Lee Bruce Kress
E-mail: kress@rowan.edu
Office:
856-256-4500, ext. 3987
RESUME
SPECIALIZATION:
1. United States history, especially military,
diplomatic, and 20th century
2.
Latin American history, especially Mexico and Argentina
EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND:
B.A.: The Johns Hopkins University, 1963 liberal
arts.
M.A.: Columbia University, 1967, history.
Certificate
in Latin American Studies: Columbia University, 1967.
Ph.D.:
Columbia University, 1972, history.
EXPERIENCE:
Associate
Professor of History, adviser, First Year Seminar, former Coordinator of Phi
Alpha Theta and
International Studies, Rowan University,
Glassboro, NJ. 1973-present.
Assistant
Professor of History, University College, University of Maryland, College Park,
MD. 1970-1973
Instructor
in History and Government, Baltimore College of Commerce, 1969-1971.
Adjunct
instructor, Rutgers University, Camden, 1984-99.
Adjunct
Associate Professor for PACE Program, Old Dominion University, 1975-1978.
Adjunct
Instructor in History, Northern Virginia Community College, 1973.
Adjunct
Instructor in History and Government, Community College of Baltimore,
1972-1974.
Special
experience in as a consultant in interdisciplinary programs, first year college
experience,
distance learning programs, and
Fulbright Foundation Awards.
PUBLICATIONS:
“Mexican American Immigration,” Balch
Institute Bulletin, 1998.
"Camden,
New Jersey in World War II", Camden County Historical Society Bulletin,
1991.
"Franklin Roosevelt as
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1914-1920", FDR Library Newsletter,
Spr,1986.
"The
Construction of the Battleship New Jersey." Newsletter, Battleship NJ
Hist. Museum Soc, Apr 83.
"A
Comparison of Argentine Politics in the Ochenta and Today", Middle
Atlantic Conference for Latin
American Studies Journal, 1982.
International
Terrorism in the Contemporary World, ed. with others, Greenwood Press,
1978.
"Argentine
Liberalism and the Church", The Americas, 1974.
"Centralism
and Federalism in Latin America", Journal of International and
Comparative Studies, 1973.
"Political
Fact Sheet for the Nations of Latin America", Congressional Research
Service, 1972.
Various
newspaper articles and book reviews in professional journals and papers at
professional meetings.
Current Research: Home Front in
World War II.
AWARDS:
N.D.F.L
Fellowship (alternate award), 1968,1969,1970.
Research
Grant, Columbia University, 1970-1971.
Research
Grant, New Jersey Committee for the Humanities, 1975.
Glassboro
State College Research Grant, 1977,1978,1979-80, 1984-85, 1988-89.
Grant,
State of New Jersey A-328, 1982-83., 1987-88, 1992-93, 2000-01
Grant, State of
New Jersey, "Internationalization of the College Curriculum",
1987-88.
Fulbright
Foundation Certificate of Merit and Appreciation, 1999
Rowan University Teaching Wall of Fame, 1998, 2000