Timothy Warren Vanderburg
P.O. Box 7343 COMMUNITY SERVICE
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs, NC 28017
704-406-4469
tvanderburg@gardner-webb.edu
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in History, Mississippi State University, May 2001
Major Field - Modern United States
Minor Fields of study: Modern Europe, Early U.S., the New South
Dissertation: Cannon Mills: A Case Study in Southern Industrialization
Dissertation Director - Dr. Richard Damms
Master of Arts in History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, August 1994
Thesis: Advertising, Brand Loyalty, and Market Maturity: A Case Study of Cannon Mills, 1935 1950
Thesis Director - Dr. Steven Usselman
Bachelor of Arts, Gardner-Webb College, Graduated Cum Laude, May 1981
Major: Political Science
Minors: History, Spanish
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and Instructor of History, 2000 - Present, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC
Instructor for College Independent Study Courses through the school of Continuing Education, 1998 - 2000, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1996 - 2000, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Instructor, 1994 - 1995, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Graduate Research Assistant, 1994, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Assistant principal and Athletic Director, 1989 - 1993, First Assembly Christian School, Concord, NC
History and Physical Education teacher, 1981 - 1989, First Assembly Christian School, Concord, NC
PUBLICATIONS
"John Baptista Ashe." In National American Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, January 1999.
CURRENT RESEARCH
On sabbatical fall 2008 researching and writing a monograph on the history and nature of the paternalism that existed at Cannon Mills and its mill town of Kannapolis.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Phi Alpha Theta
Alpha Theta Chi Collegiate Honor Society
Southern Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
RESEARCH AWARDS
Snellgove Research Grant, Mississippi State University Department of History (2000)
Research Fellowship, Mississippi State Department of History (1998-1999)
AWARDS
Who's Who in America - 2007
Twelve Years Outstanding Service Award - First Assembly Christian School 1993
Who's Who Among American Teachers 1990
Outstanding Young Men of America - 1984
Political Science Award - Gardner Webb College - 1981
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Life of the Scholar Presentation Judge (March 6, 2007)
Chair, Faculty Development Subcommittee of the Faculty Development and Improvement of Instruction Committee (Spring 2007)
Search Committee for Communications Department (Spring - Fall 2007)
Search Committee for Social Sciences Department (Spring 2006)
Admissions Faculty Focus Team (2006)
General Education Task Force for SACS Reaccreditation (2005-06)
Faculty Development and Improvement of Instruction Committee (2005-2007)
Curriculum Committee (2001-2003).
GRANT WRITING
Developed the project design for a grant proposal for the Teaching American History program through the U.S. Department of Education. Gardner-Webb University partnered with the Gaston County Schools System on this project. (2003)
Filmed interview for a class project for Isothermal Community College on Thomas Dixon, Jr. (March 1, 2007)
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Advisory Committee (2005 -2009)
"Interesting Facts About North Carolina," speech delivered to the Rotary youth camp at GWU (June 10, 2004)
Gardner-Webb University Alumni Board (1992-1995)
Cabarrus County Poll Worker, (1992 & 1994)
Civil Air Patrol, First Lieutenant, Squadron Personnel Officer, Senior Training Officer and Vice Commander of Cabarrus Composite Squadron, Search and Rescue rated (1987-90)
Special Registration Commissioner, Cabarrus County Board of Elections (1987-1992)