Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, 2005-Present
o HIS 163: United States History to 1876 | website
o HIS 164: United States History Since 1877 | website
o HIS 378W: The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1945 | website
o HIS 475: America and the World: Cultural Interactions | website
o HIS 571: Colonial and Revolutionary America | syllabus | schedule | assignments
o HIS 575: Recent America, 1876-1933 | website in development
o HIS 597: Independent Study: Jefferson, Madison and the American Founding | website

Assistant Professor, Norfolk State University, Norfolk Virginia, 2001-2005
o HIS 101: History of World Civilizations, Since 1300
o HIS 102: History of the American Republic, 1492-1877
o HIS 103: History of the American People, 1877-2000
o HIS 328: History of Early Virginia, 1607-1865
o HIS 330: History of Colonial America, 1492-1763
o HIS 490R: History of the American Revolution and Federal Era, 1763-1800
o HIS 490T: Public History and Technology

Master Lecturer, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1997-2001
o HIST 2003: History of the American Republic, 1492-1877
o HIST 2013: History of the American People, 1877-2000
o WCIV 1013: History of Western Civilization, Since 1492

Recipient, "Award For Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology"
o Norfolk State University, Faculty Award, 2004.

Co-Recipient, Baum Teaching Grant
o University of Arkansas, Spring 2001.

Project Director, "The Brown Decision in Norfolk," Funded by the NEH, 2004
o $25,000 institutional grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
o Project Website: http://www.nsu.edu/brown

Project Director, "A Community Forum With the Norfolk 17," Funded by the VFH, 2004
o $2,500 grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
o Project Website: http://www.littlejohnexplorers.com/jeff/brown/norfolk17.htm

Project Co-Director, "The Tale of Two Churches," Funded by the VFH, 2004
o $12,000 grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
o Project Website: http://www.racetimeplace.com/taleoftwochurches

Co-Recipient, "Faculty Research Initiation Award," Funded by Norfolk State Univ., 2003
o $5,000 award from Norfolk State University.
o Project Findings: http://www.racetimeplace.com/taleoftwochurches/archeology.htm

Recipient, NEH Summer Fellowship, Summer 2003
o "American Constitutionalism in Comparative Perspective"
o Directed by Donald Kommers at Notre Dame

Recipient, Research Grant, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library, 2003

Web Director, "Race, Time and Place," Funded by the NEH, 2003-04
o $25,000 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities
o Project Director and Grant Writer: Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander
o Project Website: http://www.racetimeplace.com

Web Director, "Mirrored Communities," Funded by the NEH, 2003-04
o $25,000 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities
o Project Director and Grant Writer: Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander
o Project Website: http://www.littlejohnexplorers.com/jeff/mirror

o "Massive Resistance" in Encyclopedia of African American History: From the Age of Segregation to
o the Twenty-First Century, edited by Paul Finkelman, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

o “The Southern Manifesto” in Milestone Documents in American History, edited by Paul Finkelman,
o Schlager Group Press, forthcoming.

o "The Brown Decision in Local Context: Race and Public Education in Norfolk, Virginia" in Brown v.
o Board of Education, 1954-2004, published for the Thurgood Marshall Foundation by Word For Word
o Publishing Company, 2005.

o "Irving Brant" forthcoming in the Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law.

o "The Civil War," "The Korean War," "World War II - Military and Foreign Affairs," "World War II -
o Domestic Affairs, "in The Encyclopedia of American Political History, edited by Paul
o Finkelman and Peter Wallenstein (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2001).

o "Democracy in the Age of the Great Society: The Lippmann-Dewey Debate"
o in The Ozark Historical Review 29 (Spring 2000): 41-51.

o "Academician to Radical Activist: Bertrand Russell, 1912-1916" The Ozark Historical
o Review 25 (Spring 1996): 1-19.

o “’By the Hundreds’: The Fight for Racial Equality in Norfolk Public Schools,
o 1959-1963,” presented at America’s 400th Anniversary: Voices from Within
o the Veil, Norfolk, VA, February 2007.

