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	Phillip G. Payne <ppayne@sbu.edu> St. Bonventure University I am currently working on a book on Warren G. Harding's legacy entitled "Our Worst President? The Harding Scandals and the Making of History."

Address:	Department of History St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure, New York 14778 United States

Web Page:	http://web.sbu.edu/history/ppayne

List Affiliations:	Former List Editor for H-Pol Reviewer for H-PCAACA

Reviews:	Midwest as Agricultural or Industrial Heartland? The Other Side of the Scandal

Interests:	American History / Studies Local History Political History / Studies

Bio: Education: Ph.D. - June 1994. Department of History, The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio. Title of dissertation, "Modernity Lost: Ironton, Ohio, in Industrial and Post-Industrial America." M.A. - June 1990. Department of History, The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio. Title of M.A. thesis, "Gridiron in Ironton: Semi-Professional Football in a Small Ohio Town, 1919-1931." B.A. - May 1987. Marshall University. Huntington, West Virginia. Professional Experience: August 1998 – Present Assistant Professor Department of History St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure, NY 14778 (716) 375-2460 E-mail: ppayne@sbu.edu http://web.sbu.edu/history/ppayne May 1997 - August 1998 Historic Site Manager President Warren G. Harding’s Home and Museum Ohio Historical Society 380 Mt. Vernon Avenue Marion, Ohio 43302 (740) 387-9630 (800) 600-6894 June 1995 - April 1997 Founding Executive Director Institute of Industrial Technology 55 South First Street Newark, Ohio (614) 349-9277 Summer 1994 - Spring, 1998 Lecturer Department of History The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 43210 (614) 292-2674 Publications: “John C. Campbell: Ironmaster and Town Founder” forthcoming in Warren Van Tine and Michael Pierce, eds., Builders of Ohio (Columbus: Ohio State University Press). “The Shadow of William Estabrook Chancellor: Warren G. Harding, Marion, Ohio, and the Issue of Race” forthcoming in Mid-American: An Historical Review during 2001. “Mixed Memories: The Warren G. Harding Memorial Association and The President’s Home Town Legacy” forthcoming in The Historian pending revisions. “Mining,” in The Encyclopedia of the Great Depression and New Deal. New York: M.E. Sharpe, forthcoming during 2000-01. With Penny Messinger. “Boosterism” Encyclopedia of Local History. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, forthcoming in 2001. “The Accomplishments of Warren G. Harding” Presidential History (Vol. 1, No. 4) April 1999, pp. 4 – 15. “Building the Warren G. Harding Memorial,” Timeline (Vol. 15, No. 5) September/October, 1998, pp. 18- 29. “Big Time Football in Ironton, Ohio: Small-Town Boosterism and the Early Days of Professional Football, 1919-1931,” Buckeye Hill Country: A Journal of Regional History. II (Spring, 1997): 7-23. “Business and the American Economy, 1980 - 1989,” in Bondi, Victor, ed. American Decades, 1980-1989. Detroit, Washington, D.C., London: Gale Research, Inc., 1996, pp. 139-170. With Penny Messinger. “Business in the American Economy, 1940-1949” in Bondi, Victor, ed., American Decades: 1940-1949 Detroit, Washington, D.C., London: Gale Research, Inc., 1995, pp. 93-128. Selected Presentations: “The President’s Hometown: Warren G. Harding, Marion, Ohio, and the Commemoration of Scandal” to be presented at the National Council on Public History 2001 Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 18-22 April 2001. “Online Discussion as Catalyst for Metacognition by Students and Professors,” The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 5-10, 2001. With Nancy Casey and Patrick Casey, School of Education, St. Bonventure University. “Warren G. Harding and the Politics of Race,” Woodrow Wilson National Symposium, Staunton, Virginia, October 20 - 21, 2000. Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation. “Teaching Public History with Internships,” Organization of American Historians’ Midwestern Regional Conference. Ames, Iowa, 4-6 August 2000. “The Legacy of John Campbell: Ironmaster and Town Founder,” Ironmasters Conference . Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, West Virginia University. Morgantown, West Virginia. April 24, 1999.