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Faculty Credentials : SummerII 2008
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1. Terry Bilhartz (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BS SECONDARY EDUCATION-HISTORY/MATH -- DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY(1972)
  • MA HISTORY -- EMORY UNIVERSITY(1974)
  • PHD HISTORY -- GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY(1979)
  • Author or editor of 18 peer reviewed volumes in American, World and Religous History, including Currents in American History (ME Sharpe, 2007), Sacred Words (McGraw Hill, 2006), Constructing the American Past (Longman, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007), and Urban Religion (1986).
  • Regularly scores in top 20% nationally among history teachers using the IDEA teacher evaluation system.
  • Multiple book chapters, journal articles and scholarly presentations in the history of science and medicine, philosophy, religion, and psychology.
2. Joshua Calvin Bowen (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA HISTORY -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2004)
  • MA HISTORY -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2006)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2008)
  • English 24+
  • History 24+
  • Completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, which is a study in current composition theory and practice. Course completed in Fall, 2006
  • Teaching supervised through class visitation by and conferences with the Department Chair
3. Robert B. Bruce (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BGS HISTORY -- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA(1992)
  • MA HISTORY -- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA(1994)
  • PHD HISTORY -- KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY(1999)
  • Books: A Fraternity of Arms: America & France in the Great War (Univ. Press of Kansas, 2003) editor, Abraham Lincoln's Changing Views on Slavery (Brandywine Press, 2001) Pétain: Verdun to Vichy (Potomac Books, 2008) co-author, Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic Age, 1792-1815 (Thomas Dunne Books, 2008) Numerous articles, essays, and encyclopedia entries on US, French, European, and Military history Featured Commentator on Historical Documentaries: Into the Furnace: The Battle of Verdun (Lucas Films, 2007) Marshal Pétain's Fall from Grace (Lucas Films, 2007)
  • 2004 Tomlinson Prize from the Western Front Association awarded to my book _A Fraternity of Arms: America & France in the Great War_ for the best book on World War I. Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence, Kansas State University, 1997
  • I have been rated in the top 20% of teachers nationwide by the IDEA evaluation form in each semester for the past three years.
4. Robert T Cashion (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ECONOMICS -- AUSTIN COLLEGE(1979)
  • MA HISTORY -- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON(1989)
  • PHD HISTORY -- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY(1993)
  • Have written four publications in Texas and the American West.
  • Member of Texas Institute of Letters Nominated for Teacher of the Year Nominated for SHSU Research Fellowship
5. Yvonne D Frear (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BS POLITICAL SCIENCE -- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON(1985)
  • MA HISTORY -- TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY(1995)
  • More than 50 graduate hours in field
    Degrees In Progress
  • PHD AMERICAN HISTORY -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
6. Kenneth E Hendrickson (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA HISTORY -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(1987)
  • MA HISTORY -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(1988)
  • PHD HISTORY -- THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA(1993)
  • 2007 University Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Monograph and articles in history of Britain and British Empire
  • Essays and book chapters in the history of Science.
  • Since 2004, Averaging in the top 15% of instructors nationally according to IDEA evaluation system.
7. John Daniel Jordan (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA PHILOSOPHY -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2003)
  • MA HISTORY -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2005)
  • History 24+
  • Curriculum & Instruction/Secondary Education 15
  • Library Science 12
  • Reading 3
  • Academic Mentor at the SAM Center responsible for aiding, mentoring, and monitoring students who either want or need academic advice.
  • Taught study skills classes on campus covering procrastination, test-taking methodology, reading strategies, note-taking skills, time management, and stress management techniques.
8. Jeffrey L Littlejohn (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA HISTORY -- BELMONT UNIVERSITY(1995)
  • MA HISTORY -- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS(1997)
  • PHD HISTORY -- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS(2002)
  • Attended N.E.H. Summer Institute on "American Constitutionalism in Comparative Perspective," 2003
  • Received "Award For Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology," 2004.
  • Received a $25,000 N.E.H. grant for a digital project on "The Brown Decision in Norfolk, Virginia," 2004.
  • Presented eight papers at regional and national conferences in the last three years.
  • Published seven encyclopedia entries in reference collections on American History.
  • Regularly scores in top 30% nationally among history teachers using the IDEA teacher evaluation system.
9. James S Olson (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA HISTORY -- BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY(1967)
  • MA HISTORY -- STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, STONY BROOK(1969)
  • PHD HISTORY -- STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, STONY BROOK(1972)
  • Highest score on the IDEA teaching Evaluation System, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, SHSU, 2007
  • Professor of the Year, Texas, Carnegie Foundation, 2005; Piper Professor, 2006; Excellence in the History of Science Category, Association of American Publishers, 2002.
  • More than 35 books published, including six monographs and a seventh currently under consideration
10. Nicholas Charles Pappas (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • AB HISTORY -- STANFORD UNIVERSITY(1971)
  • AM HISTORY -- STANFORD UNIVERSITY(1972)
  • PHD HISTORY -- STANFORD UNIVERSITY(1983)
  • I worked as a library specialist in the Middle East and Russian/East European Curatorships of the Hoover Institution Library
  • I am author of one monograph, author of eleven articles and essays on Balkan, Russian, and Middle Eastern History. I am editor of one collection, co-editor of four collections, associate editor of one dictionary, and series editor of two monographs on general and specific themes in history.
  • I am head of the History and Philosophy Research Units of the Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece. I also serve as Vice-President of the Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece.
11. Tracy Lee Steele (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BSFS INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY(1985)
  • PHD INTERNATIONAL HISTORY -- UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, ENGLAND(1991)
  • Awarded Chinese Culture Research Fellowship from the China Scholarship Council of the People's Republic of China for Spring 2003; attended2005 NEH Summer Institute on "Southeast Asia: Indigenous Impulses and Outside Influences"; and 2000 NEH Summer Institute on "Religions, Philosophies, and Culture in India: Conflicts and Negotiations",
  • Visiting Professor at university in People's Republic of China in Spring, 2007: 13 Lectures on US and Chinese History and Cross-Cultural Communications
  • Twp Peer-reviewed articles: "The Politics of Anglo-American Aid to Nonaligned India, 1962" Electronic Journal of International History, July 2002 and "Allied and Interdependent: British Policy During the Chinese Offshore Islands Crisis of 1958" Contemporary British History, 1931-61: Politics and the Limits of Policy
12. Susannah Janette Ural (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA POLITICAL SCIENCE/HISTORY -- THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT(1995)
  • MA HISTORY -- KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY(1997)
  • PHD HISTORY -- KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY(2002)
  • Recipient of 2 teaching awards, including the 2004 Excellence in Teaching Award as the best teacher on the SHSU campus. • Regularly scores in top 20% nationally among history teachers using the IDEA teacher evaluation system
  • Author of _The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers in the Union Army, 1861-1865_ (NYU Press 2006)
  • Multiple journal articles, essays, and scholarly presentations in the history of the U.S. Civil War era, U.S. military history, and nineteenth-century America.
13. Blake Humphrey Whitaker (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA HISTORY -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(2006)
  • MA HISTORY -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2008)

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