CURRICULUM VITAE

JEANNE C. RELLAHAN

PhD American Studies, University of Hawai’i, Manoa, 1988
MA English Literature, University of Nevada, 1976
BA English/Sociology, The Ohio State University, 1968

Academic Positions

· Dean, Suomi College of Arts and Sciences, Finlandia University, 2004-present
· Professor, Political Science, Finlandia University, 2004-present
· Dean, College of International Studies, Hawai’i Pacific University, 1998-2004
· Department Chair, Social Science, 1988-1998
· Associate Professor, Hawai’i Pacific University, 1993-2004.
· Assistant Professor, Hawai’i Pacific University, 1983-1992.
· Fulbright Professor, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 1989-90.
· Instructor, English, Honolulu Community College, 1978-1983.
· Instructor, American Studies, University of Hawai’i, Spring 1986, Summer 1988.
· Administrator, Nevada Humanities Committee (NEH), 1976-1978.
· Instructor, English and American Literature, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 1973-78.

Academic Honors and Awards

· United States Department of State Appointment as Chair, Regional Fulbright Teachers’ and Administrators’ Exchange Program, 1998-2003, reappointed 2003-2007.
· Women Helping Women, International Soroptimist of the Americas, 1999
· Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society’s Award for Outstanding Teaching in Political Science, 1998
· Trustees’ Award for Teaching Excellence, “Teacher of the Year Award,” Hawai’i Pacific University, 1997-98.
· Fulbright Scholar, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 1989-90
· The Brown-Denney Scholarship for Academic Excellence, University of Hawai’i, 1985
· Hawai’i State Scholarship, American Studies Department, University of Hawai’i, 1983-88
· Scholar, Center for the Study of the Presidency, Washington, D.C., 1986
· Scholarship, Asia-Pacific Institute, Summer 1985


Teaching Experience

Finlandia University
Political Science:
American Government

Hawai’i Pacific University

History:
American History since World War II
Backgrounds of American Business

Political Science:
Introduction to the American Political System
The American Presidency
American Foreign Policy

American Literature:
Nineteenth Century American Literature
Introduction to Literature

American Studies:
Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the World of Work
American Social Movements
Contemporary Nations: U.S.A.

University of Hawai’i, Manoa, American Studies Department
American Political Institutions
America and the World
American Ethnic Identities

University of Jyväskylä, Finland
American Ethnic Literature
Women’s Literature
Themes in the American Experience (M.A. research topics)

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
English Composition
Writing for the Social Sciences

Selected Scholarship

“Global Citizenship: International and Place-Based Strategies.” Presented at Forum for Global Citizenship II, Hawai’i Pacific University, 2004.

“Global Citizenship: Making Connections.” Presented at Forum for Global Citizenship I, Hawai’i Pacific University, 2003.

“What Works in Assessment? A Qualitative Analysis of Strategies to Reach Consensus.” Presented at The Western Association of Senior Colleges, Irvine, CA, 2003.

“Educating Global Citizens in a time of National Crisis.” Presented at University of Hawai‘i, Manoa. Sponsored by a grant from the Corporation for National Service and the President’s Diversity and Equity Initiative, March 2002.

“The Forty-Percent Solution: Women and Politics in Finland.” Presented at Southern Political Science Association, Norfolk, VA, 1997.

“When Women Run for Office.” Chaired panel at the Southern Political Science Association, Norfolk, VA, 1997.

“Women’s Impact on Parliamentary Politics in Finland.” Presented at the American Association of University Women, Honolulu, HI, 1997.

“Strategies for Success within the American Educational System.” Presented at the American Studies Forum, Turku School of Economics, Turku, Finland, 1996.

“Women at Work in America and Hawai’i.” Presented at the Waipahu Cultural Garden Park--Hawai’i ’s Plantation Village, 1996. Funded by the Hawai’i Committee for the Humanities (NEH).

“The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.” Presented at the Hawai’i Pacific University’s Noontime Culture Break, Women at Work, 1995. Funded by the Hawai’i Committee on the Humanities (NEH).

“Sigmund Freud Meets America.” Presented at the Board of Trustees Symposium on Research, Hawai’i Pacific University, 1992.

“The Good Society,” Noontime Culture Break, Hawai’i Pacific University. Principal Scholar for Series funded by the Hawai’i Committee on the Humanities. Editor of the Guide to the Good Society, 1990.

“The Comparative Democratic Styles of the American and Finnish Public Education
Systems,” presented at the Linguistics Institute, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1990.

“The Romantic Hero in American 19th Century Letters,” presented at American and British Literature Conference, Sans Souci, Potsdam, Germany, 1990.

“Freudian Social Analysis and American Cultural Structures.” Presented at an American Studies Forum, University of Helsinki, 1990.

“Democracy and the Classroom in America,” presented at Tallinn Linguistics Institute,
Tallinn, Estonia, 1990.

“Cityscapes: Positive Images of the Urban Environment,” presented at North American
Studies Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 1990.

“Comparative Roles of Women in Finland and the United States: An Historical Analysis,”
Presented at the Women’s Research Council, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1989.

“The Influence of Democracy on the Learning Process in the United States, “presented at
English Teachers’ Annual Conference, Valkeala, Finland, 1989.