Randolph B. Campbell, Ph.D.
Randolph B. Campbell, Ph.D.
Randolph B. Campbell was Regents' Professor of History at the University of North Texas (UNT). He earned his B.A. (1961), M.A. (1963), and Ph.D. (1966) from the University of Virginia. In 2013 he became the inaugural Lone Star Chair in Texas History, having been named Lone Star Professor in 2011 after completion of the first phase of creation of the chair. Establishing the chair was a project of TSHA and UNT collaboration as part of their affiliation. The Lone Star Chair also was charged to serve as Chief Historian. He was president of the Texas State Historical Association from 1993-94, and served as Chief Historian from 2008-17.
His previous books include Gone To Texas: A History of the Lone Star State (2003), An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821-1865, (1989), and numerous other books, chapters, and articles on Texas history.
Publications
TSHA Awards
- Mary Jon and J. P. Bryan Leadership in Education Award (2010)
- H. Bailey Carroll Award for Best Article in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly (1989)
- Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History (1988)
- TSHA Fellowship (1985)
- H. Bailey Carroll Award for Best Article in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly (1969)
Positions
- President (1993–1994)
- Chief Historian (2008–2017)
- Managing Editor, Handbook of Texas, Interim (2009–2015)