DONALD J.
MABRY
Editor and Publisher
HISTORICAL TEXT ARCHIVE
Home Address and
Telephone
Professor
Emeritus
206 Hiwassee Drive
Department of
History
Starkville, MS 39759
Mississippi
State University
(662) 323-6852
Mississippi State, MS 39762
E-Mail: don.mabry@gmail.com
Mabry is a 68-year-old historian who writes on the beach communities of greater Jacksonville, Florida and, on occasion, on other parts of the world. He is Professor Emeritus of History, Mississippi State University, where he also served in an administrative capacity for many years. As a retiree, he helps with the Starkville Community Theatre and with street cleaning in downtown Starkville, MS. He likes to take photos. Some can be seen at:
Photograph Site Jacksonville Beaches
& Fletcher Photographs Picasa
Postcard Viewer
Rhine River
Atlantic Beach, FL He
is married, father of two, and grandfather of three. He is owned by two Cairn
terriers, Duffy and Marli Claire. Through the Historical Text Archive, he
reaches/teaches people 15,000,000 times a year.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
World's Finest Beach (HTA Press, 2006).
Colonial Latin
America (Coral Springs, FL: Llumina Press, 2002).
Mexico's Acción
Nacional: A Catholic Alternative to Revolution. (Houston: Questia, Inc, 2001).
www.questia.com
The Latin American
Narcotics Trade and U. S. National Security. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1989.
(editor and contributor of three chapters).
The Latin American
Narcotics Trade and U. S. National Security. (Houston: Questa, Inc, 2001).
www.questia.com
The Mexican
University and the State: Student Conflicts, 1910-1971. College Station: Texas
A&M University Press, 1982.
The Mexican
University and the State: Student Conflicts, 1910-1971. College Station: Texas
A&M University Press, 1982. Electronic edition published by NetLibrary,
2000.
Neighbors--Mexico and
the United States: Wetbacks and Oil. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1981, with Robert J.
Shafer.
Neighbors--Mexico and
the United States: Wetbacks and Oil. Mississippi State, MS: Historical Text
Archive, 1997. An electronic reprint with additional texts, photographs, maps,
and hyperlinks. Found at http://historicaltextarchive.com/neighbors/.
The 1929 UNAM General
Strike. Milwaukee: Center for Latin America, University of Wisconsin, 1980.
Mexico's Acción
Nacional: A Catholic Alternative to Revolution. Syracuse: Syracuse University
Press, 1973.
Articles, Book Chapters, and
Scholarly Reviews
"Diderot's Encyclopedia," HTA Press, 2009.
"Baseball on the Beach: The Seabirds, 1952-54," HTA Press, 2008.
"Florida's Napoleon," HTA Press, 2008
"Jacksonville Beaches & Mayport WWI Veterans," HTA Press, 2008
“When
the Astors Owned New York,” HTA Press, July, 2007.
“Argentina,
1912-30,” HTA Press, March, 2007.
“Pinochet’s
Legacy,” HTA Press, March, 2007.
“Love,
Sex, and World War II,” HTA Press. November, 2006.
"Harcourt Bull's Atlantic Beach, Florida," HTA
Press, February, 2007.
"Neptune Beach, Florida Before 1931, " HTA
Press, October, 2006.
"A Man and Three Hotels," HTA Press, March,
2006.
"Student Protests and Government Responses," in Student Protest: The Sixties and After
(London: Longman, 1998), ed. Gerald DeGroot, 131-138.
“The U.S. Military and the Drug War,” Drug Trafficking Research in the Americas: An Annotated Bibliography,
ed. Bruce Bagley (Miami: North-South Center, 1997), 1-37.
Lázaro Cárdenas," Historic
World Leaders, 4: North & South America, A-L. Detroit and London, Gale
Research, Inc., 1994 , 132-136.
"Antonio López de Santa Anna," Historic World Leaders, 5: North & South
America, M-Z. Detroit and London: Gale Research, Inc, 1994, 756-760.
"Porfirio Díaz," Historic World Leaders, 4: North & South America, A-L. (Detroit
and London, Gale Research, Inc., 1994, 212-216.
"The Great Conflict," Moulding the Hearts and Minds: Education, Communications, and Social
Change in Latin America (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 1994),
58-64. Edited by John A. Britton.
