Dwight
T. Pitcaithley
Dwight
T. Pitcaithley received his doctorate from Texas
Tech University in 1976. His professional experience
includes: College Professor, New Mexico State University,
2005-present; Board of Directors, New Mexico Humanities
Council, 2006-present; Adjunct Professor, George
Mason University, 1993-2004; Council, American Association
for State and Local History, 2002-2006; President,
George Wright Society, 2004-2006; President, National
Council on Public History, 1998; Editorial Board,
The Journal of American History, 2006-2008; Editorial
Board, The Public Historian, 1991-1997; Program
Committee, Organization of American Historians,
1995, 2002; Board of Directors, National Council
on Public History, 1991-1994; Program Committee,
National Council on Public History, 1992, 2002;
Historic Preservation and Display Committee, Society
for History in the Federal Government, 1988-1989;
History Committee, Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
Foundation, 1985-1989; Public History Committee,
Organization of American Historians, 1983-1985;
Chief Historian, National Park Service (Washington),
1995-2005; Chief, Division of Cultural Resources,
National Park Service, National Capital Region (Washington),
1989-1995; Regional Historian, National Park Service,
North Atlantic Region (Boston), 1979-1989; Historian,
National Park Service, Southwest Region (Santa Fe),
1976-1979.
PUBLICATIONS:
Dr. Pitcaithley has published in the Arkansas Historical
Quarterly, New Mexico Historical Review, The History
Teacher, The Public Historian, Perspectives, Legacy,
CRM, New Mexico Humanities, North & South, and
The George Wright Forum. He wrote Let the River
Be: A History of the Ozark's Buffalo River, National
Park Service (1987); and has contributed chapters
to Becoming Historians, University of Chicago
Press (2009), Slavery and Public History: The
Tough Stuff of American Memory, The New Press
(2006), Preserving Western History, University
of New Mexico Press, (2005), Public History
and the Environment, Krieger Publishing Company
(2004); Myth, Memory, and the Making of the
American Landscape, University Press of Florida
(2001); Seeing and Being Seen: Tourism in the
American West, University Press of Kansas (2001);
Past Meets Present, Smithsonian Institution
Press (1987).
PRESENTATIONS:
Dr. Pitcaithley has presented papers in Ghent, Belgium,
conference titled "Memory and Identity:
The Role of Heritage in Modern Society",
(2005); Bristol, England, conference titled "Public
Representation and Private Mourning: Commemoration
and Memorial", (2002); Wellington, New
Zealand, conference titled "Meanings, Ownership,
Practice", (2000); University of Wyoming,
George A. Rentschler Distinguished Visiting Lecturer
(2000); Lowell, National Council on Public History
(1999); Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Distinguished
Lecture Series on National Research Policy (1998);
Morgantown, West Virginia University, The 33rd James
Morton Callahan Lecture (1996); Louisville, Organization
of American Historians (1991); St. Louis, Organization
of American Historians/National Council on Public
History (1989); Toledo, Mid-America Public History
Conference (1988); Washington, D.C., National Council
on Public History/Society for History in the Federal
Government (1987); New York City, Organization of
American Historians (1986).
AWARDS/HONORS:
Dr. Pitcaithley was Middle Tennessee State University's
Visiting Distinguished Public Historian in 2006,
and is a recipient of the Robert Kelley Memorial
Award from the National Council on Public History
(2006); Distinguished Service Award from the Organization
of American Historians (2005); the Sequoia Award
from the NPS's Interpretation and Education Program
(2002); was selected as a Woodrow Wilson Visiting
Fellow (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009); was appointed
a Distinguished American Scholar, Fulbright New
Zealand Board of Directors (2000); and received
the James Madison Prize from The Society for History
in the Federal Government (1988).
