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Joseph Locke

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: History

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Current Scheduled Teaching

HIST 4462.001Religion in American HistorySpring 2025
HIST 2620.002United States History Since 1865Spring 2025
HIST 3700.001TexasFall 2024 Syllabus
HIST 2610.434United States History to 1865Fall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

No previous courses scheduled.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Locke, J., Wright, B. (2019). The American Yawp: A History of the United States, Volumes I & II.
  • Locke, J. (2017). Making the Bible Belt: Texas Prohibitionists and the Politicization of Southern Religion.
  • Book Chapter

  • Locke, J., Wright, B. (2022). “Opening the Book: The Utopian Dreams and Uncertain Future of Open Access Textbook Publishing.
  • Locke, J. (2021). “The Prohibition Crusade and American Moral Politics,”.
  • Book Review

  • Locke, J. (2024). Review of Brendan J.J. Payne, Gin, Jesus, & Jim Crow: Prohibition and the Transformation of Racial and Religious Politics in the South.
  • Locke, J. (2024). Review of Felipe Hinojosa et al, eds., Faith and Power: Latino Religious Politics since 1945.
  • Locke, J. (2022). Review of Barclay Key, Race & Restoration: Churches of Christ and the Black Freedom Struggle.
  • Locke, J. (2020). Review of Gillis J. Harp, Protestants and American Conservatism: A Short History.
  • Locke, J. (2020). Review of Lisa Lindquist Dorr, A Thousand Thirsty Beaches: Smuggling Alcohol from Cuba to the South during Prohibition.
  • Locke, J. (2020). Review of W. David Baird, Churches of Christ in Oklahoma: A History.
  • Locke, J. (2019). Review of Patrick O’Daniel, Crusaders, Gangsters, and Whiskey: Prohibition in Memphis.
  • Locke, J. (2018). Review of Barry Hankins, Woodrow Wilson: Ruling Elder, Spiritual President.
  • Locke, J. (2016). Review of Janet Schmelzer, Our Fighting Governor: The Life of Thomas M. Campbell and the Politics of Progressive Reform in Texas.
  • Locke, J. (2015). Review of David O’Donald Cullen and Kyle G. Wilkison, editors, The Texas Right: The Radical Roots of Lone Star Conservatism.
  • Locke, J. (2014). Review of H. Paul Thompson, Jr., A Most Stirring and Significant Episode: Prohibition in Black Atlanta.
  • Locke, J. (2014). Review of Robert Wuthnow, Rough Country: How Texas Became America's Most Powerful Bible-Belt State.
  • Locke, J. (2011). Review of Kelly McMichael, Sacred Memories: The Civil War Monument Movement in Texas.
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • Locke, J. (2016). “Prohibition” and “Temperance,”.
  • Journal Article

  • Locke, J., Wright, B. (2021). “History Can Be Open Source: Democratic Dreams and the Rise of Digital History,”.
  • Locke, J. (2018). “The Heathen at our Door: Missionaries, Moral Reformers, and the Making of the ‘Mexican Problem,’”.
  • Locke, J. (2012). “Conquering Salem: The Triumph of the Christian Vision in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Texas,”.
  • Locke, J. (2012). “Making ‘South Texas’: Race, Religion, and the Definition of a Region, 1877-1920,”.
  • Locke, J. (2010). “Compelled to Dissent: The Politicization of Rev. John Joachim Zubly, 1760-1776,”.
  • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Locke, J., Wright, B. (2015). “A Free and Open Alternative to Traditional History Textbooks,”.
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