Deborah R. Marinski, Ph.D.
Ohio University Southern, 1804 Liberty Avenue, Ironton, OH 45638
740-533-4637
[email protected]
EDUCATION
• Ph.D.: American History, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 2006
Dissertation: “Unfortunate Minds: Mental Insanity in Ohio, 1883-1909”
Director: Dr. Diane Britton
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M.A.: History, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 2000
Thesis: “The Battle Behind the Lines: Ohio’s Doctors and Nurses in the American Civil
War”
Director: Dr. William Longton
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B.A.: Cum Laude, History, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 1998
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Tenured and Promoted to Associate Professor of History, Ohio University Southern
Campus, Ironton, Ohio, 2014
• Assistant Professor of History, Ohio University Southern Campus, Ironton, Ohio, 20082014.
• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 2006-2008.
• Adjunct Instructor, Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio, 2006.
COURSES TAUGHT
• HIST 1210: Western Civilization: Antiquity to 1500
• HIST 1320: Introduction to World History Before 1750
• HIST 2000: Survey of United States History, 1600-1877
• HIST 2010: Survey of United States History, 1865 - Present
• HIST 3000: Atlantic History
• HIST 3002: Colonial British North America
• HIST 3004: Revolutionary America
• HIST 3008: Early U.S. Republic
• HIST 3012: Foundations of Modern America: The Gilded Age, 1877-1900
• HIST 3018: History of the American South to 1900
• HIST 3100: Emergence of the Modern United States: Progressive Era and Roaring
Twenties
• HIST 3201: Women in American History Since 1877
• HIST 3220: 1960s in U.S.: Decade of Controversy
• HIST 3230: Latin American History: The Colonial Era
• HIST 3231: Latin American History: From Independence to the Present
• HIST 3821: Russia: Road to Revolution 1825-1917
• HIST 3111J: Historical Research and Writing
PUBLICATIONS
• Marinski, Deborah R. Review of Fahey, David M The Women’s Temperance Crusade in
Oxford, Ohio: Including a Sketch of the Family of Dr. Alexander Guy (1800-1893) with
Excerpts from the Memoir of William Evans Guy. Intro by Jack S. Blocker, Jr. (Lewiston,
N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010) H-Ohio, H-Net Reviews, June, 2012. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=35089.
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Marinski, Deborah R. William McKinley: A Modern Man. NY: Nova Science Publishers,
Inc., 2011. ISBN: 978-1-61122-812-0.
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Marinski, Deborah R. Review of Palmer, Bryan D., James P. Cannon and the Origins of
the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007)
H-SHGAPE, H-Net Reviews, December, 2008. http://www.hnet.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23386
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Marinski, Deborah R. “State Policies and the Public Response to Institutionalization:
Caring for the Insane in Late Nineteenth Century Ohio.” Ohio History, 114 (Spring
2007): 118-131.
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Marinski, Deborah R. Review of Tevi Troy, Intellectuals and the American Presidency:
“Philosophers, Jesters or Technicians?”1960 to Present (Lanham, Md.:
Rowman and Littlefield, 2002) Ohioana Quarterly, XLV:4 (Winter 2002): 493.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
• Organizer and Chair of “American Studies and American History 2: Historical Memory”
at the Southwest Popular American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM,
February 19-22, 2014.
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Organizer and Chair of “American Studies and American History 3: Politics and Culture”
at the Southwest Popular American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM,
February 19-22, 2014.
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Organizer and Chair of “American Studies and American History 5: Cultural Transitions”
at the Southwest Popular American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM,
February 19-22, 2014.
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Marinski, Deborah R. “The Politics of Insanity: How Physicians, Government, and
Society Controlled Institutionalization in the Late Nineteenth Century.” Paper presented
at the 43rd annual conference of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture
Association, Washington D.C., March 27-30, 2013.
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Marinski, Deborah R. “Was Institutionalization the Cure? How Asylum Physicians
Controlled the Ideology and Methodology of Treating the Insane in the Late Nineteenth
and Early Twentieth Centuries." Paper presented at the 27th Annual Interdisciplinary
Conference in the Humanities at the University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia,
November 1-3, 2012.
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Panelist, “Juggling Multiple Roles” at The Women’s Conference, Ohio University
Proctorville Center, May 11, 2012.
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Marinski, Deborah R. “Humanitarian Traditions: Ideology and Treatment of the Insane
in the late 19th Century.” Paper presented at the 42nd annual conference of the Popular
Culture Association/American Culture Association, Boston, Massachusetts, April 11-14,
2012.
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Co-Organizer and Moderator for Women’s History Month Panel, at the Ohio University
Proctorville Center, March 9, 2012.
