Brian J Griffith
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EDUCATION:

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
December 2011: Master of Arts
Graduated with Distinction
Major Field: Modern European History
Minor Field: Intellectual

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
December 2008: Bachelor of Arts
Major Field: History



AREAS OF TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND INTEREST:

  • Cultural and Intellectual History
  • Collective vs. Historical Memory
  • International Systems of Political and Cultural Exchange
  • Comparative Fascism
  • Fascist Italy
  • (Fascist) Italian Cinema
  • Fin-de-Siècle Italian Modernism
  • Roma-Sinti Diaspora



    PUBLICATIONS:

  • Co-authored with Sarah A. Curtis and Jason Lahman, "Blogging in the Classroom: On Using a Blog as a Supplemental Resource," Perspectives on History: The Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association (April 2012).
  • "'Mine Eyes Have Seen': A Political Biography of Ruth Williams Ricci," (commissioned by Hoover Digest: Research and Opinion on Public Policy for the Spring 2012 volume of the journal).
  • "Hegemony and Consensus: The Relationship between Politics and Culture in Fascist Italy," Ex Post Facto: The History Journal at San Francisco State University, 20 (May 2011), 114-130.
  • "This Bomb Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Counterculture Movement, 1940s-1980s," SSU Ink: A Journal of History (Sonoma State University, 2009), 55-72.



    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • Spring 2011: Teaching Assistant for "History 313: Comparative History of Love and Sexuality," History Department, San Francisco State University

    Lectures Delivered:
  • "Love in the Time of Totalitarianism: A Comparative Analysis of Love and Sexuality in Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Soviet Russia"
  • "'Homosexuality': A World Perspective"



    HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • Fall 2011: The Herodotus Fund for Graduate Travel in History Award, History Department, San Francisco State University
  • Spring 2011: The Paul O'Meara Memorial Fellowship, History Department, San Francisco State University
  • Spring 2011: Distinguished Achievement Award, History Department, San Francisco State University
  • Spring 2011: Membership, Phi Alpha Theta (Kappa Phi Chapter), San Francisco State University
  • Fall 2007: Dean's List, History Department, Sonoma State University



    PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES:

  • Fall 2011: Research Assistant, Trevor R. Getz, The Human Tapestry, Volume VI (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
  • Summer 2011: Creator/Webmaster, A promotional website for Trevor R. Getz, Liz Clark, Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History (Oxford University Press, 2011) (see http://www.abina.org)
  • Summer 2011: Creator/Webmaster, A new website for the San Francisco State University History Department
  • Spring 2011: Conference Coordinator, "Collective Memory: The Voices of Remembering and the Silences of Forgetting," San Francisco State University
  • Spring 2011: Creator/Webmaster, A new website for Ex Post Facto: The History Journal at San Francisco State University, San Francisco State University (see http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~epf/)
  • Fall 2010 - Present: Volunteer, Voice of Roma (a non-profit organization based in Northern California with the goal of promoting and presenting "… Romani cultural arts and traditions in a way that counters both romanticized and negative 'Gypsy' stereotypes …")
  • Fall 2010 - Spring 2011: President, History Students Association, San Francisco State University
  • Fall 2010 - Spring 2011: Executive Officer/Webmaster, Phi Alpha Theta (Kappa Phi Chapter), San Francisco State University
  • Fall 2010 - Spring 2011: Contributing Editor/Webmaster, Bay Area Social Justice History Project, San Francisco State University
  • Fall 2010 - Spring 2011: Creator/Contributing Editor/Webmaster, "Past & Present: A History Blog," San Francisco State University (see http://sfsuhsa.blogspot.com)
  • Fall 2010 - Spring 2011: Creator/Contributing Editor/Webmaster, "The Primary Source: A Database of Online Historical Archives," San Francisco State University (see http://the-primary-source.blogspot.com)
  • Fall 2010: Creator/Webmaster, A new website for the History Students Association, San Francisco State University (see http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hsa/)
  • Fall 2010: Creator/Webmaster, A new website for Phi Alpha Theta (Kappa Phi Chapter), San Francisco State University (see http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~pat/)
  • Fall 2010: Volunteer, "African Diaspora and Diasporas in Africa," African Studies Association (53rd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.)



    LANGUAGES:

  • Italian (reading/speaking knowledge)
  • French (reading knowledge)
  • German (beginner)
  • Romani (Vlax) (beginner)



    PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

  • Spring 2011 - Present: Phi Alpha Theta
  • Spring 2010 - Present: American Historical Association
  • Spring 2010 - Present: Society for Italian Historical Studies



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