Tommy L - Middle Tennessee State University



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: thomas.bynum@mtsu.edu

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 Professor, Department of History, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, August 2013-present; tenured

Courses taught: Undergraduate: Youth Movements since the 1930s; African American History I; African American History II; Modern Civil Rights Movement; African-American Social and Intellectual History. Graduate: Reading and Research seminars in the Modern Civil Rights and Black Power movements

Assistant Professor, Department of History, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, August 2007-2013

Courses taught: Undergraduate: Youth Movements since the 1930s; African American History I; African American History II; Modern Civil Rights Movement; 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

Instructor, Department of History, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, GA, August 2000-December 2001

Courses taught: United States History I; United States History II

Instructor, 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, August 1996-May 2006

Courses taught: World History Topical Approaches; United States History I

Adjunct Professor, Department of History, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, August 1996-December 1996

Course taught: United States History I

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.

Bynum, Thomas L. Review of Sharing the Prize: The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution in the American South, by Gavin Wright. Georgia Historical Quarterly, 2013

Bynum, Thomas L. Review of Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters: The Struggle Over Segregated Recreation in America, by Victoria Wolcott. Journal of Southern History, 2013

Bynum, Thomas L. Review of Downhome Gospel: African American Spiritual Activism in Wiregrass Country, by Jerrilyn McGregory. The Alabama Review: A Quarterly Journal of Alabama History, 2012

Bynum, Thomas L. Review of Long Is the Way and Hard: One Hundred Years of the NAACP. By Kevern Verney and Lee Sartain. Journal of African American History, 2010

Bynum, Tommy L. Review of Becoming King, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Making of a National Leader, by Troy Jackson. The Alabama Review: A Quarterly Journal of Alabama History, 2010

Bynum, Thomas L. “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.

Online Articles - Electronic Publications

Bynum, Thomas L. and Gatson, Torren. “Mitchell, Juanita Jackson.” American National Biography Online, Oxford Press, 2017.

Bynum, Thomas L. and Gatson, Torren. “Hurley, Ruby.” American National Biography Online, Oxford University Press, 2017.

Works in Progress

Bynum, Thomas L. “Old Guard verses New Guard: Young Turks, Black Power and the

NAACP.” Article manuscript.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

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

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

“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

Southern Regional Education Board Award, Tenured Faculty Leading the Class, 2015

Samuel H. Shannon Distinguished Scholar, Tennessee State University, 2015

Unity Day Speaker, Volunteer State Community College, 2015

Outstanding Advisor Award, College of Liberal Arts, Middle Tennessee State University, 2014

Lillian Smith Book Award Nominee, 2014

Presented with plaque by University President for being tenured and promoted to Associate

Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, 2013

Southern Regional Education Board Scholars Program Dissertation Award, Georgia State

University, Atlanta, GA, 2007

Clark Atlanta University All American Scholar Award, Atlanta GA, 1995

Fellowships

The Compact for Faculty Diversity 14th Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Southern

Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA, 2007

Geier Dissertation Fellowship, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2006-

2007

Southern Regional Education Board Dissertation Fellowship, Atlanta GA, 2006-2007

The Compact for Faculty Diversity 13th Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA, 2006

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, hosted by the Harvard

University W. E. B. Du Bois Civil Rights Institute, Cambridge, MA, 2006

Media Appearances and Multimedia Productions

Discussed Civil Rights Strategies of Past and Today on Law of the Land with Gloria J. Browne-

Marshall on WBAI Free Speech Radio, 99.5 FM (New York City), 2015

Produced short vignettes for Black History Month for Middle Tennessee State University

WMOT Roots Radio, 89.5 FM, 2008

SERVICE

Middle Tennessee State University

Director, African American Studies Program, 2013-present

Chair, African American Studies Program Steering Committee, 2013-present

Coordinator, African American Studies Program Student Educational Field Trips to National

Historic Sites, 2013-present

• Atlanta, GA – The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, National Center for Civil Rights and Human Rights

• Birmingham, AL – Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

• Cincinnati, OH – National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

• Montgomery, AL – Rosa Parks Museum, Freedom Rides Museum

• Ripley, OH – John P. Parker House, John Rankin House

• Selma, AL – National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, Edmund Pettus Bridge

Chair, African Cultural Awareness Night Committee, 2015-present

Vice President, Black Faculty and Staff Association, 2015-2017

Member, College of Liberal Arts NEH Summer Stipend Grant Committee, 2016

Faculty Advisor, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, 2015-2017

Member, College of Liberal Arts Strategic Planning Committee, 2014-2015

Faculty Advisor, Black Student Union, 2014

Member, History Department Undergraduate Committee, 2013-present

Member, Special Advising Committee, 2012-2013

Faculty Recruiter, Minority Dissertation Fellowship, 2010-present

Member, Undergraduate and Archives Faculty Search Committee, 2010-2011

Faculty Advisor, Sankofa Society, 2007-2014

Co-Chair, Minority Dissertation Fellowship Committee, 2010-present

Member, History Department General Studies Committee, 2008-2009

Member, History Department Development Committee, 2008-2009

Member, History Department Graduate Committee, 2007-2008

Member, History Department Operations Committee, 2007-2008

Undergraduate Research – McNair Scholars Program

Denise Harris, “More Than a Hamburger and a Cup of Coffee”: Connecting the NAACP Youth Councils and College Chapters to the Tennessee Sit-in Demonstrations (2011).

Masters Thesis Committee Member and Co-Chair

Marie L. Bourassa, “Lies My Textbooks Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Got Wrong About Civil Rights, 1930 to the Present” (2010). Member

Tyler D. Moore, “I Asked for Water and She Gave Me Gasoline”: Tommy Johnson, Historical Memory, and Political Influences in Mississippi Blues Tourism (2010). Co-Chair

Dissertation Committee Member

Torren L. Gatson, “The Combative Tactics of the NAACP Against Unfair Housing Laws and Practices: A Comparative Study of the Dynamic Changes in Urban and Rural Landscapes 1920-1960” (2017).

Aleia M. Brown, “War and Redemption in the Cloth: Quilting the Black Freedom Struggle, 1960-present” (2016).

Cassie Sade Turnipseed, “Creating a Commemorative Site on the Heritage and Memory of Cotton Pickers in the Mississippi Delta” (2016).

Ashley Bouknight, “Black Museology: Reevaluating the Process of Collecting African-American Material Culture” (2015).

Tennessee Historical Society

Judge, Tennessee History Day, 2011-present

Morehouse College

Faculty Advisor, Amnesty International, Atlanta GA, 2004-2005

Faculty Advisor, JOBA, Atlanta GA, 2000-2003

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Council of Black Studies

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History

Organization of American Historians

Southern Historical Association

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated

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