Dr. Crandall A. Shifflett |
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences History ProfessorAppointed: 1979 University of Virginia Center for Digital History DirectorAppointed: 2005 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences History Graduate Studies DirectorAppointed: 1984 |  |
Mailing AddressMail Code 0117 602 Sunrise Drive Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, Virginia 24060United States | Contact InformationPhone: (540) 231-8372 Fax: (540) 231-8724 Mobile: (540) 230-8284 shifflet@vt.edu http://www.history.vt.edu/shifflet/homepage.htm |
Qualifications
Ph.D., University of Virginia, History, 1975.
Expertise and Research Interests
- History
- The Transatlantic World
- The Meaning of Jamestown in the American Experience
- Digital History
- Application of Advanced Technology in Research and Teaching
- The Transatlantic World
- The Meaning of Jamestown in the American Experience
- Digital History
- Application of Advanced Technology in Research and Teaching
Other Expertise
Executive Trainee, Sears, Roebuck and Company 1965-1966
Administrative Officer, Central Intelligence Agency, 1966-1970
Published three books. Winner of the Weatherford Award, Berea College, 1991, for COAL TOWNS. Winner of two National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships for College Teachers. ASPIRES winner ($44,000)at Virginia Tech to create prototype of VJ. Experience with PC and MAC platforms. Experience with html/sgml/xml code. Knowledge of graphics software, including Adobe Photoshop and Quicktime VR. Knowledge of Web page design and creation. Received NEH Educational Development and Demonstration Grant of $205,000 to develop Virtual Jamestown (VJ) Web site (http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/). Edsitement Award forVJ, chosen by experts, approved by educators, and endorsed by NEH, Council of the Great City Schools, and MCI WorldCom.
Administrative Officer, Central Intelligence Agency, 1966-1970
Published three books. Winner of the Weatherford Award, Berea College, 1991, for COAL TOWNS. Winner of two National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships for College Teachers. ASPIRES winner ($44,000)at Virginia Tech to create prototype of VJ. Experience with PC and MAC platforms. Experience with html/sgml/xml code. Knowledge of graphics software, including Adobe Photoshop and Quicktime VR. Knowledge of Web page design and creation. Received NEH Educational Development and Demonstration Grant of $205,000 to develop Virtual Jamestown (VJ) Web site (http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/). Edsitement Award forVJ, chosen by experts, approved by educators, and endorsed by NEH, Council of the Great City Schools, and MCI WorldCom.
Future Research
Creation of digital history libraries for teaching, learning, and research
Development of e-history, using the Internet,not just to convey information, but to produce and disseminate scholarship. I can conceive Jamestown as a series of evolving landscapes represented in digital maps, images, sounds, documents, court records, runaway ads (slave and indentured), etc. in a timeframe sequence that reveals avenues of inquiry and interpretation while it also invites users to explore other side streets as well.
Development of e-history, using the Internet,not just to convey information, but to produce and disseminate scholarship. I can conceive Jamestown as a series of evolving landscapes represented in digital maps, images, sounds, documents, court records, runaway ads (slave and indentured), etc. in a timeframe sequence that reveals avenues of inquiry and interpretation while it also invites users to explore other side streets as well.
Industrial Relevance
Companies with interest in application of advanced technology to research, teaching, and learning needs of K-16. Collaborations would include projects that serve these needs while finding solutions to technical problems in computing applications. Need support of companies willing to invest in innovative technologies for the education of nation's school children, college students, and dissemination of accurate historical information on our heritage to the general public. These would include companies in computer software and hardware,Web site developers, communications, and related industries.
Keywords
COS Keywords:
American History, Curriculum Development, Virtual Reality.Additional Terms:
Digital History, History of the South, Jamestown, The Transatlantic World, Visual History.Languages
(Reading, Writing, Speaking)
French: (Functional, Basic, Functional)
German: (Functional, Basic, Basic)
Greek, Ancient: (Basic, Basic, None)
Latin: (Basic, Basic, None)
Memberships
American Historical Association
Forum for European Expansion and Global Interaction
Organization of American Historians
Southern Historical Association
Virginia Historical Society
Honors and Awards
Weatherford Award,
Berea College,
Berea College,
History of Appalachia
Best of the Humanities on the Web,
National Endowment for the Humanities
Previous Positions
2005-2006, Virginia Center for Digital History,
University of Virginia,
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
2002, Board of Directors,
Virginia Council for History Education
2000-2001, Board of Directors,
Federation of State Humanities Councils
1996-2002, Board of Directors,
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
1992-1998, Board of Directors,
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Funding Received
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Planning Grant, Virtual Jamestown, $219,000, Sep 15, 2002 to Sep 15, 2004.
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): Educational Development and Demonstration Grant, $205,000, Sep 1, 1999 to Aug 30, 2001.
- : A Support Program For Innovative Research Strategies (ASPIRES), $44,000, Sep 1, 1997 to Aug 30, 1998.
Publications
- Crandall Shifflett (2008) John Washington's Civil War, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press
- Crandall Shifflett (2007) Seeing the Past: Digital History as New Model Scholarship, Merlot Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Vol 3 (No. 1), 1-9
- Crandall Shifflett, Victorian America, 1876-1913, Facts-on-file, 1996
- Crandall Shifflett, Coal Towns: Life, Work, and Culture in Company Towns of Southern Appalachia, 1880-1960, 1991,
- Crandall Shifflett, Patronage and Poverty in the Tobacco South: Louisa County, Virginia, 1860-1900, 1982
Profile Details
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