Graduate Program Review
2000-2006
Department of History
Jorge Iber, Chair
College of Arts and Sciences
Jane Winer, Dean
January 2007
PROGRAM REVIEW OUTLINE
History
I.
Program Overview – A one to two-page summary of department’s vision and goals.
II.
Graduate Curricula and Degree Programs
A. Scope of programs within the department
B. Number and types of degrees awarded
- Degrees Awarded – Academic Year (chart)
- Total Degrees Awarded – Academic Year (chart)
- Comparison of Degrees Awarded – Fall Data (Peer info table)
- Program Degrees Awarded (table)
C. Undergraduate and Graduate semester credit hours
- Semester Credit Hours – Academic Year (chart)
- SCH compared to Budget - Academic Year (chart)
D. Number of majors in the department
- Enrollment by Level – Fall Data (chart)
- Total Enrollment by Year – Fall Data (chart)
- Comparison of Enrollment – Fall Data (Peer info table)
- Program Enrollment (table)
E. Course enrollments over the past six years (enrollment trends by course)
- Course Enrollments by Academic Year (table)
F. Courses cross listed (table)
III.
IV.
Faculty
A. Number, rank and demographics of the graduate faculty
- Teaching Resources (chart)
- Tenured and Tenure-Track by Rank - Fall Data (chart)
- Comparison of Full-time Faculty (Peer info table)
B. List of faculty members (graduate and non-graduate) (table)
C. Summary of the number of refereed publications and creative activities (table)
D. Responsibilities and leadership in professional societies
- Professional Leadership (table)
- Committee service (table)
E. Assess average faculty productivity for Fall semesters only (use discipline appropriate criteria
to determine)
- Faculty Workload (table)
- College SCH/FTE – Fall Data (chart)
- Department SCH/FTE – Fall Data (chart)
Graduate Students
A. Demographics of applicants and enrolled students
- Graduate Student Summary by Category – AY (chart)
- Graduate Student Summary by Year – AY (chart)
- Graduate Applicants by Region – Fall/Summer Data (chart)
- Graduate Applicants - Fall Data (table)
- Admitted Graduate Students - Fall Data (table)
- Enrolled New Graduate Students - Fall Data (table)
- Demographics of Enrolled Graduate Students - Fall Data (table)
- Demographics of Enrolled Undergraduate Students - Fall Data (table)
B. Test scores (GRE, GMAT or TOEFL) of enrolled students
- Average GRE Scores for Enrolled Graduate Students – Fall Data (chart)
C. GPA of new students
- New Graduate Students GPA by Level – Fall Data (chart)
D. Initial position and place of employment of graduates over the past 6 years (table)
E. Type of financial support available for graduate students.
F. Number of students who have received national and university fellowships, scholarships and
other awards
- fellowships awarded (table)
G. Graduate Student Publications and Creative Activities (table)
H. Programs for mentoring and professional preparation of graduate students.
I. Department efforts to retain students and graduation rates
V.
VI.
Department
A. Department operating expenses
- Department Operating Cost - Academic Year (chart)
- Department Operating Cost as a Fraction of Employees - (table)
B. Summary of Number of Proposals Written and Accepted
- Summary of Number of Proposals Written and Accepted (table)
C. External Research expenditures
- Summary of Faculty Awards (table)
- Research Expenditures (chart)
- Peer Institution Info (if available) (table)
D. Internal funding
- Source of Internal Funds (TTU) - (table)
E. Scholarships and endowments
F. Departmental resources for research and teaching (i.e. classroom space, lab facilities) - (table)
G. HEAF expenditures (table)
Conclusions – a one- to two-page summary of the observed deficiencies and needs identified
by your review. Highlight areas of greatest need and areas of significant contributions.
VII.
Appendices – should include, but not be limited to, the following:
Table of Contents
A. Strategic plan - Attachment from Strategic Planning website
B. Course Offerings (table)
C. Recruiting Materials
D. Graduate Student Handbook
E. Graduate Student Association(s) - Description and information
F. Graduate Faculty Information Department attaches current copies of entire
Confirmation/Reappointment forms submitted for Graduate Faculty Reviews for every faculty
member (even tenure-track and non-tenured).
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I.
Program Overview As a major academic discipline within a multi-purpose university, the Department of History
serves undergraduate and graduate students, the academic community, and society in general.
Through its courses, which cover the majority of the human historical experience, the
department seeks to implement its belief that the study of history and informed discourse
thereon, are vital forces in the preservation of culture. In its courses, the department further
seeks to develop students’ reading and writing skills, provide them with a sense of the
chronology of human history, and to stimulate their imaginative and critical abilities.
Students are encouraged to express themselves clearly, effectively, and correctly, so that they
can become productive and contributing members of our multicultural society. The
department further seeks to prepare students for future careers in a wide range of professions,
including education, law, public service, and business, and for enriched, responsible, and
productive personal lives. As a major facet of its mission, the department teaches the
fundamentals of research, encourages the use of scholarly methods and attitudes throughout
its programs, and contributes to the growth of knowledge through the individual scholarship
of its members.
In the Department of History, we value:
• creative, critical and analytic thought.
• sophisticated, nuanced, rhetorically-savvy oral and written expression.
• appreciation for understanding the chronology of history and historiogrphical
revisions thereof.
• open exchanges of ideas, with an understanding of how class, race, gender, and other
factors may affect that exchange.
• respect for students, staff, and faculty.
• diversity in our student population, faculty, staff, and teaching materials.
• excellence in research, teaching, and service.
• Ongoing cooperation with other fields that touch upon history; such as women’s
studies, sociology, education and others.
Graduate study in the Department of History is characterized by intellectual curiosity
regarding the theoretical principles and key issues of the discipline. At the master’s level,
students strive to become sophisticated users of research, identifying pertinent applications of
research that might improve the teaching and practice of their discipline. At the doctoral level,
students strive to become effective creators of research, generating new knowledge through
publication and presentation.
The MA in History will:
Produce historians who have historical knowledge, skills, epistemology, professional
understandings, and habits of mind necessary to conduct original research and produce original
works of historical analysis; enabling them to pursue careers in secondary education,
professional or graduate school.
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The Ph.D. in History will:
Produce historians who have historical knowledge, skills, epistemology, professional
understandings, and habits of mind necessary to conduct original research and produce original
works of historical analysis. Further, these individuals will have skills that will make them
capable and active research scholars and teachers suitable for careers as college or university
faculty.
