Present Occupation:  4th year graduate student and teaching assistant
Business Address:     The Ohio State University
                                    History Department
                                    106B Dulles Hall
                                    203 W. 17th Ave.
                                    Columbus, OH  43210
                                    U.S.A.

Business Phone #:     (614) 292-2674 (leave message)
Fax #:                         (614) 292-2282
 

Educational Background:
 

INSTITUTION	DEGREE / FIELD	FROM	TO	GRADE PT. AVG.
Northwestern Univ. Evanston, Illinois	Bachelor of Arts History	September 1988	June 1992	3.5
American Univ. in Cairo Cairo, Egypt	Year Abroad Program Arabic Language	September 1992	June 1993	3.3
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan	Master of Arts History (not completed)	September 1993	April 1994	3.7
The Ohio State Univ. Columbus, Ohio	Master of Arts History / Arabic Lang.	September 1995	March 1998	4.0
The Ohio State Univ. Columbus, Ohio	Ph.D. History	March 1998	Present	4.0

Major Financial Awards and Scholarships:
 

NAME OF AWARD	INSTITUTION GRANTING	TIME PERIOD OF AWARD
History Dept. Graduate Assistantship	The Ohio State Univ. / History Dept.	1998-1999 Academic Year
Ruth Higgins Summer Fellowship	The Ohio State Univ. / History Dept.	Summer 1998
Foreign Language and Area Studies Grant for the Study of Turkish Language	The Ohio State Univ. Middle East Studies Center	1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98 Academic Years
J. William Fulbright Scholarship for the Study of Arabic Language	U.S. Government Grant for study at the American University in Cairo	1992-1993 Academic Year
Northwestern University Trust Grant	Northwestern University	1988-1992 Academic Years
Urban League Essay Scholarship	Urban League of Columbus, Ohio for study at Northwestern University	1988-1989 Academic Year

Honors and Academic Recognitions:

• Summer Abroad Study Program at the Harvard / Bursa-Uludag University Intensive Ottoman Turkish Summer Study Program in Ayvalik, Turkey, Advanced / Paleography level, Summer 1998
• Paper Presentation to the Midwest Conference on Religion, March 20, 1998, "The Status of the Singing Slave Girl in Early Islamic Religious Literature"
• Summer Abroad Study Program at the Harvard / Bursa-Uludag University Intensive Ottoman Turkish Summer Study Program in Ayvalik, Turkey, Intermediate / Printed Texts level, Summer 1997
• Paper Presentation to the Ohio Academy of History Spring Meeting, April 5, 1997, "Cyprus Between Byzantines and Arabs"
• Recognized as Senior Honors Scholar by the Northwestern University History Department, Academic Year 1991-1992
• Four-year Achievement Award in the Study of Arabic Language at Northwestern University, Academic Years 1988-1992
• Dean's Honor Roll at Northwestern University, Academic Years 1990-1992
• Certificate in Sub-Saharan African Studies, Northwestern University

Research Projects and Publications:

• Curry, John J.  "The Precedent of  'Arbassus:  Cyprus Between the Byzantines and the Arabs (648-965 A.D.)."  Filed March 1998 in completion of the double-M.A. degree in History and Arabic Language at the Ohio State University.  Acting Advisors:  Prof. Jane Hathaway, History, and Prof. Michael Zwettler, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
• Curry, John J.  "Gamal 'Abd al-Nasir's Cautious Revolution."  Filed June 1992 at Northwestern University.  Acting Advisor:  Prof. Carl Petry, History

Overseas Travel and Experience:

• Two summers in Ayvalik, Turkey, studying both Ottoman and Modern Turkish Languages, 1997 and 1998
• Two summer research projects in Cyprus, studying Arabic inscriptions, 1997 and 1998
• Travelled extensively throughout Europe, including Greece, Spain, France, Germany, and the Czech Republic, Summer 1993
• Present for United Nations Referandum on Eritrean independence, April 1993, Ethopia and Eritrea
• Lived in Cairo, Egypt for a year studying Arabic at the American University, traveled extensively throughout the country

Traveled in Jordan, Syria, and Turkey, January 1993
 

• Teaching Assistantship for World History 181, Ohio State University, Fall Quarter 1998
• Bartender at All-American Brewing Company (brewpub) in Dublin, Ohio, November 1994-August 1995
• Manuscript Cataloger for Arabic, Turkish, and Persian at the Harlan Hatcher Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 1993-April 1994

Work-Study Jobs at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, September 1990-June 1992, including circulation staff at the Technical Institute Library and security guard at Bobb-McCulloch dormitory