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Vita

Patricia O’Neill, Ph.D.

 

Office: Modoc 225

Central Oregon Community College

2600 N.W. College Way,

Bend, Oregon 97701-5998

541-383-7235

Email:  poneill@cocc.edu

URL: http://poneill.cocc.edu


EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. in History

University of Washington, August 1995.

 

  • Concentration: Comparative Chinese-European History
  • Dissertation Title: Missed Opportunities: Late 18th Century Chinese
    Relations  with England and the Netherlands
  • Dissertation Chairman: Dr. R. Kent Guy

 

M.A. in History

State University of New York @ Buffalo, May 1975.

 

  • Concentration: Asian History
  • Thesis Title: “A Comparative Analysis of the Translation of  the Idea of the Individual and Democracy: China’s Hu Shih and Japan’s Fukuzawa Yukichi”
  • Thesis Advisor:  Dr. David Abosch

 

B.A. in History

University of Pennsylvania, May 1972.

 

  • Concentration: European Intellectual History


 

 

ACADEMIC/ TEACHING APPOINTMENT:

 

Central Oregon Community College, 1985 - present

 

  • Courses of Instruction: Professor of History

                            History 101, 102, 103:  Western Civilization History

                            On-line section of History 101, 102, 103

 

                            History 104, 105, 106:  World History
                            On-line section of History 104, 105, 106

 

                            History 236: Women in 20th Century Europe                                  

                            History 270: 20th Century European History 
                            History 290, 291, 292:  East Asian History

                             

              

  • Chair, Social Sciences Department, 1997 -2004

 

 

University of Oregon @ Bend, 2001 – 2008

 

  • Teaching assignment: Courtesy Adjunct Appointment, Department of History   
  • Courses of Instruction:

                            History 307: The Study of History  

                            History 311: Women and Social Movements in Europe
                                                        from 1750 to Present
                            History 327: The Age of Discovery:
                                                       Environmental Impact of Expansion

                            History 411:  Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe

                            History 426: Culture of the Enlightenment                                    

                            History 487:  China: Song and Yuan Dynasties

 

 

ACADEMIC AWARDS

 

  • Sabbatical Fall, 2008, Semester at Sea Fall Voyage
  • Recipient, Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Central Oregon Community College, 1999.
  • COCC Program in Excellence in Teaching [PET] Grant Award, in collaboration with Kathy Walsh and Bob McWhorter, to design and create course web pages, 1996.
  • Recipient, Judy Roberts Academic Achievement Award,
     Central Oregon Community College, 1995
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for Teachers, “Comparative Institutional History: Ottoman Turks and Ming China”, Director: Dr. Norman Itzkowitz, Princeton University, 1992.
  • COCC Program in Excellence in Teaching [PET] Grant Award to design a computer-assisted World History course sequence, 1992-1993.

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Comparative World History
  • Comparative Diplomatic History
  • Comparative Environmental History
  • Women's History in 20th Century Europe

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Papers and Presentations:

  • "China in the 21st Century”, presentation for University of Oregon's Oshler Lifelong Learning Center, Bend, Oregon, March, 2006.
  • Panel Participant, “What We Know about Islam” with Kathy Walsh, Stacey Donohue, and Cora Agatucci, College Hour, Central Oregon Community College, October 19, 2001.
  • Panel Participant in a Middle East Forum, sponsored by the Association of Students, Central Oregon Community College, October 18, 2001
  • Session Chair – “Three Approaches to ‘Big History’: Setting a Context for Humanity’s Common Past”, American Historical Association Annual Meeting, 1998.
  • Panel Participant, “Integrating the Concept of ‘Big History’ into World History Classes”, World History Association 6th International Meeting, Pamplona, Spain, June, 1997.
  • Panel Participant, “New Developments: A Workshop for Teachers and Professors of World History,” American Historical Association Annual Meeting, New York City, January, 1997.
  • Workshop Presenter, “Teaching World History for High School Teachers” at Aspen Institute’s World History Summer Teachers Institute, Aspen, Colorado, July, 1996.
  • “The Islamic Influence on the Rise of Universities”, presentation at the World History Association International Meeting, Florence, Italy, June, 1995.
  • “The Dutch Embassy to China in 1797”, presentation for the China Studies Program and the  Department of History, University of Washington, November 4, 1994.
  • “Women and the Bible”, guest lecture for Women’s Studies 101, October, 1994.
  • “Female Genital Mutilation”, guest lecture for Women’s Studies 101, October, 1993.
  •  “Women in the non-Western World”, presentation for Redmond branch of American Association of University Women, March, 1991.
  • “Women in Japanese Society”, presentation for Redmond branch of American Association of University Women, March, 1991.
  • “China’s Foreign Trade Policy in the 18th Century”, Western Social Sciences Association, Spring Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 1990.
  • Keynote Speaker – Honors Recognition Day, “Civilization in Crisis”, Central Oregon Community College, May 1990.
  •  “Fashion as a Mirror of History”, presentation for Central Oregon Community College’s College 101, March, 1990.


