Current Students
Natalie Bach Educational Background: East Texas Baptist University, B.A. in History, B.A. in English, Minor in Piano Performance Research/Areas of Interest: local history, history of the west, Texas history, and nutrition
Ms. Bach-Prather is currently working on her thesis project, an architectural resources survey of Harrison County, Texas under the direction of Dr. Perky Beisel and the committee, Dr. M. Scott Sosebee and Dr. Paul J. P. Sandul.
Laura Blackburn Educational Background: Stephen F. Austin State University, 2009, B.S., Horticulture Research/Areas of Interest: archiving, oral history, American South
Ms. Blackburn is working on her thesis, Congressman Charlie Wilson, Pragmatic Ideologist under the direction of Dr. Perky Beisel and her committee Dr. M. Scott Sosebee, Dr. Paul Sandul, and Dr. Ken Collier.
Kendall Gay Educational Background: Texas A&M University, 2012, B.A. History
Krystal Hawk Educational Background: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, 2012, B.A. History
Misty Hurley Educational Background: Sam Houston State University, 2007, B.A. History Research/Areas of Interest: The creation of educational programs for museums and historic sites, Colonial History, World War II era in Europe and the United States
Ms. Hurley is currently working on her thesis project - heritage toursim and cemeteries in Nacogdoches - under the direction of Dr. Perky Beisel and her committee, Dr. Paul J.P. Sandul and Dr. M. Scott Sosebee.
Jake McAdams Educational Background: Stephen F. Austin State University, 2012, B.A. History Office: Ferguson 293 (East Texas Historical Association) Phone: 936.468.2407
Melissa McKinney Educational Background: Texas A&M University - Texarkana, 2012, B.A. History
Mark Musquiz Educational Background: Texas A&M University, 2011, B.A. History
Joyce Pitts Educational Background: Stephen F. Austin State University, 2010, BA in History Research/Areas of Interest: How gender roles are formed in societies, what purpose did they serve for the cultures that created them, and how gender roles have affected society, and how they have changed throughout history. Material culture during especially WWI and WWII.
Ms. Pitts is currently workin on her thesis project, archival theory and accessibility, under the direction of Dr. Perky Beisel and her committee, Dr. M. Scott Sosebee and Dr. Court Carney.
Samuel Tadlock Educational Background: Stephen F. Austin State University, May 2011, BA in History
Matt Tallant Educational Background: University of Wisconsin, 2008, BA history and classical humanities Research/Areas of Interest: how museums perpetuate memory (particularly for war), the use of Heimat in shaping nationalism in particular regions of Germany, how local identity shapes national identity
Mr. Tallant is working on his thesis project, A Contextual History and Interpretive Program for the Sitton Dogtrot at Millard's Crossing, under the direction of Dr. Perky Beisel and his committee, Dr. M. Scott Sosebee and Dr. Paul J. P. Sandul. Mr. Tallant is currently working at the Connor Museum on the campus of Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Pamela Temple Educational Background: Columbia College, July 2005, BA in Psychology Research/Areas of Interest: local East Texas history (especially sawmill towns), oral history, cemeteries, museums and archives and just about anything that allows me to research
Ms. Temple is beginning research on the W. T. Carter Lumber Company under the direction of her proposed committee, Dr. M. Scott Sosebee, Dr. Perky Beisel, and Dr. Paul J. P. Sandul.
Alumni
Lisa Bentley Educational Background: Stephen F. Austin State University, 2000, BS & BA biology, history, art, and minor in education Research/Areas of Interest: Texas history, bootlegging, prohibition, moonshine, popular culture, memory Office: Dugas Liberal Arts 346 Phone: 936.468.2084
Ms. Bentley completed her thesis in May 2011, Shine On: Moonshine in the Memory of Texans under the direction of Dr. Paul Sandul and the rest of the committee, Dr. Perky Beisel and Dr. M. Scott Sosebee. Beginning in Fall 2012 she is working as an adjunct for the History Department at SFASU.
Jennifer Brancato Educational Background: Stephen F. Austin State University, 2008, MA in History with an Emphasis in Public History Research/Areas of Interest: Archives, Material Culture, Texas History Office: East Texas Research Center Phone: 936.468.1841 E-mail: jmbrancato@sfasu.edu
Ms. Brancato completed her thesis in August 2008, A Glimpse of Life in Nineteenth-Century East Texas: Material Cultue and the Durst-Taylor Hosue under the direction of Dr. Perky Beisel and the rest of the committee, Dr. Mark Barringer, Dr. M. Scott Sosebee, and Dr. Karol Chandler-Ezell.
Mary Alice Cook Educational Background: Stephen F. Austin State University, May 2011, MA in History with an emphasis in Public History; University of Alaska Anchorage, 1982, BA political science Research/Areas of Interest: oral history and museum curation, American West (especially Alaska), Native American history, and cultural studies (especially religious culture)
Ms. Cook's thesis was titled Patients and Profits: East Texas Lumber Company Doctors, 1890-1930and was completed in May 2011 under the direction of Dr. Perky Beisel with her committe of Dr. M. Scott Sosebee, Dr. Allan Richman, and Dr. Gary Kronrad. In January 2013 Ms. Cook became the Director of the Texas Forestry Museum in Lufkin, Texas.
Stephen Delear Educational Background: MA History with an emphasis in Public History, SFASU, August 2011; BA History, Texas State University - San Marcos Research/Areas of Interest: Race, 20th Century US, Oral History
Mr. Delear defended his thesis, March! The Fight for Civil Rights in a Land of Fear: Nacogdoches, Texas 1929-1975 on August 8, 2011 before his committee: Dr. Paul Sandul, Dr. M. Scott Sosebee, Dr. Mark Barringer, and Dr. Diane Dentice. He is now enrolled in the Texas A&M History Department's Ph.D. program.
Jason Fuqua Research/Areas of Interest: Taiwan, material culture, art history
In August 2007 Mr. Fuqua completed his thesis, , under the direction of Dr. Perky Beisel and his committee Dr. Randi Cox, Dr. Theresa Coble. After living in Taiwan for several years, he is now working on a masters in ESL and plans to continue on to a Ph.D. program.
Kaitlin Wieseman Educational Background: Stephen F. Austin State University, August 2011, MA in History with an empahsis in Public History; Stephen F. Austin State University, 2009, BA theater and history Research/Areas of Interest: women's history, Irish history, colonial American history Office: Stone Fort Museum
Ms. Wieseman successfully defended her thesis, The Forgotten Irish: The Important of the Irish Immigrant s in theTexas Revolution and a Lack of a Public Remembrance, under the direction of Dr. Perky Beisel and her committee Dr. Paul Sandul, Dr. M. Scott Sosebee, and Dr. Chay Runnels. As part of her thesis, Ms. Wieseman created a website utilizing Weebly - http://power-hewetsoncolony.weebly.com/index.html and an Omeka site for her primary sources - http://powerhewetsoncolony.omeka.net/. Ms. Wieseman is now working at the Stone Fort Museum on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.