished Senior Fulbright Scholar, consultant to the American Studies Center, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1999-2000:

"Introduction to American Culture"
"Approaches to American Studies"
"America as a Foreign Country"

Fieldworker, "Iowa Traditions in Transition," documenting refugee and immigrant folklife, Iowa Arts Council Folklife Program in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Community Folklife Program, the Bureau of Refugee Services, the Commission on Latino Affairs, and the statewide ESL program, 1998-99.

Consultant and Presenter, "Vital Communities: Showcase the Past, Imagine the Future," Iowa Heritage Expo ’97, teacher training workshops, State Historical Society of Iowa, June 12-14, 1997.

Presenter, Festival of American Folklife and Festival of Iowa Folklife, Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, and Iowa Sesquicentennial Commission, Summer 1996.

Hired hand (part-time), tending 2000+ acres of row and forage crops, hogs, and cattle, Stutsman Farms, Johnson County, Iowa, 1977-96

Lingnan Scholar in American Studies, Hong Kong, 1995-96
Visiting Scholar, Honk Kong - America Center, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Visiting Professor of History, The University of Hong Kong:

"Introduction to American Studies"
"America as a Foreign Country"
"America at Century’s End"

Fieldworker, Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, Summer 1995.

John Adams Professor, American Studies, Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1990-91:

"Modern American Communities"
"The U.S. and Cultural Imperialism"
"Modern America on View: Observational Cinema"

Visiting Research Professor, Institute of American Culture, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Republic of China, 1984-85.

Core Faculty, USEFI/ASRC History and Political Science Course, American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad, India, 1985.

American Participant, USIS, Japan and Republic of Korea, 1985.

Assistant Professor, American Studies, University of Minnesota, 1976-77:

"Introduction to American Studies"
"Introspection and Ethnography"
"Methodology in American Studies"
"Fieldwork in American Cultures"
"Aging in America"
"Perspectives on the Great Depression"

Assistant Professor, History and American Studies, Colby College, 1975-76:

"Survey of U.S. History"
"Understanding the American Past: Method"
"Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1800"
"Ethnic Groups in Maine and Nation"
"Exploring Local History"
"Fieldwork in American Cultures"

Teaching Assistant, History and American Civilization, University of Pennsylvania, 1972-73:

"American Revolution and Early National Period"
"Modern American Values"

External Examiner, American Studies, University of Hong Kong, 2007-

Member, Board of Directors, Blackstone River Theatre, Cumberland, RI, 2007-

Coordinator, [Narragansett] Bay Assessment and Response Team (BART), 2004-

International Advisory Board, International Forum for U.S. Studies (IFUSS), 1995-

Referee, The Marsden Fund, The Royal Society of New Zealand for the Advancement and Promotion of Science and Technology, 2000-

Media Panel (Grants for Documentary Radio), Division of Public Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), 2006

Peer Review Committee, Fulbright Senior Specialists Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), 2006-07 and 2001-02

Lwati: A Journal of Contemporary Research (Swaziland), Editorial Board, 2004-07

Coordinator, Northeastern University (NEU) American Studies Curriculum Development, Shenyang, PRC, 2005

Coordinator, Rhode Island Oil Spill Science Team (RIOST), 2002-03

Local Arrangements Committee, American Society for Environmental History, 2003

Media Panel (Grants for Documentary Film/Video), Division of Public Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), 2002

Director of Graduate Studies, American Studies, 1993-2002

Director of Public Outreach, American Studies, 2000-02

University Study Abroad Scholarship Committee, 2000-02

American Studies (U.S.), Editorial Board, 1990-2002; Co-chair of the Journal Review Committee, 1988

Consultant, Iowa Humanities Board (IHB), 1991-2002

Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Iowa Arts Council

Folk Arts Advisory Panel, 2000-2002, 1988-1990
Folklife Coordinator Search Committee, 1994

Cultural Diversity General Education Committee, 1993-2002

American Studies Steering Committee, 1977-2002

American Studies Admissions Committee, 1977-2002

American Indian and Native Studies Planning Committee, 1991-2002

Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry (POROI) Advisory Board, 1988-2002 ; Curriculum Committee, 1997-2002

Cooperative Education Liaison, 1986-2002

Museum Studies Planning Committee, 2000-01

Chinese Senior Scholar Selection Committee, Fulbright Program, 1999-2000

Cultural Affairs Council, 1995-2000

Advisory Committee, African-American World Studies, 1988-2000

Coordinator for Asian Dissemination Site, Crossroads Electronic American Studies Project, 1996-2000

Liberal Arts Faculty Assembly, Representative, 1994-2000, 1985-90

Faculty Search Committees:

African American World Studies, 1991-97
American Studies, 1994
American Studies and Women's Studies, 1992-93
American Studies and Communication Studies, 1989-90

H-USA, Editorial Board, 1995-1997

Grantee Selection Committee for Hong Kong, Fulbright Program, 1995-96

Scholar Selection Committee for Hong Kong, Lingnan Foundation, 1995-96

Research Planning Group, The Festival of American Folklife and The Festival of Iowa Folklife, Smithsonian Institution, Iowa Arts Council, and Iowa Sesquicentennial Commission, 1995-96

H-Amstdy, Board of Directors,1994-95

Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA)

Executive Board Member, 1987-94
President, 1992-1993;
Chair of Program Committee for Annual Conference and Vice President, 1991-92;

Departmental Executive Officer, 1986-90

University Faculty Senate, Senator, 1987-90

Affirmative Action Liaison, 1987-89

Rockefeller Post-doctoral Selection Committee, "Rural Women and Feminist Theory," 1988

Undergraduate Director of American Studies, 1982-86

Humanities Consultant for "Women Against Racism," Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC), 1986

Human Subjects Review Committee D, 1979-81

University Committee on Aging, 1978-79