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Visitors to this page will find an unusual format. In spite of the intensely individualized--even lonely--nature of most historical research and writing, no authors' names appear on this list. The department first began systematically collecting this information from faculty a few years ago during a regularly scheduled departmental self-assessment. At that time, the departmental consensus was to emphasize the contributions of the faculty as a group rather than to highlight individuals. That tendency within the department continues and is manifested in the following list.

Publications by date:

“Leaving the Land: Tenant and Sharecropper Displacement in Texas during the New Deal,” Social Science History 20 (Winter 1996): 533-51.

The Senate Munitions Inquiry of the 1930s: Beyond the Merchants of Death. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1997.

Review of Making Peace with The 60s by David Burner for H-NET Book reviews, an internet journal hosted by Michigan State University and sponsored by the American Historical Association, April 1998.

"Peabody, George Foster,” American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Multiple signed entries in The Handbook of Texas. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1998.

Review of No Other Way To Tell It: Dramadoc/docudrama on Television by Derek Paget in Film-Philosophy (May 1999).

“The AAA Cotton Plow-Up Campaign in Arkansas,” Arkansas Historical Quarterly 59 (Winter 2000): 386-406.

“Burying White Gold: The AAA Cotton Plow-up Campaign in Texas,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 103 (January 2000): 326-355.

Review of Celluloid Indians: Native Americans and Film by Jacquelyn Kilpatrick for The West Texas Yearbook (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2000).

Review of The Western: Parable of the American Dream by Jeffrey Wallman for The West Texas Yearbook (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2000).

“Jesus and Jefferson Meet Marx in Early-Statehood Oklahoma,” review essay of James Bissett, Agrarian Socialism in America: Marx, Jefferson and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside, 1904-1920 (Norman, 1999) in H-Pol, H-Net Reviews, March 2000.

Review of Joel Carpenter, Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalism in The Founder's Journal (2000).

"The Long Arm of History: The Labor Movement Among Texas Police Officers," in Ronald G. DeLord, Ed., The Ultimate Sacrifice: The Trials and Triumphs of the Texas Peace Officer. Austin: Peace Officer's Memorial Foundation, 2000.

Review of David Wharton, The Soul of a Small Texas Town: Photographs, Memories, and History from McDade, in The Journal of South Texas 14 (Spring 2001): 113-16.

"FDR and the Nye Committee: A Reassessment." In Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress: The New Deal and Its Aftermath, edited by Thomas P. Wolfe, William D. Peterson, and Byron W. Daynes, 26-37. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2001.

"Socialist Labor Party,” The Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2001.

Review of Dale Harrington, Mystery Man: William Rhodes Davis, Nazi Agent of Influence in Intelligence and National Security, Vol. 16, (2001) 3: 173-74.

Review of Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power by Timothy B. Tyson in the Journal of Radio Studies (Fall 2002).

Review of Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America by Jesse Walker in the Journal of Radio Studies (Spring 2002).

"United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners,” The Dictionary of American History. New York: Littlefield-Adams, 2002.

"United Textile Workers,” The Dictionary of American History. New York: Littlefield-Adams, 2002.

"Gospel Music,” The Dictionary of American History. New York: Littlefield-Adams, 2002.

"Cow Towns,” The Dictionary of American History. New York: Littlefield-Adams, 2002.

Review of William R. Snell, Ed., Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee in The Journal of Southern History 68 (February 2002): 180-181.

Review of Wright Patman: Populism, Liberalism, and the American Dream by Nancy Beck Young, Southwestern Historical Quarterly 106 (July 2002): 131-32.

Review of Rebels On The Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America by Jesse Walker, in the Journal of Radio Studies (Fall 2002)Review of Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power by Timothy B. Tyson, in the Journal of Radio Studies (Spring 2003).

"To the Last Man: The Cold War Re-examined." In Modern America Examined: A Reader, edited by Jerry Baydo. San Diego, California: National Social Science Press, 2003.

"Teaching FDR to the Next Generation," in Franklin D. Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln: Competing Perspectives on Two Great Presidencies, edited by William D. Pederson and Frank J. Williams, 236-245. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2003.

“A Not-So-Different Day in Louisiana,” review essay of Greta de Jong, A Different Day: African American Struggles for Justice in Rural Louisiana, 1900-1970 (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2002). For H-NET and H-SOUTH, 2003.

Instructor's Resource Manual with Core Concepts Video Instructor's Guide to Accompany Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, concise 3rd edition. San Diego: Harcourt College Publishers, 2003.

Review of Gene Wunderlich, American Country Life: A Legacy, University Press of America, 2003. In Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, May 2004.

Review of Michael McGerr, A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920. New York: Free Press, 2003, in Choice (February 2004).

“The New Deal,” in Tobacco. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2004.

"Populism,” in Immanuel Ness, Ed., Encyclopedia of American Social Movements. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2004.

"Rural Social Movements," in Immanuel Ness, Ed., The Encyclopedia of American Social Movements. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2004.

"Agrarian Socialism," in Immanuel Ness, Ed., The Encyclopedia of American Social Movements. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2004.

