Wesley G. Phelps

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book

• Phelps, W.G. (2023). Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement. 304. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press. https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477322321/before-lawrence-v-texas/
• Phelps, W.G. (2014). A People's War on Poverty: Urban Politics and Grassroots Activists in Houston. 239. Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia Press. https://ugapress.org/book/9780820346717/a-peoples-war-on-poverty/

Book Chapter

• Phelps, W.G. The Roots of Lawrence v. Texas: The Homosexual Conduct Law and the Struggle for Queer Equality. LGBTQ+ History in the American West and Southwest. College Station, TX, Texas A&M University Press.
• Phelps, W.G. "I Don't Believe This Has Anything to do with the Alleviation of Poverty": Voting Rights, Economic Justice, and the Struggle for Democracy in Houston. Fighting for the Soul of a Nation: Black Americans' Struggle to Keep Democracy Alive. Gainesville, FL, University Press of Florida.
• Phelps, W.G. Race, Sex, and Religion: The 1985 City Council Elections and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in Houston. Race, Place, and Power in Houston, Texas. Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University Press.
• Phelps, W.G. (2013). "National Ideals Meet Local Reality: The Grassroots War on Poverty in Houston". This Corner of Canaan: Essays on Texas in Honor of Randolph B. Campbell. 385-402. Denton, Texas, University of North Texas Press.
• Phelps, W.G. (2011). "Ideological Diversity and the Implementation of the War on Poverty in Houston". The War on Poverty: A New Grassroots History, 1964-1980. 87-109. Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia Press.

Book Review

• Phelps, W.G. (2023). Review of Jordan Biro Walters, Wide-Open Desert: A Queer History of New Mexico. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 127 (2) 230-231.
• Phelps, W.G. (2019). Review of Lawrence J. McAndrews, The Presidents and the Poor: America Battles Poverty, 1964-2017. Journal of American History. 106 (3) 826-827.
• Phelps, W. (2019). Review of Jonathan Foster, Stigma Cities: The Reputation and History of Birmingham, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. Journal of Southern History. 85 (4) 957-958.
• Phelps, W.G. (2019). Review of Karen M. Hawkins, Everybody's Problem: The War on Poverty in Eastern North Carolina. North Carolina Historical Review. 96 (2) 221-222.
• Phelps, W.G. (2017). Review of Thomas J. Main, Homelessness in New York City: Policymaking from Koch to De Blasio. Journal of American History. 104 (2) 569.
• Phelps, W.G. (2017). Review of Morgan Shipley, Psychedelic Mysticism: Transforming Consciousness, Religious Experiences, and Voluntary Peasants in Postwar America. Journal for the Study of Radicalism. 11 (1) 193-195.
• Phelps, W.G. (2015). Review of Glenn Feldman, ed., Nation Within a Nation: The American South and the Federal Government. Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 113 (4) 782-785.
• Phelps, W.G. (2014). Review of David Allen Burke, Atomic Testing in Mississippi: Project Dribble and the Quest for Nuclear Weapons Treaty Verification in the Cold War Era. Journal of Southern History. 80 (2) 534-535.
• Phelps, W.G. (2011). Review of Pippa Holloway, ed., Other Souths: Diversity and Difference in the U.S. South, Reconstruction to Present. Journal of Southern Religion. 13
• Phelps, W.G. (2010). Review of Orissa Arend, Showdown in Desire: The Black Panthers Take a Stand in New Orleans. Journal of Southern History. 76 (4) 1080-1081.
• Phelps, W.G. (2010). Review of Charles S. Bullock and Ronald Keith Gaddie, The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South. Alabama Review. 63 (4) 284-285.

Broadcast Media

• Phelps, W.G. (2023). Podcast: Queering the Lone Star State. https://www.queeringthelonestarstate.com/

Critical Review

• Phelps, W.G. (2010). Review of Film, Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater. Journal of Southern History. 76 (4) 1104-1104.

Journal Article

• Phelps, W.G. (2018). "The Politics of Queer Disidentification and the Limits of Neoliberalism in the Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equality in Houston". The Journal of Southern History. 84 (2) 311-348.
• Phelps, W.G. (2014). Women's Pentagon Action: The Persistence of Radicalism and Direct-Action Civil Disobedience in the Age of Reagan. Peace and Change. 39 (3) 339-365.

Newspaper

• Phelps, W.G. (2022). The Fall of Roe Forecasts Trouble Ahead for Key LGBTQ Rights. Washington Post. Washington, DC, Made By History Blog. https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/07/15/fall-roe-forecasts-trouble-ahead-key-lgbtq-rights/

Textbook

• Phelps, W.G., Wallach, J.J. (2022). Containing Multitudes: A Documentary Reader of US History, Volumes I and II. Fayetteville, AR, University of Arkansas Press.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship

• Phelps, W.G., "Special Collections Research Fellowship," sponsored by Friends of the University of North Texas Libraries, University of North Texas, $1000.00 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
• Phelps, W., "Special Collections Research Fellowship," sponsored by Friends of the University of North Texas Libraries, University of North Texas, Funded. (2017 - 2017).

Grant - Research

• Phelps, W.G., "Humanities Texas Major Grant for Media Projects," sponsored by Humanities Texas, State, $11250 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
• Phelps, W. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creative Award," sponsored by College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $4800 Funded. (2020 - 2020).
• Phelps, W.G., "Albert J. Beveridge Grant for Research in the History of the Western Hemisphere," sponsored by American Historical Association, International, $1000.00 Funded. (2008 - 2008).
• Phelps, W.G., "Moody Research Grant," sponsored by Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, Private, $500.00 Funded. (2007 - 2007).
• Phelps, W., "Albert J. Beveridge Grant for Research in the History of the Western Hemisphere," sponsored by American Historical Association, International, Funded. (2008 - 2008).
• Phelps, W., "Moody Research Grant," sponsored by Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, Private, Funded. (2007 - 2007).

Grant - Teaching

• Phelps, W.G., "Coursework Development Grant," sponsored by University of North Texas Libraries, University of North Texas, $500 Funded. (2023 - 2023).