<h2>Curriculum Vitae</h2><h3>EDUCATION</h3><p>Ph.D., History, 8/04</p><p>Southern Illinois University Carbondale</p><p>Dissertation Chair: John Y. Simon, Southern Illinois University Carbondale</p><p>Dissertation topic: <em>Elizabeth Packard and Boundaries of Gender, Religion, and Sanity in Nineteenth-</em></p><p><em> Century America</em></p><p></p><p>M.S., Library & Information Science, 8/85</p><p>University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign</p><p></p><p>B.S., Psychology (summa cum laude), 5/80</p><p>Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL</p><h3>PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE</h3><p></p><p>Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 1986-Present. Associate Professor.</p><p>Social Sciences Librarian, 10/87 to present</p><p> Adjunct Instructor, Department of Historical Studies, HIST 314, History of the Development of</p><p> Feminist Thought, spring semester 2001</p><p> Head, Library Circulation Department, 2/86-10/87</p><p></p><p>Ursuline Academy, Springfield, IL, 8/85-1/86</p><p> School Librarian</p><p></p><p>Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL, 8/80-5/84</p><p> Head, Circulation Department</p><h3>RESEARCH INTERESTS:</h3><ul type="disc"> <li>Library & Information Science: Information literacy & instruction in the social sciences</li> <li>History: U. S. history; women’s history; history of women and religion; history of the care and treatment of the mentally ill</li></ul><p></p><h3>PUBLICATIONS</h3><p>Carlisle, Linda V. “‘New Notions and Wild Vagaries’: Elizabeth Packard’s Quest for Personal Liberty,” </p><p> <em>The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society</em> 93(1), Spring 2000.</p><p></p><p>Pruitt, Linda V. “The Hand That Rocked the Cradle Shaped the Church: How Church Women in American</p><p> History Shaped a Culture,” <em>The Central Illinois Historical Messenger</em> 26 (2), April-June 1994.</p><p></p><p>Pruitt, Linda Carlisle. <em>Women in the United Methodist Tradition: The Central Illinois Example:</em></p><p><em> A Guide to Research Methods and Resources</em>, Bloomington, IL: Central Illinois Conference</p><p> Commission on Archives and History, The United Methodist Church, 1991.</p><p></p><p>Pruitt, Linda Carlisle, “Ann Dumville: A Woman of Conviction,” <em>Methodist History</em>, April 1987.</p><p></p><p>Pruitt, Linda Vee. “Archives and Records Management in the Federal Government: The Post-GSA</p><p> Context,” <em>Provenance</em> 3 (2), Fall 1985.</p><p></p><p>Regular book reviewer for <em>Library Journal</em>, 1992 – present.</p><p> </p><h3>PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS</h3><p>Carlisle, Linda V.<strong> “</strong>Faithful in the Common Tasks: Methodist Tradition Ladies Aid Societies.” Invited</p><p> speaker, Carlinville United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women’s Day,</p><p> September 15, 2002.</p><p></p><p>_____________. “‘I Though a Woman’: Elizabeth Packard and the Boundaries of Gender, Science, and</p><p> Sanity in Nineteenth Century America.” Paper, Harvard University Graduate Gender Studies</p><p> Conference, March 3, 2001.</p><p></p><p>_____________. “‘New Notions and Wild Vagaries’: The Life and Thought of Elizabeth Packard, 19<sup>th</sup></p><p> Century Illinois Reformer.” Paper, Illinois History Symposium, Springfield (December 2, 1999).</p><p></p><p>_____________. “Customized and Personalized: Bibliographic Instruction to Span The Millennia.” Poster</p><p> Session (with Kathlyn Behm, Lydia Jackson and Julia Hansen), Illinois Library Association,</p><p> Chicago, October 1999.</p><p></p><p>_____________. “How Do I Get from Virtual Reality to Reality? Bibliographic Instruction in the</p><p> Electronic Age.” Poster Session (with Kathlyn Behm, Lydia Jackson and Julia Hansen), American</p><p> Library Association, New Orleans, July 1999.</p><p></p><p>_____________. “Is There Virtue in Virtuality? Redefining Instruction in the Academic Library:</p><p> Examples from the Social Sciences.” Presentation, Illinois Association of College and Research</p><p> Libraries, Matteson, Illinois, April, 1998.</p><p></p><p>_____________. “How American Church Women Shaped a Culture.” Invited paper, North Central</p><p> Jurisdiction Archives and History Convocation, United Methodist Church, Illinois Wesleyan</p><p> University, Bloomington, IL July 10-13, 1995.