The association. (Historical News and Notices).The sixty-ninth meeting of the Southern Historical Association will be held November 6-9, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston. The meeting will begin on Thursday and end on Sunday, which is a deviation from our regular Wednesday-to-Saturday meeting pattern. At the close of sixty-eighth meeting in Baltimore, on November 9, 2002, Darlene Clark Hine of Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. succeeded Jacquelyn Dowd Hall of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Also known as The University of North Carolina, Carolina, North Carolina, or simply UNC as president. Since there were no additional nominations, those proposed by last year's Nominating Committee and published in the May 2002 issue of the Journal were declared elected:
VICE PRESIDENT:
Wayne Flynt, Auburn University
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, for three-year terms expiring in 2005:
Leon F. Litwack, University of California, Berkeley
Clarence L. Mohr, University of South Alabama
Marjorie Julian Spruill, Vanderbilt University
At its meeting on November 6, 2002, the Executive Council approved the nominations of W. Fitzhugh Brundage of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Michele Gillespie of Wake Forest University for four-year terms on the Board of Editors of the Journal of Southern History. The Executive Council elected the following to serve as the Nominating Committee for 2003: Jane G. Landers, Vanderbilt University, chair; Richard J. M. Blackett, Vanderbilt University; Charles W. Eagles, University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1848, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford and three branch campuses located in Booneville, Tupelo, and Southaven. ; Thavolia Glymph, Duke University; and Patricia A. Sullivan, Harvard University. President Darlene Clark Hine appointed the following Program Committee for the 2003 annual meeting of the Association, which will be held in Houston on November 6-9, 2003: Steven F. Lawson and Nancy A. Hewitt, Rutgers University, co-chairs; Victoria E. Bynum, Southwest Texas State University; Alexander X. Byrd, Rice University; Lesley J. Gordon, University of Akron Enrollment in fall 2006 was 23,539 students.[1] The school offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees [2] and 100 graduate degrees [3]. The University's best-known program is its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, which is located in a ; Stanley C. Harrold, South Carolina State University South Carolina State University (also known as SCSU, State College among the older alumni members, or simply State), is a Historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. ; Phyllis W. Hunter, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Additionally, UNCG is home to a bevy of research institutes and centers including the Center for Applied Research, Center for Creating Writing in the Arts, Center for Global Business Education & Research, Center for Biotechnology, Genomics & Health Research, Center for Music Research and ; Chana Kai Lee, University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. ; Alex Lichtenstein, Rice University; Georgia A. Mann, North Georgia College and State University; F. Andrew McMichael, Western Kentucky University Student Body Profile WKU had a total enrollment in the Fall Semester of 2002 (the latest published figures) of 17,818 students. Out of this total, 73% were full-time and 85% were undergraduates. Ethnic and racial minority enrollment was just under 13% at 2,097. ; David Montejano, University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas ; Kathryn Nasstrom, University of San Francisco • • [ ; Bruce A. Ragsdale, Federal Judicial Center The Federal Judicial Center (FJC) was created by Congress in 1967 (28 U.S.C.A. § 620) to enhance the growth of Judicial Administration in federal courts. It has become the judicial branch's agency for planning and policy research, systems development, and continuing education for ; Larry E. Rivers, Florida A&M University; and Barbara Savage, University of Pennsylvania. President Darlene Clark Hine has appointed the following to serve on the Membership Committee for 2003: Glenn T. Eskew, Georgia State University, chair; Rod Andrew Jr., Clemson University; Elizabeth Bailey, Austin Community College; S. Jonathan Bass, Samford University; Christopher A. Blackburn, University of Louisiana at Monroe The University of Louisiana at Monroe is a coeducational, public university located in Monroe, Louisiana, USA with an approximate enrollment of 8,140 students, also known as Louisiana-Monroe or ULM, and is a part of the University of Louisiana System. ; Beverly G. Bond, University of Memphis; Bradley G. Bond, University of Southern Mississippi; Jennifer E. Brooks, Tusculum College; Frank J. Byrne, State University of New York at Oswego The State University of New York at Oswego, also known as Oswego State, was founded in 1861 as Oswego Normal School by Edward Austin Sheldon and became the New York State Teachers College at Oswego in 1948. ; Gavin J. Campbell, Doshisha University, Japan; Peter S. Carmichael, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; David C. Carter, Auburn University; Paul A. Cimbala, Fordham University; A. Glenn Crothers, Indiana University Southeast; Bobby J. Donaldson, University of South Carolina
• • ; Stephen D. Engle, Florida Atlantic University; Daniel Feller, University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was founded in 1889. It also offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs in all areas of the arts, sciences, and engineering. ; Lee W. Formwalt, Organization of American Historians The Organization of American Historians (OAH), formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is an organization of historians focusing on American history. ; Andrew K. Frank, California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or "'CSLA"') is a public university, part of the California State University system. ; David T. Gleeson, University of Charleston; Lorri Glover, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; L. Virginia Gould, Tulane University; Gordon E. Harvey, H-Net; Paul Harvey, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Judith Jennings, University of Louisville; Bethany L. Johnson, Journal of Southern History; Brian Kelly, Queen's University, Belfast; Daniel P. Kilbride, John Carroll University; David J. Libby, San Antonio, Texas; Michael S. Mayer, University of Montana; Susan M. McGrath, Georgia Perimeter College; Michael A. Morrison, Purdue University; Christopher J. Olsen, Indiana State University; Robert B. Outland III, Louisiana State University; Darryl L. Peterkin, Princeton University; Michael E. Price, Armstrong Atlantic State University Armstrong Atlantic State University, abbreviated AASU, is a state university located in Savannah, Georgia. It is a unit of the University System of Georgia and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. ; James R. Ralph Jr., Middlebury College; Jennifer L. Ritterhouse, Utah State University; Mark Schultz, Joliet College; Beth Barton Schweiger, University of Arkansas; Jennifer Lund Smith, North Georgia College; Larissa Smith, Longwood College; Jewel L. Spangler, University of Calgary; Stephen Tuck, Oxford University; Pamela Tyler, North Carolina State University History
