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Rebecca Onion/CV

                                  Rebecca Stiles Onion
                                    Curriculum Vitae

Current Address:                                      Phone: [redacted for Web}
[redacted for Web]                                    rebeccaonion@gmail.com
                                                      www.rebeccaonion.com
                                                      On Twitter: @rebeccaonion

Education

Ph.D, American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
       Defended: November 13, 2012
       Dissertation: “How Science Became Child’s Play: Science and the Culture of
       American Childhood, 1900-1980″
       Committee: Janet Davis (co-supervisor); Julia Mickenberg (co-supervisor); Jeffrey
       Meikle; Bruce Hunt; John Hartigan

       Comprehensive Exam Fields: American Civilization (Julia Mickenberg);
       Environmental and Animal Studies (Janet Davis); Technology and Culture (Jeffrey
       Meikle); Cultural Anthropology (John Hartigan)

M.A., American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, May 2007
       Thesis: “Sled Dog Stories: Discourses of Domestication, Race, and Work in Alaska,
       1867-1925”
       Thesis Director: Janet Davis; Thesis Reader: Julia Mickenberg

B.A., American Studies, Yale University, cum laude, with distinction, May 2000
       Thesis: “Pain, Fear, and Transcendence: Narrative Constructions in the National
       Media Reaction to the Columbine High School Shootings”
       Thesis Director: Jean-Christophe Agnew

Research Interests

       Twentieth-century American cultural history, history of science and technology,
       childhood studies, digital humanities, animal studies, environmental studies, material
       culture, visual culture

Fellowships and Grants

2012-2014      Postdoctoral Fellowship, Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science
2010-2011      William S. Livingston Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
2011           Summer Research Grant, Department of American Studies, University of
               Texas at Austin
2011           Research Grant, Friends of the Princeton University Library
2011           Shin Pond Summer Retreat Program Fellowship, Humane Society of the
               United States
2010           Robert A. Heinlein Online Archives Research Grant



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2010            Chemical Heritage Foundation Travel Grant
2010            Hannah Beiter Graduate Student Research Grant, Children’s Literature
                Association
2007            Liberal Arts Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
2007            Stott Travel Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
2005-2006       Donald D. Harrington Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin

Scholarly Honors and Prizes

2012            Winner, Nathan Reingold Prize, for original graduate student essay on the
                history of science and its cultural influences (for essay titled “Thrills, Chills,
                and Science: Home Laboratories and the Making of the American Boy, 1918-
                1941”). Given by the History of Science Society
2012            Honorable Mention, Neil Sutherland Award, Best Article in the History of
                Childhood and Youth (for “Picturing Nature and Childhood at the American
                Museum of Natural History and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 1899-
                1930,” Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 4, No. 3 [Fall 2011],
                434-469). Given by History of Childhood and Youth Group, Canadian
                Historical Association
2011            Winner, Graduate Research Award, University Co-Op, University of Texas at
                Austin
2011            BootCamp Fellowship, to attend THATCamp, awarded by Mellon and Kress
                Foundations
2008            Winner, Outstanding Thesis Award, University Co-Op, University of Texas
                at Austin
2008            Invited to speak at the Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars,
                University of Delaware/Winterthur Museum
2008            Travel Award to attend University College Dublin Clinton Institute Summer
                School, given by University of Texas at Austin Department of American
                Studies
2007            Graduate Participant, University of Texas at Austin Humanities Institute
                Faculty Seminar, “The Human and its Others”


Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

Journal Articles:

“Writing a ‘Wonderland’ of Science: Child-Authored Periodicals at the Brooklyn Children’s
Museum, 1936-1946.” American Periodicals, scheduled for Spring 2013.

“Picturing Nature and Childhood at the American Museum of Natural History and the
Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 1899-1930.” Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 4,
No. 3 (Fall 2011), 434-469.

“Reclaiming the Machine: An Introductory Look at Steampunk in Everyday Practice.”
Journal of Neo-Victorian Studies 1:1 (Autumn 2008), 138-163.



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Book Chapters:

“Ronnie Vinikoff,” “James McMurtry” (both with Lisa Powell), oral histories in The Republic
of Barbecue: Stories Beyond the Brisket, a project carried out by UT/Austin American Studies
graduate students and published by the University of Texas Press in 2009.