"The U.S. Military and the War on Drugs," Drug Trafficking in the Americas. New
Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction Publishers, 1994, pp. 43-60.
"The Role of the Military," Drugs and Foreign Policy: A Critical Review (Boulder: Westview
Press, 1994). Edited by Raphael Perl, pp. 101-130.
"The Military and the War on Drugs in the Andes,"
The National Drug Control Strategy: Hearing before the Legislation and National
Security Subcommittee and Joint Hearings before the Legislation and National
Security Subcommittee and Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture
Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of
Representatives, 101st Cong., 1st sess. (Washington: U.S. Government Printing
Office, 1993), pp. 327-54.
"Drugs and Anti-Smuggling in the Caribbean," Conflict Quarterly, XIII:2 (Spring,
1993), 46-54.
"Aplicación
de la doctrina de conflictos de poca intensidad al negocio de la cocaína:
Razonamiento y Análisis," La Revista Occidental, 9:1 (1992), 67-83.
"Electronic Mail and Historians," AHA Perspectives, Newsletter of the
American Historical Association (February 1991), 1,4,6.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (March, 1992),
358-59.
"The U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement," The Americana Annual (March, 1992),
360-61.
"The Andean Drug War: The Folly Continues," New Frontiers in Drug Policy
(Washington, DC: Drug Policy Foundation, 1991), 358-362.
"Panama's Policy Towards The U.S.: Living with Big
Brother," in Operation Just Cause
(Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991), edited by Bruce Watson and Peter Tsouras,
pp. 3-17.
"The Rise and Fall of Ace Records: A Case Study in the
Independent Record Business," Business
History Review (Autumn, 1990), 411-450.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1991), 356-8.
"The Possible Roles of the U.S. Military in the
Andes," The Andean Drug Strategy and the Role of the U.S. Military.
Proceedings of a seminar held by the Congressional Research Service, November
9, 1989. Report of the Defense Policy Panel and Investigations Subcommittee of
the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, 101st Congress,
First Session. Washington: Government Printing Office, January, 1990. pp.
39-41, plus printed testimony.
"The Andean Strategy and the Military Option," The Military Review (March,1990), 29-40.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1991), 353-355.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1990), 353-355.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1989), 359-361.
"Carlos Salinas de
Gortari," The Americana Annual (1989),
146-147.
"The U.S. Military and the War on Drugs in Latin
America," Journal of Interamerican
Studies and World Affairs 30: 2 & 3 (Summer/Fall 1989), 53-76.
"The Latin American Narcotics Trade and Hemispheric
Security," International Journal of
Third World Studies (January 1989), 1-7.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1988), 355-356.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1987), 355-357.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1986), 349-351.
"Twentieth Century Mexican Education," History of Education Quarterly
(Spring-Summer, 1985), 221-225.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1985), 348-349.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1984), 348-349.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1983), 341-342.
"Miguel de la Madrid," The Americana Annual (1983), 129-130.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1982), 333-334.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1981), 355-356.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1980), 334-338.
"U.S.-Mexican Relations,"
The Americana Annual (1980), 337-338.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1979), 329-330.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1978), 328-329.
"Mexican Anticlerics, Bishops, Cristeros, and the
Devout in the 1920s: A Scholarly Debate," Journal of Church and State (Winter, 1978),81-92.
"José López Portillo," The Americana Annual (1977), 126-127.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1977), 328-329.
"Changing Models of Mexican Politics: A Review
Essay," The New Scholar (1976)
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1976), 376-377.
"Mexico's Party Deputy System: The First Decade," Journal of Interamerican Studies and World
Affairs (May, 1974), 221-233.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1974), 387-389.
"Mexican Political Elites: A Comparative Study," The Americas (April, 1975), 452-469.
With Roderic A. Camp.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1975), 379-380.
"The Catholic Concept of Social Justice in Contemporary
Latin America," Developing Teaching Materials on Latin America Thought.
Washington: American University, 1973, 200-207. Edited by Harold E. Davis.
"Manuel Gómez Morín," in Revolutionaries, Traditionalists, and Dictators in Latin America.
New York: Cooper Square Press, 1973, 89-95. Edited by Harold E. Davis.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1973), 461-463.