Review of Voice of America: A History by Alan Heil, Jr. for the Journal of Radio Studies (Winter 2004)

Review of Thad Sitton, ed., Harder Than Hardscrabble: Oral Recollections of the Farming Life From the Edge of the Texas Hill Country (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003) The East Texas Historical Journal (Spring 2005).

Review of Race, Work, and Desire in American Literature, 1860-1930 by Michele Birnbaum for the Journal of Southern Studies (Spring/Summer 2005)

Review of Glenn Feldman, ed., Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South (Tuscaloosa, 2004) in Choice (June 2005).

Texas, Cotton and the New Deal (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2005).

“Better Breeding Through Science: Eugenics, A Bibliographic Essay,” Choice (November 2005).

Review of Transmitting the Past: Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Broadcasting, eds. J. Emmett Winn and Susan L. Brinson for the Journal of Radio Studies (November 2005)

Review of Dangerous Liaisons: Sex and Love in the Segregated South By Charles F. Robinson II for the Southwestern Historical Quarterly (January 2006)

Review of Thad Sitton, ed., Harder Than Hardscrabble: Oral Recollections of the Farming Life From the Edge of the Texas Hill Country. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. In The Oral History Review (Spring 2006).

Review of Mark Schultz, The Rural Face of White Supremacy: Beyond Jim Crow (Urbana, 2005) in Choice (February 2006).

"Archery versus Mail: Experimental Archaeology and the Value of Historical Context," The Journal of Medieval Military History, Volume IV, (September 2006).

Review of Thomas A. Krainz, Delivering Aid: Implementing Progressive Era Welfare in the American West (Albuquerque, 2005) in Choice (November 2006).

Review of David Fort Godshalk, Veiled Visions: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot and the Reshaping of American Race Relations, H-SOUTH (November 2006).

Review of Virgil W. Dean, An Opportunity Lost: The Truman Administration and the Farm Policy Debate in Choice (November 2006).

Review of Radio Morality and Culture, 1919-1945: Britain, Canada and the United States by Robert S. Fortner for the Journal of Radio Studies (Spring 2007)

Review of The Civil Rights Movement in American History, edited by Renee C. Ramano and Leigh Raiford for H-1960s [internet journal sponsored by the American Historical Association] (Spring 2007)

Review of Americanizing the Movies and “Movie-Mad” Audiences, 1910-1914, by Richard Abel for H-SHGAPE (The Society for the History of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era) [internet journal sponsored by the American Historical Association] (Summer 2007).

Review of Mary G. Rolinson, Grassroots Garveyism: the Universal Negro Improvement Association in the rural South, 1920-1927 (North Carolina, 2007) in Choice (forthcoming).

“New Deal and Southern Agriculture,” in The New Encyclopedia for Southern Culture (2nd Edition), Oxford, Mississippi: University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture (Forthcoming).

“Greenwich Village” in The Encyclopedia of American Counter-Culture (M.E. Sharpe, forthcoming Fall 2007)

“Back to the Future: Eugenics, a Bibliographic Essay” The Public Historian (forthcoming Fall 2007)

Review of The Voice of the Mountains: Radio and Anthropology by Alan O’Connor and Radio: A Post Nine-Eleven Strategy for Reaching the World’s Poor by Stephen Sposato and William A. Smith for the Journal of Radio Studies (forthcoming Fall 2007)

“Benjamin Miller: Pastor and Pioneer,” in Terry Wolover, History of the Particular Baptists in America. Springfield: Particular Baptist Press (Forthcoming).

“John Hart: Signer of the Declaration of Independence,” in Terry Wolover, History of the Particular Baptists in America. Springfield: Particular Baptist Press (Forthcoming).

“J. Frank Norris and the History of Texas Fundamentalism,” East Texas Historical Association Fall Meeting, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1997.

"Red Reverends: Christian Socialists in East Texas, 1900-1920," East Texas Historical Association Fall Meeting, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1997.

Chair, “Narratives From Cotton: Slavery, Freedom and the Great Depression,” First Annual Cotton and Rural History Conference, American Cotton Museum, Greenville, Texas, 1997.

Chair, “Eyewitness to History: First Person Accounts From Cotton Culture,” First Annual Cotton and Rural History Conference, American Cotton Museum, Greenville, Texas, 1997.

Chair, “Keynote Session: The Economics of Texas Slavery,” Second Annual Cotton and Rural History Conference, American Cotton Museum, Greenville, Texas, 1997.

Chair, “History and Popular Culture: Historical Imagination of the Young,” Popular Culture Association Conference, 1998.

“Historiography of the Eugenics Movement,” Southwestern Social Science Association, New Orleans, 1998.

"Patriotism or Impropriety: Gender Constructions of Loyalty in Civil War Kentucky," Southern Association for Women's Historians Conference, 2000.

"Capitalism Comes to the Plain Folk: The Transitional Generation in Texas, 1870-1910." East Texas Historical Association Fall Meeting, 2000.

