John Gorman, Ph.D.
Contact Information
Assistant Professor
Office: 314 G.R. Woolfolk Social & Political Science Building
Phone: (936) 261-3203
Email: jwgorman@pvamu.edu
Teaching/Research Area of Interest
- Reconstruction Violence
Education
- M.A. History from Texas A&M University
- Ph.D. History from Texas A&M University
Selection of Courses Taught
- American History Survey 1313 History of the United States before 1877
- American History Survey 1323 History of the United States since 1877
- History 1343 Introduction to Historical Methods
- History 3913 – American Historiography
- History 5313 – American Revolution and Constitution
Selected Research Activities
Dissertation
- The Crucible of Freedom: Reconstruction Violence in Central Texas, 1865-1868.
Book Chapters
- “Frontier Defense: Enlistment Patterns for the Texas Frontier Regiments in the Civil War.” Seventh Star
of the Confederacy: Texas in the Civil War. University of North Texas Press, 2009. - “Reconstruction Violence in the Lower Brazos Valley.” Still the Arena of Civil War: Violence and Turmoil
in Reconstruction Texas, 1865-1874. University of North Texas Press, 2012.
Current Projects and Pending Publications
- “Hoosiers in the Civil War: Enlistment Patterns for Hancock County, Indiana.” Indiana Magazine of History.
- “New Englander’s in the Civil War: Enlistment Patterns for the State of Massachusetts.”
- “The Ballot or the Bullet: Malcolm X and a Call for Self Discovery.”
Conference Presentations
- The Texas State Historical Association. 118th Annual meeting March 6-8, 2014.
Session 41 New Perspectives on Reconstruction Violence against African Americans in Texas.
“Reconstruction Violence in the Lower Brazos River Valley.” - The East Texas State Historical Association. February 17 – 18, 2112.
“Race and Violence in the Lower Brazos Valley during Reconstruction.” - The Texas State Historical Association. 112th Annual meeting March 6-8, 2008.
Session 62 Economic and Military Frontiers of Civil War Texas.
“Texas Frontier Regiments in the Civil War.”