Name: Ian H. Kennedy

Educational Experience:

1) Master of Arts Degree-History, University of Central Florida

                        Orlando, Florida.

2) Bachelor of Arts Degree-History, Minor in Political Science, University

                        of Central Florida.

Research/Writing Experience:

1) Master's Thesis:  The Sputnik Crisis and America's Response (Univesity of Central Florida, 2005).

2) Four major Masters level Research Papers in the History program:

    a. Polluted Paradise: Organized Crime and Corruption in Miami, 1945-1955.

    b. The American Caesar Meets Red China: Douglas MacArthur and the Sino-American Confrontation in

                        Korea.

    c. The Road to Disaster: The United States Leadership and Chinese Intervention in the Korean War.

    d. Piercing the Tranquil Veil: Science Fiction Films and the Fear of the Other in 1950’s America.

3) Five major Bibliographic Essays in the MA-History program.

4) Eleven Book Reviews in the MA-History program.

5) Various research/writing experience from the BA-History program.

Work Experience:

1) Adjunct Professor of History-Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida.  2006-Present.

2) 6th Grade Social Studies Teacher-Meadow Woods Middle School/Orange County Public Schools,

                       Orlando, Florida.  2000-Present.

Honors Society Memberships:

1) Golden Key National Honors Society, inducted in 1998.

2) Kappa Delta Pi International Education Honors Society, inducted in 1998.

Historical Interests:

 My primary interest as a historian is in American political, diplomatic, and military history, specifically related to the mid-twentieth century time period (1940 through 1960).   My secondary interest is in the history of Miami, Florida, during the first half of the twentieth century.  This is related to my intent to write a book about my great-grandfather, a Miami Police Officer from that era.  The book would not only focus on his life, but the Miami Police Department and the City of Miami during that time period.

Researcher at the site of Giuseppe Zangara's attempt on FDR's life in February, 1933.  Site located in Bayfront Park, Miami.  Photo taken June, 2006.

Photos on this page are from my personal photo collection.