EDUCATION

Ph.D., History, Texas A&M University, 1988
M.B.A., Management, Texas A&M University, 1980
B.B.A., Management, Texas A&M University, 1979
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor of History, University of North Texas, 2001-
Associate Professor of History, University of North Texas, 2000-2001
Rupert N. Richardson Professor of History, Hardin-Simmons University, 1998-2000
Associate Professor of History, Sam Houston State University, 1994-1998
Assistant Professor of History, Sam Houston State University, 1988-1994
Lecturer, Texas A&M University, 1986-1987
 

COURSES TAUGHT

History of the United States (freshman survey, both halves)
Texas History (undergraduate and graduate)
Western History
The Texas Revolutionary Era
The Old South (undergraduate and graduate level)
Civil War and Reconstruction (undergraduate and graduate level)
Independent Studies (on a wide range of topics, undergraduate and graduate)
 

PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS

The History of Texas, 3rd ed., coauthored with Robert A. Calvert and Arnoldo De León.  Wheeling, Illinois: Harlan Davidson Press, forthcoming in 2001.
Feeding the Wolf:  John B. Rayner and the Politics of Race, 1850-1918.  Wheeling, Illinois: Harlan Davidson Press, 2001.
Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas.  New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1999.
Kenneth and John B. Rayner and the Limits of Southern Dissent.  Champaign-Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1993.
 

PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES and ESSAYS

"John B. Rayner: No Outlet on the Road of Hope," The Human Tradition in Texas, Ty Cashion and Jesús F. de la Teja, eds., (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2001), 87-101.
"A Matter of Character: Stephen F. Austin and the Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, " Southwestern Historical Quarterly 104 (October 2000), 231-61.
"Stephen  F. Austin: Empresario of Texas," Humanities (July/August 1999), 36-39.
“The Partnership of Stephen F. Austin and Joseph H. Hawkins,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 99 (July 1995), 1-24.
"Whither Sam Houston?  A Review Essay," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 97, (October 1993), 345-57.
"Sam Houston and the Know-Nothings: A Reappraisal," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 96 (January 1993), 326-43.
“‘Dark Tactics’: Black Politics in the 1887 Texas Prohibition Campaign," Journal of American Studies  25 (April 1991), 85-93.  Reprinted in Donald G. Nieman, African-American Life in the Post-Emancipation South, 1861-1900, vol. 6 (Hamden, Conn.: Garland Press, 1993).
"Racial Violence and Reconstruction Politics in Texas, 1867-1868," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 93 (January 1990), 333-55.
"Texas Populists and the Failure of Biracial Politics," coauthored with D. Scott Barton, Journal of Southern History 55 (November 1989), 659-92. Reprinted in Donald G. Nieman, African-American Life in the Post-Emancipation South, 1861-1900, vol. 6 (Hamden, Conn.: Garland Press, 1993)  Also reprinted in William Holmes, ed., American Populism (Lexington, Mass. and Toronto: D.C. Heath, l993), a volume in the series, Problems in American Civilization.
"John B. Rayner: A Study in Black Populist Leadership," Southern Studies 24 (Winter 1985), 432-43.
 

PUBLICATIONS: REFERENCE WORKS

“John B. Rayner,” in American National Biography, forthcoming.
“Stephen F. Austin,” in The U.S. and Mexico at War: Nineteenth Century Expansionism and Conflict, Donald S. Frazier, ed. (New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 1998), 33-34.
"Kenneth Rayner," in American National Biography, forthcoming.
"John Baptis Rayner," in The New Handbook of Texas, (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996) V:461.
"Kenneth Rayner," in Political Parties and Elections in the United States: An Encyclopedia, L. Sandy Maisel, ed. (New York: Garland, 1991),912-13.
"Wade Hampton," in Political Parties and Elections in the United States: An Encyclopedia, L. Sandy Maisel, ed. (New York: Garland, 1991), 468.
 

PUBLICATIONS: BOOK REVIEWS

More than a dozen published reviews, in journals including the Journal of American History, Journal of Southern History, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Journal of the Early Republic, The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, and Journal of the West.
 

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

“The Challenge of Understanding Stephen F. Austin,” East Texas Historical Association Spring Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, February 2001.
“The Biographer as Detective: Stephen F. Austin as a Case Study,” Western History Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, October 2000.
"In Search of Stephen F. Austin," Keynote Address, Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 1999.
"Stephen F. Austin and the Tejanos, 1821-1836," D.R.T. History Forum, The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, February 1999.
"Uneasy Neighbors: Tejanos and Texians, 1821-1835," A Symposium on the Early History of the Victoria/Goliad Area, Victoria College, Victoria, Texas, May 1998.
"Stephen F. Austin's View of the Colonists," Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, March 1995.
"Bi-Racial Politics and White Supremacy in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South," Session Commentator, American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 1995.
"Forging a Historical Reputation: The Case of Stephen F. Austin," Keynote Speech, East Texas Historical Association Fall Meeting, Nacogdoches, Texas, September 1993.
"Republican Ideology in the Populist Movement," Mid-America Conference on History, Springfield, Missouri, September 1991.
"Slaveholder and Nativist: Kenneth Rayner and the Ideology of ‘Americanism’," Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, April 1991.
"The Farmers' Revolt in Milam County, Texas," Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 1991.
"Populism to Progressivism in Milam County, Texas," Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, November 1989.
"Black Leadership in the Progressive Era: J.B. Rayner of Texas," Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas March 1988.
"Violence and Politics in Reconstruction Texas: A Quantitative Approach," History Department Faculty Colloquium, Texas A&M University, October 1986.
"John B. Rayner: Representative of Black Populists," Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 1985.
 