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II. Graduate Curricula and Degree Programs
A. Scope of the programs within the department.
• M.A. in History
• Ph.D. in History
Graduate Program:
A student in the standard master’s degree program must complete 30 hours of graduate courses
including HIST 5304 and 6301 which will count as the required seminar in the 6000 course series. HIST
5304 must be taken in the first semester that it is offered after admission and HIST 6301 must follow in
the next semester offered after the student has completed HIST 5304. Students must also complete a 6hour nondepartmental minor and 6 hours in thesis work. Course work is planned in consultation with the
graduate advisor or thesis director soon after admission to the graduate program. The department
requires a reading knowledge of one foreign language. A student with an interest in archival
administration may substitute a 6 semester hour minor, composed of HIST 5309 and 3 hours of archival
practicum (taken as HIST 7000), for the usual 6 hour minor in another department which is required for
the standard master’s degree. Students may take HIST 5305 or 5306 as an elective.
To provide a program of study for persons whose interests may not be oriented toward formal research,
the department offers a nonthesis master’s plan designed to contribute significantly to their intellectual
development. The plan is not recommended for students contemplating doctoral work. To complete the
program, a student must offer a minimum of 30 semester hours in history and 6 in a minor. Of the history
hours, 6 must be from HIST 5304, 6301, and either 5305 or 5306. Students must also take an additional
6000-level class and earn a grade of B or better in both courses under two or more instructors. No more
than 18 semester hours may be offered in any one of the three geographical areas: North America,
Europe, or World. Students following the nonthesis route must pass a comprehensive examination
during the semester they plan to graduate.
The department offers doctoral work in three major geographical areas: North America, Europe, World,
and in certain approved thematic and/or interdisciplinary areas of study. For purposes of examining
students, these areas are usually subdivided into the fields listed below. Students may propose other
fields, which will require approval by the student’s Ph.D. committee and the graduate advisor.
North America: Chronological grouping—Colonial and early Republic, nineteenth-century United
States, and twentieth-century United States history. Topical grouping—African American, cultural,
diplomatic, economic, environmental, Hispanic-Latino, immigration, intellectual, legal and constitutional,
military, Native American, popular culture, science and technology, social, South, sports, Texas, urban,
West, and women’s history.
Europe: Ancient, medieval, early modern Europe to 1789, modern Europe, modern Britain and the
Empire-Commonwealth, science and technology. Early modern European history and modern European
history may each be subdivided into two topical or chronological fields. Topics may include social,
gender, family and demography, urban, cultural, intellectual, colonial/postcolonial, race and ethnicity,
diaspora and immigration, political, diplomatic, science and technology, and military history.
World History: Africa, regional and national histories; Asia, regional and national histories; Latin
America, colonial and national histories. Thematic areas: colonial histories, nationalist and anticolonial
movements, postcolonial histories, religious studies, social history, economic history, diasporic studies,
cultural and intellectual history.
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Thematic and/or Interdisciplinary: Religion and such other fields as approved by the student’s Ph.D.
committee and the graduate advisor.
Doctoral students must choose four fields of study for their programs. Students shall have two fields in
one geographic area, one field in a different geographic area, and one thematic and/or interdisciplinary
field. Thematic and/or interdisciplinary fields include colonial/postcolonial, cultural, ethnic, gender,
intellectual, military, public history, religion, science and technology, social, and other topics. A student
may do a 15-hour outside minor for the fourth field. Students will define their fields in consultation with
their Ph.D. advisor and with approval by their Ph.D. committee and the graduate advisor. A student
choosing two fields in North America or Europe shall select at least one field from the chronological
grouping. Dissertations may be written in North American, European, or World history (projects in other
areas require the specific approval of the department’s Graduate Studies Committee). All doctoral
programs must include HIST 5305 and two seminars in the 6000-course series, or their equivalents. All
doctoral students who have not previously taken HIST 5305 are required to take it in the first fall
semester of their Ph.D. program. Doctoral and masters students must take HIST 6301 in the first
semester it is offered after the student has earned a grade of B or higher in HIST 5304.
Within the first year of a student’s doctoral program, the student and his or her Ph.D. committee chair will
put together a preliminary degree plan. The plan will then be discussed and refined in a joint meeting of
the student and the full Ph.D. committee, prior to approval of the plan by the graduate advisor. In the
qualifying examination, the student is expected to show command of four fields.
All Ph.D. students must demonstrate minimum research competency in foreign language. Students may
do so by fulfilling one of the options listed below. Students must obtain approval of their committee for
the option they choose, and must complete the requirement to the committee’s satisfaction. The
language requirement must be completed before taking the qualifying examination. Among foreign
languages offered, students will normally choose German, French, Latin, or Spanish. For dissertation
projects in the area of Southeast Asia utilizing the Vietnam Archive, the approved languages are
normally French and Vietnamese. Some dissertation proposals may require proficiency in more than two
non-English languages.
1. Complete two foreign language programs of study, each of which will be the equivalent of two
years of university study as defined in the “Foreign Language Requirement” section of this
catalog. After completion of each language, a student will need to prove competency by
successfully translating an assigned passage of text.
2. After completing one foreign language program of study, which will be the equivalent of two
years of university study as defined in the “Foreign Language Requirement” section of this
catalog, and after successfully translating an assigned passage of text, the student may continue
work in that language with a faculty member in the department. Students must demonstrate
“advanced proficiency” as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages Proficiency Guidelines (revised 1999) and will need to translate historically relevant
text in a manner acceptable to both the student’s Ph.D. committee and the graduate advisor.
After completing one foreign language program of study, which will be the equivalent of two years of
university study as defined in the “Foreign Language Requirement” section of this catalog, and after
successful translating an assigned passage of text, the student may complete the requirement by
gaining competency with a research tool broadly relevant to the student’s research program and career
interests. That will require taking at least two graduate level classes or their equivalent pertaining to that
research tool. The graduate advisor will maintain a listing of possible research tool courses. Students
may propose other research tool courses, which will require approval by the student’s Ph.D. committee
and the graduate advisor. Research tool courses may not be counted toward a student’s Ph.D. fields.
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B
Number and types of degrees awarded
Degrees Awarded - Academic Year (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
Bachelor
75
63
66
68
99
97
Masters
3
6
6
11
8
9
Doctorates
3
3
3
7
2
4
Total Degrees Awarded by Year - Academic Year (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
120
100
80
2
8
4
9
05/06
7
3
3
3
6
3
6
11
60
40
20
0
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
Doctorates
3
3
3
7
2
4
Masters
3
6
6
11
8
9
Bachelor
75
63
66
68
99
97
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Comparison of Degrees Awarded Fall Data
Oklahoma State University
Bachelor
Master
Doctoral
University of Colorado
Bachelor
Master
Doctoral
University of Missouri - Columbia
Bachelor
Master
Doctoral
Texas Tech
Bachelor
Master
Doctoral
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
29
4
3
22
5
1
25
9
5
33
6
4
39
9
2
42
5
1
137
8
6
108
6
7
145
12
6
153
6
2
174
7
6
6
5
66
6
4
95
4
1
75
9
11
88
6
10
102
5
7
102
8
8
75
3
3
63
6
3
66
6
3
68
11
7
99
8
2
97
9
4
Program Degrees Awarded
Source: Institutional Research Services
Name of Program
History
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
6
9
9
18
10
13
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C.