“Environmental Health, Biological Risk, and Medical Display: The Individualist Etiologies
of BODY WORLDS,” in The Anatomy of Body Worlds, ed. Thora Jespersen et. al (Jefferson,
NC: McFarland, 2008), 55-65.

“Sled Dogs of the American North: On Masculinity, Whiteness, and Human Freedom,” in
Animals and Agency, ed. Sarah MacFarland and Ryan Hediger (Leiden: Brill Academic, 2009),
129-156.

Blog Post:

“Teaching the Hunger Games in the Undergraduate American Studies Classroom.” Blog of the
American Studies Journal, June 22, 2012 (http://amsjournal.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/on-
teaching-teaching-the-hunger-games-in-the-undergraduate-american-studies-classroom/).

Encyclopedia Entry:

“Theodore Roethke,” in Modern American Environmentalists: A Biographical Encyclopedia, ed.
G.A. Cevasco (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009), 421-426.

Review Publications:

Review: Analisa Leppanen-Guerra. Children’s Stories and “Child-Time” in the Works of Joseph
Cornell. The Lion and the Unicorn, forthcoming in Fall 2012.

Review: Sally Kohlstedt, Teaching Children Science: Hands-On Nature Study in North America,
1890-1930. Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Fall 2011), 518-520.

Review: Nelson Lichtenstein, ed., American Capitalism: Social Thought and Political Economy in the
Twentieth Century. E3W Review of Books, Vol. 9 (Spring 2009), 38-39.

Review: Documentary Film: “King Corn.” Green Theory & Praxis: The Journal of Ecopedagogy,
Vol. 4, No. 1 (2008), 122-124.

Publications (Public History)


2012            Lead blogger for Slate.com’s history blog, The Vault
                (http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault.html), 2012-present

2011            Article for the Pasteur Foundation’s website (“Louis Pasteur Microscope
                Set”)



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2010          Column on toys and culture for Paperweight: A Newspaper of Visual and Material
              Culture, Summer 2010-present


Digital Humanities Interests

       Digital archives, public history online, online scholarly communities, bibliographic
       records management systems, copyright and open access, the humanities and social
       media, blogging (WordPress, Tumblr, Blogspot), digital pedagogy

Digital Humanities Experience

2012-present Lead blogger for Slate.com’s history blog, The Vault
             (http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault.html), 2012-present

2012-present Assistant Coordinator, THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology
             Camp), Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
                        • Revise and update documentation for organizers and
                            participants of THATCamp “unconferences” (samples of
                            organizer handbook at http://thatcamp.org/plan/download-
                            the-handbook/)
                        • Work remotely with THATCamp coordinator Amanda
                            French to implement goals of Mellon-funded project

2012-present Maintain active scholarly presence on Tumblr
             (www.rebeccaonion.tumblr.com)

2012          Attended THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges, Austin, TX; THATCamp
              Prime, George Mason University, VA; THATCamp Philly, Philadelphia, PA

2012          Taught spring section of American Studies course Popular Culture and
              American Childhood (www.popcultureandamericanchildhood.com)
                         • Students contributed blog posts to WordPress course site,
                             including analysis of primary sources, reading reflections, and
                             news posts
                         • Course included instruction in research using the Web and
                             library databases

2011          Taught fall section of American Studies course Popular Culture and
              American Childhood (www.americanchildhoods.com)
                          • Students worked on building the Archive of Childhood
                              (www.archiveofchildhood.com), a WordPress site connecting
                              course readings with objects from student childhoods
                          • Students used Zotero for research and writing
                          • Course included instruction in research using the Web and
                              library databases



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2011           Gave professional development presentation for fellow graduate students:
               “Beyond Citation Management: Using Zotero to Shape Your Graduate
               Research”

2011           Blogger for University of Texas Department of American Studies website,
               AMS :: ATX (http://amstudies.wordpress.com/)

2011           Attended THATCamp Southeast, Atlanta, GA

2011           Created public Zotero library aggregating scholarly work in Childhood
               Srudies
               (https://www.zotero.org/groups/childhood_studies_scholarlysecondary_so
               urces/items)

2010-2012      Maintained research blog, Songbirds and Satellites
               (http://www.rebeccaonion.com/songbirds-and-satellites/)

2010-present Maintain active scholarly presence on Twitter (@rebeccaonion)

