MARSHA L. WEISIGER
CURRICULUM VITA
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 (history)
M.A., University of Oklahoma, 1991
(history)
B.A., Arizona State University,
1978 (history)
B.A., Arizona State University,
1978 (anthropology)
“Sheep Dreams: Environment, Cultural
Identity, and Gender in Navajo Country.” Manuscript in preparation.
Buildings of Wisconsin. Principal author and co-editor. Forthcoming, 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.
PUBLICATIONS
Land of Plenty: Oklahomans in
the Cotton Fields of Arizona, 1933-1942.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Angie Debo Prize in the
History of the American Southwest, University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.
"The Reception of The Grapes of
Wrath in Oklahoma: A Reappraisal." The Chronicles of Oklahoma 70
(Winter 1991-92): 394-415.
"Mythic Fields of Plenty: The
Plight of the Depression-Era Oklahoma Migrants in Arizona." The Journal of
Arizona History 32 (Autumn 1991): 241-266. C. L. Sonnichsen Award,
1991.
Boosters, Streetcars, and Bungalows.
Phoenix: Roosevelt Action Association, 1984.
The Social and Economic Effects
of the Siting of the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant,
with David Pijawka. Washington, D.C.: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1981.
SELECTED
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
"Sheep is Life: Land Use,
Environment, and Identity in Navajo Country." Western History Association ,
1997.
"Contested Stories of the Land:
Federal Range Experts, Navajos, and Livestock Grazing, 1890-1940." American
Society for Environmental History , 1997.
"Preserving Community History:
Interpreting Cultural Landscapes." Round-table discussion, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1995.
"Preservation Historians: Building
a New Western History." Western History Association , 1993.
"Prelude to The Grapes of Wrath:
Oklahoma Migrants in Arizona." Western History Association, 1990.
SELECTED
ACADEMIC and PUBLICATION AWARDS
King Research Fellow in Southwest History, Southern Methodist University, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, 2000-2001
Environmental Leadership Program
Fellow, 2000-2002
Star Grant, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1997-2000
American Fellow, American
Association of University Women, 1997-98
Phillips Fund Grant, American
Philosophical Society, 1996
Graduate Student Award,
Coordinating Council on Women in History, 1996
Walter Rundell Graduate Student
Award, Western History Association, 1995
A. K. Christian Graduate Fellowship
in History, OU, 1990
SELECTED
PUBLIC HISTORY/CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Oral Historian, Living U.S. Women’s
History Project, 2000-2001
Historian and Editor, Buildings of
Wisconsin project, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1993-present
State Architectural Historian,
Oklahoma Historical Society, 1990-1993
Project Director, “Forgotten
Legacies: Glimpses of Oklahoma's Social and Cultural History," 1991
Curator, "Goin' Down the Road
Feelin' Bad" (traveling exhibit), 1991
Co-owner,
Meacham*Weisiger*Associates (historic preservation consulting), Norman, Okla.,
1987-1990
Program Associate, Oklahoma
Foundation for the Humanities, 1989
Owner, Weisiger & Associates
(historic preservation consulting), Tempe, Ariz., 1982‑1987
Executive Director, Heritage
Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Ariz., 1985
Executive Director, Edna Rider
Whiteman Foundation, Mesa, Ariz., 1984‑1985
Research Analyst and Editor,
Mountain West Research, Inc., Tempe, Ariz., 1979‑1982
Oklahoma Humanities Foundation,
Forgotten Legacies: Glimpses of Oklahoma's Social and Cultural History, 1991
Oklahoma Humanities Foundation,
Oklahoma-Arizona Migration Project (oral history), 1990
Arizona Council for the Humanities,
Oklahoma-Arizona Migration Project (oral history), 1990
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