Howdy, I am Tim Seiter, a graduate student at Southern Methodist University. My research interests are that of borderlands, colonialism, Native American Studies, and the North American West. At the moment I am working on a History of the Karankawa Peoples.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Southern Methodist University, Present
Ph.D., Student
Advisor: Dr. Edward Countryman
University of Houston, 2019
B.A., summa cum laude
Honors Thesis: “Karankawas: Reexamining Gulf Coast Cannibalism”
Alvin Community College, 2016
A.A., summa cum laude
RESEARCH
“Joseph María,” Handbook of Texas encyclopedia entry, under review, 2019
“Jean Baptiste Bousquet,” Handbook of Texas, under review, 2019
“Nicholas de La Mathe,” Handbook of Texas, 2019
“Karankawas: Reexamining Gulf Coast Cannibalism,” Honors Thesis, 2019
Research Asst., Russian and Eastern European Initiative, Dr. David Rainbow, 2018
“The Karankawas: Beads and Bells,” Research Hub, 2017
“Cossack Revolution,” Symposium Selected Essay, 2017
After School Centers on Education, Activity Coordinator, 2015-2016
HONORS
Ph.D. Fellowship, Southern Methodist University, 2019-2024
Outstanding Honors Thesis Award, 2019
Del Barto Scholarship, academic achievement in Dept. of History, $2000, 2018
Mellon Research Scholar, inaugural cohort, $5000, 2018
Provost Undergraduate Research Scholarship, $1000, 2018
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, $3000, 2017
Graduation Speaker, 2016
President’s Award, highest accolade for academic excellence and leadership, 2016
President’s Council, served as one of two student representatives, 2016
Student Government President, 2015-2016
SPEAKER
Senior Honors Thesis Representative, The Office of Undergraduate Research, 2019
Cougar Initiative To Engage, student representative for video series, 2018
Undergraduate Research Day, poster on the Karankawas, 2017, 2018
Across the Curriculum Conference, student panel at Alvin Community College, 2018
Cougar Preview, Office of Undergraduate Research, student representative, 2018
“The Price of Conquest Role Playing Game,” led a workshop with Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda’s Mexican-American History students at Alvin Community College, 2016
ACTIVITIES
UH Book Club President, University of Houston, 2017-2018
Model G20 Delegate, University of Houston, 2017
Meditation Club Vice President, Alvin Community College, 2014-2016
Gay-Straight Alliance President, Alvin Community College, 2014-2015
Community College Day Representative, ambassador, 2014
LANGUAGE
Spanish, proficient in reading