Roland L. Guyotte is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
He can be reached in the following ways:
Education
Ph. D., Northwestern University, History, 1980.
Dissertation: "Liberal Education and the American Dream: Public Attitudes and the Emergence of Mass Higher Education, 1920-1950."
Adviser: Robert H. Wiebe.
M. A., Northwestern University, History, 1969.
A. B., Brown University, 1967.
Professional Employment
Professor of History, University of Minnesota, Morris, 1999-present.
Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota, Morris, 1988-1999.
Director of General Education, University of Minnesota, Morris, 1989-1991.
Assistant Professor of History, University of Minnesota, Morris, 1981-1988.
Co-ordinator, Social Science major, 1977-present.
Instructor of History, University of Minnesota, Morris, 1973-1980, 1969-1972.
Professional Honors and Awards
Academy of Distinguished Teachers, University of Minnesota, 1999.
Harry Pratt Memorial Award (best article), Illinois Historical Society, 1992
(co-recipient with Barbara M. Posadas).
Bush Foundation Sabbatical Fellowship, 1984-1985.
Horace T. Morse-Amoco Foundation Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, University of Minnesota, 1982.
Faculty Graduation Speaker, University of Minnesota, Morris, 1977.
Publications
"Preface," Alexander Meiklejohn, The Experimental College ([1932] reprint forthcoming, 2000).
"Carlos Bulosan," "Jessica Hagedorn," and "Philip Vera Cruz," in Elliott Barkan (ed.), Making It in America (forthcoming, 2000).
"Alexander Meiklejohn," American National Biography (1999), XV: 260-261.
"Filipinos, Ethnicity, and Race in Twentieth Century Chicago: The Impact of Polarization between Blacks and Whites," co-authored with Barbara M. Posadas, Amerasia Journal, 24 (Summer 1998): 135-154.
"Hutchins of Chicago: The University President as Publicist," Illinois Heritage, 1 (Fall 1997): 32-37.
"Generation Gap: Filipinos, Filipino Americans, and Americans: Here and There, Then and Now," Journal of American Ethnic History, 17 (Fall 1997): 64-70.
"Wilbur Cohen," Encyclopedia of Social Work (1995).
"Celebrating Rizal Day: The Emergence of a Filipino Tradition in Twentieth Century Chicago," with Barbara M. Posadas, in Genevieve Fabre and Ramon A. Gutierrez, Feasts and Celebrations in North American Ethnic Communities (University of New Mexico Press, 1995), 111-127. Reprinted in Solidarity [Manila] (1995-1996).
"Introduction: The First Amendment and the Bill of Rights," Proceedings from the Meiklejohn Education Association's 1991 Conference, Voices of Youth, (1992), 3-7.
"Aspiration and Reality: Occupational and Educational Choice Among Filipino Migrants to Chicago, 1900-1935," with Barbara M. Posadas, Illinois Historical Journal, 85 (Summer 1992), 89-104. Recipient of the Harry Pratt Memorial Award.
"Jose Rizal and the Changing Nature of Filipino Identity in an American Setting," Revue Francaise d'Etudes Americaines, 51 (February 1992), 45-53.
"Unintentional Immigrants: Chicago's Filipino Foreign Students Become Settlers," with Barbara M. Posadas, Journal of American Ethnic History, 9 (Spring 1990), 26-48.
"Alexander Meiklejohn: An Introduction," Meiklejohn Education Foundation, 1987, 1-17.
"The Liberal Arts Revival of the 1980s," Voices of Youth (Spring 1986), 43-44.
"Will the Real Pinoy Please Stand Up? Filipino Immigration to America," with Barbara M. Posadas, Filipinas (Fall 1985), 79-89.
"Liberal Education and the American Dream: Educators Responses to Changing Times, 1920-1950," ERIC Clearinghouse for Higher Education, No. ED187182 (1980).
Eighteen book reviews in such publications as American Journal of Education, Annals of Iowa, History of Education Quarterly, Illinois Historical Journal, Journal of American Ethnic History, and North Dakota History.
Twenty-one conference papers and presentations before such groups as the Association for General and Liberal Studies (Indianapolis, Rochester and Seattle), the CIRNA Conference on Feasts and Celebrations in North American Ethnic Groups (Paris), the Filipino American National Historical Society (Chicago and New Orleans) the FANHS/Commission on Filipinos Overseas Conference (Manila), the Illinois History Symposium (Springfield, IL), the Meiklejohn Education Association (Madison, WI), the Missouri Valley History Conference (Omaha), the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers (Chicago), the Northern Great Plains History Conference (Duluth), the Organization of American Historians (Detroit), the Philippine Studies Association (Athens, OH), the Third European Philippine Studies Conference (Aix-en-Provence, France) and the University of Minnesota, Morris Faculty Seminar (Morris, MN).
Courses Taught (selective list)
First Year Seminar: Human Diversity
Introduction to U. S. History, 1789-present.
Introduction to World History, 1500-present.
American Immigration.
Growing Up American (team taught interdisciplinary Summer Scholars course).
The American Prairie (team taught interdisciplinary course)
The Idea and Practice of Liberal Education, Past and Present (UMM Honors Program).
Race Relations in World War II.
The American Presidency, 1900-present.
The American Presidency, 1789-1900,
American Biography and Autobiography.
The American 1960s.
America Industrialized, 1877-1920.
History of U. S. Higher Education.
University Service (selective list)
All-University Senate, elected member.
Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs.
Senate Tenure Committee.
Senate Committee on Educational Policy.
All-University Task Force on Liberal Education.
Horace T. Morse-Amoco Award Selection Committee.
UMM Chancellor Search Committee.
UMM Scholastic Committee (chair).
UMM Curriculum Committee.
UMM Campus Assembly Executive Committee, elected member.
UMM Campus Assembly parliamentarian.
First Year Seminar Committee (chair and co-chair).
General Education Committee (chair).
Social Science major (coordinator).
Professional Service (selective list)
Meiklejohn Education Association (board member, vice-president, president).
Filipino American National Historical Society, Midwest Chapter (secretary).
Consultant, A History of World Societies, by McKay, Hill Buckler, and Ebrey (fifth edition, 2000).