David Lawhon Instructional Associate Professor PO Box 1675 Galveston, TX 77553 Texas A&M University at Galveston V: 409/ 740-4948 E: lawhond@tamug.edu EDUCATION University of Houston Clear Lake MA in History August 2000 (GPA 3.833/4.0) Thesis: Mud, Mosquitoes, and Magnesium, The Development of the Brazosport Area 1939 1943. Awards: President of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society University of Houston Clear Lake Alvin Community College BA in History May 1995 AA in General Studies May 1993 EXPERIENCE Texas A&M University at Galveston 2003 - present Former Director of TAMUG Honors Program (2007-2017) American and European History Professor Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Special Advisor (College Readiness) representative for TAMUG Co-Chair for TAMUG Undergraduate Science Symposium Wakonse South Conference on College Teaching Coordinator 2008 Member of the Gulf Coast Historical Association 2006-2009 Assist in the TAMUG Regional Science Olympiad Author and Professor in Honors First Year Experience Seminar Connections Author and Professor in Honors Service Learning Seminar
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2001-2008 San Jacinto College Full Time 2003-2006 North Harris College 2000-2006 Brazosport College 2000-2001 Alvin Community College PUBLICATION Edited Silent No More vol 1&2, A Multicultural Reader, 2005 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Rescuer of the Year Award March of Remembrance 2017 Guest Speaker at March of Remembrance Kingwood 2017 Guest Speaker at March of Remembrance Houston 2017 Historical Chair March of Remembrance North America 2017- Chair for the March of Remembrance Galveston 2016 Guest Speaker at March of Remembrance Kingwood 2015 Promoted and brought a Holocaust speaker (Jobst Bittner from Germany; founder of March for Remembrance ) on campus 2015. Nominated for the Minnie Stephens Piper Award 2013 Guest Speaker for Blue Bell Industries conference 2013 Received the Leibman Fellows sponsored by the Holocaust society in Houston and Yad Vashem museum in Israel 2011.
Developed Honors Service Learning seminar at Texas A&M University at Galveston, 2011 Received Texas A&M University System Teaching Excellence Award (Top 5%) 2011 Received Texas A&M University System Teaching Excellence Award (Top 5%) 2010 Developed and initiated a First Year Experience class Connections at Texas A&M University at Galveston, 2010 Received Texas A&M University System Teaching Excellence Award (Top 5%) 2009 Received the William Paul Ricker Distinguished Faculty Award May 1, 2009 Assisted in developing a writing center for the TAMUG and funded a Writing Instructor for the Writing Center, Spring 2009 Developed and initiated the Honors Program at Texas A&M University at Galveston, 2007 Developed the Texas A&M University at Galveston Honors Program Red Bean Cookoff 2008-20012 Initiated a new course Hist.405 "The History of the Holocaust" on the TAMUG campus. This particular course contributes to the International and Cultural Diversity requirements and is presently the only European history course offered at the TAMUG, 2008 Arrange presentations of Holocaust survivors at Texas A&M University at Galveston 2008- present Member of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008-2017 Faculty partner providing non-academic assistance to freshman students Closing speaker for the Aggie Scholars Banquet 2007 Presenter at the 2007 faculty symposium. Who s Who Among America s Teachers 2004-2008 Texas Monthly 2004 Guide to Texas Colleges + Universities Texas A&M University at Galveston Best Classes History with David R. Lawhon 2004
COMMITTEE SERVICE) Strategic Enrollment Management Committee Campus Security Authority Undergraduate Research Studies Committee Substance Abuse Prevention Committee Galveston Aggie Honor Council SACS Committee Assessment Council Employee of the Quarter Selection Committee CEO s Meritorious Service Award Selection Committee Texas Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators Search committee for Associate Director Admissions Counseling Hiring Committee Enrollment Services Associate Director ADMINISTRATION Former Honors Program Director Co-Chair Undergraduate Research Symposium CIVIC AFFILIATIONS March of Remembrance Galveston 2016 Event Manager Holocaust Museum Houston Bronze Member Holocaust Garden Remembrance Educational Chair Board Member of Gulf South Historical Association 2009 SELECTED PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Denver Colorado 2014 National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, New Orleans Louisiana 2013 National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Boston Massachusetts 2012 National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Phoenix Arizona 2011 National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Washington D.C., 2009
College Readiness Faculty Collaborative Symposia, Austin Texas, 2009 National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, San Antonio Texas, 2009 27th Annual Conference on the First-Year experience, San Francisco California, 2009 National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Denver Colorado, 2008 Wakonse South Conference on College Teaching, Canyon of the Eagles Lodge & Park, Burnet, Texas, 2008 Learning about Learning Conference San Antonio Texas, 2008 CUR South Central Regional Workshop on Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research University of Texas El Paso Texas, 2008