EDUCATION

1977  Ph.D. Harvard University, History of American Civilization
1972  A.B.  Harvard College, American History and Literature, magna cum laude
1968  Phillips Academy, Andover, cum laude

EMPLOYMENT

2000-   William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1998-2000  Professor of English and American Studies, and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1989-99  Editor, Early American Literature

1987-98  Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1985-87  Professor of English and American Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder

1980-85  Associate Professor of English, University of Colorado, Boulder

1976-80  Assistant Professor of English, University of Colorado, Boulder

1974-76  Instructor, Middlebury College

1973-74  Teaching Fellow, Harvard College

HONORS AND AWARDS

Distinguished Scholar Award, Division of American Literature to 1800 of the Modern Language Association, 2008

National Book Critics Circle Finalist, Nonfiction, 2008

Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Scholar in Residence, American Antiquarian Society (2006-07).

Who’s Who In America, 2006–.

James Russell Wiggins Lecturer, American Antiquarian Society, 2004.

University Post-Baccalaureate Distinguished Teaching Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004.

Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society, 2002-03.

Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, American Antiquarian Society, 2002-03 (declined).

ASCAP-Deems Taylor Special Citation, for America’s Instrument, 2000.

Award of Merit, Society of Early Americanists, 2000.

Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society, 1998.

Frances Densmore Prize, 1996, awarded by American Musical Instrument Society

Corresponding Member, Massachusetts Historical Society (elected), 1996

National Council, Institute of Early American History and Culture (elected), 1991-1994.

Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society, 1989.

Member, American Antiquarian Society, elected 1988.

Senior Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Early American History and  Culture, Williamsburg, VA, 1985-86.

Faculty Fellowship, Council on Research and Creative Work, University of Colorado, 1985-86.

Chancellor’s Writing Award, University of Colorado, 1985.

Member, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, elected 1985.

Fellow, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University, 1980-81.

Norman Foerster Prize in American Literature, awarded by the Modern Language Association, 1977.

Summer Research Fellowship, Council on Research and Creative Work, University of Colorado, 1977.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVITIES

1999-2008  Advisory Editor, Early American Literature

1997-2002   Advisory Editor, “Reencounters with Colonialism: New Perspectives on the Americas,” University Press of New England.

1997-  Advisory Board, Book History (Penn State University Press)

1995-97  Selection Committee, American Antiquarian Society Fellowship Program

1994-95  Co-director, Faculty Working Group in the History of Print Culture in the American South,

1993  National Endowment for the Humanities, Selection Panel for Dissertation Fellowships

1992-  Editorial Board, A History of the Book in America, American Antiquarian Society and Cambridge University Press.

1992-  Advisory Board, American Periodicals

1991 & 1994  Selection Committee, Douglas Adair Memorial Award, Organization of American Historians

1991-94  Editorial Board, William and Mary Quarterly

1991-97  Advisory Board, Program in the History of the Book in American Culture, American Antiquarian Society

1990  National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship Selection Panel, University teachers

1989  National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship Selection Panel for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

1989-99  Editor, Early American Literature

1989-93  Editorial Board, American Literature

1987-90  Prize for Independent Scholars Selection Committee, Modern Language Association

1988-89  Acting Director, Curriculum in American Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

1988-89  Advisory Committee, Institute for the Arts and Humanities

1987-89  Associate Editor, Early American Literature

1984-88  Contributing Editor, American Literary Scholarship:  An Annual (Duke University Press)

1984-87  Editorial Board, Early American Literature

1984-85  Co-Director, Center for Theory in Humanities, University of Colorado, Boulder

1982, summer; 1983, summer Acting Chairman, Department of English, University of Colorado

1981-85  Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, University of Colorado, Boulder

1981, 1982  Faculty Development Awards Committee, University of Colorado

1978-80  Director, American Studies Program, University of Colorado

1978-79  Department Representative to Humanities Center, University of Colorado

1978-79  Resource Person in American Studies, Boulder High School

1977-80  Consultant to Museum Education Department, Old Sturbridge Village.  Designer of teacher-training materials to expose high school students to educational opportunities within museums.

1977-85  Editorial Board, English Language Notes