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONORS

Recipient, Kate Broocks Bates Award (best book on Texas history prior to 1900), awarded by the Texas State Historical Association, 2001, for Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas.
Recipient, H. Bailey Carroll Award (best article of the year in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly), awarded by the Texas State Historical Association, 2001, for “A Matter of Character: Stephen F. Austin and the Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas."
Recipient, Philosophical Society of Texas Book Award, for the best book on Texas (fiction or nonfiction), for Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas, December 2000.
Recipient, T.R. Fehrenbach Award, awarded by the Texas Historical Commission for Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas, May 2000.
Recipient, Citation of Merit, presented by the Texas Historical Foundation for Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas, May 2000.
Recipient, Summerfield G. Roberts Award, awarded by the Sons of the Republic of Texas for Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas, April 2000.
Recipient, Miss Ima Hogg Historical Achievement Award, awarded by the Center for American History, University of Texas, for Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas, March 2000.
Recipient, Presidio La Bahía Award, First Prize, awarded by the Sons of the Republic of Texas and the O'Connor Foundation for Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas, December 1999.
History Book Club Alternate Selection (Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas), December 1999.
Recipient, Catherine Munson Foster Memorial Award for Literature, awarded by Brazoria County Historical Society for Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas, November 1999.
Recipient of resolutions passed by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives recognizing achievements as an author and historian, June 1999.
Summerlee Research Fellow, William H. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 1996-1997 academic year.
Recipient, H. Bailey Carroll Award (best article of the year in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly), awarded by the Texas State Historical Association, 1996, for "The Partnership of Stephen F. Austin and Joseph H. Hawkins."
Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1994-1995 academic year.
Recipient, Phi Alpha Theta Book Award (best first book by a historian in 1993), awarded by Phi Alpha Theta International History Honor Society, 1994, for Kenneth and John B. Rayner and the Limits of Southern Dissent.
Recipient, Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Award (best book on Texas History published in 1993), awarded by the Texas State Historical Association, 1994 for Kenneth and John B. Rayner and the Limits of Southern Dissent.
Summer Seminar Participant, National Endowment for the Humanities ("Southern History and Faulkner's Fiction"), Vanderbilt University, summer 1993.
Research Grant, Sam Houston State University Research Council (on several occasions).
Summer Stipend, National Endowment for the Humanities, summer 1990.
College of Liberal Arts Dissertation Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 1987.
Ottis Lock Research Grant, East Texas Historical Association, 1986.
 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Member, Bolton-Kinnaird Award Committee, Western History Association, 2001.
Speaker, Teaching of History Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, September 1999.
Member, Local Arrangements Committee, Southern Historical Association, November 1999.
Speaker, Phi Alpha Theta banquet, Texas A&M-Commerce, Commerce, Texas, April 1997.
Speaker, History Graduate Student Association, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas, April 1997.
Speaker, Clements Center Colloquium, SMU, Dallas, Texas, October 1996.
Member (1994-1995) and Chair (1993-1994), Carroll Award Committee, Texas State Historical Association, 1994.
Member, Membership Committee, Southern Historical Association, 1993-1994.
Member (1991-1992, 1993-1994, 2001-2002) and Chair (1992-1993), Program Committee, Texas State Historical Association.
Member, Program Committee, East Texas Historical Association, 1992-1993.
Member, Chamberlain Award Committee, East Texas Historical Association, 1991.
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Speaker, Fort Worth Chapter, Westerners International, Fort Worth, Texas, April 2001.
Speaker, Scholarship Luncheon, Ferdinand Lindheimer Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, New Braunfels, Texas, March 2001.
Speaker, Governor’s Mansion Docents Association annual banquet, Austin, Texas, January 2001.
Speaker, English-Speaking Union, Austin Chapter, Austin, Texas, October 2000.
Panelist, “Literary Lone Stars,” Euless Public Library, September 2000.
Speaker, Austin-Bryan-Perry Family Reunion, Brazoria, Texas, June 2000.
Speaker, Texas Historical Commission Annual Awards Banquet, San Antonio, Texas, June 2000.
Speaker, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Abilene Chapter, April 2000.
Speaker, Friends of the Abilene Public Library, April 2000.
Speaker, Abilene Book Group, three times in February and March, 2000.
Speaker, Siege of Béxar Luncheon, Alamo Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, December 1999.
Speaker, Brazoria County Historical Museum, Angleton, Texas, December 1999.
Speaker, Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Huntsville, Texas, November 1999.
Participant, "Mighty Men: Three Biographies" panel discussion, Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas, November 1999.
Speaker, Clements Center-DeGolyer Library Lecture Series, Southern Methodist University, October 1999.
Speaker, Moses Austin Chapter, Sons of the Republic of Texas, Austin, Texas, October 1999.
Speaker, Hardin-Simmons Retired Faculty Fellowship, Abilene, Texas, April 1999.
Speaker, Winedale Spring Symposium, Winedale Historical Center, Winedale, Texas, March 1999.
Speaker, Austin Elementary School Fourth Grade Classes, Abilene, Texas, February 1999.
Speaker, Abilene Downtown Rotary Club, Abilene, Texas, September,1998.
Speaker, Stephen F. Austin Memorial Park Dedication, Austinville, Virginia, November 1997.
Speaker, Texas History Day, St. Thomas University, Houston, Texas, April 1997.
Speaker, Stephen F. Austin Death Site Dedication, West Columbia, Texas, November 1995.
Speaker, Brazoria County Historical Society, Angleton, Texas, November 1995.
Speaker, ElderHostel, Livingston, Texas, October 1995.
Speaker, Descendants of Austin's Old Three Hundred, Rockdale, Texas, October 1995.
Speaker, Austin-Bryan-Perry Family Reunion, Brazoria, Texas, June 1994.
Researcher, Historical Marker Committee, City of Huntsville, 1993.
Speaker, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Huntsville, Texas, October 1993.
Speaker, Old Forts and Missions Restoration Association, Huntsville, Texas, April 1993.
Member, Advisory Board, Sam Houston Memorial Museum, 1989-1992.
Member, Scholarhip Committee, Scottish Heritage Foundation, 1989-1992.
Speaker, SHSU College Democrats, October 1992.
Speaker, Brazos Valley Civil War Roundtable, College Station, Texas, September 1992.
Speaker, Descendants of Austin's Old Three Hundred, Richmond, Texas, June 1992.
Speaker, Sam Houston Teachers' Academy, Huntsville, Texas, June 1992.
Speaker, Walker County Historical Commission, Huntsville, Texas, December 1991.
Speaker, Daughters of American Colonists, Huntsville, Texas, October 1991.
Speaker, James Gillaspie Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Huntsville, Texas, February 1991.
 Speaker, Spring Lecture Series, Scottish Heritage Foundation, Houston, Texas, April 1990,
 Speaker, Huntsville AARP, Huntsville, Texas, March 1990.
Speaker, Commencement Exercises, Trinity High School, Trinity, Texas, May 1989.
     I have published Op-Ed pieces on Sam Houston in the Houston Chronicle and Austin American-Statesman (February and March, 1993), and a feature article on Stephen F. Austin in Texas Highways (November 1993). 1 was a consultant for an episode of A&E's The Real West and was interviewed on screen for the episode (September 1993).  During 1993 I was interviewed by the Dallas Morning News, Houston Post, Wall Street Journal, KBTX-TV in Bryan, KHOU-TV in Houston, and CNN.  In 1998 I was interviewed on-air for news broadcasts of KRBC-TV and KTAB-TV in Abilene.  During the fall of 1999 I appeared on "Book Talk," KWKC-radio, Abilene; "Austin at Issue," KLRU-TV, Austin; "The Glen Mitchell Show," KERA-radio, Dallas; "The Morning Report," KTBC-TV, Austin; "Conversations," Irving Community Television Network, Irving, Texas.  The panel discussion that I participated in at the Texas Book Festival was carried on C-Span.  I have given lectures at bookstore booksignings in Dallas, Fort Worth, Richardson, Arlington, San Angelo, Lubbock, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and College Station.
 