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Marinski, Deborah R. “Humanitarianism and Progressivism: Reforms in the Treatment
and Institutionalization of the Insane in Early 20th Century Ohio.” Paper presented at the
Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Conference, Orlando, Florida, January 4-7, 2012.
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Chair and Commentator of “Interpreting History” at the Phi Alpha Theta Biennial
Conference, Orlando Florida, January 4-7, 2012.
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Chair and Commentator of “Social Issues in the U.S.” at the Phi Alpha Theta Biennial
Conference, Orlando Florida, January 4-7, 2012.
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Marinski, Deborah R. “Institutionalization was the Cure-All: Origins and Representations
of the 19th Century Insane Asylum.” Paper presented at the joint conference of the
Southwest Texas Popular Culture American Culture Association and the National
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, San Antonio, Texas, April
20-23, 2011.
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Chair and Commentator of “U.S. Social Issues” at the Phi Alpha Theta Biennial
Conference, San Diego, California, January 6-9, 2010.
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Marinski, Deborah R. “Humanitarianism Through Institutionalization: The Medical
Treatment of Ohio’s Insane in the 19th Century.” Invited lecture given at The University
of Toledo Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections as part of the From
Institutions to Independence: A History of People with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio
exhibition, October 23, 2008.
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Marinski, Deborah R. “Custodialism or Traditional Humanitarianism? A Study of Mental
Institutions in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio During the Gilded Age.” Paper presented at
the annual conference of the Organization of American Historians, Washington, D.C.,
April 20-23, 2006.
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Marinski, Deborah R. “Insane Asylums in Ohio During the Nineteenth Century:
Custodialism or Humanitarianism?” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Ohio
Academy of History, Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio, April 7-8, 2006.
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Chair of “Perceiving and Re-Perceiving: Natives in Film and Myth” at Cultures in
Conflict, University of Toledo, April 9, 2005.
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Panelist, “Your Comprehensive Exams,” Phi Alpha Theta colloquium, University of
Toledo, March 4, 2005.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
• Selected as the Area Chair of American Studies and American History for the Southwest
Popular Culture American Culture Association for a two year term, 2013-2015.
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Selected Participant, Native Americans in the Midwest: Bridging Cultures at Community
Colleges part of an NEH grant, Ohio Historical Society, 2013-2015.
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COESA (Collaborating on Economic Success in Appalachia), AP Blended Learning
Collaboration with area High Schools through the Lawrence County Educational Service
Center, three year program, 2012-2014.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
• RHE P&T Guidelines Review Committee, Summer 2014.
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RHE Curriculum Committee, Vice-Chair, Chair: John Prather, 2014-2015.
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Educational Policy and Student Affairs Committee, Member, Ohio University, Chair: Dr.
Ruth Palmer, 2013-2014.
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RHE Curriculum Committee, Member, Chair: Dr. John Prather, 2012 to 2014.
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RHE Workload Committee, Member, Chair: Dr. Pramod Kanwar, 2012.
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RHE Leadership Retreat, Ohio University Pickerington Center, September 16, 2011.
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RHE Leadership Retreat Planning Committee, Member, Chair: Interim Dean, Dr. Marty
Tuck, Summer 2011.
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Faculty Senator for the Ohio University Southern Campus, 2010 to present.
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Professional Relations Committee, Member, Ohio University, Chairs: Dr. Sherrie Gradin;
Dr. Sarah Wyatt; Dr. Ben Bates, 2010 to 2013.
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Panelist, “Reflections on the First Year at OHIO”, New Faculty Welcome & Academic
Orientation, Ohio University Athens Campus, September 2 – 3, 2009.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Learning Center Review Task Force, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus, Chair:
Robert Pleasant, Spring 2014.
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Group II Promotion Committee, Chair, Ohio University Southern Campus, 2013-2014.
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Strategic Planning Committee, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus, Chair:
Assoc. Dean Ella Jones, Fall 2013.
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Presenter, Scholarship Recognition Ceremony, Ohio University Southern Campus,
August 9, 2013.
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Committee to designate Southern Campus nominee for the RHE Outstanding Faculty
Award, Member, Chair: Dr. Nicole Pennington, Spring 2013.
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Dean’s Evaluation Committee, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus, Chair: Dr.
Kristi Barnes, Spring 2013.
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Search Committee for Associate Dean, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus,
Chair: Dr. Miki Crawford, Spring 2013 (successful).
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Southern Campus Outstanding Faculty Decision Committee, Chair, Dr. Hayley Haugen,
Spring 2013.
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Campus Representative for Leadership Tri-State, Class of 2013, April-November 2013.