2009-2010      Research Assistant to Dr. Penne Restad, History Department, University of
               Texas at Austin
                          • Assisted with curriculum development for twentieth-century
                              American history survey
                          • In collaboration with professor, created WordPress course
                              website: http://sites.la.utexas.edu/history2point0/ (password
                              “oldschool”)
                          • During term of assistantship, maintained and updated course
                              website’s blog

2007-2008      Maintained orals reading blog, La Biblioteca de Babel
               (http://bifurcan.blogspot.com)


Research Experience

2007-2008      Research Assistant to Dr. Janet Davis, American Studies Department,
               University of Texas at Austin
                           • Assisted with research for book project, including archival
                              work and Spanish-to-English translation


Teaching Interests

American history survey, Introduction to American Studies, popular culture, technology and
culture, popular science, environmental history, animal studies, history of
childhood/childhood studies, material culture, food studies, digital humanities



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Teaching Experience

2013        Oberlin Winter Term program
                      • Worked with Oberlin student on digital history externship:
                          ‘Scout Merit Badge Database Building”
                      • Conducted reading group, instructed student in digital
                          research

2011-2012   Assistant Instructor, Department of American Studies, University of Texas at
            Austin
                        • Course Title: Popular Culture and American Childhood
                        • Introductory seminar in American Studies, with a Writing
                            Flag
                        • Planned original curriculum, while implementing university-
                            wide Writing Flag requirements
                        • Students worked with primary sources, engaged in scholarly
                            conversations about popular culture, and produced writing
                            for the Web
                        • Course Websites: americanchildhoods.com (F’11),
                            popcultureandamericanchildhood.com (S ’12)
                        • Syllabi: http://americanchildhoods.com/syllabus/ (F ’11),
                            http://popcultureandamericanchildhood.com/syllabus/ (S
                            ’12)
                        • Evaluations available upon request

2008-2009   Assistant Instructor, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, University of
            Texas at Austin
                        • Course Title: Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition
                        • Used guidelines provided by department to plan curriculum
                        • Students revised, peer-reviewed, and workshopped original
                            argumentative essays
                        • Evaluations available upon request

2008-2009   Consultant, University Writing Center, University of Texas at Austin
                       • Collaborated with students to advance writing projects

2007        Supplemental Instruction Leader, University of Texas at Austin Learning
            Center
                      • Led discussion sections attached to large lecture class;
                          provided instruction in study skills & written communication

2006-2007   Teaching Assistant, American Studies Department, University of Texas at
            Austin
                      • Course Titles: Introduction to American Studies: Femininity
                           and Masculinity in America (Dr. Elizabeth Engelhardt); Main
                           Currents in American Culture through 1865 (Dr. Shirley
                           Thompson)



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Professional Presentations

November 2012       “Childhood, Animality, and New Geographies of Extinction in the
                    1970s,” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR

November 2012       “Saving ‘Embryo Scientists’: The Westinghouse Science Talent
                    Search vs. Postwar Youth Culture,” University of Pennyslvania
                    History and Sociology of Science Workshop, Philadelphia, PA

September 2012      “Dark Futures: Environmental Catastrophes and American
                    Childhood in the 1970s,” Philadelphia Area Center for History of
                    Science Introductory Symposium, Philadelphia, PA

March 2012          “Making Science Fun: Critical Intersections of Science and
                    Childhood in 20th-Century American Culture,” University of Texas at
                    Austin History of Science Colloquium, Austin, TX

October 2011        “Reality in the Basement: Science Sets, Home Laboratories, & the
                    Market for the Modern Mind.” American Studies Association Annual
                    Meeting, Baltimore, MD

July 2011           “The Story of a Wonder World: Science, Industry, and the ‘Romance
                    of Reality’ in American Kids’ Books of the 1920s and 1930s.” Brown-
                    bag talk for the Friends of the Princeton University Library,
                    Princeton, NJ

June 2011           “Science, Childhood, and the ‘Informational’ Book: Knowing the
                    Modern World in the 1920s and 1930s.” Children’s Literature
                    Association annual meeting, Hollins, VA

November 2010       “Varieties of Scientific Experience: The American Museum of
                    Natural History, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, and the
                    Production of Wonder, 1900-1930.” American Studies Association
                    annual meeting, San Antonio, TX

