Geography
Robert G. Atkinson,
Assistant
Professor
Ph.D. University of
Waterloo
Specialties: Urban and Rural
Geography
(254) 968-9279
ratkinson@vms.tarleton.edu
History
William Eugene
Atkinson, Associate Professor
(Limited Service)
Ph.D.
Texas Christian University
Specialties:
Texas History, Mexican History
Faculty
Advisor, Phi
Alpha Theta
(254) 968-9626
weatkin@vms.tarleton.edu
T. Lindsay Baker, Professor
W.K. Gordon Endowed Chair of Southwestern
History
Ph.D. Texas Tech University
Specialties: Texas History, Oral History, Public
History
Director, W.K.
Gordon Center for the Industrial History of Texas
Coordinator, Public History Graduate Program
Campus Phone: (254) 968-9861
tbaker@vms.tarleton.edu
Richard A. Cruz,
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of North Texas
Specialties: European History
History Graduate Student Advisor
(254) 968-9625
cruz@vms.tarleton.edu
Christopher E.
Guthrie, Professor
Ph.D.
Northern Illinois University
Specialties:
Ancient and Medieval Europe, 19th
Century Europe, European Social History
Undergraduate
History Advisor
(254)
968-9621
cguthri@vms.tarleton.edu
Jerry Jones,
Associate Professor
Ph.D University of North Texas
Specialties: Military History, Modern European
History, British History
Undergraduate and Graduate History Advisor at
Tarleton
Center--Killeen
(254) 519-5446
jjones@vms.tarleton.edu
Fred L.
Koestler, Professor
Ph.D. Texas Christian University
Specialties: Latin American History
(254) 968-9632
koestler@vms.tarleton.edu
Janet L.
Schmelzer, Professor
Ph.D. Texas Christian University
Specialties: Great Britain, Colonial U.S., 20th
Century U.S., Texas History, Women's
Studies
(254) 968-9918
schmelz@vms.tarleton.edu
Donald L.
Zelman, Professor
Ph.D.
Ohio State University
Specialties:
20th Century America, American Social
History, Multicultural Studies, Diplomatic History
Undergraduate History Major Advisor
(254)
968-9027
zelman@vms.tarleton.edu
Patricia G.
Zelman, Professor
Ph.D.
Ohio State University
Specialties:
20th Century America, Historiography,
Women's History
Undergraduate
History Major Advisor and Director
of Secondary Certification
(254)
968-9629
pzelman@vms.tarleton.edu
Philosophy
Craig Edward
Clifford, Professor
Ph.D.
State University of New York at Buffalo
Director
of the Honors Degree Program and the
Presidential
Honors Program
(254)
968-9029
cliffor@vms.tarleton.edu
Matthew Hallgarth,
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of
Florida
Specialties: Philosophy, Religious Studies
will
start in Fall
2008
Political
Science
Malcolm Lee
Cross, Associate Professor
and Interim Department Head
Ph.D. University of Missouri
Specialties: Presidency, Legislature, Elections
and Political Parties
(254) 968-9627
cross@vms.tarleton.edu
Tony Dudik, Instructor
M.A. Tarleton State University
Specialties: Texas Politics
(254) 968-9678
dudik@tarleton.edu
Lawrence S.
Margolis, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Specialties: Comparative Politics
(254) 968-9628
margolis@vms.tarleton.edu
Dean A. Minix, Professor
Ph.D. University of Cincinnati
Specialties: Terrorism, Homeland Security, International Relations
Dean, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
(254) 968-9141
MINIX@vms.tarleton.edu
Barry L.
Price, Professor
Ph.D.
Indiana University
Specialties:
Public Administration
(254)
968-9630
price@vms.tarleton.edu
Harold H.
Walton, Assistant Professor
M.A. University of Utah
Specialties: Political Theory, International
Relations,
Constitutional Law
(254) 968-9678
walton@vms.tarleton.edu
Alvis Yardley, Instructor
J.D. Oklahoma University School of Law
Specialties: U.S. and Texas Government
(254) 968-1827
yardley@tarleton.edu
Jeannie Vazquez
Departmental Administrative Secretary
(254) 968-9021
jvazquez@tarleton.edu
Amanda Weir
Student Worker
(254) 968-9021
st_aweir@tarleton.edu
Graduate
Assistants
Stephanie
Winnett (History)
st_hock@tarleton.edu
