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1 C U R RI C UL U M VIT AE R O LA N D O AVILA, LE C T URER I D EP AR TM E NT OF H IS T O R Y T H E U N IV E RSIT Y O F TEXAS R IO G R A NDE VALLE Y W. UNIV E RSIT Y D R IV E EDINBURG, TEXAS ( 9 56) ROLA N D O. A V U T RGV. E D U EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1994 University of Texas-Pan American, Bachelor of Arts Major: History Minor: English 1999 University of Texas-Pan American, Master of Arts Major: History Minor: English 2013 University of Texas-Pan American, Doctor of Education Major: Educational Leadership Specialization: Higher Education EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Texas Public Schools: o Middle School, Social Studies Teacher (1 year) o High School, Social Studies Teacher (14 years) o High School, Standardized Testing Strategist (2 years) Higher Education: o South Texas College, U.S. History Adjunct (4 years) o University of Texas-Pan American, U.S. History Adjunct (13 years) o University of Texas-Pan American, U.S. History Lecturer (3 years) o University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, U.S. History Lecturer (1 year) CLASSES TAUGHT Texas Public Schools: o American History (8 th grade) o World Geography (9 th grade) o World History (10 th grade) o American History (11 th grade) o U.S. Government (12 th grade) o Economics (12 th grade) Higher Education: o U.S. History I o U.S. History II 1

2 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Public school teacher state certification mentoring Campus & district public school curriculum writing projects University online teaching TEXAS TEACHING CERTIFICATES HELD History, Secondary (6-12 grade), Life Social Studies Composite, Secondary (6-12 grade), Life THESIS & DISSERTATION Avila, Rolando, (1999). Abraham Lincoln: Strategist of Union Victory MA thesis, University of Texas Pan American. Avila, Rolando, (2013). Miguel A. Nevarez: A Life History of Educational Leadership EdD diss., University of Texas Pan American. AWARD & NOMINATION South Palm Gardens High School Campus Teacher of the Year Award (2002) UCEA Barbara L. Jackson Scholar Nomination (2013) FLUENT LANGUAGES English Spanish SELECTED PUBLICATIONS American Colonial Era Avila, Rolando. (2006). Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Boone, Diplomacy (Foreign Affairs), Sugar Act, Thomas Jefferson, and Trade, In Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History, Edited by James Ciment. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc. Avila, Rolando. (2014). Benjamin Franklin, In Colonial Settlement to Edited by Jeffrey H. Hacker, New York: M.E. Sharpe. (Reprinted by Routledge in 2015). Avila, Rolando. (2015). Columbian Exchange In Ideas and Movements that Shaped America, Edited by Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler. Santa Barbara, American Revolutionary Era Avila, Rolando. (2006). Clinton-Cornwallis Dispute and Ireland, In Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History, Edited by Gregory Fremont-Barnes and Richard A. Ryerson. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando. (2007). American Revolution, In Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World, Edited by Junius Rodriguez. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. 2

3 American Antebellum Era Avila, Rolando. (2003). Aaron Burr and Mexican-American War, In Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia, Edited by Peter Knight. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando. (2006). James K. Polk, In Encyclopedia of African American History, : From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass, Edited by Paul Finkelman. New York: Oxford University Press. Avila, Rolando. (2007). Martin Van Buren, In Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World, Edited by Junius Rodriguez. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. Avila, Rolando and Pedro Santoni. (2012). Historiography of the Mexican-American War, In Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History, Edited by Spencer C. Tucker. Santa Barbara, California: ABC- CLIO. Avila, Rolando. (2012). John Tyler and William Lloyd Garrison, In Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History, Edited by Spencer C. Tucker. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando. (2013). James K. Polk, In Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West, Edited by Steven L. Danver. Los Angeles, California: Sage/CQ Press. American Civil War Era Avila, Rolando. (2000). Attempt to Burn New York, In Encyclopedia of American Civil War, Edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. Santa Barbara, (Reprinted by W.W. Norton in 2003). Avila, Rolando. (2005). American Civil War, In France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, Edited by Bill Marshall. Santa Barbara, California: ABC- CLIO. Avila, Rolando. (2005). Confederate States of America, In Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, Edited by Will Kaufman and Heidi Slettedahl MacPherson. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando and Paul Finkelman. (2006). Confederate States of America, In Encyclopedia of African American History, : From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass, Edited by Paul Finkelman. New York: Oxford University Press. Avila, Rolando (2007). Andrew Johnson and John Brown, In Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World, Edited by Junius Rodriguez. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. Avila, Rolando. (2011). African Americans, Union Army, In American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide. Edited by James R. Arnold and Roberta Wiener. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando. (2011). Bureau of Military Information, In Spies, Wiretaps, and Secret Operations: An Encyclopedia of American Espionage, Edited by Glen P. Hastedt and Steven W. Guerreir. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando. (2011). Civil War, Conscription, Copperheads, New York Draft Riots, and Racism, In Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellion in 3

