Gwendolyn R. Lockman, M.A.
(She/Her/Hers)
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
gwendolyn.lockman@utexas.edu
Education
Expected, 2023 Ph.D., U.S. History The University of Texas at Austin
Field: Post-1865 U.S. Labor and Leisure, U.S. West
Portfolio: Women’s and Gender Studies
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 Landscape and Garden Studies Graduate Workshop, Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University
2021 Gill Family Foundation Society of Architectural Historians Graduate Student Funding – 2021 Conference
2020 Summer Fellowship, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin
2020 Carrie Johnson Fellowship, Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives
2019-2020 Continuing Fellowship, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin
2019 University of Texas Summer Fellow, Handbook of Texas Women, Texas State Historical Association
2018-2019 First-year Fellowship, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin
2015-2016 Phi Alpha Theta History Honors, Georgetown University
2012-2016 Dean’s List (First Honors: Spring 2015, Fall 2015; Second Honors: Fall 2012), Georgetown University
2012-2016 Georgetown University Scholarship
Teaching and Higher Education Administration Experience
Teaching Assistantships
Spring 2021 U.S. History Since 1865 (HIS315L). Jeremi Suri UT Austin Supplemental Instruction Leader
Fall 2020 U.S. History 1492-1865 (HIS 315K) Steven Mintz UT Austin
Supplemental Instruction Leader
Summer 2020 U.S. History Since 1865 (HIS S315L) Steven Mintz UT Austin
Spring 2020 Building America (HIS 317L) Erika Bsumek UT Austin
Fall 2019 U.S. History Since 1865 (HIS 315L) Michael B. Stoff UT Austin
Spring 2016 American Civilization II (AMST 204) Erika Seamon Georgetown U
Fall 2015 American Civilization I (AMST 203) Erika Seamon Georgetown U
Pedagogy
Spring 2021 Supervised Teaching in History Bruce Hunt UT Austin
Fall 2019 Pedagogy Colloquium Alison Frazier UT Austin
Fall 2019 Teaching Preparation Series Faculty Innovation Center UT Austin
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)
Summer 2015 Teaching Volunteer Hungary & Slovakia Program Learning Enterprises
Administration
Fall 2019-Spring 2020 Social Media Manager Department of History UT Austin
Fall 2018-Spring 2019 Web News Assistant Department of History UT Austin
Sept 2012-May 2015 Student Information Assistant Office of Undergraduate Admissions Georgetown U
Student Affairs
Fall 2014-Spring 2016 Community Assistant Magis Row Living Learning Community Office of Residential Living Georgetown U
Fall 2013-Spring 2014 Resident Assistant Office of Residential Living Georgetown U
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.
Public History
February 23, 2021 Invited Talk, “Mining Columbia Gardens,” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Montana (MOLLI), Missoula, Montana (via Zoom), https://bit.ly/3koDsrt.
September 14, 2020 Preservation and Decay as Public History at the Moon-Randolph Homestead, Not Even Past, https://notevenpast.org/preservation-and-decay-as-public-history-at-the-moon-randolph-homestead/.
Aug 15, 2019 Moon Randolph Homestead Interactive Historical Map, http://arcg.is/149z15.
Aug 1, 2019 Presentation to the City of Missoula, Montana Historic Preservation Commission on Curation and Interpretation at the Moon Randolph Homestead, (9:35) https://bit.ly/2LD4MC1.
June 6, 2019 Presentation to the City of Missoula, Montana Historic Preservation Commission to Introduce the Summer 2019 Curation and Interpretation Intern for the Moon Randolph Homestead, (9:32), https://bit.ly/2yLdonj.
June 2019-Aug 2019 Summer Tour Guide, as part of Curation and Interpretation Internship at Moon Randolph Homestead, Missoula, Montana.
Nov 19, 2018 ““Stand With Kap”: Athlete Activism at the LBJ Library,” Not Even Past, https://notevenpast.org/stand-with-kap-athlete-activism-at-the-lbj-library/.
Conferences and Presented Papers
October 2021 [accepted, forthcoming] “Recreation and Reclamation: Land Use, Mining, and Leisure in Butte, MT, 1915-2021,” Western History Association, Portland, OR.
March 2020 “How Wild Was the West?: Women’s Safety and Pleasure in Butte, Montana,” Emerging Scholarship in Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Texas at Austin.
September 2019 “Modes of Survival as Preservation and Practice at the Moon-Randolph Homestead,” Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference,
University of Colorado Boulder.
April 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,
University of Texas at Austin.
April 2016 “Overthrown: Curt Flood, Jim Bouton, and Baseball’s Free Agency Revolution” Senior Thesis in American Studies, advised by Michael Kazin,
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.
Service
2020– Affiliate, Center for Sports Communication and Media Moody College of Communication UT Austin
2020-2021 Co-Coordinator, Symposium on Gender, History, and Sexuality Department of History UT Austin
2019–2020 Planning Committee, Symposium on Gender, History, and Sexuality Department of History UT Austin
October 2019 Graduate Student Volunteer Western History Association Annual Meeting Las Vegas, NV
Fall 2019 History Graduate Student Council Department of History UT Austin
2015–2018 Literacy and Life Skills Mentor, K-8 Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Washington, D.C.
2015-2016 Chapter Officer Phi Alpha Theta, Beta Pi Chapter Georgetown U
2014-2016 Annual Pow Wow Volunteer Coordinator GU Native American Student Council Georgetown U
2014-2015 Vice President Georgetown University Pep Band Georgetown U
Professional Memberships
Labor and Working-Class History Association
Mining History Association
Montana Historical Society
Society of Architectural Historians
Western History Association
Language Proficiency
French
