Research & Scholarship

The research and scholarly efforts of our faculty ensure that our students are educated in a vibrant and engaged environment. Recent research and scholarship projects are listed below.

Books

Schweikart, L. E. (2010). Seven Events that Made America America. New York: Sentinel.

Book Chapters

Bednarek, J. R. (2010). Creating an ‘Image Center’: Reimagining Omaha’s Downtown Waterfront, 1986-2003. In Connolly, J. J. (Ed.), After the Factory: Reinventing America’s Small Industrial Cities (pp. 87- 114). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Cadegan, U. M. (2010). Not All Autobiography Is Scholarship: Thinking, as a Catholic, About History. In Fea, J., Green, J., Miller, E. (Ed.), Confessing History: Exploration in Christian Faith and the Historian’s Vocation. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.

Merithew, C. A. (2010). Domesticating the Diaspora: Memory and the Life of Sister Katie. In Loretta Baldassar and Donna Gabaccia (Ed.), Intimacy and Italian Migration: Gender and Domestic Lives in a Mobile World. New York City: Fordham University Press.

Book Reviews

Bednarek, J. R. (2010). Review of Selling Airpower: Military Aviation and American Popular Culture after World War II by Steve Call. Portland, OR: Pacific Historical Review.

Bednarek, J. R. (2010). Review of Piedmont Airlines: A Complete History by Richard Eller. Houston, TX: The Journal of Southern History.

Bednarek, J. R. (2010). Review of Theme Park by Scott Lukas. Dearborn, MI: Technology and Culture.

Cadegan, U. M. (2010). Review of Tracing the Sign of the Cross by Marian Ronan (3rd ed., vol. 121, pp. 99-101). Philadelphia, PA: American Catholic Studies.

Carlson, M. (2010). Review of Treason in the Northern Quarter: War, Terror and the Rule of Law in the Dutch Revolt. (3rd ed., vol. 41, pp. 460-461). Cambridge, MA: Journal of Interdisciplinary History.

Fleischmann, E. L. (2010). Review of Mountain Against the Sea: Essays on Palestinian Society and Culture. (1st ed., vol. 40, pp. 94-95). Washington, DC: Journal of Palestine Studies, University of California Press.

Fleischmann, E. L. (2010). Review of Colonial Encounters Among English and Palestinian Women, 1800-1948. (4th ed., vol. 39, pp. 75-76). Washington, DC: Journal of Palestine Studies, University of California Press.

Heitmann, J. A. (2010). Review of Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors by Charles Hyde. (pp. 1356). Mt. Clemens, MI: Michigan Historical Review.

Heitmann, J. A. (2010). Review of Republic of Drivers and Autophobia. (vol. Feb. 2010, pp. 254-6). Bloomington, IN: American Historical Review.

Morman, P. J. (2010). Review of Interpreting the Renaissance: Princes, Cities, Architects by Manfredo Tafuri. Yale University Press.

Trollinger, W. V. (2010). Review of The New Shape of World Christianity by Mark Noll. (Summer/Fall 2010, vol. 42, pp. 120-122). Grand Rapids, MI: Fides et Historia.

Trollinger, W. V. (2010). Prescient Pacifists (Review of Patricia Appelbaum, Kingdom to Commune: Protestant Pacifist Culture Between World War I and The Vietnam Era, and Joseph Kosek, Acts of Conscience: Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy) (1st ed., vol. 127, pp. 36-38). Chicago, IL: Christian Century.

Grants

Borbonus, D. “Grant-in-aid.” Sponsored by University of Dayton Research Institute, $1,000. (May 15, 2010 - August 14, 2010).

Borbonus, D. “Research Council Seed Grant 2010.” Sponsored by University of Dayton Research Institute, $5,000. (May 15, 2010 - August 14, 2010).

Carter, M. (Principal). “Enlightenment Catholicism: Mathew Carey and the Emergence of the American Church.” Sponsored by Forum on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Today, University of Dayton, $5,000. (May 2010 - August 2010).

Carter, M. (Principal). “Faculty Research Grant.” Sponsored by Center for International Programs, University of Dayton, $1,000. (June 2010 - July 2010).

Merithew, C. A. (Principal). “After Tenure, What?” Sponsored by Fund for Vocational Exploration, University of Dayton, $2,000. (May 15, 2010 - May 15, 2011).

