Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- History
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- None
- Interest Keywords
- African American History, Oral History, Documentary History
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Arts and Humanities
- Personal Focus Areas
- Civil Rights Movement, Presidential Politics, recent US History
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates |
Institution |
Location |
Degree |
Field of Study |
| 2000 |
Tulane University |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
PhD |
History, with distinction |
| 1994 |
Louisiana Tech University |
Ruston, Louisiana |
MA |
History |
| 1992 |
Louisiana Tech University |
Ruston, Louisiana |
BA |
History, English minor |
Memberships & Professional Activities
| Dates |
Type |
Description |
Institution/Entity |
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Membership |
Phi Kappa Phi |
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Membership |
Phi Alpha Theta |
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Membership |
Southern Historical Association |
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Membership |
American Historical Association |
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Membership |
Organization of American Historians |
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Positions & Appointments
| Dates |
Description |
Institution/Entity |
| 08/1993 - 05/1994 |
Instructor, Department of History, Louisiana Tech University |
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| 08/1995 - 08/1999 |
Instructor and Graduate Fellow, Department of History, Tulane University |
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| 08/1999 - 05/2000 |
John T. Monroe Dissertation Fellow, Tulane University |
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| 09/2000 - 08/2006 |
Assistant Professor, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia |
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| 01/2003 - 08/2006 |
Deputy Director, Presidential Recordings Program, Director, LBJ Project |
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| 08/2006 - 06/2009 |
Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies, University of South Carolina |
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| 06/2009 |
Associate Professor of History and African American Studies, University of South Carolina |
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Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates |
Type |
Description |
Foundation/Entity |
| 1992 |
Award |
Garnie W. McGinty Graduate Fellow, Louisiana Tech University |
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| 1994 |
Award |
Tulane University Graduate School Fellow |
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| 1996 |
Award |
Tulane University Graduate School Fellow |
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| 1999 |
Award |
John T. Monroe Dissertation Year Fellowship, Tulane University Graduate School |
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Award |
Outstanding History Graduate Student, Louisiana Tech University |
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Award |
Marion Gargan Alchon Memorial Forum Award, Tulane University |
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Award |
Outstanding History Undergraduate Student, Louisiana Tech University |
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Award |
Organization of American Historians, Horace Samuel and Marion Galbraith Merrill Travel Grant in Twentieth-Century American Political History |
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Award |
W. Darrell Overdyke Award for Best Paper in North Louisiana History |
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