Background
Vinikas, Vincent was born on March 29, 1951 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Matthias Vytautas Vinikas and Eva Aldona Damarodas.
Vinikas, Vincent was born on March 29, 1951 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Matthias Vytautas Vinikas and Eva Aldona Damarodas.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Pennsylvania State University, 1972. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1983.
Assistant professor University Arkansas, Little Rock, 1983—1989, associate professor, 1989—1998, professor, since 1998. Institute fellow National Endowment of the Humanities, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1984. Conferee Newberry Library., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1985.
Institute fellow National Endowment of the Humanities, University North Carolina, 1993. Visiting professor Karl Franzens University, Graz, Styria, Austria, 1994. Institute fellow National Endowment of the Humanities, Columbia University, New York, 1998.
Referee/consultant St. Martin's Press, Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, Houghton-Mifflin, Wadsworth.
Member American Civil Liberties Union, Gurdjieff Foundation of Arkansas, Little Rock. Member of American History Association, Arkansas Association of College History Teachers (Biennial Essay Award 1993), Phi Alpha Theta (advisor Iota Zeta chapter), Phi Kappa Phi (executive board chapter 134 1989-1992), Phi Beta Kappa.