Undergraduate and graduate semester credit hours
Semester Credit Hours - Academic Year (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
18000
16000
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Undergraduate
Graduate
00/01
13173
374
01/02
14718
511
02/03
15780
495
03/04
15216
570
04/05
15075
625
05/06
14535
623
AY SCH compared to Budget (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
18,000
$160,000
16,000
$140,000
14,000
$120,000
12,000
$100,000
10,000
$80,000
8,000
$60,000
6,000
$40,000
4,000
$20,000
2,000
0
Undergraduate
Graduate
Operating Cost
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
13,173
14,718
15,780
15,216
15,075
14,535
374
511
495
570
625
623
$134,321
$116,604
$120,448
$145,250
$113,133
$123,083
$0
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D.
Number of majors in the department for the fall semesters
Enrollment by Level - Fall Data (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
Bachelor's
242
242
345
367
391
419
Masters
24
36
27
34
39
37
Doctoral
37
35
34
42
44
42
Total Enrollment by Year - Fall Data (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
600
500
400
300
34
27
37
24
345
0
42
37
35
36
200
100
42
34
44
39
242
242
367
391
419
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
Doctoral
37
35
34
42
44
42
Masters
24
36
27
34
39
37
242
242
345
367
391
419
Bachelor's
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Comparison of Enrollment Fall Data
Oklahoma State University
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
Bachelor
Master
Doctoral
96
26
27
91
22
30
119
24
26
121
30
24
135
22
27
129
22
28
Bachelor
Master
Doctoral
University of Missouri - Columbia
Bachelor
Master
Doctoral
Texas Tech
Bachelor
Master
Doctoral
418
38
46
446
37
43
531
32
43
589
20
44
625
30
52
621
25
47
196
16
60
203
18
60
215
18
57
248
16
52
280
20
37
271
20
37
242
24
37
242
36
35
345
27
34
367
34
42
391
39
44
419
37
42
University of Colorado
Program Enrollment
Source: Institutional Research Services
Name of Program
History
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
61
71
61
76
83
79
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E.
Course enrollments over the past six years (enrollment trends by course)
•
Figures are totals – classes may be offered more than once per year
Enrollments by Academic Year
Source: Institutional Research Services
Course
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
5101
5303
5304
5305
5306
5307
5308
5309
5310
5311
5312
5313
5315
5316
5317
5319
5321
5322
5323
5324
5325
5326
5327
5328
5333
5334
5337
5338
5339
5340
5341
5342
5343
5345
5346
5347
5348
11
0
6
0
7
0
0
16
0
0
6
5
7
0
15
9
0
10
0
0
5
3
0
13
0
5
0
0
0
1
0
9
0
0
7
11
0
9
0
23
10
0
0
6
0
0
0
12
0
11
9
6
0
3
0
7
0
0
0
6
22
13
0
0
0
0
0
8
5
5
6
0
0
0
8
0
18
8
11
14
0
7
0
11
11
11
14
0
0
12
0
12
0
0
0
5
0
9
0
0
10
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
11
12
0
10
0
30
15
11
0
0
13
0
10
7
13
11
12
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
13
0
0
14
0
7
13
11
27
9
12
13
12
0
0
0
13
12
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
8
11
0
8
32
4
0
14
0
0
0
24
1
0
0
0
0
0
14
8
17
9
0
0
5
0
8
11
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
15
0
0
0
10
8
0
1
0
5
14
1
6
2
7
0
14
0
13
0
Totals
65
19
121
51
41
27
23
36
8
32
49
41
43
21
33
33
8
37
7
8
16
18
22
88
18
5
29
27
1
9
35
35
5
20
32
36
7
History
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5350
5351
5352
5355
5356
5362
5366
6000
6301
6304
6305
7000
8000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
10
9
78
52
F.
5
0
0
0
0
0
7
31
0
11
7
61
61
4
0
0
0
0
7
0
21
0
6
8
53
60
0
0
0
0
6
0
3
30
20
17
14
83
49
0
0
0
14
0
0
0
32
22
16
15
112
38
4
0
0
0
12
0
5
50
19
10
4
100
58
13
0
0
14
18
7
15
189
61
70
57
487
318
Courses cross listed
None of our courses are cross listed.
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III. Faculty
A. Number, rank, and demographics of the graduate faculty
Teaching Resources (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
Tenured/Tenure Track faculty
27
27
28
29
23
24
Non-tenure track faculty
6
2
4
1
6
7
GPTI
15
16
16
15
17
20
TA's
8
15
11
12
10
16
Tenured and Tenure-Track by Rank - Fall Data (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Horn Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
00/01
1
4
8
14
01/02
1
5
8
13
02/03
1
4
11
11
03/04
1
5
11
12
04/05
1
5
12
5
05/06
0
8
9
7
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Comparison of Full-time
Faculty
Oklahoma State
University
Tenure/Tenure Track
Non-tenure track
TA's
University of Colorado
Tenure/Tenure Track
Non-tenure track
TA's
University of Missouri Columbia
Tenure/Tenure Track
Non-tenure track
TA's
Utah State University
Tenure/Tenure Track
Non-tenure track
TA's
Texas Tech
Tenure/Tenure Track
Non-tenure track
GPTI's
TA's
B.
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
21
0
23
21
0
24
22
1
19
21
2
26
19
3
24
21
2
23
32
8
6
32
8
6
30
9
5
28
10
5
30
8
5
31
10
3
27
5
40
29
2
34
28
2
34
26
3
34
26
2
30
26
3
30
18
1
NA
17
2
NA
16
2
NA
18
1
NA
20
1
NA
20
1
NA
27
6
15
8
27
2
16
15
28
4
16
11
29
1
15
12
23
6
17
10
24
7
20
16
List of faculty members
FACULTY NAME
JOB TITLE
HIRE
DATE
Adams, Gretchen
Alford, Kwame
Barr, Alwyn
Bell, Gary
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Professor
Professor & Dean of
Honors College
2002
2000
1969
1993
Brink, James
Associate Professor &
Vice Provost
1976
END DATE
Member
of Grad
Faculty?