April 2010          “Melding Childhood Studies, Science Studies, and the History of
                    Education.” Exploring Childhood Studies Conference, Childhood
                    Studies Graduate Program, Rutgers-Camden, Camden, NJ

March 2010          “Doing history with Team-Based Learning in a large survey U.S.
                    history course.” With Penne Restad and Michael Sweet. Poster
                    session presented at the annual meeting of the Team Based Learning
                    Collaborative, New Orleans, Louisiana

April 2008          “Reclaiming the Machine: Steampunk Practice and the Humanization
                    of the Technological Object,” Material Culture Symposium for
                    Emerging Scholars, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware



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November 2007          “Re-articulating the Native, Claiming the Human: Man-Dog
                       Relationships in the New American North,” Society for Literature,
                       Science, and the Arts, Portland, ME

June 2007              “Colonial Narratives, Written on The Animal Body: The Watercolors
                       of Walton Ford,” Association for the Study of Literature and the
                       Environment, Spartanburg, SC

March 2007             “Gender and the Frontier in Alaska.” Guest lecture, Intro to
                       American Studies undergraduate class (for Dr. Elizabeth Engelhardt)

November 2006          “Visions of Carnivore Ecology in Children’s Culture: Dinotopia and
                       Jurassic Park,” Carnivores 2006 (Defenders of Wildlife conference),
                       Tampa, FL

October 2006           “Lead Dogs and Heroic Masculinity in the New Age of Celebrity,”
                       Western Literature Association, Boise, ID

February 2006          “The Endless Quest for Authenticity: The Lord of the Rings and
                       Teenage Girls,” SW/TX Popular Culture Association/American
                       Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM

Panels (As Organizer)


2012            Organized panel for the American Studies Association annual meeting, San
                Juan, Puerto Rico
                           • “Space, Place, and Privilege: The New Geographies of
                               Childhood” (co-organized with Nicholas Syrett; sponsored by
                               Childhood and Youth Studies Caucus)

2011            Organized two panels for the American Studies Association annual meeting,
                Baltimore, MD
                           • “Objects of Learning: Material Culture, Imaginative
                              Pedagogy, and the Transformation of American Childhood,
                              1880-1980” (co-organized with Sarah Carter; sponsored by
                              Material Culture Caucus)
                           • “From Decay to Deterioration: Questioning the Aesthetics of
                              Abandonment” (sponsored by Visual Culture Caucus)

2006            Organizer and facilitator, faculty roundtable, UT American Studies Graduate
                Conference, Austin, TX
                           • “Pushing ‘Interdisciplinary’ to the Limit”

Conferences and Talks (As Organizer)

2009            Organized visit of guest speaker Cindi Katz, Childhood Studies Graduate
                Research Cluster, University of Texas at Austin


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2008           Member of committee to organize MEPHISTOS graduate conference in the
               history, anthropology, and sociology of science

2007           Member of committee to organize UT American Studies Graduate
               Conference

2006           Co-organized UT American Studies Graduate Conference

Service

2012-2013      Steering committee, Childhood and Youth Studies Caucus, American Studies
               Association
                          • “Matchmade” panels for 2013 annual meeting
                          • Maintains caucus Facebook presence

2008           Mentor, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program, University of Texas at
               Austin
                          • Acted as advisor to undergraduate American Studies major
                              interested in attending graduate school

Additional Work Experience

2012-present Lead blogger for Slate.com’s history blog, The Vault
             (http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault.html)

2002-present Freelance writer, multiple popular publications
                        • Clients have included ELLEgirl, the Austin-American
                            Statesman, Time Out New York, Slate.com, The New Republic’s
                            website, the New Haven Advocate).
                        • See www.rebeccaonion.com/publications/freelance for clips.

