
David A. Ranzan
Associate Professor
Archives and Special Collections, ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Libraries
Residence Hall A 005 Ll
516.877.3543
dranzan@adelphi.edu
Associate Professor
Archives and Special Collections, ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Libraries
Residence Hall A 005 Ll
516.877.3543
dranzan@adelphi.edu
M.L.I.S., Rutgers, The State ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥of New Jersey (2006)
M.A., East Stroudsburg ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥of Pennsylvania (2002)
IDC-228 (Special Topics) Why We Party - guest lecturer (Fall 2020)
IDC-228 (Special Topics) Why We Party - guest lecturer (Spring 2022)
Ranzan, D. (2023). . Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company.
Ranzan, D. and Sauer, M. P. (Eds.) (2019). . Tuscaloosa, AL: ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥of Alabama Press.
Ranzan, D., & Hollis, M. (Eds.) (2014). Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company.
Wolter, J., Ranzan, D., & McDonough, J. (Eds.) (2013). . Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute Press.
*Honorable Mention, John Lyman Book Award, North American Society for Oceanic History, 2014.
Ranzan, D. (Ed.) (2013). . Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company.
Ranzan, D. (2015). Adapting the READ Scale for AU's UASC. In 2015 Research Forum. Society of American Archivists annual meeting, Cleveland, OH.
Ranzan, D. & Hollis, M. (2015). Hero of Fort Schuyler: Selected Revolutionary War Correspondence of Brigadier General Peter Gansevoort, Jr. In Conference on New York State History. Niagara University, Lewiston, NY.
Ranzan, D. (2013). Surveying a Great Lake: Mapping the South Side of Lake Erie from 1789 to Present Day. In North American Society for Oceanic History annual meeting. Alpena, MI.
Ranzan, D. & Kranjac, A. (2019, May). The Bill and Bunny Hoest Papers: From donor relations to digital preservation and online accessibility. Digital Transition Cultural Heritage's 2nd Annual Archivist Seminar Series. New York City, NY.
Ranzan, D. & Hollis. M. (2017, June). Middling Officers in the Mohawk Valley. Third Annual Conference on the American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley, Johnstown, NY.
Ranzan, D. & Hollis, M. (2016, April). The Middling Officer in the American Revolution. Fort Stanwix National Monument, Rome, NY.
Ranzan, D. (2015, April). With Commodore Perry to Japan: The Journal of William Speiden, Jr., 1852-1855. The Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.
Ranzan, D. (2014, June). Fly on the Bulkhead Aboard the Mississippi: The Journal of William Speiden, Jr., 1852-1855. National Museum of the U. S. Navy, Washington, DC.
Ranzan, D. (2014, April). Surviving Andersonville: One Person’s Recollection of the Civil War’s Most Notorious Camp. Paper presented at the Irish-American Heritage Month Lecture Series at Wor-Wic Community College, Salisbury, MD.
Ranzan, D. (2015). An Island of Historical Attraction: A Young American Sailor’s Visit to the Island of St. Helena. Wirebird: The Journal of the Friends of St Helena, Volume 44 (2015): 53-59.
Adelphi ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Faculty Development Grant, 2022
Long Island Library Resource Council Digitization Grant, 2022.
Adelphi ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Women's Giving Circle Grant, 2017
Friends of the Adelphi ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Library Grant, 2016
Adelphi ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Faculty Development Grant, 2016
Service Award, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (2015, 2019)
John Lyman Book Award, North American Society for Oceanic History (2014)
Member, CNY Digitization Committee, 2018-2020.
Member, LILRC Advisory Committee for the Preservation of Local History, 2018-2019.
Member, LILRC Advisory Committee on Long Island History, 2014-2017.
Member, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 2006-.
-- Workshop Coordinator, Education Committee, 2013-2015.
-- Vendor Coordinator, Meetings Coordinating Committee, 2015-2019.
-- Program Coordinator, Meetings Coordinating Committee, 2019-2023.
SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT
Library AAUP representative (2021-2022, 2023-2024).
Library Faculty Peer Review Committee, member (2019-2025), chair (2020-2022).
Library Faculty Academic Affairs Committee, member (2019-2021, 2023-2025).
Library Marketing and Outreach Committee, member (2021-2023)
Library Faculty Elections and Credentials Committee, member (2016-2020); chair (2017-2020).
Alicat/Alicat Plus Advisory Committee, member (2016)
Library Faculty Academic Affairs Committee, alternate (2015-2016, 2017-2018)
¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Libraries Strategic Plan Task Force #2: Space and Facilities, member (2015)
¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Libraries Strategic Plan Task Force #4: Education and Curriculum Building, member (2015)
UNIVERSITY
AAUP CBA Negotiation Team, member (2022-2023)
AAUP Executive Committee, representative (2020-2023)
Faculty Senate Committee on Credentials & Elections, member (2020-2022)
Faculty Senate, Library representative (2015- 2016, 2017-2018, 2020-2021).
AAUP Elections Committee, member (2019-2021)
Director, Center of Innovation Search Committee, co-chair (2019).
Task Force for ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Records Retention Policy, member (2019).
¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Momentum Committee, member (2016-2017)
Faculty Senate Library Committee, member (2016-2017)
Presidential Inauguration Committee, co-chair – Program Subcommittee (2015-2016).
Campus Planning Committee, member (2014-2016).
Digital Asset Management Task Force, member (2015).
Planning Committee for Changing Nature of War and Peace, member (2014-2015).