Y or N
Y
Y
Y
Y
2005
Has
always
worked for
the Honors
College
Vice
Y
Provost of
TTU since
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1997
Carlson, Paul
D’Amico, Stefano
Daniels, Bruce
Deslandes, Paul
Fallwell, Lynne
Forsythe, Gary
Gray, William
Hahn, Barbara
Hart, Justin
Howe, John
Iber, Jorge
Professor
Associate Professor
Professor and Chair of
Department of History
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
1985
1999
2001
1999
2006
2000
2000
2005
2004
2004
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Professor
Professor and Chair of
Department of History
Professor and Chair of
Department of
Economics and
Geography
2006
2005
1981
1997
Y
Y
Y
Y
1970
Kuethe, Allan James
Lorcin, Patricia
Horn Professor
Assistant Professor
1967
2000
Chair of
Y
Economics
and
Geography
since 1996
Y
2004
Y
McBee, Randy
Associate Professor and
Associate Department
Chair
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Professor and Associate
Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
1997
Y
2005
1984
1998
1995
1984
1988
1999
2006
1984
1997
1984
1987
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
King, Joseph
Milam, Ron
Miller, Catherine
Mosher, Jeffrey
Pelley, Patricia
Rainger, Ronald
Reckner, James
Snead, David
Shulman, Elena
Steinhart, Edward
Stoll, Mark
Troyansky, David
Walker, Donald
Willett, Julie
Wilson, Dolly
Wong, Aliza
1997
2005
2001
2004
2004
Y
Y
Y
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C. Summary of the number of referred publications and creative activities.
Publication Type
Journal Articles/Book Chapters
Books
Published book reviews
Presentations
Number of Full time faculty
Percentage of faculty
contributing in these areas
2000
N=
F=
20
5
36
NA
28
2001
N=
F=
28
2
42
NA
30
2002
N=
F=
27
2
40
NA
28
2003
N=
F=
10
3
34
NA
30
2004
N=
F=
25
3
26
54
31
2005
N=
F=
23
12
26
53
26
NA
93
100
92
76
88
N = # of full time faculty contributing
F = # of full time faculty in department
D. Responsibilities and leadership in professional societies
Professional Leadership
Editorships
Board Membership on Journals
Academic Offices Held
Number of full time faculty
2000
N=
F=
4
3
6
28
N = # of full time faculty contributing
2001
N=
F=
7
14
8
30
2002
N=
F=
8
14
15
28
2003
N=
F=
4
12
7
30
2004
N=
F=
5
12
1
31
2005
N=
F=
6
10
2
26
F = # of full time faculty in department
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D. Committee Membership
Faculty Name
Adams, Gretchen
Alford, Kwame
Barr, Alwyn
Carlson, Paul
D’Amico, Stefano
Fallwell, Lynne
Forsythe, Gary
Hahn, Barbara
Hart, Justin
Howe, John
Iber, Jorge
Inglis, Douglas
Kuethe, Allan James
McBee, Randy
Milam, Ron
Miller, Catherine
Mosher, Jeffrey
Pelley, Patricia
Rainger, Ronald
Reckner, James
Shulman, Elena
Steinhart, Edward
Stoll, Mark
Walker, Donald
Willett, Julie
Wilson, Dolly
Wong, Aliza
Committees
Chaired
MS
PhD
1
1
No info
provided
3
8
9
10
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
3
0
3
1
3
4
1
0
0
0
1
1
7
12
0
0
0
0
1
3
12
8
4
2
0
0
4
0
Committees
Served in
department
MS
PhD
3
6
Committees
Served outside
department
MS
PhD
3
0
0
3
3
0
3
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
6
1
2
2
2
3
0
0
1
18
0
4
6
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
14
5
0
3
0
1
0
5
0
12
0
12
3
14
15
0
0
2
5
1
28
0
0
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
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E. Assess average faculty productivity for Fall semesters only (use discipline
appropriate criteria to determine)
FACULTY WORKLOAD
2000
2001
2002
2003
University 11.61 11.45 11.34 12.24
College 11.16 10.68 10.43 10.63
Department 11.58 10.17 11.20 10.81
2004
2005
16.23 15.82
17.39 17.18
16.23 16.11
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18
College SCH/FTE - Fall Data
Source: Institutional Research Services
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
SCH/FTE for total faculty
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
188
199
247
260
262
242
Department SCH/FTE - Fall Data (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
SCH/FTE for total faculty
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
322
355
393
379
392
327
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IV. Graduate Students
A. Demographics of applicants and enrolled students
Graduate Student Summary by Category - Fall Data (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Total Applicants
Total Admitted
New Grad Students
2000
19
15
7
Students Graduated
6
2001
28
27
16
9
2002
31
25
10
9
2003
55
39
21
18
2004
64
50
22
10
2005
36
23
9
13
Graduate Student Summary by Year - Fall Data (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Total Applicants
19
28
31
55
64
36
Total Admitted
15
27
25
39
50
23
New Grad Students
7
16
10
21
22
9
Students Graduated
6
9
9
18
10
13
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20
Graduate Applicants by Region - Fall/Summer Data (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Blank Code
TX
USA
INT'L
2000
0
15
4
0
2001
0
19
8
1
2002
7
18
5
1
2003
28
20
3
4
2004
21
36
5
2
2005
1
26
6
3
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21
Graduate Applicants - Fall Data
2000
F
0
0
0
2
0
0
5
Amer Ind
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Non-Resident
Unknown
W hite
Gender Total
M
7
0
0
1
2
0
0
9
2001
F
1
1
1
1
0
0
7
12 11
19
Total Applicants
2002
M
F
0
0
0
0
0
3
14
17
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Non-Resident
Unknown
W hite
Gender Total
M
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
Amer Ind
5
0
0
1
2
0
0
7
F
10 11
F
M
F
M
0
0
0
0
1
2
20
1
1
1
2
1
1
11
0
1
0
1
2
4
29
0
0
0
0
1
3
21
0
0
1
4
0
5
29
0
0
1
1
3
0
10
0
1
0
2
0
0
18
16
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
8
27
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
Amer Ind
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Non-Resident
Unknown
W hite
Gender Total
Total Enrolled
M
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
4
7
F
F
0
0
0
0
1
1
15
17
0
0
0
1
0
0
6
7
F
0
0
1
0
0
