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Helen M. Ciernick, Ph.D
802 W. City Limits Road, Apt. 17
Yankton, SD 57078
House: 605-260-0041
Cell: (650) 279-1105
[email protected]Mount Marty College
1105 W. Eighth Street
Yankton, SD 57078
Office: 605-668-1303
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EDUCATION
Ph. D., The Catholic University of America, DC
American Catholic Church History
Director: Professor Christopher J. Kauffman
2003
M.A., University of Notre Dame, IN
Systematic Theology
Emphasis: Liberation Theologies
Early Church History
1987
B.A., University of San Diego, CA
Religious Studies, Cum laude
1983
UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
Teaching:
Mount Marty College, SD
Associate Professor of Theology,
2008-present
Santa Clara University, CA
Lecturer
2004-07
The Catholic University of America, DC
Teaching Fellow
Spring 2004
University of Mary Washington, VA
Lecturer
Fall 2001
Notre Dame de Namur University, CA
Spring 1996
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Instructor
Research:
The American Catholic History Research Center & University Archives
The Catholic University of America
2003, 2004
PEER-REVEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
A Matter of Conscience: The Selective Conscientious Objector, Catholic College Students
and the Vietnam War, U.S. Catholic Historian, Volume 26, no. 3, Summer 2008, pp. 33-50.
Catholic-College Students and the Civil Rights Movement U.S. Catholic Historian,
Volume 24, no. 2, Spring 2006, pp. 131-141.
Cracking the Door: Women at the Second Vatican Council, in Women and Theology, The
Annual Publication of the College Theology Society, 1994, Volume 40.
BOOK REVIEWS
The Juvenilization of Christianity, U.S. Catholic Historian, Volume CI, no. 4, Autumn
2015, pp. 958-959.
For Both Cross and Flag, Catholic Action, Anti-Catholicism, and National Security Politics
in World War II San Francisco, Catholic Historical Review, Volume XCVIII, no. 1, January
2012, pp. 160-162.
Challenged by Coeducation: Womens Colleges Since the 1960s Catholic Historical
Review, Volume XCIV, no. 3 July 2008, pp. 612-614.
American Students Organize: Founding the National Student Association after World War
II. An Anthology and Source Book Catholic Historical Review, Volume XCIII, no. 3
October 2007, pp. 1003-1004.
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
A Lost Perspective in Teaching: The Protestant Observers at the Second Vatican Council
American Catholic Historical Association Convention, Atlanta, GA, January 2016
Sodalities & Campus-wide Retreats: Religious Life on Catholic College Campuses in the
Late 1950s American Catholic Historical Association Convention, New Orleans, LA,
January 2013
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Catholic Identity in Transition: The Death of the National Federation of Catholic College
Students American Catholic Historical Association Spring Convention, New Orleans, LA,
March 2012
Taming the Zoo: Creating a Place for Women on the All-Male Campus, American Catholic
Historical Association Convention, Princeton University, Spring Convention 2010
Catholic-College Students in Transition: The History of the National Federation of Catholic
College Students in the 1950s and 1960s American Catholic Historical Association
Convention, Philadelphia, PA, January 2006
Catholic-College Students and the Civil Rights Movement American Catholic Historical
Association of America Miami, Florida, Spring Convention 2004
Catholic-College Students and the Chicano Power Movement on the Catholic-College
Campus, The College Theology Society Convention, Washington, DC, June 2004
Cracking the Door: Women at the Second Vatican Council The College Theology Society
Annual Convention, St. Marys College, IN, June, 1994
HONORS AND AWARDS
Cushwa Travel Grant
Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
University of Notre, IN
2009
Hubbard Fellowship
The Catholic University of America
1995-97
Quasten Scholarship
The Catholic University of America
1989-92
SERVICE TO INSTITUTION
Mount Marty College
Academic Dishonesty Committee
Faculty Salary and Benefits
Faculty Handbook Committee
2015
2015
2014-2015
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Academic Standards and Admissions Committee
Chair
Honors Program Council
Chair
2009-12,
2013, 2105
2011-12
2010-present
2011-14
Faculty Development Committee
Grievance Committee
Student Experience Advisory Council
Chair, Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy
2012-15
2012-15
2012-14
2008-2013
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Catholic Historical Association
Graduate Student Research Grant Committee Member
2013-2015
