Dr. Barry Gidcomb, Professor of History

      

Dr. Barry Gidcomb, Professor of History
Office: Columbia Campus, Clement 210
Phone: 931.540.2716
Email: gidcomb@columbiastate.edu
Faculty website: http://www.columbiastate.edu/bgidcomb
History department website: http://www.columbiastate.edu/history

 

Education

Associate of Science
Columbia State Community College

Bachelor of Science
Middle Tennessee State University

Master of Arts
Middle Tennessee State University

Doctor of Arts
Illinois State University


Organizations and Professional Interests

Polk’s America Discussion Group

Polk Presidential Hall Exhibits Committee

Rippavilla Plantation Board of Directors

Faculty Regent – Tennessee Board of Regents

Beta Kappa Theta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (http://www.columbiastate.edu/ptk)  
The Junior and Community College International Honor Society

Yonn Ede Lot Association (http://yonnedelot.org/)  
An American-based association assisting Haitians in poverty
 

Honors and Awards

Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient, Columbia State, 2004

President’s Medal, Columbia State, 2004

Cavanagh Award for Outstanding Doctor of Arts Student, Illinois State University, 1997

Cavanagh Award for Outstanding Dissertation, Illinois State University, 2001
History and the Natchez Trace Parkway