 UNIVERSITY SERVICE

     At Sam Houston State University I served on numerous committees, including the university library committee, honors convocation committee, faculty grievance committee, and College of Arts & Sciences curriculum committee.  I was also a member of the statewide steering committee that planned the celebration of Gen.  Sam Houston's 200th Birthday.  At the departmental level, I served on the curriculum committee, needs committee, policy committee, and textbook committee.  I served as faculty advisor for Phi Alpha Theta for six years.  At Hardin-Simmons I served  as director of graduate studies for the History Department.  In the University of North Texas Department of History I serve as faculty secretary, as a member of the undergraduate committee and the African-American search committee, and I am coordinator of the annual Teaching of History Conference.
 
 

REFERENCES

Dr. Dale T. Knobel, President
Denison University
Office of the President
100 W. College St.
Granville, OH 43023 (ph. 740-587-6281)

Dr. John B. Boles, William P. Hobby Professor of History
      and Managing Editor, Journal of Southern History
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251 (ph. 713-527-6039)

Dr. Randolph B. Campbell, Regents Professor
Department of History
University of North Texas
P.O. Box 310650
Denton, TX 76203-0650 (ph. 940-565-3402)

Dr. James S. Olson, Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of History
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX 77341 (ph. 936-294-1475)

Dr. David J. Weber
Dedman Professor of History and Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750176
Dallas, TX 75275-0176 (ph. 214-768-3684)

Dr. Walter L. Buenger, Professor of History
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843 (ph. 409-845-7151)