o “The School Closing Crisis in Norfolk, Virginia – 1958-1959,” presented at
o the Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Conference,
o Chicago, IL, April 2006.

o “Re-thinking the Riddick Case: The Lessons of Re-segregation in Norfolk
o Public Schools,” presented at the Southwest Social Sciences Association
o Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, April 2006.

o “The Man Who Remade Madison: Irving Newton Brant and the Father of
o the Constitution,” presented at the Southwest Social Studies Association
o Convention, San Antonio, TX, April 2006.

o "The Brown Decision in Local Context: Race and Public Education in Norfolk,
o Virginia," presented: Meeting of the American Association of History and
o Computing, Seattle, Washington, January 2005.

o "The Brown Decision in Tidewater Virginia,” presented at the 2004 Annual
o Meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History,
o Pittsburg, PA, September 2004.

o "The Brown Decision in Local Context: Race and Public Education in Norfolk,
o Virginia," presented as part of the Hood College conference "Looking Back, Moving
o Forward: The Unfinished Business of Brown v. Board of Education, Spring 2004.

o "Making More of Method: Teaching Public History and Technology at Norfolk
o State University," presented January 2004 at the January Meeting of the
o American Association for History and Computing.

o "Teaching about Zheng He in the Modern World Civilizations Course: Jared
o Diamond, Environmental Determinism, and the Problem of Ming China,"
o presented March 2003 at The National Conference of the Asian Studies
o Development Conference.

o "'The High Ideals He Always Cherished: Irving Brant, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
o and the Origins of the Madison Biography," presented September 2002 at the
o Mid-American Conference on History.

o "Democracy in the Twenties: The Lippmann - Dewey Debate," presented
o March 2000 at the Missouri Valley History Conference.

o “Religious Liberty: From the Constitution to the Culture Wars,” presented at
o the Sam Houston State University Constitution Day Celebration, Huntsville,
o TX, September 2007.

o “Direct Action: The Sit-Ins In Tidewater Virginia," presented to the African
o American Historical Society of Portsmouth, August 2007.

o “They Say We Must Have Moderation: Race and Public Education in Norfolk,
o Virginia,” presented for Black History Month at the University of Louisiana,
o Lafayette, February 2006.

o “The Constitutional Revolution of 1937,” presented at the American Democracy
o Project Conference, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, November 2005.

o “Wartime Civil Liberties in Historical Perspective,” with Thomas H. Cox,
o presented at the Sam Houston State University Constitution Day Celebration,
o Huntsville, TX, September 2005.

o Virginia Public History Trips, 2004-05
o http://www.littlejohnexplorers.com/virginiahistorytrips/

o "The Brown Decision and Massive Resistance in Virginia"
o Presented October 2004 at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of
o African American Honors Programs

o Committee Member, Black History Month Events, 2004
o http://www.littlejohnexplorers.com/jeff/blackhistorymonth/

o Activities Director, School of Liberal Technology Initiative for Student Success
o Norfolk State University, 2004-05.

o Activities Director, Developing Technology for the Humanities
o Norfolk State University, 2004.

o Member, Executive Committee for Multiple Student Populations, Norfolk State University

o Faculty Advisor for the History Club and Phi Alpha Theta

o Grader, U.S. History, Advanced Placement Exam, Summer 2002, 2004

o Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities Extending the Reach Grant, 2002.

o Awarded Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship, University of Arkansas, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.

o Awarded MA Graduate Assistantship, University of Arkansas, 1995, 1996.

o Member, Phi Kappa Phi (National Interdisciplinary Honorary).

o Member, Phi Alpha Theta (National History Honorary).

o Member, Phi Sigma Tau (National Philosophy Honorary).

o Awarded 1st Prize, Stacy Awalt Award for "Are There Ghosts in Our Machines?"
o Department of Philosophy, Belmont University.

o Academic Scholarship, Belmont University 1992-1995.