Articles and Notes Published on the
Historical Text Archive
EDUCATION
1970 Ph.D. (with Distinction), History, Syracuse University
1964 M. Ed., Secondary Education and History, Bowling Green State University
1963 A.B. (Cum Laude), History, Kenyon College
1975 Post Doctoral Certificate in Quantitative History, The Newberry Library
1978-79 American Council on Education Fellow, Mellon Fellow
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1990—present. Editor, Historical Text Archive (http://historicaltextarchive.com)
Professor Emeritus, History, Mississippi State University
1980-2003 Professor of History
1991-2001 Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Responsibilities: Business Affairs, Computing, Research/Creative Arts Development, Scholarships; repair and Renovation.
Director, Institute for the Humanities, 1991-2003.
Director, Biological and Physical Sciences Research Institute.
Co-Director, Center for Mathematics and Sciences.
Chair, Faculty Workload Study Committee (policy adopted 1992).
Chair, University Copyright Committee, 1992-98.
Information Technology Oversight Committee, 1996--1997.
Chair, Science and
Technology Council (Life, Social, and Behavioral Science and Technology),
1992-1993.
University Computing and Academic Technology Committee
Alternate, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Board of Directors
Research Operations Committee, 1991—2001
Research Directors' Council, 1991—2001
Charter Member, Technology Advancement Association, 1992-2001
Chair, College Scholarship Committee, 1998-2001.
Chief Information Office, College of Arts & Sciences.
Resource
Management--acquisition of fiscal, material, and spatial resources for teaching
and scholarship; budgetary analysis; computing technology.
Curriculum
Development--obtaining funds (internal and external) for new teaching and
programmatic initiatives; reviewer of new degree programs proposals submitted
to the College office.
Grants and
Contracts--direct external funding efforts for teaching, service, and
development of research and creative activities.
Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategic Studies,
1981-2000
1981, 1982 Technical
Leader (Program Director), Seed Improvement Course, Office of International
Programs, Division of Agriculture and Forestry, Mississippi State University.
1979-81 Special
Assistant to the President, Mississippi State University. Assignments: Creative
Arts Complex funding; special projects.
1978-79 Special
Assistant to the Chancellor, University of Kansas; American Council on
Education and Mellon Fellow in Academic Administration. Assignments included
university budgeting, university tenure and promotion policy and process,
management, alumni relations, faculty and staff development, conferences for
women and minorities, and facilities planning.
1970-80 Assistant
Professor to Professor, Department of History, Mississippi State University
1967-70, Visiting Lecturer in History, Syracuse University, 1969, 1970 (Summers)
1968-69, Teaching Assistant, History Department, Syracuse University.
1967-68, Administrative Assistant,
Financial Aid, Syracuse University.
1967-68, Fulbright Program Advisor, Syracuse University.
1964-67 Faculty,
Social Sciences, St. Johns River Community College, Palatka, Florida
FACULTY GOVERNANCE SYSTEM, Mississippi State University
Co-Chair, University Intellectual Property Committee, 1998-2001.
University International Programs Committee, 1998-. Elected by A&S
faculty.
College Scholarship Committee Chair and Coordinator, 1998-2001.
Arts & Sciences
representative (elected), Search Committee, Vice President for Research,
1997-1998.
Chair, Ad Hoc Committee, University Tenure and Promotion Committee,
1996.
Senator (and founding member), Arts and Sciences College Senate,
1995-2001.
University Tenure and
Promotion Committee, 1988-93; CHAIR, 1991-93; Arts & Sciences elected
representative.
University
Instructional Improvement Committee, MSU (Founding member; subcommittee
chairperson), 1971-73.
Search Committee, Political Science Department Head, MSU, 1971-73.
Doctoral Examination Committees, Graduate School, MSU, 1971-2003.
Chairperson, Committee on Doctoral Committees, History Department,
1973-74.
Faculty Council, MSU, 1974-78 Academic Affairs Committee
1974-77 Vice Chairperson
1978 Chairperson, Subcommittee on Procedures of Ad Hoc Committee
on Tenure and Promotion Policies and Procedures, 1977-78.
Author of Faculty Council Resolution against tenure quotas.
Author of Faculty
Council Resolution against employment abuse of part-time faculty members.
Grievance Hearing Committees, College of Arts & Sciences, MSU,
1975.
Textbook Coordinator, History Department, 1975-78.
Coordinator, Graduate Student Recruitment, History Department, 1975.
