Geography

Robert G. Atkinson, Associate 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

Michael D. Pierce, Adjunct Professor
Ph.D., University of North Texas
Specialties: Military History. U.S. History
(254) 968-9021
pierce@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

Dennis Spillman, Adjunct Instructor
M.A., University of Texas at Arlington
(254) 968-9021
spillman@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
Specialties: Ancient Philosophy, Musical Performance, Cooking, Ethics
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, Ethics
hallgarth@tarleton.edu
(254) 968-9759

Political Science

Malcolm Lee Cross, Associate Professor and Department Head
Ph.D. University of Missouri
Specialties: Presidency, Legislature, Elections and Political Parties
(254) 968-9021
cross@vms.tarleton.edu

Tony Dudik, Instructor
M.A. Tarleton State University
(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

Eric V. Morrow, Adjunct Instructor
M.A.  Baylor University
(254) 968-1826
morrow@vms.tarleton.edu

Barry L. Price,  Professor 
Ph.D. Indiana University
Specialties: Public Administration
(254) 968-9630
price@vms.tarleton.edu

Joshua Ritchey, Adjunct Instructor
M.A.  Sul Ross University
(254) 968-1826
 

Harold H. Walton, Assistant Professor
M.A. University of Utah
Specialties: Political Theory, International Relations, Constitutional Law
(254) 968-9627
walton@vms.tarleton.edu

Jeannie Vazquez
Departmental Administrative Secretary
(254) 968-9021
jvazquez@tarleton.edu
 

Becky Chege
Student Worker
(254) 968-9021
st_chege@tarleton.edu
 
 

Graduate Assistants

Mary Adams (History)
(254) 968-1886
st_madams01@tarleton.edu

Andrew Johnson (History/Political Science)
(254) 968-9021
st_ajohnson@tarleton.edu                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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