EDUCATION
Ph.D., Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 1970
M.A., Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, California, 1961
B.A., Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, 1960
TEACHING INTEREST
Latin American History, Asian History, United States History
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor of History, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, 1965 to present
Instructor of History and Theology, Philippine Bible College, Baguio City, Republic of the Philippines, 1962-1965
Instructor of History, South Texas College, Houston, Texas, 1961-1962
Operational Intelligence Specialist, United States Air Force, 1953-1957
MEMBERSHIPS
Latin American Studies Association
South Council of Latin American Studies
Asian Symposium
Taylor County Historical Commission
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
David Lipscomb: Journalist in Texas. Austin, 1973.
Living Hard: Southern Americans in the Great Depression. Washington, 1981.
Bartolome Mitre: Historian of the Americas. Washington, 1982.
Abilene: Key City of West Texas. Juanita Zachry. Northridge, California, 1986. (Photographer, Photo Researcher, Caption Editor)
ARTICLES
"The Historiography of Philippine Acquisition," The Journal of History, XIII, (Fall, 1965), Philippine Historical Society
"Historical Factors in Protestant church Growth in Brazil," Restoration Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, 1971
"Juan Bautista Alberdi," "Leandro Niceforo Alem," "Bartolome Mitre," "Juan Facundo Quiroga," "Bernardino Rivadavia," Encyclopedia of World Biography (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973).
"David Lipscomb: Another View," Restoration Quarterly (XXI, Spring, 1978) "One 'Great Man' on Another: Mitre's Analysis of San Martin," Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Council on-Latin American Studies (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980).
"Sources of Brazilian Protestantism: Historical or Contemporary9" in Lyle C.
Brown and William F. Cooper, eds., Religion in Latin American Life and Literature (Waco: Baylor University Press, 1980).
"Foundation for Sodality: The First Decade of Philippine-American Relations," Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Asian Studies (Hong Kong: Asian Research Center, 1983).
"Abilene," Fort Concho Report, vol 18, no. 4 (Winter, 1986-87).
"Myth Reinforcement: Latin America in Public School Textbooks," with R. J. Morgan, National Social Science Journal, vol. 2, no. I (I 988-89).
"The Great Depression in the South," Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989).
"Anti-Hispanic Bias in British Historiography," Centro de Estudlos Historicos, Hispania Sacra, XLIV (enero-junio, 1992).
"Encomienda," Latino Encyclopedia, Salem Press, Pasadena, California, February, 1996.
RECENT PAPERS
"Scenarios for Hong, Kong After the Return of Sovereignty to China," Missions Forum, Abilene Christian University Lectureship, February, 1995.
"Historiographical Myth and Historical Reality: The War Between the United States and Mexico as Portrayed in North American Textbooks," Conference on Reflexiones en torno al 150 aniversario de la Guerra Estado Unidos-Mexico, 1846-1996;
Mexican Committee of Historical Sciences and the United States Department of the Interior; Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, May, 1996.
"Latin America: Reality vs. Mythology in Public School Textbooks," Southwest Historical Association Conference, New Orleans, March, 1997.
"Latin American Historiography in the United States and the Persistence of Cultural Prejudice," Southern Historical Association Conference, Louisville, KY, November, 2000.
"Cotemporary Television and the Persistence of Cultural Prejudice," American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March, 2001.