4 American History: An Encyclopedia, Edited by Steven L. Danver. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. Avila, Rolando. (2011). Lincoln Maneuvered the South into Firing the First Shot at Fort Sumter, In Popular Controversies in World History, Edited by Steven L. Danver. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando. (2011). William Lloyd Garrison, In Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America. Edited by Martin J. Manning and Clarence R. Wyatt. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando. (2013). African American Soldiers, U.S., Dred Scott Case, First Shot of the War, Freedmen s Bureau, William Lloyd Garrison, and William Henry Herndon, In American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection, Edited by Spencer C. Tucker. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando and David Coffey. (2013). Armies of the Confederate States, Overview, In American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection, Edited by Spencer C. Tucker. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando and Spencer C. Tucker (2013). Cotton Diplomacy In American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection, Edited by Spencer C. Tucker. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando. (2015). William Lloyd Garrison, In American Civil War: A State-by- State Encyclopedia. Edited by Spencer C. Tucker. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. American Rise of Big Business and Organized Labor Avila, Rolando. (2011). Haymarket Riot, In Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellion in American History: An Encyclopedia, Edited by Steven L. Danver. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. American West Avila, Rolando. (2013). Education, Frederick Jackson Turner and Geronimo, In Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West, Edited by Steven L. Danver. Los Angeles, California: Sage/CQ Press. World War II Era Avila, Rolando. (2006). Anne Frank, In Women and War: A Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present, Edited by Bernard Cook: Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. Avila, Rolando. (2011). Franklin D. Roosevelt had Knowledge of an Impending Japanese Attack and Used Pearl Harbor as an Excuse to Spur American Entry into World War II, In Popular Controversies in World History, Edited by Steven L. Danver. Santa Barbara, American Post World War II Era Avila, Rolando. (2003). Robert F. Kennedy Assassination, In Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia, Edited by Peter Knight. Santa Barbara, 4

5 Avila, Rolando. (2006). American G.I. Forum, Brown Berets, and North American Free Trade Agreement, In Postwar America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History, Edited by James Ciment. Armonk, New York: Sharpe, Inc. Avila, Rolando. (2011). James Watt, In Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States, Edited by Steven L. Danver. Los Angeles, California: Sage/CQ Press. Avila, Rolando. (2011). Ronald Reagan, In Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellion in American History: An Encyclopedia, Edited by Steven L. Danver. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. Avila, Rolando. (2013). Brown v. Board of Education, Cesar Chavez, George W. Bush, and National Rifle Association, In Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West, Edited by Steven L. Danver. Los Angeles, California: Sage/CQ Press. Ideas, Issues, and Movements in American and World History Avila, Rolando. (2005). Ireland, Philosophy and Philosophers, Quakerism and Quakers, and Utopianism, In Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, Edited by Will Kaufman and Heidi Slettedahl MacPherson. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando. (2006). Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist and Jean Antoine Chaptal, In Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History, Edited by Gregory Fremont-Barnes. Santa Barbara, Avila, Rolando. (2006). Space Exploration and Weapons of Mass Destruction, In Social Issues in America, Edited by James Ciment. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.. Avila, Rolando. (2012). Emiliano Zapata, In Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures, and Contemporary Issues, Edited by Steven L. Danver. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. Avila, Rolando. (2014). Nuclear Power, In Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History, Edited by Kenneth E. Hendrickson, III. New York: Rowman & Littlefield. Avila, Rolando. (2015). Disease Eradication, Foreign Alliances, Gun Control Movement, Modern Medicine, Pro-Choice Movement, Violent Protest, War on Terror, and Youth Movement, In Ideas and Movements that Shaped America, Edited by Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler. Santa Barbara, 5