Gwendolyn R. Lockman, M.A.
She/Her/Hers
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
gwendolyn.lockman@utexas.edu
Education
2023 (expected) Ph.D. U.S. History, The University of Texas at Austin
ABD September 2021
Field: Post-1865 U.S. Labor and Leisure, U.S. West
Portfolio: Women’s and Gender Studies
Dissertation: “Recreation and Reclamation: Parks, Mining, and Community in Butte, MT”
2020, M.A. U.S. History, The University of Texas at Austin
Master’s Report: “Miners and Musicians: Rethinking Company Towns through the Butte Mines Band, 1887-1953”
2016, A.B. American Studies, Georgetown University
Magna Cum Laude Minors: Government, History
Senior Thesis: “Overthrown: Curt Flood, Jim Bouton, and Baseball’s Free Agency Revolution”
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
2021 Mining History Association Research Grant ($750)
2021 Charles Redd Fellowship in Western American Studies, Brigham Young University ($2000)
2021-2022 Research Fellowship, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin ($24,000 + insurance stipend)
2021 Landscape and Garden Studies Graduate Workshop, Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University, with the Mellon Initiative in Urban Landscape Studies ($1,500)
2021 Gill Family Foundation Society of Architectural Historians Graduate Student Funding ($125)
2020 Summer Fellowship, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin ($2,000)
2020 Carrie Johnson Fellowship, Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives ($1,500)
2019-2021 Continuing Fellowship, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin ($8,296/year)
2019 University of Texas Summer Fellow, Handbook of Texas Women, Texas State Historical Association ($2,500)
2018-2019 First-year Fellowship, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin ($24,000 + insurance stipend)
2015-2016 Phi Alpha Theta History Honors, Georgetown University
2012-2016 Dean’s List, 8 Semesters (First Honors: Spring 2015, Fall 2015; Second Honors: Fall 2012), Georgetown University
2012-2016 Georgetown University Scholarship ($21,481 over 3 years)
Public History
[accepted, forthcoming] Book review, The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native People in the Fight for the West, By Megan Kate Nelson (Scribner, 2020), Not Even Past (online).
“Forward Looking Perspectives upon Returning to the Classroom and the Zoomroom,” Not Even Past, September 3, 2021, https://notevenpast.org/forward-looking-perspectives-upon-returning-to-the-classroom-and-the-zoomroom/.
Handbook of Texas Women, s.v. “Yerwood, Joyce,” (Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association, 2021), accessed June 7, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/yerwood-joyce.
“Mining Columbia Gardens, Butte, MT 1884-1973,” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Montana (MOLLI), Missoula, Montana, via Zoom. February 23, 2021.
“Preservation and Decay as Public History at the Moon-Randolph Homestead,” Not Even Past, September 14, 2020, https://notevenpast.org/preservation-and-decay-as-public-history-at-the-moon-randolph-homestead/.
Moon Randolph Homestead Interactive Historical Map, August 15, 2019 http://arcg.is/149z15.
Presentation to the City of Missoula, Montana Historic Preservation Commission on Curation and Interpretation at the Moon Randolph Homestead, August 1, 2019, (9:35) https://bit.ly/2LD4MC1.
Presentation to the City of Missoula, Montana Historic Preservation Commission to Introduce the Summer 2019 Curation and Interpretation Intern for the Moon Randolph Homestead, June 6, 2019, (9:32), https://bit.ly/2yLdonj.
Summer Tour Guide, as part of Curation and Interpretation Internship at Moon Randolph Homestead, Missoula, Montana, June 2019-August 2019.
““Stand With Kap”: Athlete Activism at the LBJ Library,” Not Even Past, November 19, 2018, https://notevenpast.org/stand-with-kap-athlete-activism-at-the-lbj-library/.
Conferences and Presented Papers
[accepted, forthcoming] “Recreation and Reclamation: Land Use, Mining, and Leisure in Butte, MT 1915-2021,” Western History Association, Portland, OR, October 2021.
“How Wild Was the West?: Women’s Safety and Pleasure in Butte, Montana,” Emerging Scholarship in Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference, UT Austin, March 2020.
“Modes of Survival as Preservation and Practice at the Moon-Randolph Homestead,” Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference, University of Colorado Boulder, September 2019.
