Faculty Profile for Dr. Jason Dean Mellard

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Dr. Jason Dean Mellard
Asst Professor of Practice — History
Brazos Hall 200
phone: (512) 245-1101

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Mellard, J. D. (2021). “Roots of the Ballad Tree: The Kerrville Folk Festival in Historical Context.” In It Can Be This Way Always: Documenting the Kerrville Folk Festival. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press.
  • Mellard, J. (2017). “These Are My People”: The Politics of Country Music. In T. Stimeling (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Country Music. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  • Mellard, J. D. (2013). Progressive Country:  How the 1970s Transformed the Texan in Popular Culture. University of Texas Press.
  • Mellard, J. D. (2023, April). Last Gangster in Austin by Jesse Sublett. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Austin, Texas: Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
  • Mellard, J. D. (2023, April 25). Willie Nelson at 90: Country Music’s Elder Statesmen Still on the Road Again.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Award for Best Book in Texas History, Texas State Historical Association. 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Summerlee Foundation Fellowship at the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University. 2010 - 2011
  • Award / Honor Recipient: , Phi Beta Kappa. December 1997

Selected Service Activities

Editor
Texas A & M University Press
2018-Present
Editor
Journal of Texas Music History
January 1, 2012-Present
Organizer
Bevis M. Griffin: Texas Black Rock Maverick in Conversation with Kahron Spearman
November 29, 2022-November 29, 2022
Board Member
Society for the Preservation of Texas Music
September 2023-Present
Member
Outreach and Publicity Committee
August 2023-Present