Dr. William Woodward Professor of History Seattle Pacific University

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
The People of Promise and the People of Hope: A Response to the American Dream (Weter Award Lecture), distributed
by Seattle Pacific University, 2005.
APrelude to a Pacific Century: The Washington National Guard in the Philippines, 1899,@ Columbia, 13 (Winter 1999-
2000): 6-13. (Winner of 1999 John McClelland Award)
(with Steven Moore) "Clarity through Ambiguity: Transforming Tensions at Seattle Pacific University," in Models for
Christian Higher Education, ed. Hughes and Adrian (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997)
(with Ronald Boyce) "Urban Systems," in The Pacific Northwest: Geographical Perspectives, ed. James H. Ashbaugh
(Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall-Hunt, 1994, 1997).
"History and Popular Culture--and Vice Versa," Popular Culture Assn. Newsletter, 16 (Feb. 1989):1-3.
"America as a Culture: Some Emerging Lines of Analysis," and "America as a Culture: A Fourfold Heritage?" Journal of
Amer. Culture, 11 (Spring 1988):1-31 (Winner of 1988 Carl Bode Award)
"History at Seattle Pacific--How and Why," Seattle Pacific University Review, 6 (Autumn 1987):33-43.
"Assessing the Interpretive Effectiveness of Historic Sites: A Prospectus," Journal of Interpretation, 10 (1985):19-35.
"The Citizen-Soldier, the Citizen-Soldier Historian, and the New Military History," The Army Historian, No.9 (Fall
1985):13-15.
"Washington's Other Defense Industry," Landmarks, 5 (Fall 1985):63-67, revised and reprinted as a brochure: "A
Century of Service" (Camp Murray, Tacoma, WA: Military Dept., State of Washington, 1987)
"Where the Oregon Meets Later Trails," Landmarks, 4 (Spr 1985):29-30.
"New Worlds to Conquer: The Dawn of the European Global System,@ Seattle Pacific University Review, 4 (Spr
1985):20-32.
(edited with introduction) Military Influences on Washington History: Proceedings of a Conference (Camp Murray,
Tacoma, WA: Military Dept., State of Washington, 1984).
"Winter Soldiers: Washington Volunteers in the Philippines, 1898-99," ibid., pp. 127-137.
"Needed: A Network for Northwest History," Landmarks, 2 (Fall 1983):16-17.
"Evangelism: Half the Story," World Concern Update, 4 (Jan/Feb 1981):17-20.
Becoming: A Historian's Prospectus for Integrated Learning (Weter Award Lecture), distributed by Seattle Pacific
University, 1978.
PUBLIC HISTORY AND CONSULTING: As workshop leader for Yakima Valley K-12 teachers under two US DOE
ATeaching American History@ grants, 2003-2006; for curriculum development under two NEH grants for
Valley View Elementary School, Seatac WA, 1999-2004; as study tour leader around central Whidbey Island,
Port Townsend, San Juan Island for the Smithsonian Institution, September 1998 and 1999, and other sponsors
in prior years; on inauguration of a scholarly journal for the National Guard Association of the U.S. and
Washington State University Press, 1992-1993; aiding contract historian preparing furnishing study for San
Juan National Historical Park, 1989-90; on an educational puppet show on Seattle history, for the Seattle
Puppetory Theater, 1989; on museum redesign, for the Washington State Historical Society, 1985-1987; on
museum development, for the Washington National Guard State Historical Society, 1985-1989.
SELECTED GRANTS, HONORS, AWARDS, LISTINGS:
EXTERNAL: Pacific Northwest Historians Guild ALifetime Achievement Award@ for wide-ranging contributions to the
Awriting, preservation and promotion of Pacific Northwest history,@ 2000; Washington State Historical
Society=s John McClelland Award for best article in Columbia, 1999; AInquiring Mind Forum@ Scholar for the
Wash. Comm. for the Humanities (WCH), 1985-87, 1988-90, 1991-93, 1995-97; awarded honorary
membership, Southwest Seattle Historical Society, 1992; Carl Bode award for best essay published in 1988 in
the Journal of American Culture; Thomas Staley Lecturer, Eastern College (PA), Spring 1988; "Collins Award"
for best presentation to the 14th Annual Army Museum Conference, Nov. 1, 1985; NEH-funded Seminar on
"Christianity in American History," 1984; Outstanding Young Man of America citation, 1980; SEATTLE
PACIFIC UNIV.: Weter Faculty Award for Meritorious Scholarship, 2995 and 1978; Professor of the Year,
1996; first SPU recipient of Sears-Roebuck Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence and Campus
Leadership, 1990; Research (1977, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1997); and Academic Renewal (1978-81, 1984)
grants. SOCIETIES AND LISTINGS: Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta; Dir. of American Scholars.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES:
American Culture Assn. (Program Chair for "Comparative Studies in Peace and War," 1983-present)
Pacific Northwest Historians Guild (Vice-President, 1987-89)