Reid, P. A. (Principal). “Unintended Consequences: Restricting Citizenship in Maryland’s Early Republic, 1789-1829.” Sponsored by National Research Council Seed Grant, $6,000. (June 10, 2010 - September 10, 2010).

Journal Articles

Agnew, C. (2010). Bureaucrats, Sectarians, and the Descendants of Confucius. Late Imperial China, 31(1), 1–27.

Bednarek, J. R. (2010). Creating an “Image Center”: Reimagining Omaha’s Downtown and Riverfront, 1986- 2003. Nebraska History, 90(4), 190-207.

Fleischmann, E. L. (2010). Lost in Translation: Home Economics and the Sidon Girls’ School of Lebanon, c. 1924-1932. Social Sciences and Missions, Special Issue on Gender and Missions in the Middle East, 23(1), 32-62.

Newspapers

Amin, J. A. (2010). University of Dayton Immersion Experience in Cameroon. Buea, Cameroon: The Cameroon Post Online.

Amin, J. A. (2010). Program gives UD students a fresh perspective on Africa. Dayton, OH: Dayton Daily News.

Other

Amin, J. A. (2010). The NAACP. In Hunt, T. C., Carper, J. C., Lasley, T. J., Raisch, C. D. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent (1st ed., vol. 2, pp. 613). NY: Sage Publications.

Amin, J. A. (2010). Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. In Hunt, T. C., Carper, J. C., Lasley, T. J., Raisch, C. D. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent (1st ed., vol. 2, pp. 519). NY: Sage Publications.

Cadegan, U. M. (2010). The Cultural Impact of Roman Catholicism in America. In Lippy, C., Williams, P. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion in America. Washington, DC: CQ Press.

Heitmann, J. A. (2010). Automobiles and Society. Chicago, IL: World Book Encyclopedia.

Heitmann, J. A. (2010). Automobiles and the Environment. Chicago, IL: World Book Encyclopedia.

Heitmann, J. A. (2010). Ransom Eli Olds. Chicago, IL: World Book Encyclopedia.

Heitmann, J. A. (2010). The Economic Impact of the Automobile. Chicago, IL: World Book Encyclopedia.

Heitmann, J. A. (2010). The History of the Automobile. Chicago, IL: World Book Encyclopedia.

Heitmann, J. A. (2010). William Richard Morris. Chicago, IL: World Book Encyclopedia.

Other Artistic Contributions

Schweikart, L. E. “Rockin’ the Wall.” (August 1, 2009 - September 9, 2010).

Presentations

Amin, J. A. “Contemporary Africa.” Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH. (April 28, 2010).

Amin, J. A. “Africa: Which Direction?” Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH. (June 9, 2010).

Amin, J. A. “The Impact of the Immersion on the City of Kumba.” Immersion Reception, University of Dayton Immersion Program, Kumba, Cameroon. (July 19, 2010).

Amin, J. A. “Africa in the 21st Century.” Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH. (August 18, 2010).

Bednarek, J. R. “Public or Non-Public: Airports, the Hare Krishna, and the Definition of Public Space.” Sustainable Cities? The Urban History Association’s 5th Biennial Conference, The Urban History Association, Las Vegas, NV. (October 23, 2010).

Bednarek, J. R. “Airport Security: Hijackers, the Hare Krishna, and the US Constitution.” Modern US Seminar, Department of History, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. (November 19, 2010).

Bednarek, J. R. “Is Aviation History Repeating Itself?” Mars Society Convention, Mars Society, Dayton, OH. (August 5, 2010).

Bednarek, J. R. “Why Orville and Wilbur: How the Wright Brothers Invented the Airplane.” Air Camp, Dayton, OH. (July 20, 2010).

Bednarek, J. R. “Invention and Ohio’s Inventors.” Teaching American History, Ohio Historical Society, Carillon Park, Dayton, OH. (May 21, 2010).

Bednarek, J. R. “Invention and the Miami Valley.” Backyard History, Ohio Historical Society, Carillon Park, Dayton, OH. (March 13, 2010).

Bednarek, J. R. “Succeeding as a Researcher at UD.” Teaching Fellows, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (April 6, 2010).

Cadegan, U. M., Fitz, R. L., Miller, V. J., O’Brien, D., Ensalaco, M. “Making Invisible Things Visible.” Romero Symposium, Roesch Chair in Social Sciences, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (March 30, 2010).