2
6
9
16
1
1
1
2
0
1
6
12
25
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2004
F
M
0
1
0
1
2
3
20
0
0
0
0
1
2
15
0
0
1
3
0
4
24
18
2005
M
0
0
0
0
1
1
6
8
0
0
1
1
3
0
8
13
0
1
0
0
0
0
9
10
2005
F
0
0
1
1
0
2
10
14
22
M
23
2004
0
1
0
0
1
2
10
14
21
32
F
21
F
50
M
7
15
36
M
2003
0
0
0
1
0
1
5
39
64
27
F
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
8
10
25
39
M
2
37
2003
M
Enrolled New Graduate Students - Fall Data
2000
2001
2002
F
18
55
2002
0
0
0
0
0
3
13
2005
M
23
F
2004
F
31
M
1
1
1
1
0
0
7
15
Total Admitted
8
28
Admitted Graduate Students - Fall Data
2000
2001
F
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
2003
M
M
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
5
9
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Demographics of Enrolled Graduate Students - Fall Data
2000
2001
2002
2003
Amer Ind
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Non-Resident
Unknown
W hite
Gender Total
F
M
0
0
0
4
0
1
14
0 0
0 0
2 0
2 4
1 0
1 1
36 15
19
F
42 20
61
Graduate
2004
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
0
0
3
2
1
3
42
0
0
0
3
0
1
13
0
0
2
1
1
3
37
0
0
0
3
0
1
14
0
1
1
1
2
5
48
0
0
0
2
1
2
20
0
1
2
1
1
7
46
0
0
1
2
3
1
17
0
2
2
1
0
6
44
51
17
44
18
61
71
58
25
76
82
Amer Ind
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Non-Resident
Unknown
W hite
Gender Total
Undergraduate
M
F
M
0
1 0
2
2
0 1
0
0
4 0
5
4 17 9 15
0
0 0
0
0
1 0
1
59 154 62 147
F
M
F
24
107
Demographics of Enrolled Undergraduate Students - Fall Data
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
F
2005
M
M
F
M
55
79
2005
F
M
1
3
1
0
2
1
3
1
2
0
2
1
2
3
0
1
2
4
3
3
7
6
3
4
12 28 14 28 17 27 14 32
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
95 198 100 215 101 222 107 250
65 177 72 170 112 233 120 247 130 261 129 290
242
242
345
367
391
419
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B. Test scores (GRE, GMAT and/or TOEFL) of enrolled students
Average GRE Scores for Enrolled Graduate Students Fall Data (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Verbal
481
545
597
510
485
501
Quantitative
411
551
543
503
492
498
C. GPA of new students
New Graduate Students GPA by Level - Fall Data (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Masters
3.51
3.70
3.75
3.53
3.62
3.61
Doctoral
4.00
3.71
4.00
3.68
4.00
3.73
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D. Initial position and place of employment of graduates over the past 6 years.
Name
Initial Position
Initial Employer
Location
Works at TTU Library
Assistant Prof @ CC
of Southern Nevada
VAP @ Ohio U.
Unknown
Continued graduate
school at TCU and
earned PhD
Adjunct at U of
Houston-Downtown &
working on PhD at U
of Houston
Works at Southwest
Collection Archive
Oral Historian for
Vietnam Archive at
TTU
TTU Library
CC of Southern
Nevada
Ohio University
Unknown
Assistant Professor
at Prarie View
Lubbock, TX
Las Vegas, NV
2000-2001
Becker, John
Clayson, William S.
Dauster, Molly
Frizzell, Sabrina
Grear, Charles David
Nichloson – Preuss, Mari
Loreena
Peoples, Curtis
Verrone, Richard
St. :Louis, MO
Unknown
Prarie View, TX
U of Houston –
Downtown
Houston, TX
Texas Tech
University
Texas Tech
University
Lubbock, TX
Unknown
Gainesville, FL
Texas Tech
University
Unknown
Lubbock, TX
University of Central
Florida
United Methodist
Community on
Christian Union
Texas Tech
University
Tyler, TX
Lubbock, TX
2001-2002
Carr, Allan
Cunningham, Sean
Fields, Lisa Anne
Lovelady, Davis T.
Magill, Dana
Mendoza, Alex
Mills, William D.
Youngblood, Norman
Unknown
Pursued (and earned)
PhD at University of
Florida
Unknown
Assistant Archivist at
Vietnam Center
Pursued (and earned)
PhD at TCU
VAP at University of
Central Florida
Staff position at United
Methodist Community
on Christian Union
Assistant Professor in
Mass
Communications
New York City,
NY
Lubbock, TX
2002-2003
Allison, Fred
Darrah, Jason
Fink, Robert C.
Working in private
industry
Working in private
industry
Teaching in Abilene
Public Schools
Unknown
Abilene, TX
Insurance company
Des Moines, IA
AISD
Abilene, TX
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Hilton, Wesley
Martinez, Ana Luisa
Unknown
Assistant Professor at
UT Permian Basin
UT Permian Baisn
Odessa. TX
2003-2004
Baxter, William
Colvard, Robert E.
English, Beverly
Fink, Tiffany Marie
Hood, Jonathan
Houck, Michael L.
Hunt, Sandy
Lafitte, Luke S.
Pursuing PhD at
University of Houston
Pursuing PhD at
University of Iowa
Teaching at private
school
Assistant Professor at
McMurry University
Archivist at Office of
Surgeon Genearl
Assistant Professor
Graduate Part-time
instructor & pursuing
PhD at TTU
Lawyer in private
practice
Adjunct
McIntyre, Jennifer L.
McKito, Valerie H.
Perkins, Edward A.
Preuss, Gene B.
Sosebee, Scott
Thomas, Christopher
Graduate Part-time
Instructor & pursuing
PhD at TTU
Teaching in Lubbock
Public Schools
Assistant Professor at
U of HoustonDowntown
Assistant Professor at
SFAU
Attending seminary
Works at TTU Library
Torres, Sandra
Turner, Leland
Weir, David
Willie, Pamela
Wygant, Cecilia
Visiting Assistant
Professor at Angelo
State University
Working in private
industry
Working for
Educational Testing
Services
Graduate Part-time
Instructor and working
on PhD at TTU
Houston, TX
Iowa City, IA
Abilene, TX
McMurry University
Abilene, TX
Medical Office of the
Surgeon General
Midland College
Texas Tech
University
Washington, DC
Private practice
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock Christian
University
Texas Tech
University
Lubbock, TX
LISD
Lubbock, TX
U of HoustonDowntown
Houston, TX
SFA University
Nacogdoches, TX
Texas Tech
University
Angelo State
University
Midland, TX
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX
Unknown
Lubbock, TX
San Angelo, TX
Unknown
Educational Testing
Services
San Antonio, TX
Texas Tech
University
Lubbock, TX
2004-2005
D’Amico, Anthony
Working as a sign
language interpreter
Unknown
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Gossman, David
Harralson, James B.
Kabashi, Artemida
Lerner, Matthew
Lindsey, Gary L.