Review Committee,
Master in Adult Education degree proposal, Graduate School, 1976.
Patents &
Copyright Committee, 1976-77. Authored 1977-89 university copyright policy.
University Staff Benefits Committee, 1976-78; chairperson, 1978.
Chairperson, Search Committee for Academic Vice President, 1976-77.
Doctoral Language Requirement Committee, Graduate School, 1976-77.
Committee of Goals and Philosophy of History Department, 1977.
Search Committee, History Department Head, 1977-78.
Tenure &
Promotion Committee, History, since its creation in 1978; secretary, 1979-81;
chair, 1983-84.
Athletic Council, 1978.
Planning Committee, ACE Fellows Program 1979-80.
Latin American Studies committee, 1976-; founding member; chairperson,
1979-81.
Chair, History Department Symposium Committee, 1980.
Tenure & Promotion Committee, College of Arts and Sciences,
1980-81.
Executive Committee, Council of Fellows, ACE, 1980-81.
Task Force, Higher Education Management Institute, MSU, 1980-81.
Committee on Information, Council of Fellows, ACE co-chair, 1980-81.
Faculty Handbook Committee, 1980-81.
Chair, Committee on
Departmental Governance, 1981-84. Created the first collegial governance
document for the department.
Continuing Education Committee, University Committee, 1985-87.
Selection Committee,
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, University Committee, 1986-87.
Personnel & Policy Committee, Department of History, 1985-86.
Graduate Studies Committee, Department of History, 1986-88; 1990-91.
Search Committee, Project Coordinator, Center for International
Security and Strategic Studies, University, 1987.
Study in Brazil, University Committee, 1987-1988.
Chair, Faculty Workload Study Committee, College of Arts and Sciences,
1991-92.
Draft Committee,
College of Arts and Sciences Response (3 vols.) to Planning and Priorities
Committee Preliminary Report, October 14-25, 1991.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
MSU Alumni Award for Teaching, Research, and Professional Activities
(1982).
ACE National Fellowship in Academic Administration (1978-79).
Andrew Mellon Fellowship in Academic Administration (1978-79).
Outstanding Paper
delivered to the North Central Council of Latin Americanists (1978).
Point Survey Top 5% of all Web sites in the world.
Learning in Motion Top 10 Site
Mississippi Academic
Web Site Winner (1997), awarded by the Mississippi EdTech conference,
Mississippi Educational Television, and The Learning Exchange.
Up-Set Approved DelMarVa OnLine!
Cool Sites Washington Web
Top Site Award Cool Site Award
McKinley 3-Star
Netguide 4-Star
NBNSOFT Award Walking the World Wide Web
Premiere Site Suite 101
Best of the Web Fledge Approved: McGraw-Hill Home Interactive Education
World Grade A Site
CityScapes (several)
Afrocentric Flavour of the Week Infoseek Select (several)
Luckman 5-Star Award Third Age
The History Channel
Open Here!
Sunset Angels March, 1999 Site of the Month, North American Indian.
Ulysse, Best of the Internet, Italy.
POW Go Network Web Site Award,
May, 1999.
American Anthropology and History
GoTo Editor's Choice Award
Links2Go Key Resource Study Web Academic Excellence Award
Central Europe Site of the Day, September 30, 1999
BookSpot Spotlight Award
Web Feet Seal of Approval
REAL SCIENCE
Meilleur site 2000 from choix bonweb.com
Meilleur site 2001 from choix bonweb.com
Global Junior Challenge, City of Rome, Italy, 2000,2001, 2002
Stockholm Challenge, Stockholm, Sweden, 2001, 2002
Military.com Distinguished Site
UNESCO Archives Portal
Big Chalk Best of the Web
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
South Eastern Council of Latin American Studies
Council of Fellows,American Council on Education (Executive Committee, 1980-81, 1984-87)
Conference on Latin American History
American Association for History and Computing
TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Specialization:
Mexico and Latin America; U.S. Drug Foreign Policy; Computer Telecommunications;
The Historical Text Archive. Jacksonville Beaches, Florida.