Conferences:

  • World History Association 17th International Meeting, London, England, August, 2008.
  • American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January, 2005.
  • World History Association 11th International Meeting, Seoul, Korea, August, 2002.
  • World History Association 10th International Meeting, Salt Lake City, June, 2001.
  • World History Association 9th International Meeting, Boston, June, 2000.
  • World History Association, 8th International Meeting, Victoria, British, Columbia, June, 1999.
  • American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January, 1999.
  • World History Association 7th International Meeting, Seattle, June, 1998.
  • American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, Seattle, January, 1998.
  • World History Association 6th International Meeting, Pamplona, Spain, 1997.
  • American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, New York City, January, 1997.
  • American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, January, 1996.
  • World History Association 4th International Meeting, Florence, Italy, June, 1995.
  • American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, January, 1995.
  • World History Association, 2nd International Meeting, Aspen, Colorado, October, 1994.
  • American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, January, 1994.
  • World History Association 1st International Meeting, Tianjin, China, September, 1993.
  • World History Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, June, 1992.
  • Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April, 1991.
  • “The Great Ocean: Pacific Rim Contacts in the 1700s” North Pacific Studies Center, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon, April, 1991.
  • Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, World History Association, Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, April, 1991.
  • Northwest Regional China Council, Portland, Oregon, monthly meetings.

 

 

Classes/Workshops:

 

  • Web CT Training Workshop, Central Oregon Community College, June, 1999.
  • Front-Page Web Training Workshop, Central Oregon Community College, June, 1998.
  • Open Campus Televised Classes Faculty Development Workshop, Central Oregon Community College, June, 1998.
  • On-line training to become Listserv Editor for H-World, June, 1996.
  • World Wide Web Page Development Workshop, sponsored by Syllabus Incorporated at Sonoma State College, June, 1996.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

 

  • American Historical Association, Member, Teaching Division Committee, 2007-2010  
  • Asian History Association
  • Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association
  • World History Association
  • Northwest Region Branch, World History Association
  • Western Social Sciences Association
  • Committee on Teaching about Asia
  • Northwest Regional China Council

 

 

 

SERVICE

 

Professional:

  • Listserv Editor, H-World, 2000-2008.
  • Site director, University of Oregon @ Bend, General Social Sciences Degree program, 2000-2001.

 

  • Textbook Reviewer & Consultant for:
       
     -   Addison Wesley Longman – World History and  
                Western Civilization History textbooks since 1998.

              -  McGraw Hill - World History and Western Civilization History
                      textbooks since 1996.
              - Bedford St. Martins – World History and Western Civilization History

      textbooks since 1996.

- Dushkin Publishers – Editorial Review for Annual Editions in World  
     History and Western Civilization History since 1997.


 

College:

  • Chair, Social Sciences Department, 1997-2004.
  • Chairmoot [Department Chairs Bi-weekly Administrative Committee],      1997-2004.
  • Chair, Chairmoot, 2003-2004.
  • Ex-Officio Member, Managers’ Weekly Meeting, 2003-2004.
  • Member, Joint Curriculum Committee [COCC, University of Oregon @ Bend, OSU Cascades], 2000-2005.
  • Member, Technology Advisory Council, 2000-2002.
  • Member, College Affairs, 1998-1999.
  • President, Faculty Forum [equivalent to the Faculty Senate], one-year term, 1998-1999
  • Member, Executive Committee, Faculty Forum, 1998-2002.
  • Member, Academic Affairs, three year term, 1995-1998.
  • Member, Policy Subcommittee of Academic Affairs, 1994 -1995.
  • Member, Planning Subcommittee of Academic Affairs, 1996-1997.
  • Member, Writing-across-Curriculum Committee, 1996-1997.
  • Chair, International-Multicultural Committee, 1994-1996.
  • Member, Visiting Scholars Committee, 1992-1999.
  • Secretary, Faculty Forum, 1992-1993.
  • Member, Library Committee, 1992-1998.
  • Faculty Representative, Truman Scholarship Program, 1993-2000.
  • Faculty Representative, Goldwater Scholarship Program, 1993-2000.
  • Co-Advisor, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, 1991-1994.
  • Co- Advisor, International Student Club, 1991-1997.
  • Chair, Early Childhood Education Advisory Committee, 1997 - 2006.
  • Chair, Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, 1997 – 2004.
  • Chair, Cultural Resources Management Advisory Committee, 1998-2002.

 

Community:

  • Central Oregon City Club, Member, 2006-present.
  • Oregon Council of World Affairs, Member, 2006-present.
  • Volunteer, Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, Bend, Oregon 2004-present.
  • American Association of University Women, Member, 1980-present.
  • Central Oregon Autism Society, Member, 1988-present.
  • Central Oregon Medical Auxiliary, Member, 1978-present.
  • Outreach Services Groups for Autistic Adolescents, Member, 1998-present.
  • Task Force, Deschutes County Mental Health and Children’s Services Commission to develop services for developmentally delayed adolescents in Deschutes County, Member, 1996
  • Deschutes County Youth and Children’s Services Commission, Member,  1990-1994
  • Redmond, Oregon Community Action Community, Member, 1990-1992
  • Central Oregon Hospice Christmas Tree Auction, Member, 1990-1993
  • Redmond, Oregon City Council, Member, 1980-1988                               

 

 

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