Otis Graham Curriculum Vitae
Otis L. Graham, Jr.
Professor of History, Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara Visiting Scholar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Education
Yale University (B.A., 1957)
Columbia University (M.A,1961; Ph.D., 1966)
Military
U. S. Marine Corps, 1957-1960
Academic Appointments
Mount Vernon College (1962-65, Assistant Professor)
Columbia University (1967, visiting instructor)
California State University at Hayward (1965-66, Assistant Professor)
University of Hawaii (1967, visiting instructor)
University of California, Santa Barbara (1966-80, Professor)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1980-89, Distinguished University Professor)
University of California, Santa Barbara (1989-95, Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Public History)
Honors and Awards
Senior Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities (1972)
Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (1977)
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1983)
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1985-86)
Robert Kelley Memorial Award, National Council on Public History (1999)
Distinguished Fulbright Lecturer, University of Bologna (2001)
Professional Activities
American Historical Association (Council, 1970-73; first Vice-Chairman, Professional Division, 1973)
Organization of American Historians (Program Chairman, 1977)
Society of American Historians (Fellow, 1975- )
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (Associate, 1975-80; Program Director, 1976-79)
Chairman, Board of Directors, Center for Immigration Studies (1985-1995)
Advising and Editing
National Endowment for the Humanities, panels on fellowships and grant (various dates, 1971-1990)
Society of American Historians (Chairman, Parkman Prize, 1974, 1980)
Editorial Board, Journal of Policy History (1987- )
Editor, The Public Historian (1989-97)
Research Areas
Modern American government-business relations and economic management, especially in the 1930s-1940s; industrial change and policy responses; emergence and resolution of public policy issues, especially economic development, population growth, immigration, environmental protection, smoking and health