Derek Murray Curriculum Vitae 1/5 DEREK MURRAY Department of History, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3045 STN CSC, Victoria, B.C. V8W 3P4 murraydj@uvic.ca EDUCATION PhD, Canadian History, University of Victoria (UVic) 2009 Present Comprehensive Fields: Pre- and Post-Confederation Canada, Digital History, Cultural History and Theory (Race, Gender, Empire) Dissertation: Shaping a Rural Landscape: Colonialism, Settlers, and their Local Environments in the Upper Ottawa Valley, 1850 1910. Supervisor: Dr. Eric W. Sager Graduate Certificate, Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LATHE), UVic 2012 April 2014 LATHE is a dynamic, full-credit, Graduate Certificate Program, the first of its kind in Canada, focusing on the pedagogical knowledge and practical skills required to teach effectively in higher education. Master of Art, History, University of Guelph (Guelph) 2008 2009 Major Research Paper: Narratives, Transitions, and the Spaces between Old and New: A Socio-Economic History of Brudenell, Ontario through the 1871 Census of Canada. Supervisor: Dr. Douglas McCalla Bachelor of Arts (Honours), History, Guelph 2002 2007 SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS University of Victoria Doctoral Fellowship 2009 2014 Hugh Campbell and Marion Alice Small Graduate Scholarship in Scottish Studies (UVic) 2010 2011 University of Guelph Board of Governors Scholarship 2008 Ruth and Eber Pollard Prize for the Best Essay in Canadian History (Guelph) 2007 Best Research, Undergraduate History Colloquium (Guelph) 2007 COURSES TAUGHT Sessional Instructor, History, Simon Fraser University 2013 HIST472: Slavery, Antislavery, and the Emergence of the Modern Atlantic World Sessional Instructor, History, UVic 2012 HIST468: Antislavery Movements in the Atlantic World, 1770s 1880s HIST358D: Race and Ethnicity in Canada to 1900 Graduate Teaching Assistant, History, UVic 2012 HIST201: Studying the Past (Co-instructor with Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross) TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant Consultant, History, UVic 2011 2014 As Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC) for the Department of History, my role is to provide mentorship and guidance, and to facilitate the professional development of all graduate students and teaching assistants (TAs) in the department. My primary duty is to design and implement training workshops for all TAs in such areas as leading seminars and tutorials, grading students' written work, classroom culture, and time management.
Derek Murray Curriculum Vitae 2/5 Invited Guest Lecturer, History, UVic October 2013 HIST457: The Atlantic Slave Trade (Megan Harvey) Slavery from the Perspective of the Body Graduate Teaching Assistant, History, UVic 2013 HIST101: Ten Days that Shook the World (Dr. John Lutz) Graduate Teaching Assistant, History, UVic 2011 2012 HIST101: Sex and Violence from Medieval Times to the Present (Dr. Sara Beam, Dr. Rachel Cleves) Graduate Teaching Assistant, History, UVic 2010 2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant, History, UVic 2009 2010 HIST105: Twentieth Century World (Dr. David Dolff, Dr. Andrew Wender) Graduate Teaching Assistant, History, Guelph 2008 2009 HIST2600: Canadian History (Dr. Matthew Hayday) HIST1150: World History (Dr. Femi Kolapo) Assistant Coordinator, Krakow Semester Abroad, Guelph 2008 In this role I was responsible for arranging accommodations and travel plans for 20 undergraduate students while also acting as a mentor and guide while they studied in an unfamiliar country. ADDITIONAL TEACHING-RELATED TRAINING Curriculum Design Institute, Learning and Teaching Centre, UVic 2012 Instructional Skills Workshop, Learning and Teaching Centre, UVic 2012 Presentation Skills Workshop, Learning and Teaching Centre, UVic 2011 LEARNING AND TEACHING WORKSHOPS THAT I DESIGNED AND TAUGHT AT UVIC TA Professional Development Workshop Series, Learning and Teaching Centre September 2013 TA Training Day, History September 2013 - Classroom Culture - Lesson Planning - Leading Discussion Groups - Grading Students' Written Work - Time Management Fall TA Conference, Learning and Teaching Centre September 2013 - What to Expect that First Day of Class in the Humanities TA Professional Development Workshop Series, Learning and Teaching Centre March 2013 Spring TA Conference, Learning and Teaching Centre January 2013
Derek Murray Curriculum Vitae 3/5 TA Workshop Series, History September 2012 - Time Management - Grading Essays and Exams - Leading Discussion Groups and Engaging Students Fall TA Conference, Learning and Teaching Centre September 2012 - What to Expect that First Day of Class in the Humanities TA Workshop Series, History September 2011 January 2012 - Presentation Skills - Theory and Practice of University Teaching - Learning and Teaching Styles - Grading Essays and Leading Discussion Groups Fall TA Conference, Learning and Teaching Centre September 2011 - What to Expect that First Day of Class in the Humanities and Social Sciences ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATES Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Digital Humanities Summer Institute, UVic 2011 Introduction to Arc-GIS, University of Guelph 2008 PUBLICATIONS Editor. Teaching Assistant Handbook. Department of History, University of Victoria, 2013. Editor. Charley Thomas Journal: A Narrative of the Day to Day Life of a Hudson s Bay Company Trader, 1850 1852. Philadelphia: Kickissippi Press (commissioned and in-progress). Constructions of Identity: In the 21 st Century, Identity Politics Still Matter, and Experiments with the Craft of the Historian. Blog posts on Panels Presented at the 2013 Qualicum History Conference, Canada's History, <http://www.canadashistory.ca/education/new-research/articles/qualicum-conference-2013.aspx>. The Wilson Family Farm: Exploring Issues of Tradition and Modernity and the Worlds in which We Live. Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at Guelph 1, no. 2 (2008): 35-41. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting, Victoria, BC 2013 Envisioning a Rural Landscape: Settlers, Bureaucrats, and Land in Nineteenth-Century Ontario. Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, BC 2013 Subversive Supplications: Colonial Practice and Community Formation in Rural Ontario. Place and Placelessness Workshop, Network in Canadian History and Environment, Online 2012 Local Environmental Change Through Road Building: Colonization Roads and Community Development in Canada West, 1852-1859. Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, BC 2012 Into the Valley of Death : The Charge of the Light Brigade and the Colonization of the Canadian Shield, 1853 1867.
