Kenneth Coleman
Kenrcoleman@gmail.com
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus, 2018-Present
Instructor
U.S. History I
U.S. History II
U.S History III
Portland State University, 2012-2014
Teaching Assistant
Roman History, Prof. Brian Turner, Fall 2012
History of Western Civilization, Prof. David Galaty, Winter 2013
Women and Gender 1920 to Present, Prof. Patricia Schechter, Spring 2013
Greek History, Prof. Brian Turner, Fall 2013
Women and Gender 1848-1920, Prof. Jennifer Kerns-Robinson, Winter 2014
Oregon History, Prof. Katrine Barber, Spring 2014
EDUCATION
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
M.A. in History, 2014
Examination Fields: The American West (Katrine Barber, advisor), Transnationalism (Patricia Schechter, advisor)
Thesis: ”’Dangerous Subjects’: James D. Saules and the Enforcement of the Color Line in Oregon”
Thesis Committee: Katrine Barber (chair), Patricia Schechter, David A. Johnson, Darrell Millner
Post-Baccalaureate in History, 2012
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
B.A, in English, 1993
Minor:Philosophy
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK
“Dangerous Subjects”: James D. Saules and the Rise of Black Exclusion in Oregon (Oregon State University Press, 2017).
Winner: 2019 Oregon Book Awards, Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
ARTICLES
“‘We’ll All Start Even’: White Egalitarianism and the Oregon Donation Land Claim Act.” Oregon Historical Quarterly (Winter 2019). Winner: Western Historical Association, Michael P. Malone Award
“’White Man’s Territory’: The Exclusionary Intent behind the 1850 Donation Land Act.” The Oregon Humanities (April 2018).
REVIEWS, ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES, AND PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP
Review of Hostile Heartland: Racism, Repression, and Resistance in the Midwest, by Brent M.S. Campney, Pacific Historical Review (Summer 2020)
Review of Growing Up with the Country: Family, Race, and Nation after the Civil War by Kendra Taira Field, Pacific Historical Review (Summer 2019)
Review of The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett: Oregon Pioneer and First Governor of California by R. Gregory Nokes, Oregon Historical Quarterly (Winter 2018)
Encyclopedia Entries: “James D. Saules,” “Oregon Rangers”; “Cockstock Incident.” Co-writer of “Dorothea Lange in Oregon,” “Ralph Salisbury,” and “Hill Military Academy” in The Oregon Encylopedia:www.oregoncyclopedia.org
CONFERENCES
Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association’s 113th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon
Panel on “Global Colonialist, White Supremacy, and Oregon,”
August 2020
Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association’s 107th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon
Chair
Panel on Women and Work
August 2014
Pacific Northwest History Conference, Tacoma, Washington.
Panel on “Black Exclusion and the Anxiety of Conquest in the Willamette Valley,”
November 2012
LECTURES
Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon “A White Man’s Democracy: The Drafting of the Oregon State Constitution in the Era of Dred Scott,” August 15, 2018
Willamette Heritage Center Summer History Pub, Salem, Oregon
“’Dangerous Subjects’: The Life of James D. Saules.”
June 2013
PUBLIC HISTORY
Research and Curation: Black United Front Oral History Project Digital Exhibit: https://exhibits.library.pdx.edu/exhibits/show/black-united-front-oral-histor/the-black-united-front-oral-hi
HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 Michael P. Malone Award, Western Historical Association, for the best article, essay, or commentary on state, provincial, or territorial history
2019 Oregon Book Award, Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
MEMBERSHIPS
Western Historical Association, American Historical Association