CURRICULUM VITA
RONALD E. GOODWIN, PhD.
EDUCATION
MA, MS, PhD - Texas Southern University
BA - Texas Lutheran University
EXPERIENCE
Prairie View A&M University
Asst. Professor: Jan 2006 – Present
Texas Southern University
Adjunct and Visiting Instructor: Sep 1995 – Dec 2005; Spring 2010 – Spring 2013
Houston Community College - Central
Adjunct Faculty: Sep 1995 – Present
COURSES TAUGHT
US History: US History to 1865, US History 1865 to present, African American History to 1865,
African American History 1865 to present, Texas History, Historiography, Western Civilization to
1500, Western Civilization 1500 to present
US Government: US Politics, Texas Politics
PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND WORK-RELATED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Associate Director of Transportation Research, Center for Transportation Training and
Research, Texas Southern University (Sep 1995 – Aug 2003)
CONFERENCE PAPERS/PARTICIPATION
Goodwin, Ronald E. (2013). “In the Valley of the Shadow of Death: The Experiences of
a Black Airman in Vietnam.” Paper presented at the Spring Conference of the East Texas
Historical Association.
Goodwin, Ronald E. (2011). Juneteenth. Paper presented at the conference: Civil War in
Texas: Changing Interpretations After 150 Years.
Goodwin, Ronald E. (2009). The Deconstruction of Minority Communities: A Case
Study of Houston, Texas. Paper presented at the Fall Conference of the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning.
Goodwin, Ronald E. (2009). Texans in the Civil War. Panel participant at the Fall
Conference of the East Texas Historical Association.
Goodwin, Ronald E. (2009). Surviving the Storm: Hurricane Ike and the Rebuilding of
Galveston Island. Paper presented at the Spring Conference of the National Association
of African American Studies.
Goodwin, Ronald E. (2008). On the Edge of First Freedoms: Black Texans and the Civil
War. Paper presented at the Spring Conference of the Texas State Historical Association.
Goodwin, Ronald E. (2007). African Americans in the Military. Panel participant at the
Fall Conference of the East Texas Historical Association.
PUBLICATIONS
Goodwin, Ronald E. 2014. Remembering the Days of Sorrow: The WPA and the Texas
Slave Narratives. Abilene: State House/McWhiney Foundation Press.
Goodwin, Ronald E. 2013. African Americans in Houston. San Francisco: Arcadia
Publishing.
Godazi, Khosro, Ronald E. Goodwin, Fengxiang Qiao, and Alexandra Miller. 2012.
Exposing Minority Students to Transportation and STEM-related Careers through
Summer Education Programs. Report presented to the 92nd Transportation Research
Board.
Goodwin, Ronald E. 2012. Pivitol Periods in US History: the 1860s and the 1960s.
Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Godazi, Khosro, Ronald E. Goodwin, and Alexandra Miller. 2012. Transportation
Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals. Center for Transportation
Training and Research (Texas Southern University), College Station: Southwest Region
University Transportation Centers (TTI/TAMU).
Goodwin, Ronald E. 2012. “Black Paradox in the Age of Terrorism: Military Patriotism
or Higher Education?” in Texas and War: New Interpretations on the Military History of
the Lone Star State, edited by Charles Grear and Alexander Mendoza. College Station:
Texas A&M University Press.
Goodwin, Ronald E. 2012. “Into Freedom’s Abyss: Reflections of Reconstruction
Violence in Texas” in Still the Arena of Civil War: Violence and Turmoil in
Reconstruction Texas, 1865-1874, edited by Kenneth W. Howell. Denton: University of
North Texas Press.
Goodwin, Ronald E. 2010. African American History: From Colonization to Pan
Africanism. San Diego: University Readers.
Goodwin, Ronald E. 2011. Prophet, Warrior, and Legend: Selections Exploring the Real Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. San Diego: University Readers.
Goodwin, Ronald E. and Bruce Glasrud. 2009. “On the Edge of First Freedoms: Black
Texans and the Civil War” in The Seventh Star of the Confederacy, edited by Kenneth W.
Howell, 268-286. Denton: University of North Texas Press.
Goodwin, Ronald E. “Control After Dark: Slave Owners and Their Control of Slaves’
Intimate Relationships or Who’s Your Daddy?” Journal of History and Culture 1 (2008):
18-29.
Goodwin, Ronald E. August 2007. A New Beginning or the Same Old Fight? Book
Review in H-CivWar@h-net.msu.edu. Richard Zuczek. _Encyclopedia of the
Reconstruction Era_. 2 volumes. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2006.