History Faculty and Staff
Full Time Faculty
Dr. Iain Anderson | Professor and Chair of History, Director - Graduate Program in American Studies, Director - Indigenous History and Literacy Project
Degrees:
B.A., Loughborough University; M.A., University of Evansville; Ph.D., Indiana University;
Interests:
- Teaching areas: United States cultural, social, and political history since 1865, African American history, immigration history
Iain Anderson grew up in England, came to the United States for graduate school, and subsequently taught at Dana College, Nebraska and Nebraska Wesleyan University. Dr. Anderson joined the History Department at Northeastern State in January 2016. He has published articles on various aspects of African American music, including nonprofit sponsorship of jazz and the commemoration of slave music, and a book titled This Is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture (University of Pennsylvania Press). He also works on research projects relating to the formation of transnational identities among Danish immigrants and the scholarship of teaching and learning history.
andersoi@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3519
David Corcoran | Assistant Professor of History, Coordinator of Social Studies Education
Degrees:
B.A., University of Southern Maine, University of New England; M.A., Salem State University; Ph.D., University of New Mexico;
Interests:
- Teaching areas: Social Studies Education, American and Latin American History
Dave Corcoran is a Boston native and a career educator. He has taught history and social studies in secondary schools in rural and urban communities of Maine, New Mexico, and Massachusetts. He has lived and taught in Colombia and Ecuador as well. Dave earned a Ph.D. in Latin American History from the University of New Mexico in 2011. His research examines the development of inter-American education and culture in the mid-20th century. As an academic historian and a committed classroom teacher, Dave is passionate about supporting aspiring educators and elevating the teaching of social studies in our nation's schools.
corcorad@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3520
Dr. Suzanne Farmer | Associate Professor of History
Degrees:
B.A. University of Arkansas; M.A., Western Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi;
Interests:
- Teaching Areas: Early and Modern Western Civilization, Renaissance-Reformation Era, Age of Absolute Kings, Tudor-Stuart Britain, Atlantic World, French Revolution and Napoleon, Modern Britain, Africa, and Colonial Latin America
J. Suzanne Farmer is a native of Southeast Arkansas who joined the faculty at NSU in the fall of 2011. Dr. Farmer graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Arkansas, Monticello. She received her M.A. in History with an emphasis on early modern Europe from Western Illinois University and earned a Ph.D. in History with a concentration in British history from The University of Mississippi. Dr. Farmer's research examines the relationship between politics and the economy in late-seventeenth century England by exploring the political participation of wealthy merchants during the Restoration. She is currently working on turning her dissertation into a series of scholarly articles.
farmer07@nsuok.edu | (918) 444-4503
Dr. Farina King | Assistant Professor of History
Degrees:
B.A., Brigham Young University; M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Arizona State University;
Interests:
- Teaching Areas: United States, Native American History
Farina King is Bilag anaa (Euro-American), born for Kinyaa anii (the Towering House Clan) of the Din (Navajo). She was born and lived on the Navajo reservation as a small child, until her family moved to Maryland. Dr. King's main area of research is colonial and post-colonial Indigenous Studies, primarily Native American experiences of colonial and boarding school education. She has authored several articles and a book titled The Earth Memory Compass: Din Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century (University Press of Kansas, 2018). She joined the History Department at NSU in August 2016. Learn more about Dr. King at farinaking.com.
king64@nsuok.edu | (918) 444-3505
Dr. Christopher Owen | Professor of History
Degrees:
B.A., University of Georgia; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Emory University;
Interests:
- Courses taught at NSU: American Studies 5833, History 1213, 1483, 1493, 3823, 4423, 4503, 4513, 4653, 4663, 4713
Chris Owen is a native of Texas but grew up in Georgia, graduating from Carrollton High School in 1977. By junior high, he knew that he wanted to be a history professor. Obtaining degrees in history from the University of Georgia, Baylor University, and Emory University, Chris taught at Centenary College and Wake Forest University before coming to NSU in 1992. Growing up in the Bible Belt, he came to appreciate the role of American religious life and began doing research in religious history at Emory University. He has published one book and several scholarly articles on religion in American society and feels very much at home in Tahlequah.
owen@nsuok.edu | (918) 444-3521
Adjunct Faculty
Norman Carlisle | Adjunct Instructor of History
Degrees:
B.A., University of Maine-Orono; M.A., Columbia University;
Interests:
carlisle@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3520
Marcus Edison | Adjunct Instructor of History
Degrees:
B.A., Northeastern State University; M.A., Northeastern State University;
Interests:
cole39@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3520
Russell Lawson | Adjunct Instructor of History
Degrees:
B.A., Oklahoma State University; M.A., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D. University of New Hampshire;
Interests:
cole39@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3520
Arley Ward | Adjunct Instructor of History
Degrees:
B.A., University of North Carolina-Greensboro; M.A., University of Tulsa;
Interests:
ward37@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3520
Staff