Gregg Cantrell

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in History, Texas A&M University; M.A. and B.A. in History, University of Texas at Austin.

Research Interests: Texas history, Southern history, and the American Civil War era, with a focus on political and social transformations.

Appointments: Professor of History, Texas Christian University; Erma and Ralph Lowe Chair in Texas History.

Publications: Author of Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas (Yale University Press) and The People’s Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism (Yale University Press).

Additional Contributions: Supervised numerous doctoral dissertations, including Leanna Schooley’s on Texas tourism history.