James Powell

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Title
Adjunct Faculty - Social Sciences
Department
Social Sciences

Education

  • M.A. West Texas A&M University
  • Ph.D. University of Kentucky

Previous Positions

PositionStartEnd
Teaching Assistant, History, University of Kentucky1991-08-151993-12-31
Instructor, History, University of Kentucky1994-01-121994-08-24
Instructor, History, Northern Kentucky University1994-08-151998-08-08
Associate Professor, History, Hardin-Simmons University1998-08-212000-08-19
Professor, History, Wayland Baptist University2004-01-012012-12-31

Courses Taught at Amarillo College

Course IDCourse NameTerm
HIST-2311-002Western Civilization I2025SU
HIST-2301-002Texas History2025SU
HIST-1302-011United States History II2025SP
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2025SP
HIST-1301-010United States History I2025SP
HIST-2301-002Texas History2024SU
HIST-2311-002Western Civilization I2024SU
HIST-1301-022United States History I2024SP
HIST-1302-011United States History II2024SP
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2024SP
HIST-1302-004United States History II2024FA
HIST-2311-002Western Civilization I2024FA
HIST-1301-001United States History I2024FA
HIST-2301-002Texas History2023SU
HIST-2311-002Western Civilization I2023SU
HIST-1301-010United States History I2023SP
HIST-1302-011United States History II2023SP
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2023SP
HIST-1302-016United States History II2023FA
HIST-2311-002Western Civilization I2023FA
HIST-1301-001United States History I2023FA
HIST-2301-001Texas History2022SU
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2022SU
HIST-1301-010United States History I2022SP
HIST-1302-011United States History II2022SP
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2022SP
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2022FA
HIST-1301-001United States History I2022FA
HIST-1302-016United States History II2022FA
HIST-1302-010United States History II2021SP
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2021SP
HIST-1301-009United States History I2021SP
HIST-1301-001United States History I2021FA
HIST-1302-016United States History II2021FA
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2021FA
HIST-1301-017United States History I2020SP
HIST-1302-011United States History II2020SP
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2020SP
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2020FA
HIST-1301-014United States History I2020FA
HIST-1301-016United States History I2020FA
HIST-1301-015United States History I2019SP
HIST-1302-012United States History II2019SP
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2019SP
HIST-2311-001Western Civilization I2019FA
HIST-1301-016United States History I2019FA
HIST-1301-023United States History I2019FA

Other Credentials

Credential
HIST 533: Modern European Imperialism, 3 hrs.
HIST 5462: Am. Diplo. Hx. to 1900, 3 hrs.
HIST 5463: Am. Diplo. Hx. Since 1900, 3 hrs.
HIST 5481: The Old South, 3 hrs
HIST 5500: Readings/A Hx of Native Am., 3 hrs.
HIST 5500: Readings/A Study of the Am. Presidency, 3 hrs.
HIST 5502: Thesis, 6 hrs.
HIST 5523: Seminar in Cont. National Affairs/Vietnam War, 3 hrs.
HIST 5523: Seminar in Contemporary National Affairs/Am. Civil Rights, 3 hrs
HIST 5551: Seminar/US Hx to 1900, 3 hrs.
HIST 5563: Seminar in English Hx., 3 hrs.
HIST 573: Am. Constitutional Hx., 3 hrs.
HIST 574: Diplo. and Foreign Policy of the US to 1919, 3 hrs.
HIST 575: Diplo. and Foreign Policy of the US Since 1919, 3 hrs.
HIST 579: Hx. of the New South, 3 hrs.
HIST 606: Historical Criticism, 3 hrs.
HIST 630: Readings/Hx. of the Colonial Era, 3 hrs.
HIST 634: Readings/Am. Hx. Since 1920, 3 hrs.
HIST 650: Readings/Populism, 3 hrs.
HIST 695: Ind. Work/European Hx. From the Dark Ages, 3 hrs.
HIST 695: Ind. Work/Hx of Native Am., 3 hrs.
HIST 695: Ind. Work/Hx. of the Cold War, 3 hrs.
HIST 695: Ind. Work/Vietnam War, 3 hrs.
HIST 712: Seminar in Am. Hx./Civil Rights in Am., 3 hrs.
HIST 712: Seminar/Am. Hx. 1865 to the Present, 3 hrs.
HIST 749: Dissertation Research, 33 hrs.
HIST 769: Resident Research for Doctoral Dissertation, 9 hrs.

Publications, Presentations, Public Works and Awards

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

 

Going for Broke: Richard Nixon and the 1972 Linebacker II Christmas Bombings (Manuscript under Peer Review by The Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University)

 

Review Essay of The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 by Paul H. Carlson. Panhandle Plains Historical Review, LXXVIII, 2005.

 

"'It's the Right Thing to Do,' America's Role in the Vietnam Conflict." In

America :  Past and Present by Robert Divine, et al.  Pearson Longman

Publishing:  Boston, MA, 2005

 

Book Review of The Stars Were Big and Bright: The United States Army Air

Forces and Texas During World War II. Panhandle Plains Historical Review,

LXXV, 2002.

 

Review Essay of The Great White Fleet, Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 97, No. 1, 1999.

 

Film Review Essay of Kissinger and Nixon.  Journal of American History, Vol. 83, December 1996

 

Book Review of They Called It The War Effort: Oral Histories From World War II Orange, Texas.  Panhandle Plains Historical Review, LXVIII, 1995.

 

 

 

RECENT ACADEMIC HONORS:

-Minnie Stevens Piper Statewide Teaching Award Nominee for, 2009, 2011
-John F. Mead Faculty Teaching Excellence Award Nominee; each Academic Year from 2001 - 2011

-TRIO Outstanding Teaching Award; 2004

-TRIO Teaching Award Nominee; 2002, 2003

 

 

 

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

-No Excuses Initiative, 2011

-Texas Panhandle P-16 Working Group for Region 16 Education Service Center, 2008-2009 (A joint venture between core content higher education professors and area high school teachers to promote success).            

-Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Advisor, 2006-2008

-Amarillo College Academic Affairs Committee, 2003-2009
-Chair, Amarillo College's Lynn Library, SACs Program Review, 2007-2008

-Amarillo College Student Outcomes Assessment Committee, 2003-2008
-Chair of the sub-committee on Ethics & Diversity, 2003-2008

-Amarillo College Faculty Evaluation Committee, 2001-2005, 2011 to Present

-Amarillo College Lynn Library, Harrington Consortium Advisory Committee, 2002-2012

-Santa Fe Railroad Building Historical Preservation Committee, 2006-2007