Department News

Faculty News - Spring 2011

Dr. Henry Allen was chosen by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions to attend a summer institute for historians and political scientists in June, 2011, at Princeton University. On April 2, he attended the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Murray State University.

Dr. Keith Bates attended the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Murray State University on April 2, where he served as a panel session chair. On May 6, Union University presented him with its 2011 Faculty of the Year Award. He was also chosen by the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities to attend a publishing workshop at Abilene Christian University in June, 2011. Finally, he spent time working on a paper that he will present at a "KJV 400: Legacy and Impact" conference at Union University in September, 2011.

Dr. Stephen Carls used a spring semester research leave from Union to work on a twentieth-century Europe textbook that he is co-authoring with his wife. He also evaluated a book-length manuscript on historiography for British historian Jeremy Black. He made a presentation about his textbook work at a Pew Summer Research Program luncheon on April 6. On May 5, he was the featured speaker at the Annual History Department Awards Banquet at Union. In addition, he attended the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Murray State University on April 2.

Dr. Judy LeForge continued work on a book-length manuscript that deals with the nineteenth-century civil rights movement in the United States. She also attended the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Murray State University on April 2, where she served as a panel session chair.

Dr. Terry Lindley had three book reviews published in Choice during the spring semester. He also submitted two selections, one on "Russian-American Relations" and the other on the "American Tract Society," for publication in ABC Clio’s Civil War Encyclopedia. On April 2, he attended the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Murray State University, where he served as a panel session chair.

Dr. David Thomas submitted an article on late twentieth-century Christian historians and the nature of history to The Lamp Post, an InterVarsity faculty ministry web-journal, for possible publication. He also made a presentation about his work on Christian historians at a Pew Summer Research Program luncheon on April 6.