Mary Adams
Director & Curator of Collections, W.K. Gordon Center
MKAdams@tarleton.edu
254-968-1886
Mary Adams began her career at Tarleton at the W. K. Gordon Center in June of 2012 as the Facilities Manager and Curator of Collections. She transitioned to Director and Curator of Collections in April of 2018. Mary received both her Bachelor’s Degree in History and her Master’s of History with emphasis on Museum Studies from Tarleton State University.
Lea Hart
Social Media and Marketing Assistant, W.K. Gordon Center
lhart@tarleton.edu
254-968-1886
Local Texan and current student, Lea, has been at the W.K. Gordon Center since 2014 as a student intern and now as an employee. A Tarleton alumnus, Lea works as the W.K. Gordon Center’s Communication and Marketing Coordinator. She is one of your first lines of contact at the W.K. Gordon Center and is happy to answer any questions you may have about the W.K. Gordon Center, Thurber, or the surrounding area.
Debbie Liles
Assistant Professor & W.K. Gordon Chair of Texas History
Dept. of History, Sociology and Geography/GIS
dliles@tarleton.edu
254-968-9305
Deborah Liles, Ph.D. teaches the history of Texas, local communities, the United States, women, ranching, and slavery, and works with the W.K. Gordon Center. She is the author or editor of several award-winning books and articles, and she serves on the boards of different history associations throughout the state. Current manuscripts in progress are a biography of Oliver Loving, a cattleman in Texas, and a critical examination of the connection between the livestock industry and slave owning in the antebellum and Civil War South.