Brook Poston, Ph.D.

E-mail: postonb@sfasu.edu
Telephone: 936.468.2285
Office: 313 Vera Dugas Liberal Arts North

Education:

• 2007-2012, America to 1877 - Texas Christian University
  Major Advisor: Dr. Gene Allen Smith.
  Minor Fields: Modern U.S., Colonial Latin America, The Atlantic World
  Dissertation: James Monroe and Historical Legacy
  
  
• 2007, M.A., U.S. History - University of Missouri-Kansas City
  Thesis: George's Court: The Supreme Court of the 1790s
  
  
• 2004, J.D., Law - University of Kansas, School of Law
  
  
• 2001, B.A., History - University of Kansas

Experience:

• 2012- Assistant Professor
  Stephen F. Austin State University
  
  
• 2011-2012, Pre-Doctoral Teaching Fellowship
  Texas Christian University
  
  
• 2010-2011, Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor)
  Texas Christian University
  
  
• 2007-10, Graduate Teaching Assistant
  Texas Christian University
  
  
• 2006-07, Graduate Teaching Assistant
  University of Missouri-Kansas City

Courses Taught:

• Nineteenth Century U.S. History (Graduate Seminar)
• The American Revolution
• U.S. History Survey to 1877
• U.S. History Survey from 1877

Research Fields and Interests:

• History of the Early American Republic
• American Legal History
• American Constitutional History
• The Atlantic World
• American Diplomatic History
• Supreme Court History
• Historical Legacy
• James Monroe
• Colonial Latin American History

Publications:

• “Republican Partners” in A Companion to James Madison and James Monroe. Stuart Leibiger ed. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011(Forthcoming).

Presentations:

• May 20, 2010, “James Monroe and the Importance of Legacy.” Paper presented at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, Virginia.
  
  
• November 9, 2009, “Revolutions and Legacy or Republicans of the World Unite.” Paper presented at the Paul F. Boller Jr. Symposium in Fort Worth, Texas.
  
  
• July 20, 2008, “James Monroe and American Foreign Policy: The Florida Question.” Paper presented at the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  
  
• June 14, 2008, “The Supreme Court of the 1790’s and the Partisan use of Grand Jury Charges.” Paper Presented at The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Conference in Columbus, Ohio.

Grants, Fellowships and Awards:

• May 2010, Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship, Virginia Historical Society
• November 2009, Boller Dissertation Fellowship, Texas Christian University
• April 2009, Graduate Student Outstanding Research Paper Award, Texas Christian University
• April 2008, Boller Worcester Research/Travel Grant, Texas Christian University
• April 2008, Graduate Student Outstanding Research Paper Award, Texas Christian University

Organizations:

• Member of the American Bar Association
• Member of the Kansas Bar Association