“Super Fun to Superfund: Historicizing and Remembering Butte, Montana’s Columbia Gardens Amusement Park,” Biennial Graduate Student and Emerging Scholars’ Conference, Department of American Studies, UT Austin, April 2019.
“Overthrown: Curt Flood, Jim Bouton, and Baseball’s Free Agency Revolution,” Georgetown University. Considered for the Mary Catherine Mita Prize in American Studies, April 2016.
“Black Women in Baseball: Without a League of Their Own” Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society, Regional Mid-Atlantic Conference, Panel on Race, Gender, and Culture, Mount St. Mary’s University, April 2016.
Teaching and Higher Education Administration Experience
Supplemental Instruction Leader
University of Texas at Austin
Spring 2021 U.S. History Since 1865 (HIS 315L)
Fall 2020 U.S. 1492-1865 (HIS 315K)
Teaching Assistantships
University of Texas at Austin
Spring 2021 U.S. History Since 1865 (HIS 315L)
Fall 2020 U.S. 1492-1865 (HIS 315K)
Summer 2020 U.S. History Since 1865 (HIS S315L)
Spring 2020 Building America (HIS 317L)
Fall 2019 U.S. History Since 1865 (HIS 315L)
Georgetown University
Spring 2016 American Civilization II (AMST 204)
Fall 2015 American Civilization I (AMST 203)
Pedagogy
University of Texas at Austin
Spring 2021 Supervised Teaching Methods, Department of History
Fall 2019 Pedagogy Colloquium, Department of History
Fall 2019 Teaching Preparation Series, Faculty Innovation Center
Spring 2019 Inclusive Classrooms Leadership Certificate Seminar for Excellence in Teaching, Division for Diversity and Community Engagement, UT Austin
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Learning Enterprises
Summer 2015 Teaching Volunteer, Hungary & Slovakia Program
Administration
University of Texas at Austin
Sept 2019-May 2020 Social Media Manager, Department of History
Oct 2018-May 2019 Web News Assistant, Department of History
Georgetown University
Sept 2012-May 2015 Student Information Assistant, Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Student Affairs
Georgetown University
Aug 2014-May 2016 Community Assistant, Magis Row Living Learning Community, Office of Residential Living
Aug 2013-May 2014 Resident Assistant, Office of Residential Living
Professional Experience
June 2019–Aug 2019 Moon-Randolph Homestead Summer Intern, Curation and Interpretation
City of Missoula, Montana Parks & Recreation–Conservation Lands Management and City Planning–Historic Preservation Office, with North Missoula Community Development Corporation, Missoula, MT.
July 2018 Office Manager, 89th All-Star Game MLB Event Operations Headquarters
Major League Baseball, Washington, D.C.
July 2016-July 2018 Coordinator, Legal
Washington Nationals Baseball Club, Washington, D.C.
Administrative Support: Nationals Park Capital Improvements (with Events DC/Washington Convention and Sports Authority); Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Board of Directors.
Summer 2014 Intern: Records, Administration, Marketing
Paul Ryan & Associates, Missoula, MT.
Summer 2013 Legislative Intern: Indian Affairs; Labor; Social Security
U.S. Senate, Office of Senator Jon Tester, Washington, D.C.
Service
2020–present Affiliate, Center for Sports Communication and Media, Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin
2020–present Alumni Interviewer, Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program
2020–2021 Co-Coordinator, Symposium on Gender, History, and Sexuality, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin
2019–2020 Planning Committee, Symposium on Gender, History, and Sexuality, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin
October 2019 Student Volunteer, Western History Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV
Fall 2019 History Graduate Student Council, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin
2015–2018 Mentor, Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy , Washington, D.C.
2015-2016 Chapter Officer, Phi Alpha Theta, Beta Pi Chapter, Georgetown University
2014-2016 Volunteer Coordinator, Native American Student Council, Georgetown University
2014-2015 Vice President, Georgetown University Pep Band, Georgetown University
Professional Memberships
Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA)
Mining History Association (MHA)
Montana Historical Society (MHS)
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
Texas State Employees’ Union (TSEU-CWA #6186)
Western History Association (WHA)
Language Proficiency
English
French
