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At Duke, Unterberger enrolled in a seminar with Professor Charles Sydnor. She wrote a paper on Thomas Braidwood of Scotland and the origin of schools for the hearing impaired.<ref name=oah/> This article, "The First Attempt to Establish an Oral School for the Deaf and Dumb in the United States," was published in 1947 in ''The Journal of Southern History'' and became the first of her many publications.<ref>Betty Miller Unterberger, "The First Attempt to Establish an Oral School for the Deaf and Dumb in the United States," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. XIII (November, 1947), pp. 556-566.</ref> This was a  much different topic than her later writings, the majority of which focus on foreign policy.​

At Duke, Unterberger enrolled in a seminar with Professor Charles Sydnor. She wrote a paper on Thomas Braidwood of Scotland and the origin of schools for the hearing impaired.<ref name=oah/> This article, "The First Attempt to Establish an Oral School for the Deaf and Dumb in the United States," was published in 1947 in ''The Journal of Southern History'' and became the first of her many publications.<ref>Betty Miller Unterberger, "The First Attempt to Establish an Oral School for the Deaf and Dumb in the United States," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. XIII (November, 1947), pp. 556-566.</ref> This was a  much different topic than her later writings, the majority of which focus on foreign policy.​

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==Academic career==

==Academic career==

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From 1948-1950, while she was still working on her Ph.D., Unterberger taught at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. From 1954 to 1961, she was an associate professor of history and the director of the Liberal Arts Center for Adults at Whittier College in Whittier, [[California]], and from 1961 to 1965, an associate professor at California State University, Fullerton, at which from 1965 to 1968 she was professor and chair of the graduate studies division.<ref name=bmuvita>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/unterberger/cv.pdf|title=Betty Miller Unterberger: Curriculum Vitae|publisher=tamu.edu|accessdate=October 23, 2010}}</ref>​

From 1948-1950, while she was still working on her Ph.D., Unterberger taught at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. From 1954 to 1961, she was an associate professor of history and the director of the Liberal Arts Center for Adults at Whittier College in Whittier, [[California]], and from 1961 to 1965, an associate professor at California State University, Fullerton, at which from 1965 to 1968 she was professor and chair of the graduate studies division.<ref name=bmuvita>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/unterberger/cv.pdf|title=Betty Miller Unterberger: Curriculum Vitae|publisher=tamu.edu|accessdate=October 23, 2010}}</ref>

 

In 1968, Unterberger came to Texas A&M University as a full professor. Her appointment coincidentally developed when her husband, Robert Ruppe Unterberger (April 27, 1921 &ndash; February 14, 2016), accepted a full professorship in geophysics at TAMU. In his career, Robert Unterberger researched unique forms of [[radar]] and [[sonar]] and obtained several international [[patent]]s.<ref name=robertr>{{cite web|url=http://www.theeagle.com/obituaries/unterberger-robert-ruppe/article_988183e4-3d4e-5c88-8a5a-b8974378f8c8.html|title=Robert Unterberger obituary|publisher=''The Bryan-College Station Eagle''|accessdate=February 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name=oah/> "I felt very much alone [as a woman] at Texas A&M, but it wasn't strange to me," Unterberger said much later (There had been only three women professors in southern California at the time that the Unterbergers came to Texas). "I had been told that I [was] taking the bread out of the mouths of deserving male grad students," Unterberger often recalled.<ref name=battalion>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebatt.com/2.8485/a-m-s-first-woman-prof-speaks-out-1.120703|author=Carrie Pierce|title=A&M's first woman prof speaks out|date=January 27, 2004|publisher=''Texas A&M Battalion'' student newspaper|accessdate=October 22, 2010}}</ref> Offered a full professorship by Horace R. Byers, then the Texas A&M vice president for academic affairs, Unterberger recalled that he asked her to "internationalize the history department and build the graduate program. I love to build programs, and this was a wonderful challenge."<ref>"Twelve Fearless Firsts," ''Spirit: The Texas A&M Foundation Magazine,'' Fall 2013, p. 42.</ref>​

