Dr. Kimberly Schutte
Curriculum Vita
Education
Ph.D. in British, Early Modern European and May 2011
Gender History Defended with Honors
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas April 2011
Dissertation Title: “Marrying by the Numbers:
Marriage Patterns of Aristocratic British Women,
1485-2000”
Dissertation Director: Katherine Clark
Dissertation Committee: J.C.D. Clark, Victor Bailey,
Leslie Tuttle, and Geraldo de Sousa
Examination Fields: British, Early Modern Europe,
and Gender
Master of Arts in Early Modern European History May 1988
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Thesis Advisor: Charles Nauert
Bachelor of Science in History and Psychology May 1987
Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, Missouri
Professional Experience
Editorial Assistant 2014- Present
SUNY: An Illustrated History
SUNY Press
Visiting Assistant Professor 2011 – 2014
Department of History
State University of New York,
College at Brockport
Associate Instructor 2008
Department of Humanities and
Western Civilization
University of Kansas
Graduate Teaching Assistant 2007-2008
Department of Humanities and
Western Civilization
University of Kansas
Associate Instructor 2007, 2009 -- 2011
Department of History
University of Kansas
Graduate Teaching Assistant 2006
Department of History
University of Kansas
Adjunct Professor of History 1989 – 2006
Missouri Western State College
Publications
Women, Marriage, and Rank in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000: An Open Elite?. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
A Biography of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (1515-1578): Niece of Henry VIII and Mother-in-Law of Mary, Queen of Scots. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2002.
"Marrying Out in the Sixteenth Century: Subsequent Marriages of Aristocratic Women in the Tudor Era" The Journal of Family History, January 2013.
“Review of The Devonshire Manuscript: A Women’s Book of Courtly Poetry,” in Renaissance Quarterly.
“‘Not for Matters of Treason, but for Love Matters’: Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox and Tudor Marriage Law,” In Laudem Caroli: Renaissance and Reformation Studies for Charles G. Nauert. James V. Mehl, ed. Kirksville, Missouri: Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1998.
Grants and Fellowships
Miller Summer Institute Fellow 2011
Jack Miller Center for Teaching
America’s Founding Principles
and History
Summer Research Fellowship, 2009
University of Kansas
Ambrose Saricks Family Memorial Scholarship 2009
University of Kansas
Ambrose Saricks Family Memorial Scholarship 2008
University of Kansas
Honors and Awards
George L. Anderson Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Department of History, University of Kansas, 2011
Finalist: Argersinger Prize for Outstanding Dissertation, University of Kansas, 2011
Top Five Educator at the University of Kansas as named by the Mortar Board Society, 2010
Passed with Honors, Dissertation Defense, University of Kansas, 2011
Passed with Honors, Ph.D. examination, University of Kansas, 2008
Finalist, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas, 2008
Cum Laude, Missouri Western State College, 1987
Cum Laude, Missouri Western State College, 1986
Missouri Western Outstanding History Graduate, 1987
Award of Scholastic Excellence, 1986, 1987
Opal Kearby Scholarship, Missouri Western State College
Presentations
“Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey’s Self-Rehabilitation Under Henry VII,” The New York State Association of European Historians. 2012
“Strategies to Get Students to Come to Class Prepared,” Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, the College at Brockport, 2011.
“Aristocratic English Marriage in the 18th Century: An Ancien Regime?” Presented at the KU/MU Graduate History Conference, 2010
“Down and Out in Tudor England: Patterns of Elite Subsequent Marriage.” [Revised version] Presented at the Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas, 2009
“The Other Boleyn Girl’s Other Marriage: Defiant Matches at the Court of Henry VIII.” Presented at the KU/MU Graduate History Conference, 2009
“Marriage Patterns among Aristocratic Women of the Nineteenth Century.” Presented at the Mid-America Conference on History, 2008
“Down and Out in Tudor England: Patterns of Elite Subsequent Marriage.” Presented at the Missouri Valley Historical Conference, 2008
“The Eleventh House and the Development of Fusion.” Presented at the 28th Annual PCA/ACA Conference, 2006
“The Murder and Resurrection of Keith Partridge.” Presented at the 27th Annual PCA/ACA Conference, 2005
Courses Taught
Ancient and Medieval History. Missouri Western State College
Ancient World History. SUNY, the College at Brockport
Atlantic World. SUNY, the College at Brockport
British History. University of Kansas
British History I. SUNY, the College at Brockport
Early Modern European History, 1450-1815. Missouri Western State College
Early Modern European History, 1450-1815. University of Kansas
Early Modern European History, 1450-1815. SUNY, the College at Brockport
Early Modern Monarchy. SUNY, the College at Brockport
English History I. Missouri Western State College
English History II. Missouri Western State College
Goddesses to Witches: Women in Pre-1500 Europe. University of Kansas
The Historian’s Craft. University of Kansas
Modern European History, 1780-Present. Missouri Western State College
Pirates of the Caribbean, Research-Intensive Seminar. SUNY, the College at Brockport
Renaissance/Reformation. SUNY, the College at Brockport
Tudor Britain. SUNY, the College at Brockport
Tudor/Stuart England. SUNY, the College at Brockport
Western Civilization I. University of Kansas
World History II. University of Kansas
College Orientation. Missouri Western State College
Professional Service
Manuscript Reviewer, International Journal of English and Literature, 2012-present
Manuscript Reviewer, World Journal of Social Science, 2013-present
Manuscript Reviewer, Review of European Studies, 2013-present
Manuscript Reviewer, International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2013-present
Founding Member, History Faculty Writing Forum, 2012
Manuscript Reviewer, Edwin Mellen Press. 2009
Member of the Organizational Committee, KU-MU Graduate Conference. 2009
Departmental and Institutional Service
Academic Advisor for History Majors, the College at Brockport, 2011-present
Member of Recruitment and Retention Committee for the Department of History, the College at Brockport, 2013-present
Library Liaison for the Department of History, the College at Brockport, 2012-present
Member of the Huot Scholarship Committee, the College at Brockport, 2012
Member of Presentation Committee, Robert Marcus Memorial Lecture, the College at Brockport, 2012
Representative of SUNY, the College at Brockport at International Conference on College Teaching 2011
Member, Graduate Board, Department of History, University of Kansas, 2010-2011
Tutor, Supportive Educational Services. University of Kansas. 2008-2010
Member, Graduate Board, Department of History, University of Kansas, 2008-2009
President, History Graduate Student Organization, University of Kansas. 2007-2008
Voting Graduate Representative, History Department, University of Kansas 2007-2008
Professional Associations
American Historical Association
North American Association of British Historians
Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction
New York State Association of European Historians
Northeast Association of British Historians
References Available Upon Request
