Faculty Profile for Dr. Ronald C Brown

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Dr. Ronald C Brown
Professor — History
TMH 212
phone: (512) 245-2067
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Ron Brown came to Texas State in 1975 and teaches courses in United States history, with specializations in the Trans-Mississippi West, oral history, and intellectual and political developments in the 20th century. He was educated in Indiana and Illinois, and has spent much of his career in part-time or full-time administration: program director, dean, asst. vp.

Teaching Interests

 United States survey courses, the Trans-Mississippi West, oral history, 19th and 20th century intellectual developments in the USA, the 1960s in the USA

Research Interests

 19th & 20th century developments in American mining, biographies of mining engineers and entrepreneurs, labor movements in mining industries, Civilian Conservation Corps, history of Texas State University

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Brown. (2022, February 15). H-Environment. Retrieved from https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.h-net.org%2Freviews%2Fshowpdf.php%3Fid%3D57000&data=04%7C01%7CRonBrown%40txstate.edu%7C8da5cf2730ce42b8cba008d9f09f64bd%7Cb19c134a14c94d4caf65c420f94c8cbb%7C0%7C0%7C637805389646729292%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=dVKUVRlTD1Mv9BO0plSbbzvgB1jATNELGsjdyVGqoAE%3D&reserved=0.%C2%A0%C2%A0Your
  • [Review of Poor Man’s Fortune: White Working Class Conservatism in American Metal Mining, 1850-1950, by R. C. Brown]. (2021, December 15). The Mining History Journal. Retrieved from www.mininghistoryassociation.org
  • Brown, R. C. (2021). Texas State Univeristy, 2010-2020. In A Texas State of Mind, rev. ed. 2020. Austin, TX: Texas State University System Regents.
  • Brown, R. C. (2015). [Review of Seeing Underground: Maps, Models and Mining Engineering in America, by E. C. Nostrum]. Montana: The Magazine of Western History.
  • Brown, R. C. (2014, January). [Review of Texas State Parks and the CCC: The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps, by C. Brandimarte & A. Reed]. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Rodman Paul Award for Outstanding Contributions to Mining History, Mining History Association. May 1, 2022 - June 23, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award in Service, College of Liberal Arts. January 2022 - August 19, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Texas State Alpha Chi Chapter. April 8, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2019 Distinguished Service Award for Region I, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. March 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Recognition of 10 years of service as chapter advisor to Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. March 2010 - March 2019

Selected Grants

  • Brown, Ronald C. Merrick Endowment Grants for Astronomy in Art, History & Literature. (Funded: 1995). Grant.
  • Brown, Ronald C. Merrick Endowment Grant for Honors Cohort Experience. (Funded: 1994). Grant.
  • Brown, Ronald C. Merrick Endowment Grants for Astronomy in Art, History & Literature. (Funded: 1993). Grant.
  • Brown, Ronald C. Research In-kind Housing, Mesa Verde National Park. (Funded: 1992). Grant.
  • Brown, Ronald C. Research In-kind Housing, Mesa Verde National Park. (Funded: 1991). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Mining History Association's Executive Council
January 1, 2022-Present
Chair
Ingram Professor Selection Committee
September 1, 2021-Present
Chair
Clark C. and Mary Lee Spence Book Awards Committee of Mining History Association
June 2019-Present
Member
MHA's Clark C. Spence Book Award Selection Committee
June 9, 2018-Present
Co-Sponsor, Eta Chapter
Alpha Chi National Collegiate Honor Society
March 2010-Present