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Presenter, Outstanding Graduate Recognition Ceremony, Ohio University Southern
Campus, April 26, 2013.
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Group II Promotion Policy and Procedures Committee, Ohio University Southern
Campus, Co-chair with Dr. Kim Keffer, 2012-2013.
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Organizer of a reading of the U.S. Constitution for Constitution Day, September 17,
2012.
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Campus Representative on the Lawrence County Civil War Anniversary Planning
Committee, Summer 2012.
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Presenter, Scholarship Recognition Ceremony, Ohio University Southern Campus,
August 10, 2012.
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Adjunct Appreciation Day co-organizer and presenter, Ohio University Southern
Campus, June 1, 2012.
Presenter, Student Recognition Ceremony, Ohio University Southern Campus, June 1,
2012.
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Bobcat Hustle 5K fundraiser for the Ohio Horse Park, Ohio University Southern Campus,
Volunteer, March 24, 2012 and April 5, 2014.
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Dean’s Evaluation Committee, Ohio University Southern Campus, Chair, Winter 2012.
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Policies and Procedures Committee, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus, Chair:
Dr. David Lucas, 2011 to present.
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Presenter, Scholarship Recognition Ceremony, Ohio University Southern Campus, August
12, 2011.
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Presenter, Student Leadership Recognition Ceremony, Ohio University Southern
Campus, May 26, 2011.
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Panelist, Women’s Conference held at the Proctorville Center, May 13, 2011.
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Lawrence-Scioto County Clean-Up Day, Volunteer, May 7, 2011.
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Brought Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant impersonators to Ohio University Southern
Campus to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, April 15, 2011. Presentation on Women and World War II for Women’s History Month offered in
collaboration with Dr. Kim Keffer’s EDCP 400, Dynamics of Leadership, Ohio
University Proctorville Center, March 2011.
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Judge for the community event, “A Night at the Apollo,” held at the Ashland Community
and Technical College, February 25, 2011.
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Adjunct Appreciation Day co-organizer and presenter, Ohio University Southern
Campus, January 21, 2011.
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Adjunct Evaluation Committee, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus, Chairs: Dr.
Orianna Carter; Dr. Purba Das, 2010 to 2012.
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Faculty Initiatives, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus, Chair: Dr. Miki
Crawford; Dr. Hayley Haugen, 2010 to present.
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Professional Ethics Committee, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus, 2010-2013.
Meets as needed.
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History trip to Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown, and Monticello with students and
the community, organized by Assistant Professor Bob Leith and Travel World, October
2010.
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Co-Organizer and Panelist for Constitution Day, Ohio University Southern Campus,
September 17, 2010.
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Brought Holocaust Survivor, Irene Zisblatt to Ohio University Southern Campus, May 7,
2010.
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History trip to Gettysburg and Antietam Battlefield with students and the community,
organized by Assistant Professor Bob Leith and Travel World, March 2010.
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Faculty Advisor, History Club, Ohio University Southern Campus, Fall 2009 to present.
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Co-Organizer and Panelist for Constitution Day, Ohio University Southern
Campus, September 17, 2009.
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Grade Appeal Committee, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus, Chair: Dr.
Charles Jarrett, Summer 2009.
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Marshal, Graduate Recognition, Ohio University Southern Campus, June 12, 2009.
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Search Committee for Dean, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus, Chair: Dr.
Mike Millay, Spring 2009 (successful).
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Search Committee, Member, Group II Spanish Instructor, Ohio University Southern
Campus, Chair: Dr. Yehong Shao-Lucas, 2009 (successful).
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Curriculum Committee, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus, Chairs: Dr. Miki
Crawford; Dr. Kristi Barnes, 2008 to present.
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Advisor for the Bachelor of Arts in History, Ohio University Southern Campus, 2008 to
present.
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Program Coordinator for the Bachelor of Arts in History, Ohio University Southern
Campus, 2008 to present.
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Professional Development Committee, Member, Ohio University Southern Campus,
Chair: Dr. Mike Millay, 2008- 2010.
AWARDS RECEIVED
• Outstanding Faculty Member in Service, Ohio University Southern Campus, 2013-2014.
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Recognized as a Memorable Educator as part of the Excellence in Education program by
the Ohio Magazine, December 2012, 79.
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Outstanding Faculty Member in Research, Ohio University Southern Campus, 20112012.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• American Popular Culture Society, 2011 to Present.
• Ohio Historical Society, 2003-2009; 2013 to Present.
• Society of Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 2003 to Present.
• American Historical Association, 2002 to Present.
• Organization of American Historians, 2002 to Present.
• Phi Alpha Theta, History Honorary Society, 1997 to Present.