VITA
Kevin C. Motl, Ph.D.
410 Ouachita Street (870)245-5512
Arkadelphia, AR 71998-3669
EDUCATION
B.A. // HistoryM.A. // HistoryPh.D. // History
Texas A&M UniversityUniversity of North TexasTexas A&M University
May 1994August 2000August 2006
PUBLICATION
Articles
“Lone Star Lieutenant: Gertrude Watkins and the 1919 Referendum Campaign of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association.” Forthcoming inEast Texas Historical Journal.
“Minnie’s Lieutenants: The Speakers’ Bureau of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association.” In progress.
“Mary Kate Hunter: Small-Town Suffragist.” In progress.
“Under the Influence: The Texas Business Men’s Association and the Campaign Against Reform, 1906-1915.” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 109, No. 4 (April 2006): 495-529.
“A Model for Rural Activism? The Woman Suffrage Movement in Brazos County, 1915-1920.” South Texas Studies 15 (2004): 39-69.
Reviews
Wilson, Carol O’Keefe. In the Governor’s Shadow: The True Story of Ma and Pa Ferguson. Forthcoming in Journal of Southern History.
Weiner, Hollace Ava. Jewish “Junior League:” The Rise and Demise of the Fort Worth Council of Jewish Women. Reviewed for Southwestern Historical Quarterly 113, No. 2 (October 2009): 276-278.
Musslewhite, Lynn and Suzanne Jones Crawford. One Woman’s Political Journey: Kate Barnard and Social Reform, 1875-1930. H-SAWH, H-Net Reviews, November 2005. URL:
PRESENTATION
“Lone Star Lieutenant: Gertrude Watkins and the 1919 Referendum Campaign of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association, Arkansas Association of College History Teachers Annual Meeting (October 2013)
“At the Confluence: Race, History, and Memory in the Civil War Centennial in Arkansas.” Arkansas Historical Association Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas (April 2012)
“Minnie’s Lieutenants: The Speakers’ Bureau of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association.” Arkansas Association of College History Teachers Annual Meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas (October 2011)
“From Bering Ice to Condi Rice: Teaching American History in One Semester.” Arkansas Association of College History Teachers Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas
(October 2009).
RECOGNITION
2014 R. Voyt Hill Endowed Chair in History (Ouachita Baptist University)
2009 Lavell Cole Most Inspirational Professor Award (Ouachita Baptist University)
2005 College of Liberal Arts Dissertation Research Award (Texas A&M University)
2004-2005 Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Glasscock Graduate
Scholar (Texas A&M University)
2004 Charles C. Keeble ’48 Graduate Dissertation Fellowship (Texas A&M University)
EXPERIENCE
2014-PresentAssociate Professor of History
Ouachita Baptist University
2006–2014Assistant Professor of History
Ouachita Baptist University
Courses Taught: U.S. History to 1877; U.S. History Since 1877; Modern America; Modern Germany; American Civilization; Western Civilization; The Contemporary World; Research Seminar; History of the Holocaust (Senior Seminar); Alternative History (Honors Seminar); History of American Women; Arkansas History; On the Ouachita; Desegregation (Honors Seminar); The Art and History of Comics (Honors Seminar); Gilded Age and Progressive Era; OBU Connections; Special Methods in Social Studies
Courses Developed: History of American Women; History of the Holocaust; American Civilization (Online); Western Civilization (Online); Arkansas History (Online); The Contemporary World (Online) The Age of Reason (Senior Seminar); Gilded Age and Progressive Era; The Rhetoric of Martin Luther King, Jr. (CORE Freshman Seminar); Special Methods in Social Studies (Online)
1995-1998Social StudiesInstructor (International Baccalaureate)
Garland High School, Garland, Texas