Teacher Institute
- Heartlands at Home and Abroad -
June 8-12, 2009

James Cane-Carrasco received his BSc in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin (1990) and his PhD in Latin American History from the University of California at Berkeley (2000). He has taught at the University of Oklahoma since 2002. His main research and publishing efforts focus on the political, cultural, and intellectual history of Latin America with particular emphases on the impact of the press on and the role of spiritism in political culture.

Dr. Douglas Catterall, Cameron University

Douglas Catterall received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania (1989) in Economics, English Literature, and History, and his PhD (1998) from the University of Minnesota. he has taught at CU since 2000. His main research and publishing interests concern the cultural and social history of early modern Europe and comparative and world history with an emphasis on migration's cultural impact.

Sarah Janda received her BA from the University of Oklahoma (1996). She also received her MA (1999) and PhD (2002) from the University of Oklahoma. She has taught at CU since 2001. Her main research and publishing efforts address 20th-century American Social History with an emphasis on race, gender, and politics; the intersection of feminism and Indianness, and the history of Cameron University.

Aaron Mason received his BA in Political Science from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma in 1994. He then received his M.A. in Political Science from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1997 and his Ph.D. in Political Science in 2006 from Northern Arizona University. He has taught at NWOSU since 2006. His main research and publishing efforts concern the American Presidency, Constitutional Law, and Tribal-State Politics.

Eric Schmaltz earned his BA (1994) in History and German Language at Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He also received his MA (1996) in History from the University of North Dakota Grand Forks and his PhD (2002) in History at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He has taught Modern European and World History at NWOSU since 2005. His main research and publishing efforts address the global trends and topics on ethnic German migrations, the Nazi Holocaust, and Soviet nationality policies.

Lallie Scott received her BA from the University of Texas El Paso (1985). She received her MS (1988) and PhD (1992) from the University of Utah. She has taught at NSU since 1993. Her main research and publishing efforts concern the geography of East Asia, the responses of soil and plants to heavy metals, and soils and viticulture in Oklahoma.

Tony Wohlers received his BA from the University of Saarland, Germany (1996) and a BA from Sonoma State University (1998). He received his MA (2000) from the University of Illinois and PhD (2004) from Northern Illinois University. He has taught at CU since 2005. His main research and publishing efforts focus on the implementation of biotechnology policies and the diffusion of new information communication technologies at the local level of government in Germany and the United States.