"The Religious Left in the Lone Star State: Christian Dissenters in Early Twentieth Century Texas," Eugene V. Debs and the Politics of Dissent in Modern America Conference, Terre Haute, Indiana, 2000.

"J. Frank Norris and the Theological Development of Fundamentalism Among Southern Baptists" Ark-La-Tex Founder’s Conference, 2001.

Chair, "Hidden but Not Forgotten: Civil War Guerrillas and Vigilantes in Northeast Texas." East Texas Historical Association, 2001.

"'She-Rebels' on the Border: Kentucky Women and the Civil War," Southern Historical Association Conference, 2002.

"The Montgomery County Homesteader's Protection League: The Fight Against the Arkansas National Forest," Oklahoma Phi Alpha Theta Conference, 2003.

"'The women think they will rule Kentucky': The Politicization of Domesticity," Organization of American Historians Conference, 2003.

“Two Centuries of Protest: Rural social Movements in America, 1750s-1980s,” Historical Lecture Series, Heritage Farmstead Museum, Plano, Texas, 2003.

Chair, "The Texas Left," Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, 2004.

"Texas Socialists, 1898-1912," Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, 2004.

“The Role of Learning Communities,” History Session, TCCTA Convention, 1998.

“The Role of Learning Communities in Higher Education,” National Institute of Staff and Organization Development, 1998.

"The Universe is Not Organized by Separate Courses: The Role of the Learning Community at Collin County Community College." National Learning communities, Washington center, Evergreen State College, 1999.

"Approaches to Collaboration Among Colleagues and Across Disciplines," Annual Conference of the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, 1999.

“Modern Teachers Teaching Postmodern Students,” Popular Culture Association Conference, 1999.

“Technology in the History Classroom,” Southwestern Social Science Association, 2000.

“Developing a Center for Excellence: Learning Communities at Collin County Community College,” NISOD, Austin, TX May 29-31, 2000.

“Developing a Center for Excellence: Learning Communities at Collin County Community College,” National Social Sciences Association Fall Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 15-18, 2000.

“The Role of Learning Communities in Higher Education,” National Institute of Staff and Organization Development, 2000.

“Developing a Center for Excellence: Learning Communities at Collin County Community College," 2000.

"Collaborative Learning with Technology," North Texas Consortium Workshop on Teaching and Learning with Technology, 2001.

"Collaborative Learning with Technology in Learning Communities," North Texas Consortium Workshop, 2001.

“Student Developed Web Sites: Successfully Integrating Technology Into a Multidisciplinary Learning Community,” North Texas Community College Consortium, 2001.

“Developing and Implementing a Successful Learning Community,” Del Mar College, 2001.

“Developing and Implementing a Successful Learning Community II,” Del Mar College, 2001.

“The Successful Use of Innovation and Technology in Teaching Learning Communities” session for “Reaching the 21^st Century Student: The Role of Learning Communities in Educational Reform,” Interdisciplinary Learning Communities Conference, 2001.

“Marketing and Implementing your Learning Community, ”Interdisciplinary Learning Communities Conference, 2001.

“Teaching Multiculturalism Through the Use of Technology in Learning Communities,” Sixth Annual Learning Communities Conference, 2001.

“Developing and Implementing a Successful Learning Community,” Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus, 2002.

“Developing and Implementing a Successful Learning Community,” Valencia College, 2002.

“Developing and Implementing a Successful Learning Community,” Spring Convocation, Eastfield College, 2002.

“Collaboration for Excellence: Engaged Scholarship at Collin County Community College,” Community College Futures Assembly, 2002.

“Engaged Scholarship: Incorporating Service Learning into Learning Communities,” Southern Regional Learning Communities Conference, 2002.

"Collaborative Learning with Technology," National Social Science Association Conference, 2002.

"Integrating Feature Films into the Teaching of History," Texas Community College Teachers’ Association Conference 2002.

"Reconfiguring an American History Survey," National Social Science Association, 2003.

“Engaged Scholarship: Integrating Service Learning into Learning Communities,” Association of American Colleges and Universities “learning Communities: Research Informing Practice”, Phoenix, AZ, April 10-12, 2003 .

“Introduction to Learning Communities”, Cedar Valley College, Cedar Hill, TX, October 21, 2003.

“Introduction to Learning Communities at Collin County Community College”, Learning Community Open House, Collin County Community College, Spring Creek Campus, Plano, TX, March 5, 2004 .

Southern Learning Communities Network Poster Session, Learning Communities and Undergraduate Education Reform, A National Conference, Seattle, WA, May 20-22, 2004.

"Means, Motives, and Opportunities: The Teaching of Sensational Trials in Modern American History," 10th Annual Conference on Learning Communities, Chicago, Illinois, 19 November 2005.

"What Does it Mean to be an American?" National Learning Community Conference, Bay City, Michigan, 2006.

Faculty Professional Memberships and Service:

Member, Collin County Historical Commission (2006-2009)
Member, Board of Trustees, Heritage Farmstead Museum (2002-2007)
Member, Board of Directors, Texas Oral History Association (2005-2007)