Tim Seiter

Historian of the Karankawas, Colonial Texas, and the Borderlands

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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

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