Education
Georgetown University, Graduate School / BMW Center for German & European Studies (Washington, DC):
Ph.D. Modern European History (2003); MA German and European Studies (1997)
Dissertation: “Coca-Colonization, ‘Refreshing’ Americanization, or Nazi Volksgetränk?
The History of Coca-Cola in Germany, 1929-1961”
Committee: Roger Chickering, Richard Kuisel, Maria Höhn, and Jeffrey Peck
Boise State University (Idaho):
Graduate Study of American History (1992-1994)
Thesis: “We Say No to Your War! The Story of the Covered Wagon GI Coffeehouse”
Boston University:
BA in International Relations, magna cum laude, with Distinction (1986)
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters & Articles
“Coca Cola History” in Bulletin of the German Historical Institute 40 (Washington, DC), Spring 2007
“Die Erfrischende Pause": Marketing Coca-Cola in Hitler’s Germany,” in Selling Modernity: Cultures of Advertising in 20th Century Germany, Pamela Swett, Jonathan Wiesen, and Jonathan Zatlin, eds., Duke University Press, 2007
“Born Again in the Gospel of Refreshment? Coca-Colonization and the Re-making of German Identity” in Consuming Germany in the Cold War: Consumption and National Identities, 1945-1989, David Crew, ed. Berg Publishers, 2003
Encyclopedia Entries
“Soft Drinks (Caffeinated)” in Alcohol and Drugs in North America: A Historical Encyclopedia, David Fahey and Jon S. Miller, eds. ABC-Clio, 2013.
“Conscientious Objection and Dissent in the U.S. Military” in The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts, Spencer C. Tucker, ed. ABC-Clio, 2010.
“U.S. Military Morale (Vietnam),” “Selective Service,” and “Vietnam Veterans Against the War” in The United States at War: Understanding Conflict and Society, reference data base edited by Aron Hsiao, ABC-CLIO, 2005
“Soft Drinks,” in Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia, Jack S. Blocker, Jr., Ian R. Tyrrell, & David M. Fahey, eds. ABC-Clio, 2003
"Americanization" in German Culture and Society: The Essential Glossary, Holger Briel, ed. Arnold Publishers, 2002
Reviews
Hitlers Volkstaat: Raub, Rassenkrieg und nationaler Sozialismus / Hitler’s Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War,& the Nazi Welfare State, by Götz Aly (Fischer/Henry Holt, 2005/2007), German History 26, Oct 2008
“Americanization and Anti-Americanism: Spinning our Wheels over Catchwords,” Review of Unbegrenzte Möglichkeiten: “Amerikanisierung” in Deutschland und Frankreich (1900-1933) [Unlimited Opportunities: “Americanization” in Germany and France (1900-1933)], by Egbert Klautke (Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003), on H-German, H-Net Reviews, November 2005
Strength through Joy: Consumerism and Mass Tourism in the Third Reich, by Shelley Baranowski(Cambridge University Press, 2003), in German Politics and Society 23, Summer 2005
Munich and Memory: Architecture, Monuments, and the Legacy of the Third Reich, by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld (University of California Press, 2000), in Canadian Journal of History 37, April 2002
“Business as Usual? Conceptions of German-American Economic Relations under Hitler,” GSA conference panel, Bulletin of the German Historical Institute 28 (Washington, DC), Spring 2001
Popular Press
“Hell No, We STILL Won’t Go: “Sir, No Sir!” Recaptures the Past for Antiwar Soldiers,” Documentary 25, February 2006
“Apocalypse Then” cover-story on Idaho Vietnam War protests, Boise Weekly, 1-7 September 1994
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
German Historical Institute (Washington, DC)/Universität Köln: Thyssen-Heideking Fellow (2006-2007)
Georgetown University: Graduate and Doctoral Fellowships (1994-2002)
Marshall Foundation: Helmut Kohl Fellowship for German-American Studies (1998-1999)
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service): Dissertation Research Stipendium (1997-1998)
Summer Study Grants: UC-Berkeley (1995) / Uni-Regensburg (1993) / Goethe Institute (1984)
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung: Pre-dissertation Summer Research Grant (1996)
Boise State University: Graduate Fellowship (1992-1994); Phi Alpha Theta Award (1993)
Boston University: Phi Beta Kappa, William J. Newman Award for International Relations (1986)
US Army ROTC 4-year Scholarship; Distinguished Cadet Award (1986)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Conscientious Canadians: U.S. War Resisters Pursuing ‘American’ values in Canada,” paper presented at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), “Canada as Refuge?” conference, 1-2 May 2008
“The GI Movement, Then and Now,” paper presented at Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY), “1968 -40 Years Later: The Sixties in America and Europe” conference, 12 April 2008
“Coca-Cola and the Reel History of Cold War Berlin,” paper presented at the University of Texas-Austin, “Berlin: Divided City” conference, 28-29 March 2008
“Die erfrischende Pause”: Marketing Coca-Cola in Hitler’s Germany,” paper presented at the European Business History Association, “Corporate Images” conference in Frankfurt, 1-3 September 2005
“Breaking Ranks: Anti-Vietnam War Activism within the US Military,” paper presented at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver), “Thinking through Action: Twentieth Century Social Movements & their Legacy” conference, 10-12 June 2005
“‘You have Coca-Cola here too?’ Making ‘Refreshment’ Ubiquitous in Nazi Germany,” paper presented at the German Studies Association conference in Washington, DC, 6-9 October 2004
“The Friendship Village: A Film/History of the Agent Orange Legacy in Vietnam,” documentary presented at the German Historical Institute-Washington, DC, “War and the Environment” conference, 7-8 May 2004
