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Robert Franklin

Robert Franklin

Graduate Student Teaching Assistant

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  • About me

    Assistant Professor of History, Career Track, and Assistant Director of the Hanford History Project at Washington State University Tri-Cities.

  • Education

    • Washington State University

      2012 - 2014
      Master of Arts (M.A.) Public/Applied History

      Activities and Societies: History Graduate Student Association, American Historical Association M.A. in History, 2014. Thesis titled "Matanuska: Mister, She's Tough: New Deal agricultural settlement in Alaska, 1933-1940." 4 semesters as teaching assistant for the UCORE Roots of Contemporary Issues (History 105) freshman seminar. Archivist Assistant at Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections at the Holland/Terrell Libraries. M.A. Representative and RCI Representative at the History Graduate Student Association. Received Lawrence Stark Archival Fellowship, 2014; Pettyjohn Research… Show more M.A. in History, 2014. Thesis titled "Matanuska: Mister, She's Tough: New Deal agricultural settlement in Alaska, 1933-1940." 4 semesters as teaching assistant for the UCORE Roots of Contemporary Issues (History 105) freshman seminar. Archivist Assistant at Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections at the Holland/Terrell Libraries. M.A. Representative and RCI Representative at the History Graduate Student Association. Received Lawrence Stark Archival Fellowship, 2014; Pettyjohn Research Award, 2013; Lawrence Dumin Memorial Scholarship; 2015. Show less

    • University of Hawaii at Hilo

      2009 - 2011
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) History

      Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta, History Club Graduated with Highest Honors in History. Thesis titled "Playing the Odds Against the Solid Men of Boston: The Gamble of Russian America", 2011. Dean's List 2009-2011. Student Archivist (2009) and Student Archivist Supervisor (2010-2011) working with the Christensen Collection, a 9,000+ image collection of sugar plantation history. President of History Club and Phi Alpha Theta chapter, winner of "Best Undergraduate Paper" at Hawaii Phi Alpha Theta conference, 2011.

  • Experience

    • Washington State University

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2014
      Graduate Student Teaching Assistant

    • Community Colleges of Spokane

      Sept 2014 - Jun 2015
      History Instructor

      Taught 1-2 sections of World History per quarter, including the WSU developed Roots of Contemporary Issues prerequisite for the UCORE system.

    • Washington State University

      Jul 2015 - now
      Assistant Director

      Assistant Director and Archivist/Oral Historian of the Hanford History Project, a archival/curation/oral history consortium based at WSU Tri-Cities and focused on preserving and presenting the history of the Hanford (nuclear) Site and the mid-Columbia area.

    • Washington State University Tri-Cities

      Aug 2016 - now

      I teach a variety of undergraduate sources for the History Department at Washington State University Tri-Cities including world history, U.S. history, and immigration history. I also serve on the Roots of Contemporary Issues Steering Committee and hold a half-time appointment as the Assistant Director of the Hanford History Project. Instructor for the Department of History at WSU Tri-Cities. I specialize in the UCORE History 105, Roots of Contemporary issues class offered by the University.

      • Teaching Assistant Professor (Career Track)

        Jun 2021 - now

      • History Instructor

        Aug 2016 - May 2021

    • Columbia Basin College

      Sept 2018 - May 2021
      History Instructor

      I teach survey courses in US history.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Archivist

      Academy of Certified Archivists
      Aug 2017