CURRICULUM VITAE Thomas L. Bynum, Ph.D. Director of African American Studies Program Associate Professor of History Middle Tennessee State University 1301 East Main Street, Box 23 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: 404-449-3310 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D., History, December 2007 Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Dissertation: “Our Fight Is For Right!”: NAACP Youth Councils and College Chapters’ Crusade for Civil Rights, 1936-1965 Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Jacqueline A. Rouse M.A., African American History, August 1995 Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA Thesis: “Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Historical Images of African American Womanhood” B.S., Social Studies, December 1993 Barton College, Wilson, NC Minor: Religion and Philosophy PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Current Academic Positions Director, African American Studies Program, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2013-present Associate Professor of History, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2013- present Administrative Experience Director, African American Studies Program, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2013-present Teaching Experience Associate/Assistant Professor, Department of History, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, August 2007-present Courses taught: Undergraduate: Youth Movements since the 1930s; African American History I; African American History II; The Modern Civil Rights Movement; Bynum 1 Introduction to African American Studies. Graduate: Reading and Research seminars in the Modern Civil Rights and Black Power movements Geier Dissertation Fellow, Department of History, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN August 2006-July 2007 Courses taught: United States History I; Black Youth Activism and the Civil Rights Movement Instructor, Department of History, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, August 2003-July 2006 Courses taught: United States History I; African American History Assistant Professor, Department of History, Georgia Military College, Atlanta, GA, June 1999- December 1999 Courses taught: United States History I; United States History II Adjunct Professor, Department of History, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA 1997-2006 Courses taught: World History Topical Approaches Adjunct Professor, Clark Atlanta University, Department of History, Atlanta, GA, August 1996-December 1996 Course taught: United States History I Instructor, Department of History, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, GA, 1999 Courses taught: United States History I; United States History II SCHOLARSHIP Book Bynum, Thomas L. NAACP Youth and the Fight for Black Freedom, 1936-1965. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2013; paperback, 2014. Refereed Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Book Reviews and Creative Works Bynum, Thomas L. and White, Tara. “Student Protest and the Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee,” in Tennessee Histories (Electronic History Reader) edited by Amy Sayward, 220- 239. Plymouth, MI: Hayden-McNeil Press, 2016 Sharing the Prize: The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution in the American South, Georgia Historical Quarterly, 2013 Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters: The Struggle Over Segregated Recreation in America, Journal of Southern History, 2013 Downhome Gospel: African American Spiritual Activism in Wiregrass Country, The Alabama Review: A Quarterly Journal of Alabama History, 2012 Bynum 2 Long Is the Way and Hard: One Hundred Years of the NAACP, Journal of African American History, 2010 Becoming King, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Making of a National Leader, The Alabama Review: A Quarterly Journal of Alabama History, 2010 “We Must March Forward!”: Juanita Jackson and the Origins of the NAACP’s National Youth Movement , Journal of African American History, Vol. 94. No. 4 Special Issue: “Documenting the NAACP’s First Century,” (Fall 2009), 487-508. Bynum, Thomas L. “In His Own Words,” Barton College Scope, 247, 10-11, March 2008. Encyclopedia Articles - Electronic Publications Bynum, Thomas L. and Torren Gatson. “Juanita Jackson.” In American National Biography. Oxford Press, 2017. Bynum, Thomas L. and Torren Gatson. “Ruby Hurley.” In American National Biography. Oxford Press, 2017. Works in Progress Bynum, Thomas L. “Old Guard verses New Guard: Young Turks, Black Power and the NAACP.” Article manuscript. Manuscript Reviewer The Black Scholar Journal, 2017 Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group, 2016 Freedom on My Mind, St. Martins and Bedford Press, 2016 American Studies Journal, 2015 Journal of Southern History, 2015 University of Tennessee Press, 2014 Journal of American History, 2014 The American Union, 