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Research

Below is a list of the most recent publications/presentations and current research projects of the Social Science Department faculty

Robert G. Atkinson

"Commuting and the Texas Metropolis,"  paper presented to the Southwestern Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, May 2008.

"Using the Census to Represent Socio-Demographic Phenomena," paper presented to the Excellence in Teaching Conference, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Distance Education, Tarleton State University, March 2008.

"The (Not So) Irreverent Musings of a Transplanted Geographer: Geography and Texas Higher Education," paper presented to the Southwestern Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, November 2007.

Dr. Atkinson is currently investigating various aspects of Geographic Education in Texas and the United States and comparing and contrasting U.S./Canadian characteristics.  He is also continuing his research on the nature of the metropolis and of the megalopolis, particularly in the context of Texas.

T. Lindsay Baker

Dr. Baker is the most prolific scholar in the department and has published numerous books and articles and presented many papers on various historical subjects.  A brief sample of some of his most current publications is listed here

Editor, Traces of Forgotten Places: An Artist's Thirty-Year Exploration and Celebration of Texas As It Was (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 2008)

Editor, The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town: Thurber, 1886-1933 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2008)

American Windmills: An Album of Historical Photographs (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007)

Editor, Confederate Guerilla: The Civil War Memoir of Joseph Bailey (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2007)

More Ghost Towns of Texas (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005)

Dr. Baker is also the editor and publisher of the Windmiller's Gazette.  He is also currently working on a research project involving historic crimes in Texas.

Dr. Craig Clifford

Learned Ignorance in the Medicine Bow Mountains: A Reflection on Intellectual Prejudice  (New York: Rodopi, 2008)

Dr. Malcolm Cross

Dr. Cross has several research projects underway:

He has begun work on an intellectual history of the conservative response to Darwinism, both Social Darwinism and evolutionary theory

He is also working on a critique of the historiography of works written by Christian Right historians, notably David Barton, former Vice-Chair of the Republican Party in Texas and founder of "Wallbuilders."

He is also researching the question of how national security policy was addressed by Richard Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, and John F. Kennedy during the 1960 presidential campaign.

Finally, Dr. Cross is also investigating the question of tax policy in the 1980 presidential campaign, wherein Ronald Reagan first advocated "supply side" economics and huge tax cuts.

Dr. Richard Cruz

World History: A Collection of Primary Sources, 6th edition (Littleton, MA: Tapestry Press, 2009) [with Christopher Guthrie]

Dr. Christopher E. Guthrie

"Socialism in Microcosm: The Municipal Administration of Dr. Ernest Ferroul in Narbonne, 1896-1921," European History Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 1 (January 2010): 1-18

The Battle for the République Démocratique et sociale in the Narbonnais, 1830-1875 (Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2006)

World History: A Collection of Primary Sources, 6th edition (Littleton, MA: Tapestry Press, 2009) [with Richard Cruz]

Currently working on a biography of Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans (aka "Philippe Egalité")

Dr. Matthew Hallgarth

"The UN's New "Responsibility to Protect" and Irregular War," paper to be presented at the International Society of Military Ethics, San Diego, CA, January 2010

" Ethics and Torture" paper presented at the Poe Center for Business Ethics, University of Florida, September 2009

"Breadth vs Depth for Teaching Modern Philosophy Courses," paper presented at the American Philosophical Association Central Division, Chicago, IL, February 2010.

Mr. Andrew Johnson (history and political science graduate student)

"The History of the Stephenville Recreation Hall," paper presented at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Meeting, University of North Texas, April 2009.

Dr. Lawrence Margolis

Key Factors for Economic Success in Industrial Nations: A Statistical Analysis  (Lewistown, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008

Dr. Janet Schmelzer

"What to do When the Legislature Turns Blue: Progressive Politics in Texas," paper presented at the Texas State Historical Association, Spring 2007

Currently working on a biography of Thomas Mitchell Campbell, progressive reform governor of Texas between 1907-1911. Texas A&M University Press is currently considering the manuscript for publication.