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Kristen D. Burton

Department of History
University of Texas at Arlington
601 S. Nedderman Drive
Arlington, Texas 76019
kburton@uta.edu

Education

2010 University of Texas at Arlington, Ph.D. Candidate (History)

Dissertation: John Barleycorn vs. Sir Richard Rum: Alcohol, the
Atlantic, and the Distilling of Colonial Identity, 1650-
1800

Committee: Elisabeth Cawthon (advisor/chair), John Garrigus, Sarah
Rose

Exam fields: English Colonization in Ireland and North America; The
Age of Atlantic Revolutions; Intercultural Transfer

2008-2010 Oklahoma State University, M.A. (History)

Thesis: The Citie Calls for Beere: The Introduction of Hops and
the Foundation of Industrial Brewing in London, 1200-
1700

Committee: James Huston (chair), Kristen Burkholder (advisor), Tonia
Sharlach

2004-2008 Oklahoma State University, B.A. (History)

Publications

Burton, Kristen D. "Myths Laid to Rest: Death, Burial, and Memory in the
American South." Essays in History. 59 (2013):
http://www.essaysinhistory.com/articles/2013/178

Burton, Kristen D. "The Citie Calls for Beere: the Introduction of Hops and
the Foundation of Industrial Brewing in Early Modern London." Journal of
the Brewery History Society. 150 (2013): 6-15.

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Burton, Kristen D. and Isabelle Rispler. "Introduction: New Approaches and
Perspectives on Transatlantic History." Traversea. 2 (Fall: 2012): 1-3.
Burton, Kristen D. and Isabelle Rispler. "Introduction: What is Transatlantic
History?" Traversea. 1 (Fall: 2011): 1-4.

Teaching

HIST 1311: Survey of U.S. History to 1865
HIST 1312: Survey of U.S. History from 1865

Organizations

2011 American Historical Association (AHA)

2010 Transatlantic History Student Organization (THSO)
- President (2012-2013)
- Treasurer (2010-2012)

2009 Phi Kappa Phi

2008 Phi Alpha Theta

Academic Projects

2013 Organizer of Transatlantic History Student Organization (THSO)
Speaker Series at the University of Texas at Arlington

2012 Conference organizer, Thirteenth Annual Graduate Student
Conference on Transatlantic History at the University of Texas at Arlington,
October 25, 2012.

Digital Humanities

2013 Contributor to The Appendix Blog, A Toast to Your Health: Getting
Drunk in Colonial America: http://theappendix.net/blog/2013/2/getting-
drunk-in-colonial-america

2010-2014 Co-founder and Senior Editor of Traversea, an open access,
online journal of transatlantic history: http://traversea.uta.edu

Employment

2013 Enhanced Doctoral Teaching Fellowship
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2012 Online Academic Coaching, Academic Partnerships, University of
Texas at Arlington

2010-2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History,
University of Texas at Arlington

2008-2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Oklahoma
State University

Scholarships and Awards

2014-2015 Marc Friedlaender Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society

2014-2015 Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George
Washington Fellowship

2014 The Danny McQueen Memorial Scholarship for GTA Teaching Award

2012-2013 College of Liberal Arts Deans Research Travel Award

2010-2011 UT Arlington Phi Kappa Phi Bridge to Graduate School
Fellowship

2010-2016 Enhanced Graduate Teaching Assistantship (EGTA)

2010 O.A. Hilton Memorial Scholarship supported by the Raymond Estep
History Scholarship Fund

2009 O.A. Hilton Memorial Scholarship supported by the Raymond Estep
History Scholarship Fund

2008 Townsend Memorial Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate
paper, Gagged into Division: How the Congressional Gag Rule Split the
Democratic Party, 1836-1844.

2007 Steele Scholarship for Collaborative Research on Southern American
history. This resulted in the paper Gagged into Division: How the
Congressional Gag Rule Split the Democratic Party, 1836-1844.

Conference Presentations

From Eau de Vie to the Bane of the Nation: Distilled Spirits, Drunkenness,
and the Debate over Alcohol in Imperial Trade, 1650-1800, presented at the
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Alcohol and Drugs History Society affiliate session at the American Historical
Association 128
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Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2-5, 2014.

Kill Men for the Devil: Molasses, Rum, and British Imperial Interests in
North America, 1650-1750, presented at the Sixtieth Annual Midwest
Conference on British Studies at DePaul University, Chicago, October 11-13,
2013.

Sprits and Strong Waters: Perceptions of Drunkenness in the North
Atlantic, 1650-1775, presented at the Thirteenth Annual Graduate Student
Conference on Transatlantic History at the University of Texas at Arlington,
October 25, 2012.

The Citie Calls for Beere: The Introduction of Hops and the Foundation of
Industrial Brewing in London, 1200-1700, presented at the CHORD
conference on Food and Beverages: Retailing, Distribution and Consumption
in Historical Perspective at the University of Wolverhampton, Telford
Campus, UK, September 7-8, 2011.

Drunk as a Monk: Problems with Ecclesiastical Drinking in Medieval
England, presented at the conference on Food and Drink: their Social,
Political and Cultural Histories at the University of Central Lancashire, UK,
June 15-17, 2011.

Myths Laid to Rest: Deconstructing the Cultural Heritage of Slave
Funerals, presented at ACES (The Annual Celebration of Excellence by
Students) at The University of Texas at Arlington, March 24, 2011.

Hops and the Origins of English Beer in Early Modern London, presented
at the Thirty-second Annual Mid-America Conference on History, University
of Arkansas at Little Rock, September 23-25, 2010.

Hops and Brewing in England, presented at the Phi Alpha Theta
Colloquium at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, December
2, 2009.

Ale, Bonny Ale: the Misconception of Male and Female Brewers in Medieval
England, presented at the 52
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annual Missouri Valley History Conference
in Omaha, Nebraska, March 5-7, 2009.

A Costly Brew: Governmental Taxation of Ale Brewers in Medieval
England, presented at the 20
th
annual Oklahoma State University Research
Symposium and Research Scholar Conference in Stillwater, Oklahoma,
February 16-20, 2009.
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Gagged into Division: How the Congressional Gag Rule Split the
Democratic Party, 1836-1844, presented at the 19
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annual Oklahoma State
University Research Symposium and Research Scholar Conference in
Stillwater, Oklahoma, February 18-22, 2008.