Dr. Buck T. Foster
- Office: Dees Hall 121
- Office Hours: Varied, call for appointment
- Email: buck.foster@mgccc.edu
- Phone: (601) 928-6237
- Fax: (601) 528-8945
- Mailing Address:
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston Campus
P.O. Box 548
Perkinston, MS 39573
Academic Credentials
PhD, 2003 Mississippi State University, Starkville
- Dissertation: “Dress Rehearsal for Hard War: William T. Sherman and the Meridian Expedition
- Fields: American Civil War, Environmental History, American Science and Technology.
M.A., 1998 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
- Thesis: “Farmers in the Depression: A Comparison of Washington and Jefferson Counties”
- Advisors: Daniel Sutherland, Jeannie Whayne
- Major: American Civil War and Southern Agricultural History
B.A., 1997 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
- Major: American History
Course Offerings
- World Civilizations I (HIS 1163): This course surveys the development of agriculture and urban settlements, the civilizations of the ancient world, the emergence of the great religions, the "middle ages" of various cultures, Africa and the Americas before the European onslaught, renaissances around the globe, and the relative advances of science, technology and exploration.
- World Civilization II (HIS 1173): This course surveys globally: industrial and scientific revolutions, political revolutions, the development of capitalism, socialism and imperialism, world wars and nationalism and fascism and communism.
- United States I (HIS 2213): This course surveys American history from the first Native American occupation until Reconstruction ends in 1877.
- United States II (HIS 2223): This course surveys American history from Reconstruction to the present.
Papers Presented
2003
- Sons of the American Revolution
Starkville, MS
“The Meridian Campaign”
2002
- Mississippi State Presidential Forum on Agricultural History
Starkville, MS
“Remote Sensing and Agricultural History”
- American Society for Environmental History
Denver, CO
“Weather and the American Civil War”
2001
- Southern Historical Association
New Orleans, LA
“New Perspectives: Remote Sensing and the Historian”
2000
- Annual Veterans Day Symposium
Mississippi State University
“Arlington Cemetery: Their Stories Must Be Told”
- Golden Triangle Civil War Roundtable
Starkville, MS
“ The Weather and American Civil War Leadership”
- 27th International Symposium for the History of Science and Technology
Prague, Czech Republic
“The Use of Remote Sensing Technology and the Study of Ancient Transportation Systems”
- Society for the History of Technology, Annual Meeting
Munich, Germany
“Can Remote Sensing Technology Aid Historians?”
- American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch
Park City, Utah
“The American Civil War and Resource Devastation”
1999
- Arkansas Historical Association, Annual Meeting
Pine Bluff, AR
“Jefferson County Farmers at the Beginning of the Great Depression”
Achievements And Awards
2001-2002
- Dissertation Fellowship
Mississippi State University
2000
- Donald Zacharius Doctoral Teaching Assistant of the Year Award
Graduate Student Association, Mississippi State University
- Governor William Winter Humanities Scholar of the Year Award
The Natchez Literary Celebration, Natchez, MS
- Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative Fellowship, renewal of the original 1999 grant.
NASA and the State of Mississippi
- Society for the History of Technology Travel Grant
Munich, Germany
- International Committee of History and Technology Travel Grant
Prague, Czech Republic
- Academic Excellence Committee Travel Grant
Mississippi State University
- Office of Research Travel Grant
Mississippi State University
- Dean Of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant
Mississippi State University
1999
- Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative Fellowship
NASA and the State of Mississippi
1998-2002
- James Garner Scholarship
Mississippi State University
1997
- Scholars Academic Achievement Award
Office of Non-Traditional Students
University of Arkansas
Publications
2003
- Campfires of Freedom: The Camp Life of Black Soldiers During the Civil War by Keith P. Wilson, Book Review
History: A Review of New Books, Spring 2003
2002
- Civil War Eyewitnesses: An Annotated Bibliography of Books and Articles, 1986-1996, by Garold L. Cole, Book Review
Journal of Mississippi History, Fall 2002
- Redefining Efficiency: Pollution Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Technological Change in the U.S. Petroleum Industry, by Hugh S. Gorman, Book Review
History: A Review of New Books, Fall 2002, Vol. 31, No. 1, 8.
- The Hard Hand of War, by Mark Grimsley, Book Review
TheMilitaryBookReview.com, Spring 2002
2001
- The South vs The South, by William Freehling, Book Review
History: Reviews of New Books, Summer 2001, Vol. 29, No. 4, 154.
- Long Gray Lines: The Southern Military School Tradition, 1839-1915, Book Review, H-NET South
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=79761020700710
2000
- Lee and His Men at Gettysburg by Clifford Dowdey, Book Review
Journal of Mississippi History, Fall 2000
- Seasons of War by Daniel Sutherland, Book Review
Southern Historian, Spring 2000
- ABC-CLIO Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, Articles
Generals Sterling Price, Earl Van Dorn, and Albert Pike
1999
- The Adirondacks: The History of America’s First Wilderness, by Paul Schneider Book Review, H-NET Environmental
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=17381929713856