In 1968, Unterberger came to Texas A&M University as a full professor. Her appointment coincidentally developed when her husband, Robert Ruppe Unterberger (April 27, 1921 &ndash; February 14, 2016), accepted a full professorship in geophysics at TAMU. In his career, Robert Unterberger researched unique forms of [[radar]] and [[sonar]] and obtained several international [[patent]]s.<ref name=robertr>{{cite web|url=http://www.theeagle.com/obituaries/unterberger-robert-ruppe/article_988183e4-3d4e-5c88-8a5a-b8974378f8c8.html|title=Robert Unterberger obituary|publisher=''The Bryan-College Station Eagle''|accessdate=February 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name=oah/> "I felt very much alone [as a woman] at Texas A&M, but it wasn't strange to me," Unterberger said much later (There had been only three women professors in southern California at the time that the Unterbergers came to Texas). "I had been told that I [was] taking the bread out of the mouths of deserving male grad students," Unterberger often recalled.<ref name=battalion>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebatt.com/2.8485/a-m-s-first-woman-prof-speaks-out-1.120703|author=Carrie Pierce|title=A&M's first woman prof speaks out|date=January 27, 2004|publisher=''Texas A&M Battalion'' student newspaper|accessdate=October 22, 2010}}</ref> Offered a full professorship by Horace R. Byers, then the Texas A&M vice president for academic affairs, Unterberger recalled that he asked her to "internationalize the history department and build the graduate program. I love to build programs, and this was a wonderful challenge."<ref>"Twelve Fearless Firsts," ''Spirit: The Texas A&M Foundation Magazine,'' Fall 2013, p. 42.</ref>​

 

Unterberger related how she became close to the first [[African-American]] student who attended her class in 1969: "He came to see me in tears one day saying that on his dormitory room was a big sign that said 'N--- Go Home!' I took him under my wing. I tried to have students understand one another. The only thing that makes us different is our backgrounds, experience, and differences in cultures."<ref name=battalion/> By 1976, TAMU had elected its first black student body president, Fred McClure.<ref name=battalion/> She also invited her students on occasion for social gatherings at her home.​

Unterberger related how she became close to the first [[African-American]] student who attended her class in 1969: "He came to see me in tears one day saying that on his dormitory room was a big sign that said 'N--- Go Home!' I took him under my wing. I tried to have students understand one another. The only thing that makes us different is our backgrounds, experience, and differences in cultures."<ref name=battalion/> By 1976, TAMU had elected its first black student body president, Fred McClure.<ref name=battalion/> She also invited her students on occasion for social gatherings at her home.

 

From January to August 1979, Unterberger was a [[Woodrow Wilson]] Fellow at [[Princeton University]] in Princeton, [[New Jersey]]. From the late 1980s on, she was a frequent visiting professor, teaching at the University of California, Irvine in 1987, at Peking University's Institute of International Relations in [[Beijing]] in 1988, and at [[Prague]]'s Charles University in 1992. In 1991, she was appointed Patricia and Bookman Peters Professor of History at Texas A&M, and in 2000 was elevated to Regents professor of the TAMU System.<ref name=bmuvita/>​

From January to August 1979, Unterberger was a [[Woodrow Wilson]] Fellow at [[Princeton University]] in Princeton, [[New Jersey]]. From the late 1980s on, she was a frequent visiting professor, teaching at the University of California, Irvine in 1987, at Peking University's Institute of International Relations in [[Beijing]] in 1988, and at [[Prague]]'s Charles University in 1992. In 1991, she was appointed Patricia and Bookman Peters Professor of History at Texas A&M, and in 2000 was elevated to Regents professor of the TAMU System.<ref name=bmuvita/>​

 

A high point of Unterberger's career was her election in 1986 as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, an organization 99 percent male founded in 1967. She won the post over Professor Robert Dallek.<ref name=oah/> Toward the end of her career, she developed an interest in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], particularly the work of Pandurang Shastri Athavale,  the founder of the Swadhyay Movement. According to Unterberger, Swadhyay "liberated millions from poverty and moral dissipation." In 1997, she successfully nominated Athavale for the $1.3 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.<ref name=oah/>​

A high point of Unterberger's career was her election in 1986 over Professor Robert Dallek as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, an organization 99 percent male founded in 1967. She won the post over Professor Robert Dallek.<ref name=oah/> Toward the end of her career, she developed an interest in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], particularly the work of Pandurang Shastri Athavale,  the founder of the Swadhyay Movement. According to Unterberger, Swadhyay "liberated millions from poverty and moral dissipation." In 1997, she successfully nominated Athavale for the $1.3 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.<ref name=oah/>​

 

Unterberger served on the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] Advisory Committee for Access to Documents and Open Information. She received a personal letter of appreciation for her service from [[Leon Panetta]], the then CIA director.<ref name=bmuo/>​

Unterberger served on the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s Advisory Committee for Access to Documents and Open Information. She received a personal letter of appreciation for her service from [[Leon Panetta]], the then CIA director.<ref name=bmuo/>​

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===Selected publications===​

===Selected publications===​