Dr. Ron Brown
Office: ASBN-100, TMH-211
Email: rb04@txstate.edu
Phone(ASBN): (512)245-2218
Phone(TMH): (512)245-2116
Ronald C. Brown is professor of history and dean of Texas State’s University College. He came to Texas State in 1975, and served briefly as institutional archivist (1978-81) and director of the Honors Program (1980-1995). . He is a founding member, past president and treasurer of the Mining History Association. He is a member of various professional organizations in history, advising, administration and honors education. He coordinated a three-year program in oral history with NASA, a two-year program in Texas Music History and regularly conducts and consults on oral history.
Educational Background :
Ph.D. - University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
M.A. -
University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
A.B. - Wabash College
Recent
Research Topics :
His research interests focus on American history with emphases on the Trans-Mississippi West, mining, labor, and higher education. He is currently conducting research on the Civilian Conservation Corps, mining engineers, the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (formerly the Western Federation of Miners), and the historiography of the American West.
Previous Publications :
His book length publications include Hard-Rock Miners: The Intermountain West; Beacon on the Hill: Southwest Texas State University, 1903-1978; with David Nelson, Up the Hill, Down the Years: A Century in the Life of the College at San Marcos; and Duane Smith, No One Ailing Except a Physician: Medicine in the Mining West; and New Deal Days: The CCC at Mesa Verde
Professional Memberships :
Mining History Association, Oral History Association, Western History Association, Texas State Historical Association, National Collegiate Honors Council, Association of Deans & Directors of University Colleges, Association of Academic Deans, Association of American Colleges & Universities.
Courses Taught :
Oral History (History 5345D)
The course is both an American history topics course and a skill development course for students in the Public History curriculum. Students learn how to conduct oral interviews, create transcriptions and employ appropriate procedures to validate their work as practicing oral historians.
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