Derrick McKisick, Ph.D.

Director of African American Studies and Associate Professor

Educational Background

• Ph.D., American History, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, 2007
• M.A., American History, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, 2000
• B.A., American History, University of Arkansas-Little Rock, 1995

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, History, Texas A&M University-Commerce, 2014-present
• Assistant Professor of History, Fairfield University, 2008-2014
• Visiting Assistant Professor, California University of Pennsylvania, 2007-2008
• Frederick Douglass Institute Scholar, Visiting Assistant Professor, California University of Pennsylvania, 2006-2007

Honors and Awards

• Frederick Douglass Institute Visiting Scholar (FDI), California University of Pennsylvania
• Doctoral Fellow, Southern Regional Education Board, 2004-2005
• Next Generation Internship Program, American Battlefield Protection Program Project, 2000
• Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate, Achievement Program, 1994-1995
• Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate, Research Fellow, 1994-1995

Selected Publications

• Choctaw Reconstructions: Sovereignty, Land, and Race in Indian Territory, University Press of Florida under revision.
• “The Decreasing Value of Labor in the Modern Age,” in Broken Promise: Black Deaths and Blue Ribbons, Kenneth Varner, Kerri Tobin, and Stephen Lentz, eds., forthcoming.
• “Losing the ‘Middle Ground': Conflict, Culture, and Civilization in the Southeastern Borderlands,” submitted to the The Middle Ground Journal, Number 11, Fall 2015.
• “History and Symbolism: The Lost Cause and the Confederate Flag,” Enduring Question Series, ABC-CLIO, September 30, 2013