“Die erfrischende Pause”: Marketing Coca-Cola in Hitler’s Germany,” paper at McMaster University, “Selling Modernity: Advertising & Public Relations in German History” conference, 6-8 November 2003
“Coca-Colonization and the Re-making of postwar German Identity,” paper presented at Ohio State University, “Americanization & Anti-Americanism: The Impact of American Culture on Germany after 1945” conference at the Mershon Center, 16-20 October 2002
“Born Again in the Gospel of Refreshment,” paper presented at the University of Notre Dame, “Globalization & Cultural Diversity in Europe” conference at the Nanovic Institute, 8-9 December 2000
“Coca-Colonization in the Third Reich? The Americanization of Germany and the Germanization of Coca-Cola,” paper presented at the German Studies Association conference in Houston, 6-8 October 2000
“Coca-Cola and the New Germany: A Project Report,” paper presented at the University of British Columbia, DAAD International German History colloquium, 4-5 June 1999
“The Transnational Corporation and Postmodern Pedagogy,” paper presented at SUNY-Binghamton, “Translating/Transposing Cultures - Crossing the Borders” conference, 10-12 April 1997
“The Historical Context of Reunification,” panel commentator presentation at the Georgetown University, “German Reunification Five Years Later” graduate student conference, 11-12 November 1995
“Sources of Eastern European Instability,” paper presented at the U.S. Naval Academy, “Soviet Policy towards Europe, East & West” undergraduate conference in Annapolis, 10-13 April 1984
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Douglas College (2000-present):
20th Century World History (H 1103/1104); History through Film (H 1180);
History of Consumer Culture (H 1190); Europe from French Revolution to World War I (H 2202);
War & Society (H 2220); World War II (H 3320); Europe Since 1945 (3305);
Field School @ University of Wales:
Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen, UK (Summer 2012)
Simon Fraser University (Fall 2005):
Legacy of the Great War (H 414-4)
University of British Columbia (2000-2005):
European Social History (H 316); Modern Germany (H 407);War & Society (H 425)
Kwantlen University-College (2000-02):
Europe 1900-1939 (H 1120);
Germany 1870-1945: From Bismarck to Hitler (H 2310); Business School Liberal Arts/History Module in Power Relationships (LBED 3310/3311)
Western Washington University (Fall 1999):
Western Civilization: 1713 to the Present (H 113)
PUBLIC HISTORY ACTIVITIES
Director: Institute for Ethics and Global Justice, Douglas College (since 2007)
Documentary Film Production
Co-producer, Cypress Park Productions, Vancouver, BC (www.cypress-park.ca):
In Search of Carlos, documentary @ Canadian volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (in development)
Breaking Ranks (2006), NFB documentary @ US soldiers seeking Canadian sanctuary from the Iraq War
The Friendship Village (2002), multiple award-winning documentary @ reconciliation project in Vietnam Historical consultant/source:
Sir, No Sir! (2005), feature documentary about Vietnam Era GI Movement (Displaced Films)
The Corporation (2004), feature documentary about corporate capitalism (Big Picture Media)
Selected Public Lectures & Professional Advocacy
Pundit: Think Peace documentary (2007), CBC radio, The Globe and Mail, Vancouver Co-op Radio, etc.
-- @ “Draft-dodger Monument” in Nelson, BC; American Iraq War deserters in Canada; Militarism (since 2004)
Panelist: “Co-opting Courage: Forum on Changes in the Canadian Military,” Burnaby Teachers’ Association public workshop, Burnaby, BC, 22 May 2008
Organizer/Panelist: “Thirty Years Later: Healing the Wounds of the Vietnam War,” public panel discussion in Vancouver, 30 April 2005
Lecture: “Oktoberfest and der deutsche Durst,” at the Rotary Club-Chilliwack, BC, 25 October 2002
Lecture: “A United Nation of Gum Chewers? The Americanization of Weimar Germany,” at the Vancouver Art Gallery, “An Interdisciplinary Look at the Weimar Republic” symposium, 2 June 2001
Research Associate to Kai Bird, Institute for Policy Studies/Historians Committee, Washington, DC (1995)
-- projects @ McGeorge Bundy & Enola Gay/Hiroshima exhibit at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
SELECTED OTHER EMPLOYMENT & ACTIVITIES
Founding Board Member: Vietnam Friendship Village Project-USA & Canada (1992-93/2002-10)
Delegate: Our Way Home Peace Event & Reunion, Castlegar, BC, 4-8 July 2007 and 6-9 July 2006
Coordinator: World Peace Forum-Veterans & War Resisters Working Group, Vancouver, 23-28 June 2006
Delegate: Fellowship of Reconciliation (Nyack, NY) “Conscience and Courage Gathering” 18-21 Feb 2005
Media Analysis Intern: European Union Delegation to the United States, Washington, DC (1997)
Intern Assistant to the Director, Detlef Junker: German Historical Institute, Washington, DC (1995)
Recipient: “Certificate of Appreciation” from Nguyen Thi Binh, Vice-President of Vietnam (1995)
Delegate: Z Magazine Alternative Media Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (June 1994)
Staff: CCCO-Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, San Francisco peace group (1991)
- Military/Draft Counselor & Editor: The Objector: Journal of Draft and Military Information
US Army officer (1LT), Medical Service Corps: 30th Medical Group, Ludwigsburg, FRG (1986-90)
- Ambulance Platoon Leader; Company-level Supply & Security Officer; Conscientious Objector claimant
- Recipient: Airborne qualification; Rommel Medallion (from Stuttgart Bürgermeister, Manfred Rommel);
Army Achievement Medal (for organizing German-American Festival, 1989)
Gast der Stadt (Hosted Guest of the City): Neubrandenburg, East Germany (June 1985)
