Todd E. Leahy, Ph.D. (American Indian, American West, United States History, Anthropology, and Latin America)
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Education
>Ph.D. History, 2004. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Dissertation: "The Canton Asylum: Indians, Psychiatrists, and Government Policy, 1899-1934."
>M.A. History, 2000. Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas.
>B.A. History & Anthropology, 1998. Pennsylvania State Univeristy, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Honors & Awards
>Townsend Memorial Minority Scholarship, April 2003.
>Townsend Memorial Outstanding Graduate Paper--U.S. History to 1914, April 2003.
>Western History Association Indian Student Conference Scholarship, October 2002.
>Berlin B. Chapman Endowed Scholar, April 2002.
>OSU History Department Research Paper Award: Graduate Honors, April 2001.
>Historian, Nu Chapter, Phi-Alpha-Theta, August 2002-May 2003.
>President, Eta-Psi Chapter, Phi-Alpha-Theta, August 1999-May 2000.
Publications
>"Pontiac, Tecumseh, and the Failure of Militant Pan-Indian Movements." Ethnohistory. (Under Review)
>"My First Days at Carlisle: An Annotated Manuscript." Pennsylvania History. (Forthcoming). Co-authored with Nathan Wilson.
>"Beef Instead of Bayonets: Cultural Mores and the Failure of Assimilation on the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation." Chronicles of Oklahoma. (Forthcoming)
>"Hollywood Indians: Stereotypes of American Indians in the Cinema." Collegiate Social Science Review, Vol. 1, Oct. 1999.
>"Showdown in the Wild West: Richard Henry Pratt, William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, and the Image of American Indians." Indigenous Nations Studies. (Under Review). Co-authored with Nathan Wilson.
>"American Indian Cattle Ranching." Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. (Forthcoming)
>"Hopi," "Navajo," "Pueblo," and "Zuni." Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. (Forthcoming)
Book Reviews
>Chronicles of Oklahoma, Journal of the West, Journal of San Diego History, Indigenous Nations Studies, H-AmIndian, South Dakota History.
Conference Presentations
>"Padlocks and Bars: The Psychiatry of Indian Assimilation at the Canton Asylum." Organization of American Historians, Boston, MA. 2004.
>"Institution of Power: The Birth of Canton Asylum." Western History Association, Colorado Springs, CO. 2002.
>"Mental Health & Power: Asylum Commitment and Indian People." Mid-America Conference on History, Fayetteville, AR. 2002.
>"Beef Instead of Bayonets to Keep the Indians Quiet: Cattle Ranching on the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation." Southwest Social Science Assocation, Fort Worth, TX. 2000.
>"Indian Removal: From Practice to Policy." Kansas History Teachers Association, Emporia, KS. 1999.
Teaching Experience
>Assistant Professor of History, College of Eastern Utah, 2004-present.
>Graduate Lecturer, Oklahoma State University, August 2002-May 2004.
>Adjunct Lecturer, Oklahoma City Community College, August 2003-May 2004.
>Adjunct Lecturer, Oklahoma Christian University, September 2001-December 2001.
For a complete curriculum vita with references, please contact me.