Courses taught:
Modern Mexico
Latin American Republics
Colonial Latin America
The United States and Latin America
Mexico and the Caribbean
Graduate Seminars in Latin American History
Contemporary Mexico (Study Abroad)
The Military in Latin America
Modern Latin America
Historiography and Methodology
U.S. Social and Cultural History
Quantitative Methods for Historical Research
American Civilization
Honors in American History
The Rock Era
Modern Western Civilization
The Internet for Historians
Field Research in
Latin America: Mexico: (1969-70, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1987,
1990, 1997); Peru: 1990; Costa Rica: 1997.
Field Research in the United Kingdom and the United Netherlands: 2001
Service Travel:
Escort high school and college students to England in March. Done in 1994,
1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2002. To France and England: 2000, 2001.
Current Research: Jacksonville, Florida area.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Intern Support, Mississippi Quarterly, $8,000, January-June, 2003
Intern Support, Office of Research, $2,000, January-June, 2002
Travel Grant, College of Art & Sciences, $2,000, Fall, 2001.
Travel Grant, Office of Research, $2,000, Fall, 2001.
The Role of Burundian
Women's Association in Cross-Ethnic Conflict Management. US Institute of Peace,
April 1, 2000-November 30, 2001. $6, 380. Subcontracted out to the University
of Pennsylvania.
Administered the
College's grants and contracts program of over $22 million dollars.
American Association
of Colleges and Universities Grant for Faculty and Curriculum Development on
Japan. $12,500.
Grant for Mississippi
State University Outstanding Humanist Program, from Mississippi Humanities
Council, $500, 2000.
Grant for Mississippi
State University Outstanding Humanist Program, from Mississippi Humanities
Council, $500, 1999.
Grant for Mississippi
State University Outstanding Humanist Program, from Mississippi Humanities
Council, $500, 1998.
Grant for Mississippi
State University Outstanding Humanist Program, from Mississippi Humanities
Council, $500, 1997.
Grant for Mississippi
State University Outstanding Humanist Program, from Mississippi Humanities
Council, $500, 1996.
Grant to create a Web page for the Mississippi Humanities Council,
1996, $1,000
For Department of Art
to produce a multimedia computer program for the Mississippi Department of
Economic and Community Development to be used at the national Chemical Show,
New York, 1993, $5,000.
For Department of
Art, grant to produce computer image for The Creative Learning Works, Inc,
1993, $3,800.
College of Arts & Sciences, for computer enhancement, 1991, $1000.
Graduate School, for computer enhancement, 1991, $1500.
Computer Center, for connection to campus Ethernet, 1991, $375
(in-kind)
Tinker Foundation,
for Conference on Latin American Narcotics and National Security, $37,000,
1987-88.
Mississippi
Humanities Council, for forum on comparative revolution, $5,000, 1984-85.
President's Office,
Mississippi State University, for enhancement of the History program, $21,400,
1980-81.
Office of Research,
Mississippi State University, for field research in Mexico, $25,000, 1971-76.
American Philosophical Association, research in Mexico, $1200, 1971, 1974.
REPRESENTATIVE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Manuscript reviewer, International Studies Quarterly, 2000.
Manuscript reviewer, Business History Review, 1998.
Chair and
Commentator, Drug Trade in Colombia and Mexico. Southeastern Council on Latin
American Studies, Savannah, GA, April, 1998.
Local Discussant,
“Putting your Course Online: A How-To for Faculty”, PBS Adult Learning
Satellite System, November 13, 1997. Sponsored by Continuing Education.
Review Panel, Focus
Grants, National Endowment for the Humanities, September, 1997.
Public Relations Committee, Mississippi Manufacturers Association,
1996-2003.
Chair and
Commentator, The Historical Basis of the Colombian Drug Trade, Southern
Historical Association, Little Rock, AR, November 2, 1996.
Review Panel,
Teaching with Technology, National Endowment for the Humanities, June, 1996.
SECOLAS Task Force on Communication between Scholars and Policy Makers, 1990-1991
Visiting Scholar, University of Alabama (1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1993), Yankton
College (1979).
Program Participant:
IV and V International Conferences on Mexican History (1973, 1977); North
Central Council of Latin Americanists; South Eastern Council on Latin American
Studies; Latin American Studies Association; Western Social Science
Association; and Center for Inter-American Relations.
Grant Proposal Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities.
Grant Proposal Reviewer, Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Manuscript reviewer for professional journals and university presses.
Scholar-Diplomat Seminar, U.S. Department of State, 1975.
Reader, Advanced
Placement Examination in United State History, 1982-1987.