1789-1848, Prentice Hall, 2014 American Promise, St. Martins and Bedford Press, 2002 Created Equal, Longman Publishing Company, 2001 Paper Presentations and Panels Chair, “Materials, Memory, and Place: The Public History of the Black Freedom Struggle,” at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in Bynum 3 Atlanta, GA, 2015 Moderator, “Twelve Years a Slave,” sponsored by the Sankofa Society and MTSU African American Studies Program, Murfreesboro, TN, 2014 Moderator, “Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle,” Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center, Murfreesboro, TN, 2014 “NAACP Youth and the Fight for Black Freedom,” Paper presented in Scholarly Interaction Program, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2011 “More Than A Hamburger and A Cup of Coffee”: NAACP Youth and the Black Freedom Movement, Paper presented at Southern Historical Association in Baltimore, Maryland, 2011 Panelist, “Is It Legal” Forum sponsored by University Chapter of Collegiate 100 at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2011 Panelist, Graduate School Information Workshop sponsored by the Sankofa Society at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2010 Panelist, Educational Retention Forum sponsored by Middle Tennessee State University NAACP Chapter, Murfreesboro, TN, 2008 Moderator, Jena Six Forum sponsored by Middle Tennessee State University NAACP Chapter, Murfreesboro, TN, 2008 Moderator, “Lost Episodes of Holocaust History,” Middle Tennessee State University Holocaust Studies Conference, Murfreesboro, TN, 2007 “Juanita Jackson and the Origins of a National Youth Movement within the NAACP: The Youth Councils Lead the Way,” Paper presented at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in Atlanta, Georgia, 2006 Moderator, Black History Symposium for Association for Georgia State University Historians, Atlanta, GA, 2005 Invited Lectures/Presentations “NAACP Youth Councils and College Chapters’ Activism during the Black Freedom Movement,” Guest Lecturer in Dr. Kristine McCusker’s The Historian’s Craft class, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2017 “The Intersectionality of Race, Class and Gender during the Black Freedom Movement,” Guest Lecturer for the Master of Liberal Arts Program, 2016 Samuel H. Shannon Distinguished Lecturer, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, 2015 Unity Day Speaker, Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, TN, 2015 Bynum 4 “I Got A Home Over Yonder”: The Christian Church and the Black Freedom Movement,” Guest speaker at Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Nashville, TN, 2011 Presented “Great Men and Women in Black History” for the Boys to Men Mentoring Workshop at Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Nashville, TN, 2009 “Modern Civil Rights Movement and Lesser Known Leaders,” Guest Lecturer in Dr. Adonijah Bakari’s African American Studies class, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2009 “Juanita Jackson and the Origins of a NAACP National Youth Movement,” Guest Lecturer in Dr. Pippa Holloway’s African American History Graduate Seminar, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2006 “Blacks and Reconstruction in Georgia,” Guest Lecturer in Dr. Elizabeth Evans’ American Literature class, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA, 2004 “Origins of Jim Crow Practices in Georgia,” Guest Lecturer in Dr. Elizabeth Evans’ American Literature class, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia, 2003 “Life, Liberty and Pursuit of God,” Guest Speaker for Youth Day Program, Mount Welcome Baptist Church, Decatur, Georgia, 2002 “The Role of the Black Church in the Twentieth Century,” Guest Speaker for Black History Forum hosted by the African American Student Association, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA, 2001 “Blacks and the Failure of Reconstruction,” Guest Lecturer in Dr. Elizabeth Evans’ American Literature class, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA, 2001 Grants “Minority Achievement Program: Minority Student Success Cultural and Historical Awareness, Mentoring, and Wellness,”. $40,000 grant proposal submitted to the Tennessee Board of Regents, Nashville, TN; not funded, 2012. “Building Bridges and Eradicating Barriers: How Mentoring Relationships Increase Minority Students’ Enrollment and Retention,”. $25,000 grant proposal submitted to the Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN; funded, 2009. Mentoring for Success: Building Bridges and Eradicating Barriers for Minority Faculty and Students. $59,961 grant proposal submitted to the Tennessee Board of Regents, Nashville, TN; not funded, 2008. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION Student Impact Award – Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, Middle Tennessee State University, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009 Bynum 5 Southern Regional Education