Curriculum Vitae

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Philip E. Wolgin
Graduate Student
Department of History
University of California, Berkeley
wolgin@berkeley.edu

EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2006-Present
Ph.D. in History
Fields: America Since 1607, Comparative Immigration, Sociology of American Jewry

M.A. in History, Awarded May 2008

New York University, Fall 2001-Spring 2005
B.A. in History, Awarded May 2005
Magna Cum Laude with Honors

RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am currently investigating the development of United States immigration and refugee policy in the early Cold War era. I am particularly interested in the role of international events and bureaucratic systems in the formation of policy. My work uses immigration as a window into shifting notions of race, gender, and acceptance into the national polity. I am also interested in 19th and 20th century social and political history; comparative immigration, race, and ethnicity; urban history; and American Jewish history.

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
Moody Grant-In-Aid, Lyndon B. Johnson Library Foundation, Spring 2010
Academic Year Travel Fellowship, UC Berkeley Department of History, Spring 2009
Abba P. Schwartz Research Fellowship, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation, Spring 2009
George C. Marshall/Baruch Fellowship, Spring 2009

Graduate Division Summer Grant, UC Berkeley, Summer 2008
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship in Yiddish, UC Berkeley, Fall 2007-Spring 2008
Phi Beta Kappa, Spring 2005
University Honor Scholar, New York University, Spring 2005
Carl Prince Prize, History Department, New York University, Spring 2005
Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund Grant, New York University, Fall 2004
John W. Wilkes Prize, History Department, New York University, Spring 2004
Phi Alpha Theta, Spring 2003

PUBLICATIONS
Wolgin, Philip E., and Irene Bloemraad. “Our Gratitude to Our Soldiers: Military Spouses, Family Reunification, and Postwar Immigration Reform.” Journal of Interdisciplinary History. (forthcoming)

Wolgin, Philip E. “Reforming the Gates: Postwar Immigration Policy in the United States through the Hart-Celler Act of 1965.” In: Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, ed. Wanted and Welcome? Highly Skilled Immigration Policies in Comparative Perspective. (forthcoming)

Wolgin, Philip. “Sympathetic Antipathy: Americanization and the Educational Alliance.” Historian XLVI (New York University), Spring 2005

Wolgin, Philip. “Visions of America, Visions of Judaism: Jewish Immigrant Community Development of Elizabeth, NJ 1900-1950.” Abstract. Inquiry IX (New York University), Spring 2005

PAPERS PRESENTED
“Our Gratitude to Our Soldiers: Military Spouses, Family Reunification, and the Course of Postwar Immigration Reform,” presented at the Social Science History Association Conference, Long Beach, November 12, 2009.

“Humanitarianism for Whom? Postwar Refugee Policy and Politics in Canada and the United States,” presented at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association, Montreal, May 30, 2008.

"Re-forming the Gates: Postwar Immigration Policy in the United States through the Hart-Celler Act of 1965," presented at the Workshop on Highly Skilled Immigration Policy, University of Toronto, February 8, 2008.

"Visions of America, Visions of Judaism: Jewish Immigrant Community Development, Elizabeth NJ 1900-1950," presented at the Elizabeth Forum, The Historical Society of Elizabeth, NJ, May 5, 2005.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Spring 2008, Department of History, UC Berkeley
Research Assistant to Professor Jon Gjerde, researching material for a textbook
• Identifying primary and secondary sources for inclusion in the revised edition of Major Problems in American Immigration and Ethnic History.
• Researching contemporary issues in immigration history, especially in the post-1965 and post-9/11 periods.

Fall 2006-Spring 2007, Department of History, UC Berkeley
Research Assistant to Professor Jon Gjerde, researching anti-Catholicism in antebellum America
• Researching and analyzing historical novels and secondary work dealing with gender, religious toleration, and early American identity.
• Researching antebellum intellectuals and events for inclusion in a book-length monograph.
• Uncovering and revising material on Protestant views of Catholicism in the early Republic and the antebellum era.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Summer 2009, Department of History, UC Berkeley
Graduate Student Instructor, 7B: The U.S. from the Civil War to the Present, Professor Jonathan Spiro

Spring, 2009, Department of History, UC Berkeley

Graduate Student Instructor, 124B: The U.S. from WWII to the Vietnam Era, Professor Kathleen Frydl

Fall, 2008, Department of History, UC Berkeley
Reader, 127AC: California and the West, Professor Kerwin Klein

Summer 2007, Department of History, UC Berkeley
Reader, N131B: Social History of the United States, Professor Steve Leikin

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2005-August 2006. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, NY
Research and Editorial Assistant, Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
• Researching and compiling maps of Eastern European cities, regions, and countries for use in the encyclopedia.
• Managing the MS Access database for the encyclopedia project, including tracking more than 1800 articles and contributors from over 40 countries.
• Serving as copyeditor, checking styling, translation, and transliteration.

June 2004-July 2005. New-York Historical Society, New York, NY.
Peter J. Sharp Intern in Public History
• Assistant Curator compiling the exhibition notebook prospectus for a complementary contemporary artists’ exhibit on the legacy of slavery.
• Research and analysis on German immigration, the American Revolution, antebellum New York City, and Ulysses S. Grant for exhibitions.
• Assembling materials for gallery tours, media interviews, and object histories.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Spotlight on Immigration Conference, Reviewer, UC Berkeley, Spring 2008.
Graduate Council of the Academic Senate, Student Representative, UC Berkeley, Fall 2007-Spring 2008
History Graduate Association, Co-Chair, UC Berkeley, Fall 2007-Spring 2008
Organization and Rules Committee, UC Berkeley, Graduate Assembly, Member, Fall 2006-Spring 2007
Graduate Social Club, UC Berkeley, Fall 2006-Spring 2007
Graduate Assembly, Delegate, UC Berkeley, Fall 2006-Present

LANGUAGES
Spanish – High Proficiency
Yiddish - Intermediate Proficiency
Hebrew – Basic Proficiency

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR)

REFERENCES
Upon Request

Philip Wolgin

Curriculum Vitae