Teacher at Christ the
King High School
Working in Private
industry
Pursuing MA in
Library Sciences
USMC – currently
stationed in Iraq
Staff member at
NRHC
Assistant Professor
Maille, Patrick H.
Owens, Tana
Price, Jason
Rogers, Jeffrey
Ziegler, Tiffany
Completing PhD at
Rice University
Adjunct at Phillips
College
Unknown
Graduate part-time
instructor and working
on PhD at U of
Missouri
Christ the King
Catholic High School
Lubbock, TX
Unknown
North Texas State
University
Plano, TX
National Ranching
Heritage Center
Oklahoma Panhandle
State University
Lubbock, TX
Houston, TX
Phillips College
Boerger, TX
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
AISD
Abilene, TX
2005-2006
Bailey, Kendall B.
Caraway, John
Demars, Chad
Foster, Jason
Teaches in Abilene
Public Schools
Working in private
industry
Teaching Assistant
and pursuing PhD at
TTU
Working in private
industry
Archivist
Grau, Reagan
Kennedy, Damon
McGraw, Matthew
Pfeiffer, Benjamin
Sadler, Bare
Short, Stephen
Assistant Professor
Working in private
industry
Applied for admission
to PhD program at
Rice University
Working in oil industry
Visiting Assistant
Professor at SFAU
Unknown
Texas Tech
University
Lubbock, TX
Unknown
National Museum of
the Pacific War
Midland College
Radio station in
Abilene
Fredricksburg,
TX
Midland, TX
Abilene, TX
Lubbock, TX
Stephen F. Austin
University
Houston, TX
Nacogdoches, TX
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E. Type of financial support available for graduate students
The principal type of financial assistance available to our graduate students is through
the awarding of grader positions, teaching assistantships and graduate part-time
instructor positions. These posts are awarded through a competitive process.
In addition to the above mentioned positions, the department also awards small
scholarships to deserving graduate students. The scholarships available are listed below:
Lawrence L. and Louise Grave Scholarship: For undergraduate and graduate students
in any field of study. The recipient must have at least a 3.0 GPA and financial need may
be considered.
Robert A. Hayes Latin American History Scholarship: For undergraduate or
graduate history students with an interest in Latin American history. Selection is based
on both academic achievement and financial need.
Oscar A. Kinchen Scholarship: For undergraduate or graduate history students,
preferably with an interest in British or Canadian history. Selection is based on academic
achievement (at least a 3.0 GPA) and financial need.
S. S. McKay Memorial Scholarship: For deserving students writing theses or
dissertations in Texas history. Based on character, academic achievement, writing
ability, quality of initial research, and potential contribution of the thesis.
W. B. and Mozelle Rushing History Scholarship: For a deserving undergraduate or
graduate student in history. Selection is based on academic achievement.
David Vigness Memorial Scholarship: For undergraduates or graduates in American
or Latin American history with special consideration given to students in Mexican,
Southwestern, or Texas history. Selection is based on academic achievement--at least a
3.0 GPA.
Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship: For deserving graduate students who are doing their
master's thesis or are working on their doctoral dissertation. Selection is based on
academic achievement (3.5 GPA) and financial need.
Ernest Wallace - Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship: For undergraduate or graduate
history students. Based on academic achievement, interest in continued formal education
in history, and financial need.
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F. Number of students who have received national and university fellowships,
scholarships and other awards
AWARD
Cash Family
Hazlewood
Junction
McNair
Summer
Dissertation
00/01
$3,000
$0
$0
$0
01/02
$9,000
$3,000
$0
$0
02/03
03/04
04/05
$3,000 $12,000 $12,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$500
$0
$0
$0
05/06
$9,000
$0
$0
$3,000
$0
$6,000
$4,000
$2,325
$2,000
$0
G. Graduate Student Publications and Creative Activities – Number of publications
and other activities by Master and Doctoral students in the department.
Publication:
Year
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Referred
Thesis
Diss.
0
1
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Non-Referred
Thesis
Diss.
0
0
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Poster
presentations
Thesis
Diss.
0
0
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Other activities
Thesis
Diss.
0
3
2
1
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
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H. Programs for mentoring and professional preparation of graduate students.
•
•
•
•
•
The Department of History provides its graduate students with a limited range of
mentoring and professional preparation opportunities:
All newly hired TAs attend orientation prior to their first fall semester. During
orientation students learn about the work they will perform as TAs and also about sexual
harassment, confidentiality, classroom etiquette, ethical behavior in interactions with
students and similar topics.
The department supports the activities of Phi Alpha Theta, a student organization that
meets regularly to discuss issues pertinent to graduate student life, coordinates various
social activities, and sponsors a graduate-student conference each year.
The department is now in the process of creating the position of Graduate Secretary to
assist students as they pre-register for course work and to keep students up-to-date
regarding their progress toward graduation.
The department supports graduate students travel to conferences.
The department has established a course, HIST 5101, which is utilized to hone the skills
of TAs, but also provides students with information regarding how to prepare a class
syllabus and professional expectations of grad school. In the future, we hope to expand
this class into a series of workshops that will discuss things such as how to put together
a curriculum vita, letters of application, doing the job interview and similar topics.
I. Department efforts to retain students and graduation rates
In addition to the items listed above, the department limits the size of its graduate classes
to approximately 15 students. This maximum works to keep seminars small enough to
allow much personal interaction, encouraging students to develop strong professional
relationships with their faculty members.
The most important thing that the department has done over the past two years to retain
graduate students (who are working as GPTIs) is to dramatically reduce the number of
students that they teach during any given semester. Through a new scheduling set-up,
the department has been able to reduce the number of students in the sections taught by
GPTIs from around 120 to around 70. This dramatic reduction in grading is designed to
increase the amount of time that such individuals can devote to their writing and
research activities.
Another effort by the department to retain graduate students and to have them graduate
more quickly has been the establishment of a writing fellowship for our most advanced
GPTIs. This mechanism permits an individual, who is close to finishing their
dissertation, to have a semester “off” (serving not at a GPTI, but as a tutor) so that they
do not have to deal with classroom responsibilities during a particular semester. The
goal is to provide this individual with more time to finalize their dissertation.