2001-2003      Staff writer, ym magazine

Languages

Fluent in Spanish
Intermediate Proficiency in Italian

Professional Affiliations

Since 2005             American Studies Association member
Since 2007             Society for the History of Childhood and Youth member
Since 2010             History of Science Society Member
Since 2010             Children’s Literature Association member




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References

Janet Davis
Associate Professor
Department of American Studies/Department of History
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station B7100
Austin, TX 78712
Office Phone: 512.232.1848 or 512.471.7277
Email: janetmdavis@austin.utexas.edu

Julia Mickenberg
Associate Professor
Department of American Studies
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station B7100
Austin, TX 78712
Office Phone: 512.232.2650 or 512.471.7277
Email: mickenberg@mail.utexas.edu

Jeffrey Meikle
Professor
Department of American Studies/Department of Art and Art History
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station B7100
Austin, TX 78712
Office Phone: 512.232.2166 or 512.471.7277
Email: meikle@mail.utexas.edu

Bruce Hunt
Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station B7000
Austin, TX 78712
Office Phone: 512.232.6109
Email: bjhunt@mail.utexas.edu

Penne L. Restad (Teaching Reference)
Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Department of History
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station B7000
Austin, TX 78712
Office Phone: 512.475.7233
Email: restad@mail.utexas.edu




