Jim Turner, Historian 

Resumé: James E. Turner

(520) 318-0645 ~ jturner@u.arizona.edu         

Education

Masters degree in U.S. History, University of Arizona, 1999.

Bachelors degree in Secondary Education, University of Arizona, 1976.

Awards

Distinguished Service Award, Museum Association of Arizona, 2008

C. L. Sonnichsen Award for best article in The Journal of Arizona History, 1998.

Publications

Contributing Author, Times Past: Reflections from Arizona History, 2008.

Co-Author, The Arizona Story, 4^th grade Arizona history textbook, 2008.

 “A Nice Place to Visit: a Brief History of Sabino Canyon,” The Smoke Signal, Tucson Corral of Westerners, International, 2006.

Editor, Establishing Research Corporation: A Case Study of Patents, Philanthropy, and Organized Research in Early Twentieth-Century America, by Thomas D. Cornell, 2004.

Instinct for Excellence, a biography of Jane Harrison Ivancovich, Southwestern philanthropist, 1999.

 “The Pima and Maricopa Villages,” The Journal of Arizona History, Winter 1998.

A Short History of the University of Arizona Student Health Service, 1993.

Experience

Arizona History Instructor, January 1976  – Present

Full-semester academic courses, five-week lifelong learning courses, and one day crash courses at Canyon del Oro High School, Pima Community College-Community Campus, the University of Arizona, the Arizona Historical Society, OASIS Institute, and The Academy Village.

Historian, Arizona Historical Society, November 2001 – February 2009

Worked with more than 65 rural history museums, gave workshops and PowerPoint presentations throughout the state. Administered a grant program to provide small museums with archival supplies, computer software and hardware, as well as exhibit materials and equipment. Conducted oral histories, wrote history articles for newspapers, magazines, and books. Historical researcher and consulting scholar for grants, other museums, authors, and the general public.

Associate Editor, Rio Nuevo Press, February 2009 - present

Write, edit, and proofread text, design and layout pages for quality publisher of Southwestern books.

Freelance, Researcher, and Writer, February 2009 - present

Write Arizona history articles for The Copper Dome, Capitol Times, Northwest Explorer, Good News Tucson, the Journal of Arizona History, and the UofA Alumni Magazine. Currently writing Celebrate Arizona, a pictorial history of Arizona, to be published by Gibbs Smith Publisher, in December, 2010.

Historical Lecturer, October 1996 - Present

Guest lecturer for Western National Parks Association, UofA Speaker's Bureau, Pima Community College, .

History Museum Consultant, August 2002 - Present

Provide support, networking, information, workshops, presentations, and PastPerfect collections management services for non-profit history museums throughout the state.

For more details . . .

My careers fall into four major categories:

1) Writing/editing/research

2) Teaching

3) Presentations and tours

4) Museum consultation

Please feel free to contact me for more specific descriptions of my experience in each of these areas.

References

I will be happy to send you information about my references. Please specify one or more of the four areas on the left so I can send contact information for the three most appropraite contacts for that particular field.