Joan Clinefelter JOAN CLINEFELTER

History
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639

Education

  • Ph.D., Modern European History, with specialty in modern Germany, Indiana University, 1995
  • M.A., Modern European History, Indiana University, 1989.
  • A.B., with Honors, German and Western European Studies, Grinnell College, 1983.

Professional Experience

  • Professor of European History, University of Northern Colorado, 2006-Present.
  • Associate Professor of European History, University of Northern Colorado, 2001-2006.
  • Assistant Professor of European History, University of Northern Colorado, 1995-2001.
  • Instructor, Indiana University, 1990-91, 1993-94.

Major Publications

  • “Remaking Nazi Culture and Identity in a European Image,” Connections: European Studies Annual Review 1 (Spring 2005): 29-33.
  • Artists for the Reich: Culture and Race from Weimar to Nazi Germany. Oxford: Berg, 2005.
  • “A Cinematic Construction of Nazi Anti-Semitism: The Documentary Der ewige Jude,” in Cultural History through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on the Cinema of the Third Reich, ed. Robert Reimer. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2000, 133-54.

Major Grants

  • Faculty Research and Publications Board, University of Northern Colorado, 1998, 1999, 2006.
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst Reinvitation Grant, for summer research in Berlin, 2006.
  • SAILS (Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) Project Grant, Association of Research Libraries and Kent State University. One of four national grants to design a national information literacy assessment tool for History majors, 2004.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities/Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst Summer Seminar for College Teachers, "Cinema in Nazi Germany," Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1996.

Selected  Teaching Awards

  • Recognition for “superior pedagogical methods” at the third annual Residence Life Recognition Celebration, 2006.
  • Recognized as a faculty member who “inspires” students at the Residence Life Academic Recognition Celebration, 2005.
  • Recognized as an outstanding teacher in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2000, 2004, 2005.
  • International Professor of the Year, Alpha Phi Foundation, 2002.
  • Favorite Professor Award, UNC Mortar Board, 2001, 2002.
  • The College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, Humanities Division, UNC, 1998.