Senior Fellow, Center
for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University,
1981-.
Grant proposal writer, Center for International Security and Strategic Studies,
1985-.
Consultant and
Program Participant, Faculty Development Center, MSU, 1981-1991.
Co-Chair, 1982
Program Committee, Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies.
Honors Program Council, Mississippi State University, 1971-.
Chair, 1984
Mississippi State University Presidential Forum on Turning Points in History.
Trainer,
International Teaching Assistants Orientation and Training Program, MSU.
Historical Consultant, video on the history of the Peavey Electronics
Corporation.
Reviews in
Annals of the American Academy of Political
and Social Science, Hispanic American Historical Review, History Microcomputer
Review,
Teaching History,
Journal of Mississippi History,
Inter-American Review of Bibliography,
The Journal of Terrorism and Political
Violence,
Perspective,
Library Journal, History,
Journal of Developing Areas, South Eastern Latin
Americanist,
The American Historical
Review,
Journal of Church and
State,
International Migration Review,
The History Teacher,
The Americas, Perspectives,
The Historian,
Western Political Quarterly, Sociology.
PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED BY OTHERS
Tlaloc, Aztec
Calendar stone, Mayan stele in The Native Americans CD-ROM (Torrance, CA: Image
Smith, 1995).
Shockwave Flash
movie, August, 1999, done by Movimiento52, a Mexican print journal.
Six historic photos
of Mexico City published in Cartouche, Architectural & Design Review of the
NewSchool of Architecture [San Diego, CA] (July, 1999), 8-9.
NETWORK PUBLISHING
Creator, archivist,
and Webmaster of The Historical Text Archive, the first text/graphic electronic
archive for the international historians' community. Users of the World Wide
Web can find the Archive at the following URL: http://historicaltextarchive.com.
The HTA receives close to 19,000,000
(nineteen million) visits a year as people access its 685 articles, 70
books and 7251 links.
COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information
Technology Oversight Committee, Mississippi State University, 1996--1997.
Advisory Board, H-NET (Internet consortium on History).
Advisory Board, H-TEACH (Internet discussion group on the Teaching of
History).
Advisory Board,
H-LATAM (Internet discussion group on Latin American History), founding to
2000.
"Electronic Mail
for Historians: An American Perspective," Institute of Historical
Research, University of London, March, 1993. This presentation contributed to
the creation of the IHR hypertext information server.
External Reviewer, USIA grant to INFO-SOUTH, October 27, 1992.
"Logging in as
an Anonymous Guest," presented to the 14th Annual Mid-America Conference
on History, September 17, 1992, The University of Kansas. The paper was read by
the session moderator and the questions and answers were conducted via
interactive computer telecommunications and projected onto a large screen.
"A Quick and
Dirty Introduction to Communication Computers at Mississippi State
University," a user manual focusing on electronic mail, online library
catalog searches, and ftp for a UNIX operating system. 30 pp.
Seminar on accessing
distant online library catalogs, presented for MSU librarians, April 9, 1990.
Chair, Committee on Computers as a Research Tool, History Department,
1981-.
Consultant, Microcomputers in Social Studies Education, Taft Institute,
1981.
Contributor (via
electronic mail) to Wendy W. Steele, "Survey of Information for Health
Professions Education. Conducted as Part of the Clearinghouse Project."
Prepared for the Pan American Federation of Associations of Medical Schools and
the University of the World. Presented at the Second Annual Conference of the
University of the World, October 14, 1990. Washington, 1991.
Collaborator with
Professor Keith Braithwaite, University of Perpignan, FRANCE, in his project of
establishing computer telecommunications dialogues between French students
studying U.S. history and U.S. students.
PAPERS, PANELS, INTERVIEWS, AND CONSULTANCIES
"The Origin of
the HTA," Invited paper presented to the Alfa-Informatica Department of
the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, November, 2001.
"Historians and
the Early Days: Life before the Web," paper presented at the 36th
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 5, 2001.
Chair and Commentator, "The Historical Basis of the Colombian Drug
Trade," Southern Historical Association, Little Rock, AR, 30 October- 2
November 1996.
Participant,
Fitzgibbon-Johnson Image-Index Survey on Latin American Democracy, 1995.
Participant,
Fitzgibbon-Johnson Image-Index Survey on Latin American Democracy, 2000.
