Brent J. Aucoin

Dr. Aucoin has been teaching at Southeastern since 2004, and also serves as Associate Dean of Judson College for Academic Affairs. He is particularly interested in post-Civil War Southern history, race relations and American religious history. He is married to his wife, Amanda, who is also a professor at the college, and they have four sons. He is the author, most recently, of Thomas Goode Jones: Race, Politics and Justice in the New South (University of Alabama Press, 2016)

BA, Louisiana State University
MA, Miami University (Oxford, OH)
PhD, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Professional Experience

Judson College (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)
     Associate Dean of the College; 2009-present
     Professor of History; 2015-present
     Associate Professor of History; 2004-2015
     Acting Dean of the College; 2012

Williams Baptist College
     Assistant Professor and Chair of the History Department; 1999-2004

St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
     Instructor, English as a Second Language; 1998-1999

St. Petersburg (Russia) Christian School (English language Junior High School)
     Teacher, World History and Geography; 1998-1999

University of Arkansas
     Graduate Assistant, Lecturer, U.S. History; 1877-Present
     University of Arkansas; 1994-1995
     Graduate Assistant, Discussion Group Leader, U.S. History; 1877-Present

Awards

• Charles Koch Foundation grant ($5,000), Research Fellowship, 2013
• Charles Koch Foundation grant ($5,000), Creation of History of Economic Thought course, 2013
• Kern Family Foundation grant ($5,000), Integration of Faith and Economic Conference, 2013
• Voted Faculty V.I.P. by Student Body, Williams Baptist College, 2001-2002
• Voted Faculty V.I.P. by Student Body, Williams Baptist College, 2000-2001
• Williams Baptist College Faculty Development Scholarship, 2001
• Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Research Grant, 1997
• Mary D. Hudgins Fellowship, 1997
• Nominee, Excellence in Teaching for Graduate Assistants Award, 1994
• Best Paper Delivered at Phi Alpha Theta Arkansas Regional Meeting, 1994
• Finalist, Gordon McNeil Award, University of Arkansas, 1994
• The University of Arkansas Press Daisy Bates Award, 1994
• Mary D. Hudgins Research Grant, 1994
• Miami University Master’s Thesis Research Grant, 1993