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Classes Taught
HIST 1301 (1st half of American survey)
HIST 1302 (2nd half of American survey)
HIST 2303 (Texas History)
HIST 3307 (Civil War and Reconstruction)
HIST 3311 (U.S. History From 1945)
HIST 3352 (History of Mexico)
HIST 3395 (Readings in U.S. History)
HIST 4370 (Topics in History)
HIST 4399 (Senior Project in History)
Teaching Field
U. S. History - The Civil War
The New South - Diplomatic History
Publication and
Professional Activity
• "Highway Development: A 'Concrete' History of
Twentieth-Century Texas," pp. 253-268, in Whisenhunt,
Donald W. ed., Texas: A Sesquicentennial
Celebration. Austin, Texas: Eakin
Press, 1984.
• "Dealey, George Bannerman," Encyclopedia USA,
vol. 19, 124-126.
• "Dick Dowling," Encyclopedia USA, vol. 23,
1,2.
• "Draft Riots (1863)," Encyclopedia USA,
vol. 23, 24-28.
• "Drewry's Bluff, Battle of," Encyclopedia USA,
vol. 23, 107-112.
• "Miriam A. Ferguson," biographical essay, The
New Handbook of Texas, vol. 2, 981, 982.
• "Texas Department of Transportation," The New
Handbook of Texas, vol. 6, 322, 323.
• Review of Prindle, David F. Petroleum Politics
and the Texas Railroad Commission (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1981), in
the Social Science Quarterly 63
(December 1982), 803, 804.
• “Federal Highway Act (1916), Encyclopedia USA,
accepted for publication pending continuation of the
series.
• “Ferguson Impeachment (Texas),” Encyclopedia
USA, accepted for publication pending continuation of the series
• Critique on Willett, Don and Stephen Curley,
Invisible Texans: Women and Minorities in Texas
History for Longman Publishing, 2002.
• Review of Lowe, Richard G. Walker’s Texas
Division, C.S.A.: Greyhounds of the Trans-
Mississippi (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State
University Press, 2004), in the Southwestern
Historical Quarterly 109 (July, 2005), 155, 156.
• Critique of Buillon, John. Lyndon Johnson and
The Transformation of American Politics for
Longman Publishing, March 2005.
• Critique of Buzzano, Thomas. The Cold War and
its Effects for Longman Publishing, April 2005.
• Review of Huffaker, Bob and Bill Mercer, George
Phenix, and Wes Wise. When the News Went Live:
Dallas 1963 (Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade
Publishing, 2004), in the Southwestern Historical
Quarterly, July 2006, 155, 156.
• Review of Thompson, Jerry. Cortina: Defending
the Mexican Name in Texas. (College Station:
Texas A&M University Press, 2007), in the East
Texas Historical Journal, fall 2008, 77, 78.
• Review of Chebahtah, William and Nancy M. Minor,
Chevato: The Story of the Apache Warrior Who
Captured Herman Lehmann (Lincoln: University of
Nebraska Press, 2007), in the Journal of Southern
History, February 2009, 177,178.
• Editor, The Five Pointed Star, newsletter
of the Department of History, Schreiner University,
2007 to the present.
Presentations
Nine (9) papers on Texas or local history read before
regional Phi Theta Kappa meetings, the Texas State
Historical Association, the Southwestern Social
Sciences Association, and the East Texas Historical
Association in the period, 1976-2001; Featured
speaker at the acceptance/dedication of the J. Frank
Dobie Collection, Logan Library, Schreiner
University, October 2005; Featured speaker at the
dedication of the Sam Lanham Digital Library, Logan
Library,
Schreiner University, April 2006; Featured speaker
at the Schreiner Alliance, “Top Ten Events of the
Twentieth Century, Schreiner University, September
2006; Creator/writer of “This Week in the Civil War”
for Texas Public Radio, March 2011 to the present. |
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Education
Ph.D. in American History, Texas A & M University at
College Station, 1981
Dissertation: "Good Roads for Texas: A History of
the Texas Highway Department, 1917-1947" (Texas
history)
M.A. in history, The University of Texas at Austin,
1976; Thesis: "Austin, Texas in 1876: A Study of the
Economic, Social, and Political Developments" (local
history)
B.A. in government,
The University of Texas at Austin, 1971
A.A., Wharton County
Junior College, 1969
Work Experience
2011 Chair, Social Sciences Department, Schreiner
University;
May 2002-2008 Dean of the School of Liberal Arts,
Schreiner University;
1982-present Ass't, Assoc. and Professor at
Schreiner University; 1986-1988 (summers)
Visiting Lecturer, Texas A & M University at
Galveston 1981-82 Visiting Ass't Prof., Texas A & M
University at College
Station;
1981-1982 Instructor, Blinn Junior College;
1980 (spring, summer) Instructor, University of
Texas at Pan American
Awards and Honors
Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Theta Kappa
Harriet Garrett Teaching Excellence Award, Schreiner
University, 1983
Senior Hall of Fame, teaching award, Schreiner
University, 1992
Readers’ Choice Award, Kerrville Daily Times, “Best
Councilperson in Kerr County, 1996”
Resolution of Gratitude, Kerrville City Council, May
1998
Resolution of Appreciation, Kerr Economic
Development Foundation, June 1998
Certificate of Recognition, Schreiner University,
Nontraditional Students Association, 2002
Resolution of Gratitude, Schreiner University, May
2008
Advisor of the Year Award for 2008-2009, Schreiner
University, May 2009.
Community Activity
Graduate, Leadership Kerr County Program, 1991;
Member of the Kerrville City Council, 1993-1998;
Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Kerrville, 1997, 1998;
Guest Columnist, Kerrville Mountain Sun,
1996; Exec. Board Member of the Kerr Economic
Development Foundation, 1994-1998; Ex-Officio Member
of the EMS Advisory Board, City of Kerrville,
1993-1995; Ex-Officio Member of the Home Opportunity
Advisory Board, City of Kerrville, 1997-1998;
Ex-Officio Member of the Library Advisory Board,
City of Kerrville, 1996-1998; Ex-Officio Member of
the Main Street Advisory Board, City of Kerrville,
1994-1998; Exec. Board Secretary of the Friends of
Butt-Holdsworth Library, 1999-2004; President,
Friends of Butt-Holdsworth Library, Jan. 2005- Dec.
2009; Editor of Il Folio newsletter, Friends
of the Butt-Holdsworth Library; Member of the
Library Advisory Board, City of Kerrville, 2005-
Sept. 2007; Jan. to May 201; Member, Highland Ranch
Architectural Control Committee, 2007 to present;
Chairperson, Highland Ranch Architectural Control
Committee, 2008 to present |
