Mike McCollum

Mike McCollum

Lakemont, Georgia, United States
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Experience

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    Progressive Turnout Project

    Remote

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    Michigan, United States

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    Greater Detroit Area

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    Lansing, Michigan Area

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    Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

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    Huntington, West Virginia Area

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    Greater Boston Area

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    Saint Louis, MO

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    Saint Louis, MO

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    Steamboat Springs, CO

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    Columbus, MS

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    Boulder, CO

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    Denver, CO

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    Atlanta, GA

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    Auburn, Alabama Area

Education

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    Auburn University

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    Activities and Societies: DJ at WEGL 91.1 FM, contributor to Auburn Circle (Literary Magazine)

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    Activities and Societies: Graduate School Association Conference Chair, 2012 Visual Culture Graduate Student Conference RESEARCH INTERESTS • “Southern Intellectual History, ” “Rise of the New Right, ” and “Social Movements"

    In October 2012—in my capacity as a PhD student in American Studies—I served as the committee chair of the Visual Culture Conference at Saint Louis University entitled “Politics of the Eye: Imagery of the American Political Landscape.” As part of my duties, I wrote the “call for papers,” reached out to humanities departments across the country via social media and collaborated with the conference’s keynote speaker, Dr. Matthew Frye Jacobson. My historical thinking and work in American Studies…

    In October 2012—in my capacity as a PhD student in American Studies—I served as the committee chair of the Visual Culture Conference at Saint Louis University entitled “Politics of the Eye: Imagery of the American Political Landscape.” As part of my duties, I wrote the “call for papers,” reached out to humanities departments across the country via social media and collaborated with the conference’s keynote speaker, Dr. Matthew Frye Jacobson. My historical thinking and work in American Studies required me to synthesize vast amount of research and information into short, declarative arguments accessible to the public.

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    • Awarded a Jack Holden Travel Grant, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2006

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Volunteer Experience

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    Board Member

    GEORGIA APPALACHIAN TRAIL CLUB INC

    - Present 3 years 1 month

    Environment

    Communications Chair
    AT Communities Committee Co-Chair
    Trail Maintainer
    Trail Ambassador

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    Trainer

    Leave No Trace

    - Present 2 years 8 months

    Certified Leave No Trace Trainer

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    Wilderness First Aid

    NOLS Wilderness Medicine

    - Present 2 years 8 months

    Health

    Wilderness First Aid certified with plans to certify as a Wilderness First Responder

Publications

  • Our South: Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literature (Review)

    Southern Cultures, Volume 20, Number 2, Summer 2014, pp. 107-108 (Article)

    In Our South: Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literature, Jennifer Greeson
    is not concerned with southern identity or what the South is; rather, she explores
    what role the South has played in the broader culture of the United States. Employing
    a comparative, transnational approach, Greeson looks to answer the question,
    “What is the South good for?” In doing so, she suggests that a marginalized
    South, or an “internal other” to the national narrative, is central to the…

    In Our South: Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literature, Jennifer Greeson
    is not concerned with southern identity or what the South is; rather, she explores
    what role the South has played in the broader culture of the United States. Employing
    a comparative, transnational approach, Greeson looks to answer the question,
    “What is the South good for?” In doing so, she suggests that a marginalized
    South, or an “internal other” to the national narrative, is central to the nation’s
    understanding of itself.

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Projects

  • Call for Paper, Drafted for the 2012 Visual Culture Conference

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    In October 2012—in my capacity as a PhD student in American Studies—I served as the committee chair of the Visual Culture Conference at Saint Louis University entitled “Politics of the Eye: Imagery of the American Political Landscape.” As part of my duties, I wrote the “call for papers,” reached out to humanities departments across the country and collaborated with the conference’s keynote speaker, Dr. Matthew Frye Jacobson.

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