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Onion cv

  • 1. Rebecca Onion/CV Rebecca Stiles Onion Curriculum Vitae Current Address: Phone: [redacted for Web} [redacted for Web] rebeccaonion@gmail.com www.rebeccaonion.com On Twitter: @rebeccaonion Education Ph.D, American Studies, University of Texas at Austin Defended: November 13, 2012 Dissertation: “How Science Became Child’s Play: Science and the Culture of American Childhood, 1900-1980″ Committee: Janet Davis (co-supervisor); Julia Mickenberg (co-supervisor); Jeffrey Meikle; Bruce Hunt; John Hartigan Comprehensive Exam Fields: American Civilization (Julia Mickenberg); Environmental and Animal Studies (Janet Davis); Technology and Culture (Jeffrey Meikle); Cultural Anthropology (John Hartigan) M.A., American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, May 2007 Thesis: “Sled Dog Stories: Discourses of Domestication, Race, and Work in Alaska, 1867-1925” Thesis Director: Janet Davis; Thesis Reader: Julia Mickenberg B.A., American Studies, Yale University, cum laude, with distinction, May 2000 Thesis: “Pain, Fear, and Transcendence: Narrative Constructions in the National Media Reaction to the Columbine High School Shootings” Thesis Director: Jean-Christophe Agnew Research Interests Twentieth-century American cultural history, history of science and technology, childhood studies, digital humanities, animal studies, environmental studies, material culture, visual culture Fellowships and Grants 2012-2014 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science 2010-2011 William S. Livingston Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin 2011 Summer Research Grant, Department of American Studies, University of Texas at Austin 2011 Research Grant, Friends of the Princeton University Library 2011 Shin Pond Summer Retreat Program Fellowship, Humane Society of the United States 2010 Robert A. Heinlein Online Archives Research Grant 1
  • 2. Rebecca Onion/CV 2010 Chemical Heritage Foundation Travel Grant 2010 Hannah Beiter Graduate Student Research Grant, Children’s Literature Association 2007 Liberal Arts Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin 2007 Stott Travel Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin 2005-2006 Donald D. Harrington Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin Scholarly Honors and Prizes 2012 Winner, Nathan Reingold Prize, for original graduate student essay on the history of science and its cultural influences (for essay titled “Thrills, Chills, and Science: Home Laboratories and the Making of the American Boy, 1918- 1941”). Given by the History of Science Society 2012 Honorable Mention, Neil Sutherland Award, Best Article in the History of Childhood and Youth (for “Picturing Nature and Childhood at the American Museum of Natural History and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 1899- 1930,” Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 4, No. 3 [Fall 2011], 434-469). Given by History of Childhood and Youth Group, Canadian Historical Association 2011 Winner, Graduate Research Award, University Co-Op, University of Texas at Austin 2011 BootCamp Fellowship, to attend THATCamp, awarded by Mellon and Kress Foundations 2008 Winner, Outstanding Thesis Award, University Co-Op, University of Texas at Austin 2008 Invited to speak at the Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars, University of Delaware/Winterthur Museum 2008 Travel Award to attend University College Dublin Clinton Institute Summer School, given by University of Texas at Austin Department of American Studies 2007 Graduate Participant, University of Texas at Austin Humanities Institute Faculty Seminar, “The Human and its Others” Publications (Peer-Reviewed) Journal Articles: “Writing a ‘Wonderland’ of Science: Child-Authored Periodicals at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 1936-1946.” American Periodicals, scheduled for Spring 2013. “Picturing Nature and Childhood at the American Museum of Natural History and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 1899-1930.” Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Fall 2011), 434-469. “Reclaiming the Machine: An Introductory Look at Steampunk in Everyday Practice.” Journal of Neo-Victorian Studies 1:1 (Autumn 2008), 138-163. 2
  • 3. Rebecca Onion/CV Book Chapters: “Ronnie Vinikoff,” “James McMurtry” (both with Lisa Powell), oral histories in The Republic of Barbecue: Stories Beyond the Brisket, a project carried out by UT/Austin American Studies graduate students and published by the University of Texas Press in 2009. “Environmental Health, Biological Risk, and Medical Display: The Individualist Etiologies of BODY WORLDS,” in The Anatomy of Body Worlds, ed. Thora Jespersen et. al (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2008), 55-65. “Sled Dogs of the American North: On Masculinity, Whiteness, and Human Freedom,” in Animals and Agency, ed. Sarah MacFarland and Ryan Hediger (Leiden: Brill Academic, 2009), 129-156. Blog Post: “Teaching the Hunger Games in the Undergraduate American Studies Classroom.” Blog of the American Studies Journal, June 22, 2012 (http://amsjournal.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/on- teaching-teaching-the-hunger-games-in-the-undergraduate-american-studies-classroom/). Encyclopedia Entry: “Theodore Roethke,” in Modern American Environmentalists: A Biographical Encyclopedia, ed. G.A. Cevasco (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009), 421-426. Review Publications: Review: Analisa Leppanen-Guerra. Children’s Stories and “Child-Time” in the Works of Joseph Cornell. The Lion and the Unicorn, forthcoming in Fall 2012. Review: Sally Kohlstedt, Teaching Children Science: Hands-On Nature Study in North America, 1890-1930. Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Fall 2011), 518-520. Review: Nelson Lichtenstein, ed., American Capitalism: Social Thought and Political Economy in the Twentieth Century. E3W Review of Books, Vol. 9 (Spring 2009), 38-39. Review: Documentary Film: “King Corn.” Green Theory & Praxis: The Journal of Ecopedagogy, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2008), 122-124. Publications (Public History) 2012 Lead blogger for Slate.com’s history blog, The Vault (http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault.html), 2012-present 2011 Article for the Pasteur Foundation’s website (“Louis Pasteur Microscope Set”) 3
