Dr. David Danbom

Professor

Associate Editor of the Agricultural History Journal

David Danbom (Ph.D. 1974, Stanford University: Agriculture and Rural Life, Recent U.S., Progressive period) Resisted Revolution: Urban America and the Industrialization of Agriculture (Iowa State University Press, 1979); "World of Hope": Progressives and the Struggle for an Ethical Public Life (Temple University Press, 1987); "Our Purpose is to Serve": The First Century of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1990); "Born in the Country": A History of Rural America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995).
Telephone: 701-231-8656.

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Teaching Awards: 1985, 1990, 1997, Mortar Board Preferred Professor; 1990, Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award; 1990, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) North Dakota Professor of the Year; 2002, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Outstanding Educator Award.

Research Awards: 1979, Vernon Carstensen Award, Agricultural History Society; 1980, Nominated for the Frederick Jackson Turner Award from the Organization of American Historians; 1989 and 2000, Editor's Choice Award, State Historical Society of North Dakota; 1990, Fargo Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Professor; 1990, "Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award," College of Humanities and Social Sciences; 1990, Lake Agassiz Publication Award, Red River Valley Heritage Society; 1998, NDSU Faculty Lecturer; 1998, NDSU Nominee for Phi Kappa Phi national Scholar.
University Service: 1991-1996, Fargo Chamber of Commerce Professor Selection Committee; 1994-1996, Ad Hoc Committee to Revise Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation Policies; 1995-1999, Standing Committee on Faculty Rights; 1995-present, Honorary Degree Committee; 1998-99, Presidential Search Committee; 1999-2000, Interim Chair of History Department; 2000, Grants and Awards Committee; 2002-2005, University Senate; 2002-present, Rhodes Scholarship Coordinator; 2004-present, Advisory Board for Student Affairs; 1995-present, Honorary Degree Committee.

Professional Service: 1982-92, Co-Editor, ND Institute for Regional Studies; 1990-91, President, Agricultural History Society; 1982-90, Executive Secretary, Red River Valley Heritage Society; 1990-1999, Member, Fargo Historic Preservation Society; 1994-1998, President, Fargo Historic Preservation Society; 1996, Larry Rowen Remele Award, Northern Great Plains History Conference; 2000, Fargo Historic Preservation Commission; 1978, 1985, 1992, 2003, Program Chair for the Northern Great Plains History Conference; 2000-present, Book Review Editor of NEW DEAL; 1997-present, Editorial Board of NORTH DAKOTA HISTORY; 2003-present, Associate Editor of AGRICULTURAL HISTORY.

External Grants: 1998-99, Larry Remele Fellowship, North Dakota Humanities Council.