Metropolitan State University of Denver

Ronnie J Peacock

Educational Biography

I received my A.A. and A.G.S. from Community College of Aurora, (CCA) in June and August of 1997, and my B.A. from the University of Denver (DU) in June 1999, with double majors in History and English. I received an M.A. in History from the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) in December 2002. I am just beginning work on a Masters in Online Teaching and Learning at CSU-Global Campus.

My honors thesis at DU was entitled "Presentations and Representations of Women: Placing Women within the Historical Narrative" and included both quantitative and qualitative analyses of high school history textbooks. My Master's Thesis research focused on Progressive Era Women Reformers who traveled to the Western U.S. to teach Native Americans on the reservations.
I currently teach classes at Community College of Aurora, Metropolitan State College of Denver and Community College of Denver . I have also previously taught at the University of Northern Colorado, and Aims Community College.

Selected Presentations

I presented a paper, "Negotiated Boundaries: Clara True and the World Women Created in the American Southwest" in April 2004 at the Historical Society of New Mexico Conference at Los Alamos, NM.

I have presented papers at two Pedagogy of the Oppressed Conferences: "Suspicious Moralists, Obedient Drones, and Heartless Positivists: Gender, Power, and Inequalities in the Classroom," in March 1998, and "Liberating the History Survey: No Way, The Way, There Are Ways," in April 1997.

In line with my considerable activities on behalf of non-traditional students, I also published an article, "How to Catch a Student: Or What to do after a Student is Accepted at your University," in Advantage Magazine, a publication directed at university professionals who work to recruit and retain non-traditional students.

Professional Affiliations

I am a member of Phi Theta Kappa, an academic honorary society for two-year college students. I am also a member of Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honorary Society; Pinnacle, the Adult University Student Honorary Society; and ANTSHE, the Association of Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education. I was also recognized in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities in 1998.

Research Areas/Interests

My research interests include U.S. History, History of the American Southwest, and Women's History.

Current Projects

I have received considerable training on BlackBoard Vista, the Campus Management System used for both online and resident courses. I also train college faculty in how to set up/build courses using Vista and how to teach most effectively in BBVista and online.

I teach many of my classes online, and so act as a trainer for my online students as well.

I have been working closely with the wonderful and talented staff in the Educational Technology Center (ETC)to restructure my own online classes to make them easier to navigate for students and to generally improve the learning environment.

I have been invited to serve as a faculty advisor to a newly formed Advisory Committee to the ETC.

I am also a member of the newly formed Faculty Learning Community (FLC), set up to explore course development, both online and resident.

Courses Taught

HIS-1210,HIS-1650,WMS-1001,WMS-1650