Debra F. Greene : Curriculum Vitae
Debra Foster Greene, Ph.D.
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EDUCATION
2003 Ph.D. History, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1988 M.A. American History, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1982 B.A. History, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
August 2008 Department Head, History, Political Science and Philosophy
August 2005 Associate Professor of History, Lincoln University
August 2000 Assistant Professor of History, Lincoln University
January 1996 Instructor of History, Lincoln University
February 1995 Business Development Manager, National Business, Missouri Department of Economic Development
November 1988 Minority Business Specialist, Missouri Department of Economic Development
Adjunct Instructor, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1990-1995
Adjunct Instructor, Columbia College, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1988-1990
Visiting Instructor, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, August 1985
MEMBERSHIPS
Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Life Member
Association of Black Women Historians, Life member
Southern Association for Women Historians, Life member
Missouri State Historical Society
Organization of American Historians
Southern Association of Women Historians, Life member
Southern Historical Association
APPOINTMENTS
Missouri Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, 2008
Governor’s Commission on Unmarked Human Burial Consultation, 2001-2003, 2003-2005
Lincoln University team member for the Pew Higher Education Roundtable, 1996
PUBLICATIONS
“Joseph E. Mitchell,” African American National Biography (2008); “Just Enough of Everything: The St. Louis Argus – An African American Newspaper and Publishing Company in Its First Decade,” Business and Economic History On-line (2007); “Quasi Free Negroes in Colonial America -Blackwell’s Companion to African American History; “Black Banks and Bankers,” Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration (2006); “Nathaniel Allen Sweets, Sr.,” Missouri Biographical Dictionary (1997).
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
87th Annual Meeting of the Association of the Study of African American Life and History, October 2-6, 2002, Orlando, Florida. Paper session: African American Community Building in St. Louis, 1865-1920, Paper: “The Brotherhood of Economic Empowerment: African American Community Building in Early Twentieth Century St. Louis, Missouri. Paper session: Searching for a Voice: Black Politicians in Augusta, Atlanta, and St. Louis, 1890-1930, Paper: “See, Stop, Think: Encouraging African American Political Conscientiousness in Early 20th Century St. Louis, Missouri.”
86th Annual Meeting of the Association of the Study of African American Life and History, September 26-30, 2001, Washington, D.C. Paper session: Early 20th Century Black Self-Help Groups In The Middle West, Paper: “Moving In From the Outskirts: The Citizens Liberty League and African American Politics in St. Louis, 1910-1930”
85th Annual Meeting of the Association of the Study of African American Life and History, September 27-October 1, 2000,Washington, D.C. Paper session: Lorenzo J. Greene, 100th Year Anniversary Paper: Lorenzo J. Greene: An Integrated Life
21ST Annual Mid-America Conference on History, September 16-18, 1999, Springfield, MO. Paper session: St. Louis Race Relations. Paper: “No Other House: The Republican Party and the African-American Community in St. Louis, Missouri, 1910-1930.
40th Annual Missouri Conference on History, April 16-18, 1998, Columbia, MO. Paper session: African Americans in Twentieth Century Missouri. Paper: “Moving in From the Outskirts: The Citizens’ Liberty League and African American Politics in St. Louis, 1910-1930.”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lincoln University: American History I, Colonial to 1877; American History II, 1877 to present; Blacks in America; Survey of African American History; World Civilization I, Ancient to 1650; World Civilization II, 1650 to present; Women in American; History of the Old South; History of the New South; Civil War and Reconstruction; Colonial America
Columbia College, Jefferson City campus: History of the Civil War; Western Civilization II; American History to 1877
Washington University, St. Louis, MO: Introduction to African American History I and II