RICHARD RUSSELL HEISER

                                          CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL

Addresses:

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida  32306

Doctor of Philosophy, May 1993

Major:  Medieval England

Specialization Area:  Angevin England

Title:  “The Sheriffs of Richard the Lionheart:  A Prosopographical Survey of Appointments, Politics, and Patronage, 1189-1199.”

Supervising Professor:  Dr. Ralph V. Turner

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida  32306

Master of Arts, December 1988

Major:  Medieval History

Specialization Area:  Medieval England

Nyack College, Nyack, New York  10960

Bachelor of Arts, May 1984

Major:  History

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching:

Professor of History, 2006 to Present

Tenured, 2003

Associate Professor of History, 1999-2006

            Presbyterian College

            Department of History

            Clinton, South Carolina  29325

Teach a variety of upper-level courses as well as freshmen-level survey courses.  Responsible to choose textbooks, organize and deliver lectures, create and administer examinations, and assign a final grade.  Classes range from 5 to 30 students.

Associate Professor of History, 1996 to 1999

Tenured, 1997

Assistant Professor of History, 1993 to 1996

Instructor in History, 1990 to 1993

            Nyack College

            Department of History

            1 South Boulevard

            Nyack, New York  10960

Teach a variety of upper-level courses as well as freshmen-level survey courses.  Responsible to choose textbooks, organize and deliver lectures, create and administer examinations, and assign a final grade.  Classes range from 5 to 60 students.

Administration:

Chair, Department of History, 2005 to present

Presbyterian College

503 S. Broad Street

Clinton, SC  29325

Chair, School of Arts and Sciences, 1997 to 1999

            Nyack College

            1 South Boulevard

            Nyack, New York   10960

Exercise supervision of seven departments, English, History, Languages, Philosophy, Math and Natural Sciences, Anthropology and Sociology, and Psychology.  Presently nineteen faculty members in the school.

Chair, Division of Humanities, 1993 to 1997

            Nyack College

            1 South Boulevard

            Nyack, New York   10960

Exercise supervision of four departments, English, History, Languages, and Philosophy, directing the advancement of the division through numerical growth, faculty development, course coordination, and budget management.  Twelve faculty members in the division.

Associate Dean of the Summer School Program, Summer 1993

            Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

            St. Michael's Hall

            Shoe Lane

            Oxford, England   OX1 2DP

Look after student social and academic well-being and assist the administration with program activities and evaluation of the program.

PUBLICATIONS

Books:

The Reign of Richard Lionheart: Ruler of the Angevin Empire, 1189-1199.  Co-authored with Ralph V. Turner.  Medieval World Series, ed. David Bates (Longman, 2000).

Journal Articles:

‘Castles, Constables, and Politics in Late Twelfth-Century English Governance’, Albion 32 (2000): 19-36.

 ‘The Extent of the Lionheart’s Folly: Richard I’s Arrangements for Count John and Archbishop Geoffrey Prior to the Third Crusade,’ Nottingham Medieval Studies, 43 (1999):  79-89.

            ‘Richard I and His Appointments to English Shrievalties,’ English Historical Review, 112 (1997):  1-19.

            ‘The Sheriffs of Richard I:  Trends of Management as Seen in the Shrieval Appointments from 1189 to 1194,’ The Haskins Society Journal 4 (1992):  109-122.

            ‘The Households of the Justiciars of Richard I:  An Enquiry into the Second Level of Medieval English Government,’ The Haskins Society Journal 2 (1990):  223-235

            ‘The Royal Familiares of King Richard I,’ Medieval Prosopography,  10 (August 1989):  25-50.

Conference Papers and Presentations:

            ‘Richard Lionheart and His Crusade Companions’, Presentation to the PC Summer Scholars program, Presbyterian College, June 25, 2008

            ‘England and Russia: Two Histories of Property Rights’, Lecture for Economics of Property Rights class, Presbyterian College, February 22, 2006.

            ‘England and Russia: Two Histories of Property Rights’, Lecture for Economics of Property Rights class, Presbyterian College, February 24, 2005.

            ‘The Third Crusade and Iraqi War: Similarities and Differences’, Lecture for Medieval History and English History classes, Furman University, May 12, 2004.

            ‘England, Property, and the Struggle to Restrain Central Power’, Lecture for Economics of Property Rights class, Presbyterian College, March 1, 2004.

            ‘Martin Luther’ and ‘English Reformation’, Presentations at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church Seminar on the Protestant Reformation, October 25-26, 2003.

            ‘Chivalry’, Presentation to Kappa Alpha fraternity, Presbyterian College, February 24, 2003.

            ‘The Third Crusade: Medieval and Modern Lessons’, Presented paper to the History Club, University of South Carolina-Spartanburg, March 12, 2003.

‘Richard Lionheart and the Third Crusade’, Lecture for Medieval History and English History classes, Furman University, April 25, 2001.

‘Richard Lionheart as King and Subject.’ Presented at Phi Alpha Theta regional meeting, Furman University on March 31, 2001.

‘William Longchamp: Castles and His Justiciarship.’ Presented at the American Historical Association on 11 January 1998.

            ‘The King and His Brothers in 1189: Richard I, Count John, and Archbishop Geoffrey.’  Presented at the Carolina Symposium on British Studies on 7 October 1995.

            ‘The Servants of the Lion:  The Sheriffs of Richard I.’  Presented at the Charles Homer Haskins Society Conference on 10 November 1991.

            ‘Hubert Walter's Staff as Justiciar:  An Enquiry into the Second Level of Medieval English Government.’  Presented at the Charles Homer Haskins Society Conference on 12 November 1989.

            ‘The Unknown Advisers of Richard I of England.’  Presented at the Phi Alpha Theta, Delta Chapter, History Research Seminar on 28 March 1989.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

            Charles Homer Haskins Society

            Phi Alpha Theta, Delta Chapter

REFERENCES

            Provided upon request