Department of Government and History

Dr. Thomas Hennessey
Associate Professor

BIOGRAPHY

• Ph.D. U.S. History, Northwestern University
• B.A. History, Boston College
• Teaching Member of Learning Community
• Host-Producer- Jazz Heritage WFSS 91.9FM weekly jazz program from 1978-79, 1980-5, 1986 to present

TEACHING COURSES

• Hist 210 African American History
• Hist 212 U.S. Since 1865
• Hist 390 North Carolina History

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Jazz Musicians
• History of Jazz

PUBLICATIONS

• book review: Jazz and Blues Musicians of South Carolina : Interviews with Jabbo, Dizzy, Drink and Other. By Benjamin Franklin V in Journal of Southern History v75, n4 Nov. 2009.
• “Hunter’s Serenaders”, “Cecil Scott”, redhotjazz.com 2002
• “Jazz Spotlight” Prime Life. Fayetteville, NC Jan.2004-dEC 2009 in monthly column, 12 columns per year since Jan, 2004, 36 articles as of Dec. 2006, exs. include: “Mel Torme and the Christmas Song” Dec. 2006
• From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and their Music 1890-1935. Wayne State Press, Detroit, 1994.