President Darlene Clark Hine has appointed the following new committee members for 2003: joining the Committee on Minorities are Beverly G. Bond, University of Memphis, and David C. Dennard, East Carolina University; and joining the Committee on Women are Wilma King, University of Missouri-Columbia, and Margaret M. Storey, DePaul University. President Darlene Clark Hine has appointed the following award committees: The Fletcher M. Green and Charles W. Ramsdell Award for the best article published in the Journal of Southern History during the two preceding years is composed of William C. Hine, South Carolina State College, chair; Edward F. Haas, Wright State University; and Diane Miller Sommerville, Fairleigh Dickinson University; the William F. Holmes Award for the best paper presented at the annual meeting by a graduate student or junior faculty member is composed of James C. Klotter, Kentucky State Historian, chair; Jonathan M. Bryant, Georgia Southern University; and Karl A. Frederickson, University of Alabama; the H. L. Mitchell Award for a distinguished book published during the two preceding years concerning the history of the southern working class is composed of Steven Hahn, Northwestern University, chair; M. Rebecca Sharpless, Baylor University; and Joe William Trotter, Carnegie-Mellon University; the Charles S. Sydnor Award for a distinguished book in southern history published in odd-numbered years is composed of Deborah Gray White, Rutgers University, chair; Albert S. Broussard, Texas A&M University; and Mitchell Snay, Denison University; the Bennett H. Wall Award for a distinguished book in southern business and economic history published during the two preceding years is composed of Leon Fink, University of Illinois, Chicago, chair; Henry M. McKiven, University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama is a public, doctoral-level university in Mobile, Alabama, USA. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. ; and Peter Wallenstein, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, at Blacksburg; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1872 as an agricultural and mechanical college. ; and the C. Vann Woodward Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation in southern history completed and defended during the previous calendar year is composed of Fred A. Bailey, Abilene Christian University, chair; Douglas R. Egerton, Le Moyne College; and Johanna Miller Lewis, University of Arkansas, Little Rock. CHARLES S. SYDNOR AWARD The Charles S. Sydnor Award for a distinguished book in southern history published in 2001 was presented to Jack E. Davis of the University of Alabama, Birmingham, for his book Race against Time: Culture and Separation in Natchez since 1930, published by Louisiana State University Press This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . The award committee consisted of Wayne Flynt, Auburn University, chair; James B. Stewart, Macalester College; and Julius E. Thompson, University of Missouri-Columbia. H. L. MITCHELL A WARD The H. L. Mitchell Award for a distinguished book on the history of the southern working class published in 2000 or 2001 was presented to Brian Kelly of Queens University in Belfast for his book Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21, published in 2001 by the University of Illinois Press The University of Illinois Press (UIP), is a major American university press and part of the University of Illinois. Overview According to the UIP's website: . The award committee consisted of Orville Vernon Burton, University of Illinois, chair; Cynthia Hahamovitch, College of William and Mary; and Wanda Ann Hendricks, University of South Carolina. BENNETT H. WALL AWARD The Bennett H. Wall Award for a distinguished book in southern business and economic history published in 2000 or 2001 was presented for the first time in Baltimore. The award was established two years ago to honor the Association's longtime secretary-treasurer and former president. The recipient was Curtis J. Evans of Northport, Alabama, for his book The Conquest of Labor: Daniel Pratt and Southern Industrialization, published in 2001 by Louisiana State University Press. The award committee consisted of Stanley L. Engerman, University of Rochester, chair; Walter L. Buenger, Texas A&M University; and Randall L. Patton, Kennesaw State University. C. VANN WOODWARD PRIZE The first recipient of the newly established C. Vann Woodward Prize for the best dissertation in southern history completed and defended in 2001 was Robert R. Perkinson, University of Hawaii, for his Yale University dissertation, "The Birth of the Texas Prison Empire, 1865-1915." The prize committee consisted of Gail W. O'Brien, North Carolina State University, chair; Jack Temple Kirby, Miami University; and Robert C. McMath, Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. . FLETCHER M. GREEN AND CHARLES W. RAMSDELL A WARD The Fletcher M. Green and Charles W. Ramsdell Award for the best article published in the Journal of Southern History in 2000 or 2001 was shared by two winners: Gregory Michael Dorr, University of Alabama, for his article, "Assuring America's Place in the Sun: Ivey Foreman Lewis and the Teaching of Eugenics at the University of Virginia, 1915-1953," which appeared in the May 2000 issue of the Journal, and Greg O'Brien, University of Southern Mississippi, for his article, "The Conqueror Meets the Unconquered: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries on the Post-Revolutionary Southern Frontier," which appeared in the February 2001 issue. The award committee consisted of Charles B. Dew, Williams College, chair; John T. Hubbell, Kent State University; and John David Smith, North Carolina State University. WILLIAM F. HOLMES AWARD The William F. Holmes Award for the best paper delivered at the meeting in Baltimore by a graduate student or junior scholar was won by Bethany L. Johnson, associate editor of the Journal of Southern History, for her paper, "'To Understand the South as She Was': The Southern History Association and the Troubled Transition to Scientific History, 1896-1907." Johnson earned her Ph.D. at Rice University in 2001. The award committee consisted of Catherine Clinton, Gilder Lehrman Center, Yale University, chair; Thomas H. Appleton, Eastern Kentucky University; and Christine L. Heyrman, University of Delaware. |
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