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Debra F. Greene : Curriculum Vitae

Debra Foster Greene, Ph.D.

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.”

86^th Annual Meeting of the Association of the Study of African American Life and History, September 26-30, 2001, Washington, D.C. Paper session: Early 20^th 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”

85^th 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, 100^th Year Anniversary Paper: Lorenzo J. Greene: An Integrated Life

21^ST 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.

40^th 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