  • 4. Rebecca Onion/CV 2010 Column on toys and culture for Paperweight: A Newspaper of Visual and Material Culture, Summer 2010-present Digital Humanities Interests Digital archives, public history online, online scholarly communities, bibliographic records management systems, copyright and open access, the humanities and social media, blogging (WordPress, Tumblr, Blogspot), digital pedagogy Digital Humanities Experience 2012-present Lead blogger for Slate.com’s history blog, The Vault (http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault.html), 2012-present 2012-present Assistant Coordinator, THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp), Center for History and New Media, George Mason University • Revise and update documentation for organizers and participants of THATCamp “unconferences” (samples of organizer handbook at http://thatcamp.org/plan/download- the-handbook/) • Work remotely with THATCamp coordinator Amanda French to implement goals of Mellon-funded project 2012-present Maintain active scholarly presence on Tumblr (www.rebeccaonion.tumblr.com) 2012 Attended THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges, Austin, TX; THATCamp Prime, George Mason University, VA; THATCamp Philly, Philadelphia, PA 2012 Taught spring section of American Studies course Popular Culture and American Childhood (www.popcultureandamericanchildhood.com) • Students contributed blog posts to WordPress course site, including analysis of primary sources, reading reflections, and news posts • Course included instruction in research using the Web and library databases 2011 Taught fall section of American Studies course Popular Culture and American Childhood (www.americanchildhoods.com) • Students worked on building the Archive of Childhood (www.archiveofchildhood.com), a WordPress site connecting course readings with objects from student childhoods • Students used Zotero for research and writing • Course included instruction in research using the Web and library databases 4
  • 5. Rebecca Onion/CV 2011 Gave professional development presentation for fellow graduate students: “Beyond Citation Management: Using Zotero to Shape Your Graduate Research” 2011 Blogger for University of Texas Department of American Studies website, AMS :: ATX (http://amstudies.wordpress.com/) 2011 Attended THATCamp Southeast, Atlanta, GA 2011 Created public Zotero library aggregating scholarly work in Childhood Srudies (https://www.zotero.org/groups/childhood_studies_scholarlysecondary_so urces/items) 2010-2012 Maintained research blog, Songbirds and Satellites (http://www.rebeccaonion.com/songbirds-and-satellites/) 2010-present Maintain active scholarly presence on Twitter (@rebeccaonion) 2009-2010 Research Assistant to Dr. Penne Restad, History Department, University of Texas at Austin • Assisted with curriculum development for twentieth-century American history survey • In collaboration with professor, created WordPress course website: http://sites.la.utexas.edu/history2point0/ (password “oldschool”) • During term of assistantship, maintained and updated course website’s blog 2007-2008 Maintained orals reading blog, La Biblioteca de Babel (http://bifurcan.blogspot.com) Research Experience 2007-2008 Research Assistant to Dr. Janet Davis, American Studies Department, University of Texas at Austin • Assisted with research for book project, including archival work and Spanish-to-English translation Teaching Interests American history survey, Introduction to American Studies, popular culture, technology and culture, popular science, environmental history, animal studies, history of childhood/childhood studies, material culture, food studies, digital humanities 5
  • 6. Rebecca Onion/CV Teaching Experience 2013 Oberlin Winter Term program • Worked with Oberlin student on digital history externship: ‘Scout Merit Badge Database Building” • Conducted reading group, instructed student in digital research 2011-2012 Assistant Instructor, Department of American Studies, University of Texas at Austin • Course Title: Popular Culture and American Childhood • Introductory seminar in American Studies, with a Writing Flag • Planned original curriculum, while implementing university- wide Writing Flag requirements • Students worked with primary sources, engaged in scholarly conversations about popular culture, and produced writing for the Web • Course Websites: americanchildhoods.com (F’11), popcultureandamericanchildhood.com (S ’12) • Syllabi: http://americanchildhoods.com/syllabus/ (F ’11), http://popcultureandamericanchildhood.com/syllabus/ (S ’12) • Evaluations available upon request 2008-2009 Assistant Instructor, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, University of Texas at Austin • Course Title: Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition • Used guidelines provided by department to plan curriculum • Students revised, peer-reviewed, and workshopped original argumentative essays • Evaluations available upon request 2008-2009 Consultant, University Writing Center, University of Texas at Austin • Collaborated with students to advance writing projects 2007 Supplemental Instruction Leader, University of Texas at Austin Learning Center • Led discussion sections attached to large lecture class; provided instruction in study skills & written communication 2006-2007 Teaching Assistant, American Studies Department, University of Texas at Austin • Course Titles: Introduction to American Studies: Femininity and Masculinity in America (Dr. Elizabeth Engelhardt); Main Currents in American Culture through 1865 (Dr. Shirley Thompson) 6
