Professor of History Erma and Ralph Lowe Chair in Texas History Department of History Texas Christian University TCU Box 297260 Fort Worth, Texas 76129 Phone: (817) 257-7035 Fax: (817) 257-5650 g.cantrell@tcu.edu Office: Sadler Hall 205-D

Gregg Cantrell earned his Ph.D. in History from Texas A&M University in 1988.   He taught at Sam Houston State University, Hardin-Simmons University, and the University of North Texas  before joining the History Department faculty at TCU in August 2003. He teaches the American History survey courses, plus upper-level and graduate courses in Texas History.  He is the author or editor of several books, including:  

        The History of Texas (4th ed.), co-authored with Robert A. Calvert and Arnoldo De Leon (Harlan Davidson, 2007).

        Lone Star Pasts: Memory and History in Texas, co-edited with Elizabeth Hayes Turner (Texas A&M University Press, 2007).  (Winner of the T. R. Fehrenbach Award)

        Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas (Yale University Press, 1999).

        Feeding the Wolf: John B. Rayner and the Politics of Race, 1850-1918 (Harlan Davidson, 2001).

        Kenneth and John B. Rayner and the Limits of Southern Dissent  (University of Illinois Press, 1993). 

He is currently writing a history of the Texas Populist Party of the 1890s, to be published by Yale University Press.

Professor Cantrell is active in university, community, and professional affairs, including the following:

        ■ Member of the Board of Directors of the Texas State Historical Association, where he serves as chair of the Finance Committee and member of the Executive Committee. 

                    He was elected a Fellow of the TSHA in 2008.

          ■ Member of the TCU Press Editorial Advisory Board.

        ■ Series Editor of the Texas Biography Series, published by TCU Press and the Center for Texas Studies at TCU.

        ■ Freelance columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and member of the Star-Telegram Community Columnist Panel in 2005 and 2008.

                     (For some of his columns, click here.)

          ■ Delegate to the Texas Democratic State Convention, 2008.

His vita is available if you are interested.