Courses Online via the
Internet,@ Emerging Telecommunication Technologies Conference, Mississippi
State University, July 13-14, 1995.
"Latin American
Militaries and the Drug Trade," Political Science Department Tulane
University, March, 1994.
"Democracy in
Mexico," Latin American Studies Seminar Symposium on Democracy in Latin
America, University of Alabama, April, 1994.
Discussant,
"Political Parties in Latin America," 41st SECOLAS meeting,
Lafayette, LA, April 8, 1994.
Evaluator, The
Merging of Three Cultures, CD-ROM prototype, HarperCollins Publishers, March,
1994.
Commentator,
"The International Drug Trade," American Political Science
Association, Washington, D.C., September, 1993.
Evaluator, Latin
America videos, International Media Resource Exchange, Spring, 1993.
Guest Lecturer, Latin
American Studies Seminar on Modern Mexico, University of Alabama, April, 1993.
Topic: "Drugs and Mexican Politics."
Moderator, Mississippi Conference on Social Welfare, July, 1992.
Participant,
Fitzgibbon-Johnson Image-Index Survey on Latin American Democracy, 1991.
"The U.S.
Military and the War on Drugs," for State-of-the-Art Conference on Drug
Trafficking, North/South Center, University of Miami, March 11-14, 1992.
"Military Drug
Interdiction in the Caribbean Basin: Origins and Policy Implications,"
presented at the joint meeting of the Conference on Latin American History and
the American Historical Association, Chicago, December 28, 1991.
Background interview
on South American Cocaine, conducted by Robert Kaplan, staff researcher, “20/20,”
ABC NEWS, November, 1991.
Background interview
on South America and Drugs, FRONTLINE, WBGTV-Boston, October, 1991.
"Cops, Robbers,
and Soldiers in the Andes," presented to Conference on U.S.-Latin American
Relations, North-South Center, University of Miami, June 14, 1991.
"Andean Drug
Soldiers: The Folly Continues" invited paper for the Drug Policy
Foundation, presented at the International Conference of the Drug Policy
Foundation, November, 1991, Washington, D.C.
"LIC Doctrine
and the War on Drugs: Where We Are," presented to International Drug
Trafficking Seminar, Washington, DC, April, 1991, sponsored by the Institute on
Policy Studies and the Washington Office on Latin America.
Consultant on Andean
Strategy and the U.S. Military for office of Senator Alan Cranston. See letter
published in Congressional Record-Senate (May 9, 1991), S 5683-S 5684. See also
citations to this letter in "United States: Steps Towards An Integrated
Offensive," Drug Trafficking Update [English Edition], June, 1991, p. 3,
published by the Andean Commission of Jurists, Lima, PERU and in
"Militarización de la lucha antidroga pondrá en peligro la
democracia," La Presencia [La Paz, BOLIVIA], May 11, 1991, 1.
Interview, Eileen Nickelsberg, ABC News, March 8, 1991.
Expert Witness, Peru,
drugs, and military aid, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, June 29, 1990.
Chair and
Commentator, “Drug Policy in the Americas,” South Eastern Council of Latin
Americanists, Tampa, FL, April 5-7, 1990.
Chairman and
Organizer, "The Knowledge Gap between Scholars and Policy Makers: Central
America and Narcotics Diplomacy," South Eastern Council on Latin American
Studies, Tampa, April, 1990.
Invited Participant,
Commission on International Aspects, Conference on Narcotraficante; Realidad y
Alternativas, Comision Andina de Juristas, Lima, Peru, February 5-7, 1990.
"The Bush
Administration: Policy Implications of Military Involvement in the Drug
War," Leadership Center of the Americas conference, Baton Rouge, LA,
January 4, 1990.
"The Potential
Role of the U.S. Military in the Andes," for seminar sponsored by the
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, and the Armed Services
Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, November 9, 1989.
Contributor,
Recursos: A Directory of Mexican-American Institutions, Organizations, and
University Programs Based in the United States of America (Mexico, DF: Benjamin
Franklin Library, 1990).
Paper, Low-Intensity
Conflict and the Drug War," delivered at SECOLAS, Jacksonville, FL, March
2, 1991.
"The Role of the
U.S. Military in the War on Drugs in the Caribbean Basin," paper presented
to the International Drug Money Laundering Symposium, University of Miami,
October 26-28, 1989.