  • 7. Rebecca Onion/CV Professional Presentations November 2012 “Childhood, Animality, and New Geographies of Extinction in the 1970s,” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR November 2012 “Saving ‘Embryo Scientists’: The Westinghouse Science Talent Search vs. Postwar Youth Culture,” University of Pennyslvania History and Sociology of Science Workshop, Philadelphia, PA September 2012 “Dark Futures: Environmental Catastrophes and American Childhood in the 1970s,” Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science Introductory Symposium, Philadelphia, PA March 2012 “Making Science Fun: Critical Intersections of Science and Childhood in 20th-Century American Culture,” University of Texas at Austin History of Science Colloquium, Austin, TX October 2011 “Reality in the Basement: Science Sets, Home Laboratories, & the Market for the Modern Mind.” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD July 2011 “The Story of a Wonder World: Science, Industry, and the ‘Romance of Reality’ in American Kids’ Books of the 1920s and 1930s.” Brown- bag talk for the Friends of the Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ June 2011 “Science, Childhood, and the ‘Informational’ Book: Knowing the Modern World in the 1920s and 1930s.” Children’s Literature Association annual meeting, Hollins, VA November 2010 “Varieties of Scientific Experience: The American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, and the Production of Wonder, 1900-1930.” American Studies Association annual meeting, San Antonio, TX April 2010 “Melding Childhood Studies, Science Studies, and the History of Education.” Exploring Childhood Studies Conference, Childhood Studies Graduate Program, Rutgers-Camden, Camden, NJ March 2010 “Doing history with Team-Based Learning in a large survey U.S. history course.” With Penne Restad and Michael Sweet. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Team Based Learning Collaborative, New Orleans, Louisiana April 2008 “Reclaiming the Machine: Steampunk Practice and the Humanization of the Technological Object,” Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware 7
  • 8. Rebecca Onion/CV November 2007 “Re-articulating the Native, Claiming the Human: Man-Dog Relationships in the New American North,” Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Portland, ME June 2007 “Colonial Narratives, Written on The Animal Body: The Watercolors of Walton Ford,” Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Spartanburg, SC March 2007 “Gender and the Frontier in Alaska.” Guest lecture, Intro to American Studies undergraduate class (for Dr. Elizabeth Engelhardt) November 2006 “Visions of Carnivore Ecology in Children’s Culture: Dinotopia and Jurassic Park,” Carnivores 2006 (Defenders of Wildlife conference), Tampa, FL October 2006 “Lead Dogs and Heroic Masculinity in the New Age of Celebrity,” Western Literature Association, Boise, ID February 2006 “The Endless Quest for Authenticity: The Lord of the Rings and Teenage Girls,” SW/TX Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM Panels (As Organizer) 2012 Organized panel for the American Studies Association annual meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico • “Space, Place, and Privilege: The New Geographies of Childhood” (co-organized with Nicholas Syrett; sponsored by Childhood and Youth Studies Caucus) 2011 Organized two panels for the American Studies Association annual meeting, Baltimore, MD • “Objects of Learning: Material Culture, Imaginative Pedagogy, and the Transformation of American Childhood, 1880-1980” (co-organized with Sarah Carter; sponsored by Material Culture Caucus) • “From Decay to Deterioration: Questioning the Aesthetics of Abandonment” (sponsored by Visual Culture Caucus) 2006 Organizer and facilitator, faculty roundtable, UT American Studies Graduate Conference, Austin, TX • “Pushing ‘Interdisciplinary’ to the Limit” Conferences and Talks (As Organizer) 2009 Organized visit of guest speaker Cindi Katz, Childhood Studies Graduate Research Cluster, University of Texas at Austin 8
  • 9. Rebecca Onion/CV 2008 Member of committee to organize MEPHISTOS graduate conference in the history, anthropology, and sociology of science 2007 Member of committee to organize UT American Studies Graduate Conference 2006 Co-organized UT American Studies Graduate Conference Service 2012-2013 Steering committee, Childhood and Youth Studies Caucus, American Studies Association • “Matchmade” panels for 2013 annual meeting • Maintains caucus Facebook presence 2008 Mentor, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program, University of Texas at Austin • Acted as advisor to undergraduate American Studies major interested in attending graduate school Additional Work Experience 2012-present Lead blogger for Slate.com’s history blog, The Vault (http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault.html) 2002-present Freelance writer, multiple popular publications • Clients have included ELLEgirl, the Austin-American Statesman, Time Out New York, Slate.com, The New Republic’s website, the New Haven Advocate). • See www.rebeccaonion.com/publications/freelance for clips. 2001-2003 Staff writer, ym magazine Languages Fluent in Spanish Intermediate Proficiency in Italian Professional Affiliations Since 2005 American Studies Association member Since 2007 Society for the History of Childhood and Youth member Since 2010 History of Science Society Member Since 2010 Children’s Literature Association member 9
  • 10. Rebecca Onion/CV References Janet Davis Associate Professor Department of American Studies/Department of History University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station B7100 Austin, TX 78712 Office Phone: 512.232.1848 or 512.471.7277 Email: janetmdavis@austin.utexas.edu Julia Mickenberg Associate Professor Department of American Studies University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station B7100 Austin, TX 78712 Office Phone: 512.232.2650 or 512.471.7277 Email: mickenberg@mail.utexas.edu Jeffrey Meikle Professor Department of American Studies/Department of Art and Art History University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station B7100 Austin, TX 78712 Office Phone: 512.232.2166 or 512.471.7277 Email: meikle@mail.utexas.edu Bruce Hunt Associate Professor Department of History University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station B7000 Austin, TX 78712 Office Phone: 512.232.6109 Email: bjhunt@mail.utexas.edu Penne L. Restad (Teaching Reference) Distinguished Senior Lecturer Department of History University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station B7000 Austin, TX 78712 Office Phone: 512.475.7233 Email: restad@mail.utexas.edu 1 0