Jason A. Heppler
Graduate Research Assistant
Papers of William F. Cody
Contact Information:
612 Oldfather Hall
Department of History
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Phone: (402) 289-1273
Fax: (402) 472-8839
E-mail:
Curriculum Vitae: Heppler Full C.V.
Joined the Department:
August 2007
Jason A. Heppler is a Ph.D. student specializing in the 20th century North American West, Great Plains, and in Digital History. He earned his B.A. in History at South Dakota State University and his M.A. in History from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
In addition to his coursework, he recently completed his thesis "Framing Red Power," an analysis of mass media coverage of the Trail of Broken Treaties protest in 1972, and is continuing to develop a digital project of the same title that presents the scholarly argument digitally along with an intentional archive of material on technology, culture, and political change. Heppler is also the author of two forthcoming book chapters, one on the American Indian Movement (AIM), a radical Indian protest organization of the 1970s, and their impact on South Dakota political culture, and another chapter on the Cherokee Nation's lawsuit against Southern Kansas Railway Company in 1890, in which the Cherokee Nation attempted to legally prevent the construction of railroads through Indian Territory. A digital component to the chapter is in the planning stages.
As a graduate student in Digital History, Heppler engages a variety of new digital methodologies and practices in his scholarly pursuits. He maintains that the advent of digital technologies is changing and challenging the ways historians practice their craft, allowing them to present, collect, and store information in new ways that help give fresh insights to historical questions and serve as a means to reach wider audiences. His thoughts and analysis about the emerging field of Digital History are available at the Digital Clio blog he maintains with his colleague Brent Rogers.
Expertise:
- U.S. Twentieth Century
- North American West
- Great Plains
- Digital History
- Borderlands
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009-present
Master of Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009
Bachelor of Arts, South Dakota State University, 2007
Teaching Assistant, Dr. William G. Thomas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009
Teaching Assistant, Dr. Dawne Curry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008
Research Assistant, "Papers of William F. Cody," Dr. Doug Seefeldt, 2009-present
Research Assistant, "Digital History," Dr. William G. Thomas and Dr. Doug Seefeldt, 2008-present
Research Assistant, "Railroads and the Making of Modern America," Dr. William G. Thomas, 2008-2009
