Biographical Text
Associate Professor Emerita of History Elizabeth Bateman Bond (January 18, 1942-) was born in Lexington, Kentucky. She graduated in 1960 from Stuart Hall High School in Staunton, Virginia, and she attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where she earned a B.A. degree in history and English. She earned her M.A. degree in history from North Carolina State University in 1971. She is married to Dr. John James Bond, a retired professor of Appalachian's Department of Biology. Bond worked in the Fayette County schools in Lexington, Kentucky, from 1964 to 1967; the Washington County schools, Johnson City, Tennessee, from 1967 to 1968; and as a teaching assistant at North Carolina State University while working on her master's degree. She began teaching at Appalachian State University as an instructor of history in 1973. At this time, she was also working as a research assistant and copy editor for Prentice Hall, Inc., in New Jersey, and at Appalachian, she held the position of co-editor of the SASASAAS Review. She became an assistant professor of history in 1980. Bond served her department and the university in a number of positions. She was director of Asian Studies at Appalachian and was appointed as coordinator of the Office of Archives and Record Management from 1981 to 1984. She served as assistant to the director of the Appalachian-Newport Summer Program and for several years as liaison for the Appalachian State University/ Warren Wilson Cooperative Program. In 1996, she was appointed co-chair of the Centennial Celebration for Appalachian. Bond also coordinated visits by foreign speakers, organized and delivered programs at local schools on India, and accompanied students on trips to the North Carolina towns of Montreat, Swannanoa, Chinqua-Penn, and to New York City as part of the Asian Studies Program. While teaching at Appalachian, Bond continued her own academic advancement. She participated in a Fulbright Summer Seminar to India in 1976 and undertook doctoral study at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, earning her Ed.D. degree in 1987. In 1993, she was promoted to the position of associate professor. In addition to the world civilization program, Bond taught courses in the English department on Hindu literature, instructed the Watauga College United Nations curriculum, and taught in the Adult Learner Program. Her teaching efforts earned her award nominations by the Arts and Sciences Academy of Outstanding Teachers and by the Student Government Association. Bond was also a General College advisor, as well as a member of the Watauga College World Civilization Development Committee, the International Studies Council, the Fulbright Review Committee, the Gerontology Committee, and various departmental committees. Additionally, she was a member of North Carolina's China Council and was on the board of directors of the Appalachian Cultural Center. She served as chairman of the Liaison Committee for the Watauga County Historical Society and for the Watauga High School History Society. Bond was also the institutional representative to SA-SASAAS, an organization in which she filled the positions of recording secretary and chair of the educational resources committee. Bond's professional affiliations include the Association of Asian Studies, the South Atlantic States Association of Asian and African Studies, the North Carolina Society of College and University Professors of Social Studies Education, the North Carolina Social Studies Council, the Triangle East Asian Colloquium, Delta Kappa Gamma, and the Board of Directors for the Alumni Association of Centre College. Dr. Bond retired from Appalachian in 1996 and was awarded emerita status by the Board of Trustees the same year. Sources: Appalachian State University files. -Dr. Richard D. Howe
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