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V. Department
A. Department operating expenses
Department Operating Cost - Academic Year (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
$160,000
$140,000
$120,000
$100,000
$80,000
$60,000
$40,000
$20,000
$0
Operating Cost
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
$134,321
$116,604
$120,448
$145,250
$113,133
$123,083
Department Operating Costs as a Fraction of Employees
00/01
Dept Operating
Cost
Faculty & Staff
Dept Op Cost /FS
01/02
$134,321 $116,604
21
$6,396
21
$5,553
02/03
03/04
04/05
$120,448
$145,250
$113,133
$123,083
23
$5,237
23
$6,315
22
$5,142
23
$5,351
05/06
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B. Summary of Number of Proposals Written and Accepted
Summary of Number of Proposals Written and Accepted
DEPARTMENT COMPLETES
Foundation
D
M
State
D
Federal
M
D
M
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Others
D
Successfu
lly funded
M
D
M
9
4
4
5
9
5
6
3
6
6
NA
NA
D = Disciplinary (internal)
M = Multidisciplinary (external)
(records not kept prior years)
C. External Research expenditures
SUMMARY OF FACULTY AWARDS BY HOME DEPARTMENT
Source: Office of Research Services
Year
Numb er of
Awards
FacilitIes &
Administrative
Award Amount
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
0.05
2.75
2.37
2.75
0.25
0.50
$671
$15,143
$7,582
$4,779
$7,019
$0
$23,050
$139,438
$181,078
$172,513
$124,000
$250
8.67
$35,194
$640,329
Totals:
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Research Expenditures (HIST)
Source: Institutional Research Services
$200,000
$180,000
$160,000
$140,000
$120,000
$100,000
$80,000
$60,000
$40,000
$20,000
$0
Sponsored
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
$23,050
$139,438
$181,078
$172,513
$124,000
$250
Comparison of Research
Expenditures
Oklahoma State University
University of Colorado
University of Missouri - Columbia
Texas Tech
00/01
$2,500
$21,490
$23,050
01/02
$27,649
$30,598
$139,438
02/03
03/04
$5,000
$5,000
$12,595 $14,995
$76,285
$4,135
$181,078 $172,513
04/05
$35,593
$402
$124,000
05/06
$10,000
$17,771
$250
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D. Internal funding
DEPARTMENT COMPLETES
Source of Internal Funds (TTU)
Source: Institutional Research Services
Research Enhancement
Research Incentive
Line Items
Interdisciplinary Seed Grants
New Faculty Start-ups
Matching from VPRGSTT
Special needs and
opportunities
Research Promotion
Graduate School Fellowships
HEAF
TOTALS:
00/01
0
0
0
0
9000
0
01/02
3000
0
0
0
20350
0
02/03
3000
0
0
0
0
0
03/04
0
0
0
0
0
0
04/05
0
0
0
0
17591
0
05/06
0
0
0
0
7500
2500
0
0
$3,000
0
4500
$18,000
0
4500
$7,000
0
0
$14,000
0
0
$12,500
$14,325
$9,000
$45850
$14500
$14,000
$30091
$24,325
E. Scholarships and endowments
Lawrence L. and Louise Grave Scholarship: For undergraduate and graduate students
in any field of study. The recipient must have at least a 3.0 GPA and financial need may
be considered. The amount of money provided to students by this scholarship annually
is around $350.00.
Robert A. Hayes Latin American History Scholarship: For undergraduate or
graduate history students with an interest in Latin American history. Selection is based
on both academic achievement and financial need. The amount of money provided to
students by this scholarship annually is around $350.00.
Oscar A. Kinchen Scholarship: For undergraduate or graduate history students,
preferably with an interest in British or Canadian history. Selection is based on academic
achievement (at least a 3.0 GPA) and financial need. The amount of money provided to
students by this scholarship annually is around $350.00.
S. S. McKay Memorial Scholarship: For deserving students writing theses or
dissertations in Texas history. Based on character, academic achievement, writing
ability, quality of initial research, and potential contribution of the thesis. The amount
of money provided to students by this scholarship annually is around $350.00.
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W. B. and Mozelle Rushing History Scholarship: For a deserving undergraduate or
graduate student in history. Selection is based on academic achievement. The amount of
money provided to students by this scholarship annually is around $300.00.
David Vigness Memorial Scholarship: For undergraduates or graduates in American
or Latin American history with special consideration given to students in Mexican,
Southwestern, or Texas history. Selection is based on academic achievement--at least a
3.0 GPA. The amount of money provided to students by this scholarship annually is
around $350.00.
Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship: For deserving graduate students who are doing their
master's thesis or are working on their doctoral dissertation. Selection is based on
academic achievement (3.5 GPA) and financial need. The amount of money provided to
students by this scholarship annually is around $300.00.
Ernest Wallace - Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship: For undergraduate or graduate
history students. Based on academic achievement, interest in continued formal education
in history, and financial need. The amount of money provided to students by this
scholarship annually is around $300.00.
F. Departmental resources for research and teaching (i.e. classroom space, lab
facilities)
Building
Number
Building Name
Room
Number
Type
Primary CIP Department of
Primary
Usage
Primary Usage
Dept Name
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00040
Office
000000
ASH02
Institutes and
Research Centers
(67%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00027
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00028
Classroom
000000
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00028A
Classroom
Service
000000
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00029
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00030
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00030A
Office
Service
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00031
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00032
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
History
35
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00040
Office
000000
ASH02
Institutes and
Research Centers
(67%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00040A
Study
Service
540101
ASH02
Institutes and
Research Centers
(67%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00041
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00042
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00043
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00044
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00045
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00046
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00047
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00048
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00049
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00050
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00051
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00052
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00053
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00054
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00055
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00058
Office
540101
ASH02
Individual or Project
Research (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00060
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00062
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00078
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00078C
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (50%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00078D
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (50%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00131
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00131A
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
History
36
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00132
Office
Service
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00133
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00134
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00135
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00136
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00137
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00138
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00139
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00140
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00142
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00143
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00144
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00145
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00146
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00147
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00148
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00149
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (75%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00151A
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00151AB
Office
Service
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00151B
Office
540101
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00232
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00234
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00235
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00236
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00237
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
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0012
HOLDEN HALL
00238
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (90%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00239
Open-Stack
Study Room
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00240
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00241
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00242
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00243
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00244
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00245
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00246
Office
Service
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00247
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (75%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00248
Office
450601
ASH02
Academic
Administration (75%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00248A
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (50%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00248B
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (75%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00249
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00250
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (50%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00251
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00252
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00253
Office
450601
ASH02
Individual or Project
Research (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00254
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (75%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00256
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00257
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (100%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00258
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (75%)
History
0012
HOLDEN HALL
00259
Office
450601
ASH02
General Academic
Instruction (50%)
History
The shaded rooms are not utilized by the Department of History. According to our records, the
rooms/offices we have on this floor in Holden Hall are 220, 222, 225, 266, 267, 281 and 282.
