Department of Government and History

Dr. Linda Tomlinson
Assistant Professor of History
Undergraduate Coordinator

BIOGRAPHY

Education

• DAH, African/African-American Studies, Clark Atlanta University
• MLA, American History, Southern Methodist University
• BFA, Communications/Public Relations, Southern Methodist University
• Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts, El Centro College

Professional Experience

• Coordinator of  History Core Curriculum and Instructor of History, Clark Atlanta University, 2004-2008
• Instructor of History, Clark Atlanta University, 1999-2004
• Lecturer, Clark Atlanta University, 1997-1999
• Adjunct Professor, Spelman College, 1999-2008
• Coordinator I, Theatre Division, Southern Methodist University, 1983-1993

Activities

• ETS AP Reader for U.S. History, Louisville, KY—2008 and 2009
• Recipient of the UNCF/Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Doctoral Fellowship, 2002-2003
• Recipient of the Southern Education Foundation, Inc.’s John A. Griffin Award for Equity in Education, 2002
• Recipient of the Georgia Women in Education’s Louise McBee Scholarship, 1998 

TEACHING COURSES

• HIST 210   African American History
• HIST 212   United States History Since 1865
• HIST 322   Ethnic Minorities in Urban American History 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Black Activism in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
• The Roles of Black Women in Social Movements
• Jim Crow Politics and Culture
• Black Revolution
• History and Culture of the African Diaspora 

PUBLICATIONS

• Moss, Barbara, Linda Tomlinson and Robert Woodrum.  The United States, Africa and the World.  Acton, MA: Tapestry Press, 2006.