Expert Witness, Joint
hearing of the Subcommittees on Legislation and National Security and Justice
and Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, October 18, 1989.
"The Origins of
Ace Records, Inc.," paper presented to the Southern Popular Culture
Association, Atlantic Beach, Florida, October 6, 1989.
"The U.S.
Military and the War on Drugs," paper presented to the Wilson
International Center for Scholars (Smithsonian Institution) and George
Washington University Seminar on Latin American Narcotics, Washington, D.C.,
September, 1988.
"The Latin
American Narcotics Trade and Hemispheric Security," 11th Annual Third
World Studies Conference, University of Nebraska, Omaha, October 1988.
"Drugs and
Democracy in Central America," International Center conference, Washburn
University, November, 1988.
"U.S. Security
Interests in Latin America," for International Security and Strategic
Studies, November, 1988.
"The Military
and the Drug War," paper presented to the International Studies
Association, University of London, March, 1989.
Consultant: Committee
on the Judiciary, United States Senate; Committee on Government Operations,
United States House of Representatives; Congressional Research Service, Library
of Congress; Society of Americas (NY); Tufts University; Latin American
Program, Woodrow Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution; Boston Globe;
"All Things Considered," National Public Radio; Mississippi Radio
Network; CBS News; Office of Defense Information; WTVA-TV (Tupelo/Columbus,
MS); Scripps-Howard Newspapers; Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS); The Commercial
Dispatch (Columbus, MS); Criminal Justice Program, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University; Knight-Ridder Newspapers; ABC News.
Organizer,
International conference on "The Latin American Narcotics Trade and U.S.
National Security," Biloxi, MS, June, 1988.
"The 1982
Mexican Financial Crisis," presented to the Midwest Association of Latin
American Studies, Lawrence, Kansas, October, 1982.
"The 1929 UNAM
General Strike," presented to the North Central Council of Latin
Americanists, Pella, Iowa, October, 1978.
Commentator,
"The Mexican Army, North Central Council of Latin Americanists, Eau
Claire, Wisconsin, October, 1977.
Chairperson, Session
on Corporatism in Latin America, Latin American Studies Association, Atlanta,
GA, March, 1976.
Participant and
Commentator, Seminar on "The Relationship Between the State and the
Economy in Mexico," Center for Inter-American Relations, New York,
February, March, April, and June, 1975.
"Mexican
Politics Since 1945," Latin American Seminar, University of Alabama,
February, 1978.
Translator and
Commentator, “El intelectual en política,” (by Antonio Armandariz),
International Conference on Intellectuals and Social Change, Central College,
Pella, Iowa, October, 1980.
Commentator,
"Twentieth Century Labor Organizations," Vth International
Conference on Mexican History, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán Mexico, October, 1977.
Commentator,
"Political Parties," IVth International Conference on Mexican
History, Santa Monica, September, 1973.
Chairperson, Session
on "Mexico Under Echeverría," Latin American Studies Association, San
Francisco, October, 1974.
"Mexican Student
Movements and Social Change," Western Social Science Association, Denver,
March, 1975.
"The Mexican
Revolution: The Conquest of the National Bourgeoisie," Latin American
Seminar, The University of Alabama, February, 1975.
"The Catholic Concept
of Social Justice in Contemporary Latin America," The American University
International Conference on Latin American Thought, February, 1972.
Commentator, “The
López Portillo Presidency and the Current State of Mexican Politics,”
Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies, April, 1981.
"Rock 'n Roll
and U.S. Society, 1945-1958," presented to MSU Honors Forum, 1984.
"U.S. Strategic
Interests and Political Turmoil in Central America," Regional Seminar on
International Security held at Mississippi State University, April, 1984.
"The Church and Politics in
Mexico," Latin American Studies Seminar, University of Alabama,
March,1985.
“The Origins of Rock ‘n
Roll,” to National Conference of Educational Administrators, Mississippi State
University, August, 1985.
"Popular Music
and Social Change in the U.S., 1945-1955," University of California, Santa
Barbara, May, 1986.
"The Social
Origins of Rock'n'Roll," lecture delivered as part of Arts & Letters
lecture series, University of California, Santa Barbara, May, 1986.
Consultant on U.S.
social history, 1945--present, law firm of Edmondson, Biggs, and Jelliffe,
July-August 1987.
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