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Ralph Brown
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Ralph W Brown, PhD
Professor, History

Education

Ph D

1995, History
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

MA

1988, History
James Madison University

BA

1986, History
James Madision University

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Biographical Sketch

Ralph W. Brown, III received his B.A. and M.A. from James Madison University and his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has published several articles, including “Making the Third Man Look Pale: American-Soviet Conflict in Vienna during the Early Cold War in Austria” in Slavic Military Studies, “'Removing Nasty Nazi Habits': The CIC and the Denazification of Heidelberg University, 1945-1946” in The Journal of Intelligence History and “U.S. Army Intelligence in Vienna” in Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda, and Security Studies.  Also, he has presented papers at the annual meetings of a number of historical societies, including the Louisiana Historical Association, Society for Military History, Society for Historians of Foreign Relations, Southern Historical Association, and the Popular Culture Association.

In addition, he was selected to be a fellow at the West Point Summer Seminar in Military History.

As a faculty member, he has taught at several institutions of higher learning, including Lees-McRae College (LMC).  At LMC, he was also history program coordinator. More recently, at University of Louisiana, Monroe (ULM) he has served as the history department’s head.  

Currently, he is a professor of history at ULM teaching courses that include Louisiana History, U.S. Military History, 1865-present, World War II, History of Warfare, History of England, and Western Heritage.

Research Interests

Ralph W. Brown, III's research and teaching interest focus on political and military history, particularly World War II as well as post World War II military and popular culture.

Recent Publications

Brown, R. W. Lyndon B. Johnson's War with the Shreveport Newspapers. Louisiana History.
Brown, R. American-Soviet Conflict in the Third Man's Vienna.
Brown, R. Encyclopedia of Military History.
Eller, E. E., Brown, R. Three Thinking Churchmen: Medieval Scholastics. MERLOT [Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching].
Brown, R. (2007). “U.S. Army Intelligence in Vienna & the Case of Irving S. Ross and Dana Superina” (pp. 35-45). Graz: Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies.
Brown, R. (2006). review (pp. 637-639). Abingdon, Oxon: Intelligence & National Security.
Brown, R. (2005). review. Abingdon, Oxon: Intelligence & National Security.
Brown, R. (2004). "Removing 'Nasty Nazi Habits:' The CIC and the Denazification of Heidelberg University, 1945-1946" (pp. 25-56). Hamburg: International Intelligence History Association.
Brown, R. (2004). review. Abingdon, Oxon: Intelligence & National Security.
Brown, R. (2003). review. Abingdon, Oxon: Intelligence & National Security.
Brown, R. (2002). review. Abingdon, Oxon: Intelligence & National Security.
Brown, R. (2001). Slavic Military Studies (pp. 81-104). London: Frank Cass Pub.
Brown, R. (1998). Oesterreich unter alliierter Besatzung 1945-1955 (pp. 349-360). Vienna: Boehlau.

Research Grants

Brown, R. W. (Supporting), "Northeast Louisiana Culture and History Project" (Not Funded), Sponsored By National Endowment for the Humanities, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $. (2022 - Present).

Awards & Honors

George C. Marshall Undergraduate Research Scholarship.

James Madison History Graduate Fellowship.

Bernadotte Schmitt Research Scholarship.

W. K. McClure International Studies Research Fellowship.

Bernadotte Schmitt Research Scholarship.

Alpha Chi Honorary Membership.

West Point Summer Seminar and Current Policy Symposium Fellowship.

Courses Taught

HIST 1010HONORS HISTORY, 4 course(s)

HIST 1011WORLD CIVILIZATION I, 12 course(s)

HIST 1012WORLD CIVILIZATION II, 11 course(s)

HIST 2019HONORS HISTORY, 4 course(s)

HIST 3005LOUISIANA HISTORY, 37 course(s)

HIST 3030ENGLISH HISTORY, 16 course(s)

HIST 3099HISTORIAN'S CRAFT, 18 course(s)

HIST 4030WORLD WAR II, 16 course(s)

HIST 4047US MILITARY HIST 1865-PRESENT, 17 course(s)

HIST 4081Europe, 1890-1945, 1 course(s)

HIST 4133VIETNAM WAR, 1 course(s)

HIST 5010SEMIN AMER POLITICAL HISTORY, 2 course(s)

HIST 5012HISTORY OF WARFARE, 9 course(s)

HIST 5023WESTERN HERITAGE, 5 course(s)

HIST 5030Research Methods, 1 course(s)

HIST 5031MAKERS OF EUROPE: 20TH CENTURY, 5 course(s)

HIST 5050Miscellaneous Topics, 2 course(s)

HIST 5055MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS, 3 course(s)

HIST 5091DIRECTED READING AND RESEARCH, 2 course(s)

HIST 5099THESIS, 15 course(s)

HIST 5130WORLD WAR II, 5 course(s)

HIST 5133VIETNAM WAR, 1 course(s)

HIST 5147U.S. MILITARY HIST, 1865-PRES, 2 course(s)