Faculty Profile for Dr. Jeffrey L Helgeson
-1.jpg)
Dr. Jeffrey L Helgeson
Chair - Associate Professor — History
TMH 202
phone: (512) 245-2183
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Helgeson, J. L. (2025, February 26). Hope and Hard-Bitten Pragmatism in the Long Urban Crisis. Journal of Urban History.
- Helgeson, J. L. (2021). National Park Service Visitor Center Museum, Pullman National Park. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved from https://www.nps.gov/pull/index.htm
- Helgeson, J. L. (2020). “Voices in the Urban Wilderness: Reimagining the Terms of Order in ‘Renaissance’ Boston.” Transatlantica, 2(“Places and Cultures of Capitalism: New Histories from the Grassroots”).
- Helgeson, J. L. (2020, January). Pacific Historical Review.
- Helgeson, J. L. (2019). “American Labor and Working-Class History, 1900–1945.” In The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Urban History (pp. 249–271). New York City, New York, USA: Oxford University Press.
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State University Alumni Association. September 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: Achievement Award in Teaching, Texas State University College of Liberal Arts. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Provost's Supplemental Developmental Leave, Office of the Provost. 2017 - 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award. 2016
- Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Excellence in Service, Texas State University College of Liberal Arts. 2016
Selected Grants
- Helgeson, Jeffrey L. Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2017). Grant.
- Helgeson, Jeffrey L. Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
- Helgeson, Jeffrey L. Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
- Helgeson, Jeffrey L. Presidential Research Leave, Texas State University. (Funded: January 2018 - May 2018). Grant.
- Helgeson, Jeffrey L. Faculty Developmental Leave, Texas State University. (Funded: August 2017 - December 2017). Grant.
Selected Service Activities
Member
Academic Affairs Task Force on Responsibility Centered Budget Model
March 2024-Present
Other
San Marcos Youth Baseball and Softball Association
June 2019-Present
Chair
The Labor Trail: Chicago’s History of Working-Class Life and Struggle,” and “The Interactive Labor Trail” (www.chicagolabortrail.org)
2006-Present
Editor
Oxford University Press
May 2025-September 2025
Chair
Academic Program Review External Review Committee for Texas Lutheran University
February 2025-May 2025