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NONA P. MARTIN
CURRENT POSITIONS
George Mason University, Department of History and Art History, PhD Candidate
George Mason University, Mercatus Center, Affiliated Senior Scholar
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate, History, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (Expected 2012)
Major Field: US History. Minor Fields: Urban History and Public History, Oral History & Memory.
Dissertation: “The 1942 Riot in Nassau, Bahamas”
M.A., Library and Information Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida (2004)
M.A., Public History, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (2003)
M.S., Secondary Education with a concentration in History, Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola, Florida (1998)
B.S., Secondary Education with a concentration in History, Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola, Florida (1996)
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
“Bay Street as contested space” (with Virgil Henry Storr). Space and Culture, forthcoming.
“Demystifying Bay Street: Black Tuesday and the Radicalization of Bahamian Politics in the 1960s” (with Virgil Henry Storr), The Journal of Caribbean History, 43 (1) 2009.
“Whose Bay Street? Competing narratives of Nassau’s city center in the 20th century” (with Virgil Henry Storr), Island Studies Journal, 4 (1) 2009.
“On perverse emergent orders” (with Virgil Henry Storr), Studies in Emergent Order, 1 2008.
“I’se a Man: Political Awakening and the 1942 Riot in the Bahamas” (with Virgil Henry Storr), The Journal of Caribbean History, 41 (1 & 2) 2007.
PRESENTATIONS
Conferences
“Talk Changes Things: The Implications of McCloskey’s Bourgeois Dignity for Historical Inquiry” (with Virgil Henry Storr), The Association of Private Enterprise Education International Convention, Nassau, The Bahamas, April 2011.
“Demystifying Bay Street: Black Tuesday and the Radicalization of Bahamian Politics in the 1960’s” (with Virgil Henry Storr), The 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies, London, UK, July 2007, and The 73rd Annual Conference of the Southern Historical Association, Richmond, Virginia, November 2007.
“I’se a Man: Political Awakening and the 1942 Riot in the Bahamas” (with Virgil Henry Storr), The 30th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies, The National Archives, Kew, UK, July 2006.
“Bay Street and the 1942 Riot: History, Social Space and Identity Work in the Bahamas” (with Virgil Henry Storr), Fourth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association (U.S.), Arlington, VA, April 2006.
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
McKinnon-Morton Dissertation Research Fellowship (2008)
Member, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Alpha Gamma Upsilon Chapter (admitted 2007)
Society for Caribbean Studies Travel Bursary (Summer 2007)
Graduate Fellowship, George Mason University (Fall 2006, Fall 2007)
Graduate Student Travel Fund Award, George Mason University (Summer 2006, Summer 2007)
Spectrum Scholar, American Library Association (2002-2003)
Robert W. McCluggage Essay Award (Outstanding graduate paper in History) Loyola University Chicago, History Department (2002)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Participant, Liberty Fund Colloquium, “Constitutionalism and Freedom in Kant and Hegel,” San Diego, California, May 7 – 10, 2009.
Participant, Liberty Fund Colloquium, “Character, Free Will, and Responsibility,” Cleveland, Ohio, September 11 – 14, 2008.
Participant, Liberty Fund Colloquium, “Liberty and Responsibility in Adam Smith,” Holland, Michigan, July 26 – August 1, 2008.
Participant, Liberty Fund Colloquium, “Keynes, Hayek, and the Market System,” Atlanta, Georgia, February 7-10, 2008.
Participant, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, “New Directions in the Study of Emergent and Spontaneous Social Orders Conference,” Portsmouth, New Hampshire, October 27-30, 2007.
Participant and Presenter, Liberty Fund Colloquium, “‘To Tell Men What Freedom Really Is’ Markets, Labor, and Liberty: Symposium in the American Experience,” Park City, Utah, June, 2007.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Society for Caribbean Studies
Member, American History Association
Member, Southern Historical Association
Member, Association of Black Women Historians
Member, American Library Association
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
George Mason University, Mercatus Center, Affiliated Senior Scholar (Fall 2008 – Present)
George Mason University, Department of History and Art History, Graduate Teaching Assistant (Fall 2005 – Present)
George Mason University, Mercatus Center, Affiliated Scholar (Spring 2007 – Summer 2008)
International Academy of Design & Technology, General Studies Department, Adjunct Professor (Summer & Fall 2003)
Developed syllabus and lecture materials for the following courses:
Western Civilization: 1789 – Present
Western Civilization: Antiquity to 1000
US History: Pre-Columbian to Civil War
Loyola University Chicago, Department of Education, Instructor (Fall 2003)
Developed syllabus and lecture materials for “CIEP 391: Computer Applications in the Classroom.”
Loyola University Chicago, Lewis and Science Libraries, Reference Assistant (2001-2003)
Loyola University Chicago, Department of History, Graduate Assistant (Fall 2001 – Spring 2003)
NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
National Child Care Information Center; Librarian (Fall 2004 – Fall 2005)
Primarily responsible for cataloging and technical services necessary for placement and management of items in the NCCIC Library, including electronic records acquisition from partner collections and database troubleshooting. Also, responsible for supervising an Abstractor and a Library Administrative Assistant.
The Newberry Library, Special Collections – Manuscripts, Volunteer Archivist (2003)
Assessed, processed and created electronic and paper based finding aides for a collection of manuscripts, taking the necessary preservation steps.
The Cambridge School (Tampa, FL), Middle School, Teacher (1999-2001)
North Florida Christian School (Tallahassee, Florida), History Department Head & Teacher (1998-1999
Responsible for the administration of the history department. Checked lesson plans, oversaw curriculum progress and approved tests and handouts for history teachers (7th – 12th grades). Taught U.S. History, public speaking and drama.
Last Updated: August 2011
