department of History & Political Science
The Department of History and Political Science provides a curriculum that reveals the diversity and complexity of human history and political life. Our diverse and rigorous program of instruction provides students an experience usually available only at larger institutions, yet with the interaction with faculty that can only be found at a small university. By facilitating the development of analytical, theoretical, research, and communication skills we prepare students for a wide variety of careers while imparting the knowledge and perspective future leaders will need in their professions. Since 1996 our graduates have been finding challenging and rewarding positions in secondary education, colleges and universities, law, and government service.
New Online History Summer Courses
The following online courses have been added to the Summer 2012 schedule, and are filling up quickly. Register today!
HIST 431-115 World history since 1919 CRN 63117 Online 6/5/12-7/27/12 - Overview: major trends in world history following World War I, including the impact of the Great Depression, the rise of totalitarianism, and the coming of World War II. Events of the latter 20th century receive special emphasis.
HIST 450-115 The Korean War CRN 63118 Online 6/5/12-7/27/12 - Overview: background and origin of the Korean War as the first major Cold War superpower confrontation from the viewpoint of the United States; the roles of Chinese, North Korean, South Korean, and Soviet leaders; themes such as the “forgotten war”; the relationship between domestic politics and foreign policy; the rivalry between Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman; changes to the world system as a result of the war; and, the postwar development of northeast Asia.
HSTK 360-115 Asian Civilization CRN 63116 Online 6/5/12-7/27/12 - Overview: this course is an interdisciplinary survey of Asian civilizations with a primary focus on the history and cultures of India, China, and Japan. The course examines general trends in the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Asia, highlighted by discussions and consideration of selected cultural elements, such as art, literature, and film.
If you are interested in taking one or more of them, contact Dr. Nichter for syllabus and book information at luke_nichter@ct.tamus.edu. To register for any of these courses, do so online or call Ms. Chestene Fullingim at (254) 519-5735.
Dr. Lisa Miles Bunkowski – Assistant Professor of History - Department Coordinator
Lisa M. Bunkowski has been teaching college history for seventeen years. She specializes in social and cultural American History of the colonial period through the 19th century. Dr. Bunkowski earned her Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Kansas in 2003. Her secondary fields are Latin American History and Women's & Gender History. In 2001, she joined the History faculty of Del Mar College in Corpus Christi. In 2005, she joined Park University as an Assistant Professor of History. She came to Texas A&M University Central Texas in the fall of 2009. She has written several history textbook supplements. She is currently working on a manuscript about violence in the mid-19th century American West. Dr. Bunkowski is on the editorial board of Insight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching.
Dr. Luke A. Nichter – Assistant Professor of History
Luke A. Nichter specializes in 20th century U.S. political history. He earned his Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University in 2008 and joined the faculty of Texas A&M Central Texas that same year. Dr. Nichter recently completed a book-length biography of George W. Bush, and is now revising a multi-lingual, multi-archival book manuscript, Richard Nixon and Europe: Confrontation and Cooperation, 1969-1975. He is also under contract to write book-length biographies of Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. Dr. Nichter runs the scholarly website nixontapes.org, where he makes the most complete digitized collection of Nixon tapes available to researchers as a public service. He is a former Executive Producer of C-SPAN's American History TV and his work has been periodically featured by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press.
Dr. Jerry W. Jones – Professor of History
Dr. Jerry W. Jones has taught college history for eighteen years. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of North Texas in 1995. His specialties are military history, diplomacy, and modern European history. He started the history program in Killeen in 1996 and introduced the M.A. in history in 1999. Dr. Jones is the author of U.S. Battleship Operations in World War I, published by the U.S. Naval Institute in 1998. He has recently published in the Naval War College Review and lectured on C-SPAN 3's American History TV.
Dr. Jeffrey Dixon – Assistant Professor of Political Science
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