Department of History

Andrew Lannen, chair
Dugas Liberal Arts North, Room 303
Phone: (936) 468-3802
Fax: (936) 468-2478
lannenac@sfasu.edu
sfasu.edu/history

Objectives of the Department

The program for a graduate degree in history is designed to train the candidate as a productive scholar and as an effective teacher. It seeks to familiarize the student with the critical methods in historical research and writing, to introduce the literature of the field, and to acquaint the student with varying interpretations of historical developments. Above all, it attempts to provide the student with the essential tools for a career in the history profession or in related fields.

Graduate Faculty

Professors

• Perky Beisel, DA, Middle Tennessee State University, Public History
• Court Carney, PhD, Louisiana State University, African American, Contemporary U.S.
• Philip Catton, PhD, Ohio University, Modern Asia, Vietnam War
• Dana Cooper, PhD, Texas Christian University, Women, Gender, Transatlantic, Diplomatic
• Brook Poston, PhD, Texas Christian University, Early U.S. Republic, Legal and Constitutional
• Paul Sandul, PhD, California State at Sacramento/UC - Santa Barbara, Public History, Urban History
• Scott Sosebee, PhD, Texas Tech University, Texas and Southern
• Stephen Taaffe, PhD, Ohio University, Military, Diplomatic, Progressive Era

Associate Professors

• Robert Allen, PhD, Columbia University, France
• Mark Barringer, PhD, Texas Christian University, Texas and U.S. West, Environmental
• Aryendra Chakravartty, PhD, Penn State University, South Asia, Imperialism and Colonialism, World History
• Randi Cox, PhD, Indiana University, Russia, Social and Cultural History
• Andrew Lannen, PhD, Louisiana State University, Colonial and Revolutionary America
• Aaron Coy Moulton, PhD, University of Arkansas, Latin America
• Samuel Sutherland, PhD, Ohio State University, Middle Ages

Assistant Professor

• Hunter M. Hampton, PhD, University of Missouri, American Religious History

Graduate Assistantships

A limited number of graduate assistantships are awarded each year in the department. For information and applications, contact Dr. Perky Beisel, history graduate program advisor, at pbeisel@sfasu.edu.

Research, Publication and Professional Development

The Department of History offers outstanding opportunities for graduate education with training in areas of research, publication, professional presentations and technology. The department provides students with strong foundations in the discipline of history and ways to apply the discipline to numerous career opportunities.

The university library houses the East Texas Research Center, which includes numerous journals and diaries of regional and national interest, as well as being a major archive for the oil and lumber industries. The library also serves as a repository for university, county, state and federal government records. Graduate students may do research projects with the ETRC, the Stone Fort Museum, or other local historic sites and organizations.

Opportunities to publish, learn applications of history to modern technology, and present original work at professional conferences are available to graduate students throughout their graduate training.

The department sponsors the East Texas Historical Association, which publishes the East Texas Historical Journal. The pages of the journal are open to any article of scholarly merit on the history of East Texas and the surrounding region.

Admission Requirements

Students applying to the graduate program should meet general university admission requirements and have at least 18 hours of undergraduate credit in history or closely related courses. The department recommends a minimum 3.0 GPA in all undergraduate coursework in history. The department may permit “stem work” in basic courses to bring students up to departmental requirements. All applicants are required to submit a writing sample and two letters of recommendation to the graduate advisor.

Programs

• History, MA

• History, Minor