Edward Byerly

Coordinator, Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences

The Victoria College

2200 East Red River

Victoria, Texas 77901

Work Phone: 361-573-3291 ext 3241

E-Mail: ebyerly@victoriacollege.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. History. May, 1997. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.  Principal Advisor: Albert Hurtado.

M.A. Geography. August, 1986. Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.  Principal Advisor: Ronald Nelson.

B.A. Geography (History Minor). June, 1983. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado.

HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES TAUGHT

United States History to 1877.

The Victoria College. Fall, 2000-

Maricopa Community College District, Glendale Community College. Summer, 1997-2000.

Arizona State University. Fall, 1989

United States History 1877 to the Present.

The Victoria College. Fall, 2000-

Maricopa Community College District, Chandler-Gilbert Community College. Fall, 1998

Arizona State University. Spring, 1990

World Regional Geography.

The Victoria College.  Fall, 2000-

Western Illinois University.  Spring, 1987

World Regional Geography (Online).

The Victoria College.  Spring, 2003-

United States History to 1877 (Online).

The Victoria College. Fall, 2003-

United States History 1877 to the Present (Online).

The Victoria College. Spring, 2004-

Introduction to Human Geography.

Maricopa Community College District, Mesa Community College. Spring, 1999 to Spring, 2000

Central Arizona College, Superstition Mountain Campus. Spring, 1999

History of the American Southwest, 1848 to the Present.

Arizona State University, West Campus. Fall, 1996

The Nineteenth-Century West.

University of Houston-Victoria. Spring 2008.

Arizona State University, West Campus. Fall, 1996

SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING & EDITING

Editor, South Texas Studies, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (Annual Publication of The Victoria College John W. Stormont Lecture Series).

Article in Progress. “Three Nines and a Diamond: The Ways and Means of Segregated Baseball in Victoria, Texas.”

Forthcoming Article. “Divided We Stand: Jim Crow Education in Victoria, Texas, 1901-1956.” South Texas Studies, Spring, 2009.

"The Politics of Topographic Mapping: J.D. Whitney, C.F. Hoffman, and the California State Geographical Survey, 1860-1874." Southern California Quarterly, Winter, 2001. Winner, Doyce Nunis Award in California History (Awarded by the Historical Society of Southern California), 2001.

MAPS PUBLISHED

"Indian Reservations of Central Arizona," in The Narrative of Owl Ear: Incidents from the History of the Pima Indians as Recorded on a Calendar Stick. Phoenix Museum of History. Fall, 1997.

"Wickenburg and Vicinity," in Mark Pry, The Town on the Hassayampa: A History of Wickenburg, Arizona. Wickenburg, Arizona: The Desert Caballeros Western Museum. Summer, 1997.

DISSERTATION AND THESIS

"Behind the Illumination of Terra Incognita: Culture, Power and Resources in the Cartographic History of California, 1541-1903." Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of History, Arizona State University. Defended March 28, 1997.

"The Functional Evolution of Cheyenne, Wyoming as 'Capital' of the Old-West Cattle Industry." Master's Thesis. Department of Geography, Western Illinois University. Defended August, 1986.

PAPERS PRESENTED

“Divided We Stand: Jim Crow Education in Victoria, Texas, 1901-1956.” Presented at the John W. Stormont Lecture on South Texas. February 2008.

"Historical Demography in the Spanish Borderlands and its Implications for Native American Societies." Presented at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of Latin American Studies. February 1992.

"Indian Mortality in the California Missions: A Revisionist Interpretation." Presented at the Western Historical Association annual meeting. October, 1991.

"The Residential Landscape of Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1880-1890." Presented to the Illinois Geographical Society. April, 1985.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Texas Community College Teachers Association, 2005-

Texas State Historical Association. 2001-

Western History Association. 1991-1998; 2001-

American Historical Association. 1993-2000

Phi Alpha Theta. February, 1983.

Gamma Theta Upsilon. February, 1982.

COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Standing Appointments

Chair. Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Victoria College, August 2002-

Tenure Committee. Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Victoria College, August 2002 2008

Faculty Search Committee. Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Victoria College, August 2002- 2008

United Steel Workers Scholarship Selection Committee. Victoria College, May 2002-

Term Appointments

Chair, Faculty Forum Salary and Benefits Committee, Victoria College, 2007-2009

Faculty Senate, Senator Representing Social and Behavioral Sciences, Victoria, College, 2007-2009.

Discipline Committee. Victoria College, August 2004-August 2008.

Title V Grant Evaluation Committee, Victoria College, January 2005-

Student Appeals for Academic Matters, Victoria College, August 2004-August 2006.

Professional Development Committee. Victoria College, August 2003-August 2005.

Copyright Policy and Rights Committee. Victoria College, August 2003-August 2005.

College Accreditation Steering Committee. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Review, Victoria College, June 2002-February 2003

College Accreditation Distance Education Subcommittee.  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Review, Victoria College,2001-2003

Technology Committee. Victoria College, August 2001-August 2003

Intellectual Property Policy Committee. Victoria College, Spring 2001

Distance Education Advisory Committee. Victoria College, November 2001- 2004

Updated June 2008.

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