Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Personal Identification
- Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, born 21 September 1960, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Workplace
- Department of English and American Studies
Faculty of Arts
Masaryk University
A. Nováka 1
60200 Brno, Czech Republic
Center for North American Studies
Department of English and American Studies
Faculty of Arts
Masaryk University
A. Nováka 1
60200 Brno, Czech Republic
Position
- Lecturer, Department Head
Education and Academic Qualifications
- 1986-1991: Doctoral Studies in Anthropology (Central and Eastern European Paleolithic Archaeology), Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- 1986: B.A. with Highest Honors in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA, Honors Thesis: "A Spatial Analysis of a Mesolithic Site on the Federsee, Bavaria, West Germany"
- 1982-1984: College of Marin, Kentfield, California, USA
Employment Summary
- 1992-present: Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Lecturer in American Studies and American Culture
- 1990-1992: Public Service Archaeology Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Field worker and supervisor
- 1979-1983: United States General Accounting Office, San Francisco Regional Office, Office Services Supervisor
Pedagogical Activities
- Masaryk University: Introduction to American Studies, Introduction to the Cultures of North American Aboriginal Peoples, Introduction to African American History and Culture, American Geographies, Gay Studies, Civil and Human Rights: A Comparative Examination, Contemporary Native American/First Nations Societies, The American Civil War,Trickster Makes This World;
- Bachelor's and Master's theses supervisor in the fields of American Studies, American Culture (topics include: Native Americans/First Nations, African Americans, Contemporary American Culture);
- Examining committees (Bachelor's State Exam, Master's State Exam)
- University of Illinois: Introduction to Anthropology, Introduction to Archaeology
Scholarly and Research Activities
- 2010-2013: Grant OP VK CZ.1.07/2.2.00/15.0188: Area Studies (USA, Canada, Mexco): English, French and Spanish Philological Studies. Project Manager
- 2006-2008: Diversity and Unity in Canadian Literature. Member of the research team. Grant number 405/06/0096, the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic. Grant coordinator: Doc. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc, Masaryk University Brno.
- 2006. Faculty Enrichment Program – Canadian Studies. Preparation of Queers Studies Course. International Council for Canadian Studies File Number 632-1
Academic Stays
- Department of English and American Studies, Institute of Foreign Languages, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany, Interdepartmental faculty exchange (one week). (2008)
- Sexual Diversity Studies Programme, University of Toronto. Course development and research (two weeks). (2006)
- Department of English and American Studies, Institute of Foreign Languages, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany, Interdepartmental faculty exchange (one week).(2005)
- Department of English and American Studies, University of Szeged, CEEPUS Faculty Exchange (two weeks). (2002)
- Inter-university exchange, Department of Linguistics, Univeristy of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (two weeks). (1997)
- W. J. Fulbright Graduate Student Fellowship,Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, UJEP, Brno, CSSR (1989-1990)
- CIC Travelling Scholar, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA (one semester). (1987)
University Activities
- Department Head, Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (2001-present)
- Academic Senate, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University: Member (2000-present), Chair (2002-2008)
- Academic Senate, Masaryk University: Member (2002-present), Member, Economic Committee (2003-present)
Extrauniversity Activities
- Board Member, Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic (2010-present)
- Member, Czech and Slovak Association of Americanists
- Member, Central European Association for Canadian Studies
- Member, Czech Association for English Studies
Academic Activities and Achievements
- Organizing Committee, 9th Brno International Conference on English, American and Canadian Studies (2010)
- Panel Member, "American Studies in the Czech Republic" at American Studies Seminar organized by the Embassy of the United States in the Czech Republic and the Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic (2009)
- Organizing Committee, 8th Brno International Conference on English, American and Canadian Studies (2005)
- Invited Lecture, "Tricksters in American Ethnic Fiction" at American Studies Seminar organized by the Embassy of the United States in the Czech Republic and the Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic (2003)
- Organizing Committee, 7th Brno International Conference on English, American and Canadian Studies (2002)
- Associate Editor, Steward Journal of Anthropology (1988-1991)
- William J. Fulbright Graduate Student Fellowship (1989-90)
- American Council of Learned Societies Summer Language Fellowship (1988)
- Fellowship, Foreign Language Area Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1987-89)
- Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Visiting Scholar (1987)
- Dean's Fellow, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1986-7)
- Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda of California, University of California, Santa Barbara (1986)
- Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, University of California, Santa Barbara (1985)
Selected Publications
- VANDERZIEL, Jeffrey Alan a Linda NEPIVODOVÁ a Lidia KYZLINKOVÁ a Jarmila FICTUMOVÁ a Věra VÉMOLOVÁ. Chci studovat angličtinu. 2. vyd. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2012. 184 s. ISBN 978-80-87474-43-3. info
- KYLOUŠEK, Petr a Jeffrey Alan VANDERZIEL a Kateřina PRAJZNEROVÁ a Petr VURM. Identity through Art, Thougth and the Imaginary in the Canadian Space - Art, pensée et imaginaire identitaire de l'espace canadien. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009. 184 s. FF-33/080-02/58. ISBN 978-80-210-4798-3. info
- VANDERZIEL, Jeffrey Alan a Jiří RAMBOUSEK. Vinnetou tady nebydlí: Antologie současných povídek severoamerických indiánů. 1. vyd. Brno, Česká republika: Větrné mlýny, 2003. 501 s. edice neuvedena. ISBN 80-86151-81-6. info
- VANDERZIEL, Jeffrey Alan. Úvod. In Vinnetou tady nebydlí: Antologie současných povídek severoamerických indiánů. 1. vyd. Brno, Česká republika: Větrné mlýny, 2003. 501 s. ISBN 80-86151-81-6. info
- BRZOBOHATÝ, Rostislav a Ivan CICHA a Michal KOVÁČ a Fred RÖGL. The Karpatian - a Lower Miocene Stage of the Central Paratethys. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita v Brně, 2003. 360 s. 55-966B-203-02/58-22/Př. ISBN 80-210-3266-9. info
- INGERLE, Petr a Kaliopi CHAMONIKOLA. Melancholie. Přeložil/Translated by Katka Tlachová, Ivory Rodriguez & Jeffrey Vanderziel. Brno: Moravská galerie v Brně, 2000. 200 s. ISBN 80-7027-160-X. info
- ŠEBELA, Lubomír. The Corded Ware Culture in Moravia and in the Adjacent Part of Silesia (Catalogue). Přeložil/Translated by Jeffrey Vanderziel & Bořivoj Herzlík. Brno: Archeologický Ústav Akademie Věd České Republiky v Brně, 1999. 239 s. Fontes Archaeologiae Moravicae Tomus XXIII. ISBN 80-86023-05-2. info
- MCGOWAN, Kevin a Jeffrey Alan VANDERZIEL. Investigations at Five Sites from the Elwood Experimental Field, Will County, Illinois. Urbana, Illinois, USA: Public Service Archaeology Program, 1992. 50 s. PSAP Research Report No. 3. info
Last update: 2012/04/11











