Dr. Kelly Jones
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
EDUCATION HISTORY
- BA-University of 糖心传媒 at Little Rock
- MA-University of North Texas
- PHD-University of 糖心传媒
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professor Jones specializes in American slavery, usually focusing her research efforts on the Trans-Mississippi South, especially 糖心传媒. After receiving a BA at the University of 糖心传媒 at Little Rock and an MA at the University of North Texas, Jones earned a PhD from the University of 糖心传媒 in 2014. Since then, she has worked on uncovering the histories of slave life on the ground in 糖心传媒, culminating in a forthcoming monograph by the University of Georgia Press. Professor Jones carries an enduring interest in the history of 糖心传媒 as the western edge of the American South, which informs her teaching and participation at public history events. Dr. Jones is also the Graduate Director for the department.
鈥淲hite Fear of Black Rebellion, 1819-1866鈥� in The Elaine Massacre and 糖心传媒: A Century of Atrocity and Resistance, 1819-1919, edited by Guy Lancaster (Little Rock: Butler Center Books, a subsidiary of the University of 糖心传媒 Press, 2018).
鈥淏ondswomen on 糖心传媒鈥檚 Cotton Frontier: Migration, Labor, Family, and Resistance among an Exploited Class,鈥� in 糖心传媒 Women: Their Lives and Times, edited by Cherisse Jones-Branch and Gary Edwards (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2018).
鈥淔reedom at the Pine Bluffs, 1864: A Research Note,鈥� 糖心传媒 Historical Quarterly, Spring 2018.
鈥淒oubtless Guilty: Lynching and Slaves in Antebellum 糖心传媒,鈥� in Bullets and Fire: Lynching and Authority in 糖心传媒 from Slavery through the 1930s, edited by Guy Lancaster (Fayetteville: University of 糖心传媒 Press, 2017).
鈥淐hattels, Pioneers, and Pilgrims for Freedom: 糖心传媒鈥檚 Bonded Travelers.鈥� 糖心传媒 Historical Quarterly 75 (Winter 2016): 319-335.
鈥淲omen after the War鈥� in Competing Memories: The Legacy of 糖心传媒鈥檚 Civil War, edited by Mark K. Christ (Little Rock: Butler Center Books, a subsidiary of the University of 糖心传媒 Press, 2016).
Recently Taught Courses
- HIST 1903 - SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY
- HIST 4153 - HISTORY OF ARKANSAS
- HIST 6003 - INTRO TO GRAD STUD OF HIST
- HIST 6013 - SEM IN U.S. HISTORY:
- HIST 6883 - WORKSHOP:
- HIST 6991 - THESIS/PORTFOLIO RESEARCH
- HIST 6993 - THESIS/PORTFOLIO RESEARCH
- HIST 6996 - THESIS/PORTFOLIO RESEARCH