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Dr.
Tom Isern
Professor
| Current
Courses Taught |
| U.S.
to 1877 |
| U.S.
since 1877 |
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The
North
American
Plains |
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Australia
and
New
Zealand
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| Canada |
| Senior
Seminar |
Link
to Plains Folk
Link
to Dr. Isern's Homepage
Link
to The Center for Heritage Renewal
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Tom
Isern
(Ph.D. 1977, Oklahoma State University: History and Folklore of
the North American plains, History of Agriculture). Custom
Combining on the Great Plains: A History (University of Oklahoma
Press, 1981); (with Jim Hoy) Plains Folk: A Commonplace of
the Great Plains (University of Oklahoma Press, 1987); (with
Raymond Wilson) Kansas Land (Gibbs Smith, 1988); Bull
Threshers and Bindlestiffs: Harvesting and Threshing on the North
American Plains (University Press of Kansas, 1990); (with
Jim Hoy) Plains Folk II: The Romance of the Landscape
(University of Oklahoma Press, 1990); Dakota Circle: Excursions
on the True Plains (NDSU Institute for Regional Studies, 2000).
701-799-2942. E-Mail Dr.
Isern
Teaching
Awards:
1999, Peltier Award for Innovative Teaching.
Awards: 2000, Fargo
Chamber of Commerce Distinquished Professorship Award.
Research Awards:
1981, Robinson Award, South Dakota History; 1991, Phi
Alpha Theta Subsequent Book Award.
Professional Service:
1993-present, Founder and Section Coordinator, New Zealand Studies
Section, Western Social Science Association; 1993-present, Board
of Directors, Preservation North Dakota; currently serving on
editorial boards of Heritage of the Great Plains, Agricultural
History, and Kansas History.
University Service:
1998, Outstanding Educator Award, CAHSS Advisory Board; 1999-present,
Acquisitions Editor, NDSU Institute for Regional Studies.
External Grants:
1996, Fulbright Commission, Programme Development Grant, New Zealand;
1997, Faculty Enrichment Programme, Embassy of Canada; 1993-present,
North Dakota Humanities Council, "Great Books of the Great Plains;"
1997-98, State Historical Society of North Dakota, "Historic Architectural
Survey of Bowman County;" 1998-2000, City of Valley City, "Historic
Structures Survey;" 1999-2000, North Dakota Humanities Council,
"Beets and Buffalo;" 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, National Endowment for the Humanities,
"The Great Plains from Texas to Saskatchewan."
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