Jason A. Tercha
Department of History, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902
jtercha1@binghamton.edu
Current Positions
Ph.D. Candidate, History Department, Binghamton University
Undergraduate Advising Advisor, History Department, Binghamton University
Adjunct Lecturer, History Department, Binghamton University
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, History, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, In progress (ABD May 2018)
Title of Dissertation: “Restoring the Old Dominion: Railroads and their Social Effects on Antebellum Virginian Landscapes and Communities”
Fields of Study: 19th Century U.S. History, Digital Humanities, History of Capitalism, Environmental History, Agricultural History
M.A., History, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 2017
M.A., American Studies, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 2013
B.A., History, with minor in Civil War Era Studies, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 2009
Publications
“Locating Philadelphia’s ‘Great North Route’: The North Pennsylvania Railroad,” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (Forthcoming).
“The Origins of the Alexandria, Virginia, Sewerage System: Part 2: New Challenges, Opportunities, and Professionalization, 1870-1914,” The Alexandria Chronicle, Spring 2018.
“The Origins of the Alexandria, Virginia, Sewerage System: Part I: Challenges and Improvements before the Civil War,” The Alexandria Chronicle, Fall 2017.
“Cobblestones: Street Paving in Early Alexandria,” Arlington Historical Magazine, Fall 2014.
Awards & Certifications
Graduate Student Excellence Award in Teaching, Binghamton University, 2021-2022.
Economic Methods for Historians Workshop (History of Capitalism Summer Camp), ILR School, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, July 2021.
Top Graduate Student Poster, Data Science Student Poster Competition, Binghamton Research Days, Binghamton University, “Identifying Patterns in Nineteenth Century American Agriculture,” supervised by Nancy Um (Art History), April 2018.
Teaching Online Certification Program, Center for Learning and Teaching, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, Fall 2017.
Presentations & Research Projects
“‘We will build the road’: Organizing Agrarian Social Power for Railroads in Antebellum Northern Virginia” for panel on “Networks of Power,” Annual Meeting of the Agricultural History Society, Washington, D.C., June 8, 2019.
“From Crossroads to Depots: The Legislative Process to Develop Railroads in Antebellum Northern Virginia,” for panel on “City Planning,” Virginia Forum, Longwood University, Farmville, VA, March 15, 2019.
“Networking Markets: A Geographical Case Study of the Lower Shenandoah Valley,” for panel on “Cashing In: The Economic Impact of the National Road and Transportation Networks,” National Road Bicentennial Symposium, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA, October 27, 2018.
“Early History of the Alexandria, Virginia, Sewerage System,” Alexandria Renew Enterprises, Alexandria, VA, completed January 2017.
“Derailed: Construction, Expansion and Failure of the Manassas Gap Railroad,” for panel on “From Alexandria Outwards,” Virginia Forum, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, March 15, 2014.
“A Little R&R: How Retrocession and Railroads led to Alexandria’s Rebirth,” for panel on “Alexandrian Retrocession and Regional Progress,” Annual Conference, Historical Society of Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., November 16, 2013.
Fellowships & Grants
- Digital Humanities Fellowship, American Philosophical Society’s Library & Museum, March 2020
- Graduate Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Fall 2019
- Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship, Virginia Historical Society, 2018-2019
- Archie K. Davis Fellowship, The North Caroliniana Society, 2018-2019
- Lord Baltimore Fellowship, Maryland Historical Society, 2018-2019
- Exploratory Research Grant, Hagley Museum and Library, 2018
- Dissertation Year Fellowship, Binghamton University History Department, Spring 2019
- Summer Fellowship, Binghamton University History Department, 2015-present
- Teaching Assistantship, Binghamton University History Department, 2015-present
Teaching Experience
2015-Present – Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Adjunct Lecturer:
- Digital History (Spring 2022)
- Teaching of College History (Fall 2021)
- The Foundations of America (online, Summer 2018 & Summer 2022)
Teaching Assistant:
- Capitalism in America
- The Foundations of America
- The Global Early American Republic, 1776-1850
- History of Baseball
- Modern American Civilization
- The U.S. and the World to 1900
- War & Race in America, 1607-1890
May 2019 – Graduate Assistant, Digital Humanities Research Institute, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
- ArcGIS Online
- Small Groups: Your data with Tableau
- Small Groups: ESRI Story Maps
Professional Service
- President, Graduate History Society, Binghamton University, Fall 2019-Spring 2020
- Senator, Graduate Student Organization, representing Graduate History Society, Binghamton University, 2017-2018
Related Experience
- Digital Mapping Consultant, Mapping Art History PhD Employment Outcomes with Dr. Pepe Karmel, April-August 2021
- Volunteer Historical Research Assistant and Digital Archivist, First Federal Congress Project, Washington, D.C., 2014-2015
- Intern, The National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 2010
- Intern, The Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 2008-2009
- Intern, Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg, PA, 2008-2009
- Keystone Intern, Conrad Weiser Homestead, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Womelsdorf, PA, 2008
Research Interests
- Early U.S. History
- History of Political Economy and Capitalism
- Environmental History
- Digital Humanities
- Spatial History and GIS
- Early Modern European History
Additional Skills & Languages
- Proficient in ESRI GIS platform (ArcMap, ArcGIS Online, ESRI Story Maps, and ArcPro), Tableau, Scalar; PastPerfect, Mimsy XG, Adobe Suite, and HTML/CSS.
- Conversational and written German and elementary Spanish.
Membership in Professional & Historical Organizations
- Agricultural History Society
- American Historical Association
- Lehigh County Historical Society (former member)
- Organization of American Historians
- Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
- Southern Historical Association
- Virginia Museum of History and Culture/Virginia Historical Society
