College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Social Science Forms Leaders - Faculty Members Participate in Research, Writing and Teaching Serving as good role models for their students, faculty members of the Department of History and Social Science not only taught courses in geography, history and political science but they were also actively involved in research, writing and serving in various leadership roles. Dr. Earl Cobill, Associate Professor of Political Science, served on a panel and presented a report on "Strategies for Teaching Courses on the U.S. Congress" at the Southwest Social Science Meeting in Houston . Virgil Lawyer , Professor of History , took a sabbatical leave during the summer to visit several Civil War battelfields and did research for his classes on the Civil War. Dr. Muncy wrote "PreTerritorial Arkansas to 1819" which was the first chapter in the History of Arkansas published by the State of Arkansas. Dr. Jewell served on the Paper Prize Committee of Phi Alpha Theta , national honor society ,in history . He also spent several weeks during the summer in Eastern Europe on International Campaigns . Dr. Muncy received a Mellon Foundation grant to attend a two-week workshop at Rice University on "Urban Anthropology ." He also received a citation as a "Founding Father" from the Association of College History Teachers. Dr. Howard conducted a research workshop for the College Board at the University of Arkansas last May and was scheduled to conduct a series of such workshops throughout the Southwest. Dr. Muncy served on the Executive Board of Directors of the Arkansas Endowment of the Humanities and as Chairman of the Board of Evaluations. He also served as Coordinator for the Arkansas sesquicentennial Celebration Commission and as State Coordinator for National History Day. d'~ His-story. Tom Howard, an associate professor of political science, confers one of his students during a history lecture. - photo by James McCreary. Earl Cobill, PhD - Assoc. Professor, Political Science Clifton L. Ganus. Jr., PhD - Professor , History Thomas Howard, EdD - Assoc. Professor, Political Science Fred Jewell, ·EdD - Professor, History Virgil Lawyer, MA - Professor, History Raymond Muncy,PhD - Professor, History & Chairman Joe Segraves, PhD - Professor, History Clifford Sharp, MST - Assoc . Professor, Geography Thomas Statom, PhD - Assoc. Professor, History History and Social Science 183
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