Craig Bruce Smith

Curriculum Vitae
July 2017

William Woods University (573) 592-4558

AB 207A craigbrucesmith.com
One University Ave craig.smith@williamwoods.edu
Fulton, MO 65251

EDUCATION

PhD, American history, Brandeis University, 2014

MA, American history, Brandeis University, 2009
MA, European history, St. Johns University, 2006
BA, history, St. Johns University, 2005
summa cum laude and salutatorian

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2016 Assistant Professor of History, William Woods University

2016 Director, History Program, William Woods University

20152016 Lecturer, Tufts University

20152016 Lecturer, Brandeis University

2011, 20132016 Instructor, Brandeis University

2014, 2016 Adjunct Professor, Emmanuel College

2016 Adjunct Professor, Lesley University

2014 Lecturer, Suffolk University

PUBLICATIONS

Book

April 23, American Honor: The Creation of the Nations Ideals during the Revolutionary Era.
2018 Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
E-Book

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2016 George Washingtons Lessons in Ethical Leadership. Co-authored with Dan

Demetriou. Mount Vernon, VA: George Washingtons Mount Vernon. (George
Washington Leadership Institute's Lessons in Leadership Series.)

Journal Articles

2013 Claiming the Centennial: The American Revolutions Blood and Spirit in Boston,
18701876, Massachusetts Historical Review, Vol. 15.

2007 Both Sides of the Border: The Land and Loyalty of Daniel Merritt, the Westchester
Historian, Vol. 83, No. 2, Spring.

Book Reviews

2016 David L. Prestons Braddocks Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road
to Revolution, Journal of Military History. Vol. 80, No. 1, January.

2014 Bertram Wyatt-Browns A Warring Nation: Honor, Race, and Humiliation in

America and Abroad, Journal of Military History. Vol. 78, No. 3, July.

2014 Steven E. Sirys Libertys Fallen Generals: Leadership and Sacrifice in the
American War of Independence, Journal of Military History. Vol. 78, No. 2, April.

2013 Gordon A. Craigs Knowledge and Power: Essays on Politics, Culture, and War,
H-War, H-Net Reviews, Oct.

Book Manuscripts in Preparation

The Greatest Man in the World: A Global History of George Washington

Redemption: The American Revolution, Ethics and Abolitionism in Britain and the United
States

Article Manuscript in Preparation

The Devil from Dedham: Murder, Masculinity, and Mistrust in Early Republican
Massachusetts.

Web-Based Publications

2015 Social Education, Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington.

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2015 Status of Slaves in Will, Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington.

2014 More than Just a John Hancock: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution Collections, Brandeis Special Collections Spotlight, Jan.

2013 The Dagworthy Controversy, Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington,

http://www.mountvernon.org/encyclopedia

2013 Revolutionary Books and Revolutionary Wars, Brandeis Special Collections

Spotlight, Nov.

2011 English Text Transcription, Anno 13tio Elizabeth Certain Arguments collected
out of the scriptures out of the civill [sic] Law & the Common exhibited to the
Queens Majestie [sic] by some of both houses against the Queen of Scots, the
Newton Project, www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk

2011 Isaac Newton manuscript, Brandeis Special Collections Spotlight, May.

2011 The Man Who Would Not Be Vice President: The Daniel Webster Collection,
Brandeis Special Collections Spotlight, January.

2010 Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum), Brandeis Special Collections Spotlight,

September.
Other Publications

2011 Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, the Encyclopedia of War, Wiley-Blackwell [peer
reviewed].

2011 Special Collections Spotlight: Nuremberg Chronicle, Imprint, Vol. 31, No. 1,
winter/spring.

DISSERTATION

Rightly to Be Great: Honor, Virtue, and Ethics among the American Founders
Committee: David Hackett Fischer, Gordon Wood, Bertram Wyatt-Brown, and Jane Kamensky

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

2017 Residential Fellowship, David Library of the American Revolution

2016 Above and Beyond Award for Classroom Excellence, William Woods University

2016 Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society

2015 Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington Fellowship

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2014 Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, Brandeis University

2014 Nominee, Allan Nevins Prize, The Society of American Historians

2013 Washington College Fellowship in Early American History, Boston Athenaeum

2013 Mellon Dissertation Research Grant, Brandeis University

2012 World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship, Smith Richardson Foundation

2012 Mellon Dissertation Research Grant, Brandeis University

2011 Robert M. & Annetta J. Coffelt and Robert M. Coffelt, Jr. Fellowship, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

2011 Short-term Fellowship for Jefferson-related projects, Robert H. Smith International

Center for Jefferson Studies

2011 West Point Summer Seminar in Military History, United States Military Academy

2011 Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Fellowship, Anderson House,

Washington, D.C.

