History and Political Science Faculty

Sandy Hoover, Associate Professor of History, 2006.

• B.A., Southeastern Oklahoma State University; M.A., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University.

• Research and Teaching Interests: U.S., American West, Native American, Latin American, Borderlands.

Jerry B. Hopkins, Professor of History, 2001.

• B.A., M.A., Eastern Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky. Other graduate study: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the University of Oxford, U.K., Texas Christian University, Texas A&M University-College Station, West Texas A&M University, Lexington Theological Seminary, and Stephen F. Austin State University.

• Research and Teaching Interests: ideological and intellectual history of western civilization, American social and cultural history, Christianity and the church, African-American and African history, Russian and Soviet studies, and Latin America.

Israel Nandamudi, Professor of Political Science, 2000.

• B.A., M.A., Andra University, Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh, India; Ph.D., Washington State University.

• Research and Teaching Interests: international conflict resolution, political psychology, India-US relations, politics of developing nations in Southeast Asia; Model United Nations coach.

Jerry L. Summers, the Sam B. Hall Jr. Professor of History, 1991.

• B.A., Baylor University; M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of North Texas. Sabbatical study, 2002, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, U.K.

• Research and Teaching Interests: European cultural, intellectual, and religious history; British Isles and Empire; Chinese history and culture; American cultural history.

Jennifer M. Hoover, Adjunct Instructor of History, 2006.

• B.A., University of Texas at Tyler; M.A., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University

• Research and Teaching Interests: United States Military, Vietnam, Diplomatic, 20th-Century America