</p><h3>AWARDS</h3><ul type="disc"> <li>Richard and Donna Falvo Outstanding Dissertation Award, SIUC (Nominated, 2004)</li> <li>Harry T. Pratt Award – Presented by the Illinois State Historical Society for article of the year in <em>The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society</em> (2000)</li> <li>Kleinstuck Award, Department of Historical Studies, Southern Illinois University</li></ul><p>Edwardsville, for best paper in German history, “Mechthilde of Magdeburg: A Space Enlarged by Love” (1997)</p><ul type="disc"> <li>Judith D. Chien Fellowship, University of Illinois-Urbana (1984-85)</li> <li>J. Huchens Fellowship, University of Illinois-Urbana (1984-85)</li> <li>Alpha Chi Scholastic Honorary Society (1980)</li> <li>Blackburn College Academic Achievement Award (1980)</li></ul><p></p><h3>GRANTS</h3><p> Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grants, SIUE:</p><ul> <li>$ 75,000 for Materials to Support Undergraduate Reading and Research in Courses Taught by New Faculty (1998)</li> <li>$ 55,000 for Undergraduate Book Collections (with G. Denue and T. Zoski, 1992)</li> <li>$ 6,000 for Books on Colonial American History and Culture (1992)</li> <li>$ 6,500 for Gender Studies Monographs (1991)</li> <li>$ 64,000 for Replacement of Lost/Missing Books (1990)</li> <li>$ 8,000 for Social Sciences Reference Materials (1990)</li></ul><p><strong> </strong> ICCMP & CARLI Grants, Consortium of Academic Libraries in Illinois:</p><ul> <li>$3,050.00 for Primary Sources & Monographs on the History of Cuba and Mexico (2008)</li> <li>$2,271.00 for Monographs & Dissertations on Indians of North America (2008)</li> <li>$3,428.57 for Monographs on Indians of North America (2007)</li> <li>$ 2,535 for FBI files on American Indian Movement and Wounded Knee (1993)</li> <li>$ 3,012 for Monographs on Public Policy Issues (1992)</li> <li>$ 2,500 for Monographs on Western Europe Since 1945 (1992)</li> <li>$ 2,030 for Recent European Studies Monographs (1991)</li></ul><p></p><h3> Research and Faculty Development Grants:</h3><p></p><ul type="disc"> <li>King V. Hostick Award ($2,070), awarded by Illinois Historic Preservation Agency & Illinois State Historical Society for dissertation research related to Illinois history (2002)</li></ul><p><strong>Funded University Research award ($800) for travel to Bancroft Library, Berkeley, California (1999)</strong></p><p><strong>Faculty Development award ($800) to develop workshop “Scholarly Communication in the Electronic Age (with Library Research and Projects Committee, 1996)</strong></p><p><strong>Faculty Development award ($3,000), to develop library-wide faculty development seminar (with M. McFarland, 1992)</strong></p><p><strong>Funded University Research award ($948) for Methodist Women’s History Project (1989)</strong></p><p><strong>Funded University Research award ($200) for Methodist Women’s History Project (1988)</strong></p><p></p><h3>PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & MEMEBERSHIPS</h3><p>Since 1986 I have served on the following committees (* = currently serving):</p><h3> Library & Information Services: <strong> </strong></h3><p>Annual Review of Library Director and Associate Director (chaired)</p><p>Automation Group</p><p>Circulation Policy Committee</p><p>*Collection Management Committee</p><p>*Content DM Committee</p><p>Elections Committee</p><p>*Exhibits Committee</p><p>*Facilities Planning Committee</p><p>Four-Year Review of Library Director</p><p>Four-Year Review of Library Dean</p><p>Interlibrary Loan Ad Hoc Committee</p><p>Library Cabinet (chaired)</p><p>Library Management Group</p><p>Mentor for 3 untenured faculty members</p><p>Priorities-Quality-Productivity (PQP) Committee</p><p>Priorities-Quality-Productivity (PQP), Subcommittee on Library Collections (chaired)</p><p>*Research, Projects and Development Committee (chaired)</p><p>Reserves/Supplemental Readings Subcommittee (chaired)</p><p>Search Committee, Director of Technical and Access Services</p><p>Search Committee, Science Librarian</p><p>Search Committee, University Archivist</p><p>Short-term Accomplishments Task Force (chaired)</p><p>Space Committee</p><p>*Strategic Planning Committee</p><p>Strategic Planning, Staff Development Task Force</p><p>*Tenure, Promotion and Salary (chaired) </p><p>LIS Web Development Committee (chaired)</p><p></p><h3>University: <strong> </strong></h3><p>Contributing Committee on Faculty and Staff Recruitment and Development.</p><p>Faculty Senate (alternate)</p><p>Graduate Thesis Committees (Geography, Historical Studies)</p><p>Master Faculty Grievance Panel</p><p>Phi Alpha Phi Undergraduate Paper Competition (chaired)</p><p>Program Review Committee (Undergraduate, Economics) (chaired)</p><p>Program Review Committee (Undergraduate, Civil Engineering)</p><p>Rising Junior Assessment Faculty</p><p>*University Research & Development Committee</p><p>*Women’s Studies Program Faculty</p><h3>Other: </h3><p>Illinois Library Computer System Circulation Librarians Group</p><p>Illinois Library Computer System Circulation Librarians, Steering Committee</p><p>Illinois Great Rivers Conference Historical Society, United Methodist Church</p><p> (Secretary-treasurer)</p><p>Library Advisory Group, Blackburn College</p><p>St. Louis Regional Research Libraries ad hoc Group on Cooperative Collection</p><p> Development and Access</p><p>Women’s History Task Force, Central Illinois Conference, United Methodist Church (chaired)</p><p></p><h3>PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS</h3><p></p><h3>American Library Association</h3><p>Association of College and Research Libraries</p><p>Friends of Lovejoy Library</p><p>Phi Kappa Phi</p><p></p>