2011 Mellon Dissertation Research Grant, Brandeis University

2011 Travel Grant, Chicago Conference on the American Revolution, the Karla Scherer
Center for the Study of American Culture at the University of Chicago

20082013 Rose and Irving Crown Fellowship, Brandeis University

20012005 Presidential Full Scholarship, St. Johns University

INVITED TALKS

2017 Early to Rise: Benjamin Franklin and the Creation of Ascending Honor, Kinder
Institute on Constitutional Democracy, University of Missouri-Columbia, September
15.

2017 Leadership Lessons from George Washington, Omicron Delta Kappa Nation
Leadership Honor Society Conference, William Woods University, February 21.

2016 An Education in Ethics: Colonial Colleges and Early American Thought, William
Woods University, November 3.

2016 Atlantic Abolitionism and National Reputation: The Intersection of Ethics and
Policy in the United States and Britain, Massachusetts Historical Society, July 20.

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2015 Washingtons Ethics, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George
Washington, July 17.

2014 Advice from George Washington, Commencement Diploma Ceremony, Brandeis

University, May 18.

2014 George Washington and the History of Honor, Institute for Honor Symposium,
Washington and Lee University, March 29.

2013 From Words to War: Revolution, Robert D. Farber University Archives and
Special Collections, Brandeis University, November 14.

2013 From Words to Thoughts to Actions: The Ideological and Literary Formation of
George Washington, Boston Athenaeum, August 12.

2012 Rightly to Be Great: Ideas of Honor and Virtue among the American Founders,
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, January 10.

2011 Rightly to Be Great: Ideas of Honor and Virtue among the American Founders,
Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, September 29.

2011 Teaching the Military History of the American Revolution, West Point Summer
Seminar in Military History, June 16.

2006 Gentlemen of War, Rye Historical Society, August 26.

2006 Both Sides of the Border: The Land and Loyalty of Daniel Merritt, Rye Historical
Society, August 12.

CONFERENCES

Panels Organized

2014 Americas Other Soldiers: African Americans, Children, and Women in the War of
Independence, Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture Annual
Meeting, June 1215.

2014 Transnational Abolitionism: Understanding Slavery and Freedom in a Global Context,

Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, April 1013.

2014 Defining Honor: The Changing Nature of Ethics in Society, American Historical
Association Annual Meeting, January 25.

2013 Leading with Ethics: Morality, Honor, Virtue and the Evolution of the American
Officer, International Society for Military Ethics Conference, October 1316.

2013 Honor and Justice, From Enemies to Allies: An International Conference on the War

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of 1812 and its Aftermath, United States Naval Academy, June 1216.

Papers Presented

2016 The Uncertain Fate of Female Soldiers: Honor versus Disgrace in the American
Revolution, International Society for Military Ethics Conference, January 2930.

2015 Stamping on American Honor: British Taxation and the Collectivization of Colonial
Ethical Identity, So Sudden an Alteration: The Causes, Course, and Consequences
of the American Revolution, Massachusetts Historical Society Conference, April 9.

2014 Women of Honor: Feminine Evolution through Dedication to the American

Revolution, Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture Annual
Meeting, June 1215.

2014 Redemption: The American Revolution and Abolitionism in Britain and the United
States, Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, April 1013.

2014 The Formation of American Honor and the Path to Revolution, American
Historical Association Annual Meeting, January 25.

2013 A Test of Virtue and Honor: Revolution, Morality, and the Continental Army,
International Society for Military Ethics Conference, October 1316.

2013 The Devil from Dedham: Murder, Masculinity, and Mistrust in Early Republican
Massachusetts, New England Historical Association Conference, October 12.

2013 Death and Dishonor: The Changing Nature of Dueling in the Early Republic,
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, July 1821.

2013 No Peace Without Honor: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, the Struggle between
Personal and National Honor, and the Coming of the War of 1812, From Enemies to
Allies: An International Conference on the War of 1812 and its Aftermath, United
States Naval Academy, June 1216.

2013 Can Honor Justify Violence?: Boycotts, Riots, Massacres, and the Coming of the
American Revolution, 2nd Annual Graduate Conference on Human Rights, New
York University, April 17.

2012 Institutionalizing Honor in the Early Republic, Society for U.S. Intellectual History
Conference, November 12 (canceled).

2011 Claiming the Centennial: Descent and Dissent in Boston, 18701876, New
England American Studies Association Conference, November 45.

2009 Washingtons Honor, Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Graduate

Conference, Virginia Tech, March 2021.

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Panel Chair/Comment

2016 Important Women Thinkers in the Just War Tradition, International Society for
Military Ethics Conference, January 2930.