Cadegan, U. M., Smith, A. B., Ferraro, T., May, L. “Response to Anthony Smith’s ‘The Look of Catholics’.” American Catholic Studies Seminar, University Professor of Faith and Culture, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (September 24, 2010).

Carter, M. “City in Crisis: Church and Medicine Respond to Philadelphia’s Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.” Catholic Medical Association, Philadelphia, PA. (November 7, 2010).

Carter, M. “’A very ill-natured Religion’: Indulgences and the Anti-Catholic Imagination in Early Modern British Print Culture.” Anti-Catholicism in a Comparative and Transnational Perspective, Lund University, Sweden, Farfa/Rome, Italy. (October 6, 2010).

Carter, M. “Evangelical Fears and Catholic Resources: An Ecumenical Opening?” Center for Catholic and Evangelical Dialogue, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (September 24, 2010).

Carter, M. “Holy Men and Women of the Midwest.” Theology on Tap, Dayton, OH. (September 9, 2010).

Carter, M. “Enlightenment Catholicism: Mathew Carey and the Emergence of the American Church, 1784-1839.” University of Notre Dame Cushwa Center, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. (March 25, 2010).

Carter, M. “The U.S. Constitution and Social Justice.” Social Justice Living and Learning Community, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (October 21, 2010).

Darrow, D. W. “Assumptions without Numbers and Numbers Without Assumptions: How Land Allotments Became ‘Insufficient’.” 42 Annual Convention, Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Los Angeles, CA. (November 19, 2010).

Darrow, D. W. “Russian Land Norms in Historical Perspective, 1700-1920.” XI International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Moscow, Russian Federation. (April 8, 2010).

Fleischmann, E. L. “Should we care about peace between Israel and Palestine?” Table of Plenty, Campus Ministry, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (January 26, 2010).

Fleischmann, E. L. “Lost in Translation: Home Economics at Sidon Girls’ School.” Connections and Ruptures: America and the Middle East, The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdel Aziz Alsaud Center for American Studies & Research (CASAR) at the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. (January 6, 2010).

Fleischmann, E. L. “Reflections on how to grasp the relationship between national and international developments; moving from plan to practice.” Methodological approaches to international idea and knowledge exchanges, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. (May 7, 2010).

Fleischmann, E. L. “Women and Islam.” Perceptions of Islam, Islam Awareness Week, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (April 12, 2010).

Heitmann, J. A. “New Directions in the History of the Automobile in America.” American Historical Association Annual Meeting, American Historical Association, San Diego, CA. (January 10, 2010).

Heitmann, J. A. “The American Automobile Industry and the ‘Eisenhower Recession of 1957-8’.” Society of Automotive Historians Biennial Meeting, Society of Automotive Historians, Tupelo, MS. (March 26, 2010).

Heitmann, J. A. “From Golden Age to Crisis: The Automobile in America, 1950-2010.” Buchhorn Distinguished Lecture Series, Baldwin-Wallace College, Cleveland, OH. (March 16, 2010).

Merithew, C. A. “Before ‘The Personal is Political’: Katie DeRorre, an Immigrant Transnational at Home.” Five Colleges Women’s Studies Research Center, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. (February 8, 2010).

Merithew, C. A. “Guantánamo’s Working Class History.” Social Science History Association, Social Science History Association, Chicago, IL. (November 20, 2010).

Reid, P. A. “Freed Blacks and the Constitution.” Third Annual People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Seton Hall, Newark, NJ. (September 9, 2010).

Reid, P. A. “Haiti, Black Petitioners, and the New Republic.” National Council on Black Studies, Louisiana State University, Dillard University, Ohio University, New Orleans, LA. (March 15, 2010).

Reid, P. A. “Haitian Revolution, Refugee Widows, and Black Petitioners.” Race, Gender and Revolutionary America, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC. (February 21, 2010).

Trollinger, W. V. “The Quest for Economic and SocialJustice in the United States, 1880-1940.” Conference on Faith and History Biennial Meeting, Conference on Faith and History, Medford, OR. (October 8, 2010).

Trollinger, W. V. “Fundamentalism and the Klan: An Historiographical Exploration.” Conference on Faith and History Biennial Meeting, Conference on Faith and History, Medford, OR. (October 9, 2010).

Trollinger, W. V. “Fundamentalism and the Religious Right.” Baltimore/Washington, DC, University of Dayton Alumni Chapter, Washington, DC. (June 3, 2010).