Derek Murray Curriculum Vitae 4/5 Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, BC 2011 A Colony of Unrequited Dreams? : Family, Community, and Religion on the Frontier: Brudenell and the Upper Ottawa Valley, 1850 1910. Undergraduate History Colloquium, University of Guelph 2007 The Wilson Family Farm, North Dumfries, Ontario, 1866 1869. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate Research Assistant, Cynthia Korpan, Learning and Teaching Centre, UVic 2013 2014 This research project, initiated by the Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student Advancement (TAGSA) executive committee and funded by the Educational Developers Caucus (EDC) of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), is a national survey of Canadian post-secondary institutions' teaching assistant orientations. The outcome is to have at the end of the year a comprehensive analysis and report about teaching assistant orientations from all Canadian post-secondary institutions. Working closely with the TAGSA executive, my role as graduate research assistant is to get ethics approval, construct and conduct the survey, and to assist in preparing the final report and article for publication. LATHE Graduate Certificate Candidate, Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies, UVic 2012 2014 Completion of this Graduate Certificate includes research into the pedagogical foundations of university teaching and well as practical skills in course design and implementation. I am currently redesigning, from the ground up, a new introductory-level course in Canadian history. PhD Candidate, History, UVic 2011 Present My doctoral research is in the history of rural development and sustainability in nineteenthcentury Ontario. Through a microhistorical study of the township of Brudenell, Ontario, 1850 1910, I examine the relationship between settlers and their local environments (social, economic, political, and cultural) within the context of Canadian colonial expansion. My evidence is derived from extensive research in assessment rolls, censuses, and field reports of colonization agents from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century. Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Eric W. Sager, History, UVic 2010 2011 I assisted Dr. Sager with his research on income inequality in twentieth-century Canada. My primary duties included searching for newspaper and magazine articles on income inequality, researching the impact of Pierre Berton s The Smug Minority (1968) on debates over income inequality, and examining the 1944 family allowances debates in the House of Commons. Master of Arts, History, Guelph 2008 2009 My major research paper was based on a deep analysis of the 1871 Census of Brudenell, Ontario, combined with the exploration of contemporary maps. Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Smaro Kamboureli, TransCanada Institute, Guelph 2008 2009 I was Dr. Kamboureli s research and administrative assistant. My primary duties included general office and administrative work, compiling and annotating research portfolios, and planning workshops and conferences at TransCanada Institute. Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Matthew Hayday, History, Guelph 2008 2009 I assisted Dr. Hayday with his research on the reception of official bilingualism policies in English Canada in the 1960s. My primary duties included scanning and compiling newspaper articles on bilingualism from a number of prominent Canadian newspapers. Researcher, Dr. Kris Inwood, 1871 Scotland and Canada Census Project, Guelph 2008 I worked as part of the research team on the 1871 Scotland and Canada Census Project. My primary duty was to index all mention of Aboriginal peoples in the 1871 Census of Canada.
Derek Murray Curriculum Vitae 5/5 ACADEMIC SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Student Representative, CHA Conference Program Committee 2012 2013 Member, Agricultural History Society 2012 Present Advisor, The Corvette (UVic Undergraduate History Journal) 2012 Present Member, Digital Geohumanities Working Group, UVic 2012 Present Co-Editor, Graduate History Review 2011 2012 Reviewer and Editorial Advisory Board Member, Graduate History Review 2010 Present UVic Representative to the CHA Graduate Student Committee 2009 Present Member, Canadian Historical Association 2009 Present Organizer, History Department Golf Tournament, UVic 2010 Present Advisor, Krakow Semester Planning Committee, Guelph 2008 2009 Student Representative, History Department Curriculum Committee, Guelph 2008 2009 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Coordinator, Krakow Semester Abroad, University of Guelph 2007 Student Participant, Krakow Semester Abroad, University of Guelph 2005 Student Participant, London Semester Abroad, University of Guelph 2004 LANGUAGES English Native Language French Reading Comprehension Polish Basic Conversation