2013 Imagining the State in Early America, New England Historical Association
Conference, April 20.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

William Woods University

Assistant Professor of History

American Revolution
Native America
Hamilton: An American Story
Senior Seminar
Daughters of Liberty, Suffragists, and Feminists: The Story of Women in America
Early America and United States History: Colonization, Revolution, and Civil War
Modern US History: From Reconstruction to Superpower
The Rise and Fall of Empires: Europe from the French Revolution to World War I
The History of the United States I
Renaissance and Reformation
Social Movements of the 1960s
Liberals, Conservatives, and Radicals of the 20th Century

Brandeis University

Instructor/Lecturer

Abigail and John Adams: A Revolutionary Marriage

Preserving Bostons Past: Public History and Digital Humanities
Revolutionary Lives: The Ideals and Ethics of Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, and Washington
The American Revolution: Radical or Conservative?
The Women of the American Revolution
American Slavery, Freedom, and Civil War
American Military History
Colonial America
Generals and Gentlemen: The American Military and Ethical Leadership
First in the Hearts of His Countrymen: The Life of George Washington
America in War and Peace
Atlantic Abolitionism
The Battles of Boston

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The Presidency and the People in American Society

American Honor
Henry VIII and His Wives: Marriage, Religion, and Intrigue in the Tudor Court
American Revolution Co-taught with David Hackett Fischer

Tufts University

Lecturer

Revolutionary America, 1763-1815

Colonial North America and the Atlantic World to 1763

Emmanuel College

Adjunct Professor

US History to 1877
US History since 1877
Modern World History

Lesley University

Adjunct Professor

The History of Boston

Suffolk University

Lecturer

Empires and Globalization II

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Mentor-Mentee Research Project with an undergraduate student on Spanish, German, and British
portrayals of George Washington
Member, Curriculum Committee, William Woods University
Organizer, Hail to the Chief: The Presidency and American Character (lecture series), William
Woods University
Faculty Advisor, The Society of Historians, William Woods University
Faculty Advisor, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, William Woods University
Committee Member, Equality Matters: Conservations on Gender and RaceA Symposium,
William Woods University
Historical Consultant, US Postal Service
Contributor, George Washington Leadership Institute at Mount Vernon

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Contributor, Honorethics.org
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Military History
Manuscript Reviewer, Massachusetts Historical Review

RELATED EMPLOYMENT

2013 Assistant, Mellon-Sawyer Seminar: Rethinking the Age of Revolution: Rights,

Representation, and the Global Imaginary, Brandeis University

2013, Archival Assistant, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections,
20102011 Brandeis University

20062008 History Teacher, Holy Cross High School

2006 Archival Intern, Timothy Knapp House Archives, Rye Historical Society

200506 Tour Guide, Radio City Music Hall

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2014 National Endowment for the Humanities Workshop on Digital Methods for Military
History, Northeastern University

2011 West Point Summer Seminar in Military History, United States Military Academy

20102011 Mellon Interdisciplinary Seminar, Brandeis University

LANGUAGES

German (conversational and literate)

Spanish (conversational and literate)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Historical Association (AHA)

International Society for Military Ethics (ISME)
Organization of American Historians (OAH)
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR)
Society for Military History (SMH)
Society for U.S. Intellectual History (S-USIH)

REFERENCES

David Hackett Fischer, University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History, Brandeis
University.

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415 South Street MS 036 Waltham, MA 02453 (781) 736-2289 fischer@brandeis.edu

Andrew Jackson OShaughnessy, Vice President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Saunders
Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies; Professor of History,
University of Virginia.
P.O. Box 316 Charlottesville, VA 22904 (434) 984-7501 aoshaughnessy@monticello.org

Jason Opal, Associate Professor of History, McGill University

855 Sherbrooke West, Leacock, Room 821 Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T7 (514) 398-4400 ext.
094075 jason.opal@mcgill.ca

Gordon Wood, Professor Emeritus of History, Brown University.

79 Brown Street Box N Providence, RI 02912 (401) 863-2830 gordon_wood@brown.edu

David Ekbladh, Associate Professor of History, Tufts University

Upper Campus Road, East Hall Medford, MA 02155 (617) 627-3758 david.ekbladh@tufts.edu

Lucas Morel, Lewis G. John Term Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University.
Huntley Hall Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8161 morell@wlu.edu

The late Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Richard J. Milbauer Professor Emeritus, University of Florida.
Letter on file: Dona DeLorenzo, Senior Academic Administrator, Brandeis University (781) 736-
2270 delorenz@brandeis.edu

Joyce Antler, Professor Emerita of American Studies and Womens, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies, Brandeis University.
415 South Street MS 005 Waltham, MA 02453 (781) 736-3036 antler@brandeis.edu

Paul Jankowski, Raymond Ginger Professor of History, Brandeis University.

415 South Street MS 036 Waltham, MA 02453 (781) 736-2274 jankowski@brandeis.edu

Jeffrey Fortin, Associate Professor of History, Emmanuel College

400 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 (617) 975-9119 fortinj@emmanuel.edu

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