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G. HEAF expenditures
Labs
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Classroom
21664.76
3267.70
9516.00
13223.07
23118.29
16248.81
Other
(identify)
TOTAL
21664.76
3267.70
9516.00
13223.07
23118.29
16248.81
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VI.
Conclusion –
The program review demonstrates satisfactory support and resources for the two graduate programs.
However, there still remain critical stresses and needs for the graduate program.
A review of both the outside and internal reviewers’ reports from 2001 provide an effective starting point
for a discussion of the department’s progress since the last review. Briefly summarizing both documents, the
committees suggested that the department needed to build a stronger sense of community, improve the
representation of minorities and women in the faculty, reduce the tensions extant between junior and senior
faculty, make changes regarding the graduate programs’ internal structures, work to increase the level of
diversity within the graduate student population, and develop a specific plan for its future development. From
the information presented for review, it is evident that the department has made substantial progress in several
of these areas, but still needs to improve in others.
First, there has been a significant amount of turnover in the unit since the 2001 report. Since the last
review, there have been a total of twelve hires and nine members of the tenure-track faculty have left the
employment of Texas Tech University through retirement, resignation, or death. Most recently, during the two
and one half year tenure of the current chair, the unit has hired six assistant professors and is in the process of
hiring another four in early 2007. The sum total of these changes is a unit that is now loaded with untenured
faculty and is working to improve its mentoring program and the sense of community.
Specifically, the chair and associate chair have held regular sessions with new assistant professors in an
attempt to formally and informally instruct them about the “ins and outs” of tenure, classroom procedures, and
similar topics. This has proven quite successful and we expect that it will make a substantial difference in
retaining our new hires. In regard to the improvement of the department’s sense of community, the mentoring
sessions, and the turnover in the unit has had a positive effect upon the relations between junior and senior
faculty. The new chair, specifically, has worked with young associate professors in the unit to change the
department’s culture. While this has produced much tension at times, it is this new core group of young
associate professors, and the tremendous diligence and effort of our current graduate advisor, which has helped
turn the department toward a new, and more positive, direction.
Through such efforts, we have managed to institute changes that should have positive effects. The most
important undertaking in this regard has been that, through a revised scheduling methodology, we have been
able to get all tenure-track personnel down to a 2/2 load. The unit has also dramatically increased its efforts to
attract and retain female faculty members over the past two years. The results in this regard have been
impressive as four of the six hires have been women; including all three of the faculty members hired to begin
work in the fall of 2006. For the Graduate Part-Time Instructors, the new scheduling method has also
produced positive effects. In the previous administration, the GPTIs were teaching an average of 120 students
per semester (two sections of around 60 students each). Now, these individuals are teaching an average of 70
students each semester (two sections of around 35 students each). This change has greatly impacted our ability
to retain graduate students and to help them complete their dissertations more quickly.
Other efforts aimed at improving the departmental culture has been the production of a faculty handbook
that spells out, in specific detail, what the department expects from all faculty members. This has eliminated
the department’s previous procedure of turning to the “institutional memory”. Now, with the availability of a
handbook that was approved by all members of the department, faculty can turn to a single source for
information on a myriad of subjects. Although we have not been able to complete the graduate student
handbook version of this document, we will do so prior to the end of this academic year; utilizing the faculty
handbook as our model.
In regard to the graduate program itself, we have made several changes suggested in 2001 including:
reducing the number of required fields to four, down from five; created classes that all students have to take in
common, dramatically expanded our efforts to recruit and retain minority students and women, and most
recently, established a dissertation writing fellowship (named the Alwyn Barr Writing Fellowship, in honor of
a recently retired colleague) to assist graduate part-time instructors who are on the verge of completing their
dissertations. The graduate advisor now holds a town hall-style session at the start of each year to provide
basic information to incoming graduate students. Further, and to build upon these efforts, the department is in
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the process of completing a Graduate Student Handbook which will serve a purpose similar to that of the
Faculty Handbook. Also, in order to streamline and better oversee the progress of our students, the procedure
for handling graduate student scheduling is being centralized in the department office. Finally, in order to
better track the number of presentations and publications by our graduate students, the department will require
that each individual provide a report at the end of the academic year that lists their presentations and
publications.
The department has reworked and expanded upon its strategic plan in an effort to clarify the vision for the
future of the unit. The goal here has been to recognize, and build upon our strengths, and to permit for more
effective planning for the future of the department.
While the culture of the department is much better than in 2001, tensions and problems still exist. One key
issue is that we still need to resolve the two language issue for doctoral students (which were mentioned in the
2001 report). While this particular topic has been discussed among faculty, we have still not reached a
definitive consensus. Still, the overall day to day operation of the unit, and most importantly the relations
across the crucial junior/senior and male/female fault lines are much improved over the circumstances extant
in 2001.
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VII. Appendices – should include, but not be limited to, the following:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Strategic Plan
Graduate Course Offerings
Recruiting Materials
Graduate Student Handbook
Graduate Student Association(s)
Graduate Faculty Information
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APPENDIX A
Strategic Plan
Our departmental strategic plan is located at the following website:
www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/strategicplan
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APPENDIX B
Graduate Course Offerings
Our graduate course offerings are located at the following website:
www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/courses/HIST.html.
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APPENDIX C
Recruiting Materials
Our departmental graduate recruiting materials are located at the following websites:
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/degreerequirements/.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/researchresources/.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/financialaid/.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/admiss%5Fapp%5Fadmin/.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/regulations/.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/regulations/index.html#regs.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/regulations/index.html#arts.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/regulations/index.html#standard.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/regulations/index.html#nonthesis.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/regulations/index.html#minors.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/graduate/regulations/index.html#phd
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APPENDIX D
Graduate Student Handbook
Our graduate student handbook is not yet in place, but will be based upon the faculty handbook
that we created last semester. A copy of this is included in this section of the report.
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APPENDIX E
Graduate Student Association(s)
The Department houses the Zeta-Iota chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society).
Each year the chapter hosts a variety of activities designed to increase awareness of the
historical profession among the university’s broader student population and to help prepare our
students to enter the historical profession. Among the activities conducted during the past year
were:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Co-sponsoring of a lecture by Larry Berman, in conjunction with the Vietnam Center.
Holding fund raisers in order to generate monies to fund student research travel.
A wide variety of social opportunities for both faculty and students
Hosting an annual banquet to recognize the accomplishments of our graduate students
and award scholarships.
5) Other fund raising activities (such as a book sale and bake sale) to generate funds for the
day-to-day operations of the chapter.
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APPENDIX F
Graduate Faculty Information
Department attaches copies of entire Confirmation/Reappointment forms submitted for
Graduate Faculty Reviews for every faculty member (even tenure-track and nontenured).
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