T. Lloyd Benson

Walter Kenneth Mattison Professor of History

Education

• Ph.D., 1990, History, University of Virginia
• Dissertation: "Planters and Hoosiers: The Development of Sectional Society in Antebellum Indiana and Mississippi"
• MA, 1983, History, University of Virginia
• BA (with distinction), 1981, University of Virginia
• A.A., 1979, State University of New York, Empire State College

Publications and Projects

• "The Caning of Sumner: Paradox and Parallel in the Lives of A.P. Butler, Preston Brooks, and Charles Sumner," in Burton and Farmer, eds., Perspectives on Edgefield County History (forthcoming).
• The Caning of Senator Sumner (Wadsworth, June 2003)
• "Faculty Collaboration and Electronic Media: A Response," in Reed, Sands, and Inman, eds., Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities: Issues and Options (Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates, publishers, 2002)
• "Tom Scott" in Leonard C. Schlup, et al, eds., Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age (M. E. Sharpe, 2003)
• Foreward for C.A. David's Greenville of Old (Greenville County Historical Society, 1998)
• Secession Editorials Project (Internet)
• Nineteenth Century Documents Project (Internet)
• Planters and Hoosiers: The Development of Sectional Society in Antebellum Indiana and Mississippi (under review)
• "Information Technology and the Liberal Arts College," (Feature Article), in Technology Colloquium (August 1997)
• "Who Lived in Greenville (An Interactive Map and Database)" Project for the Greenville County Historical Society (1997)
• "Drawing the Color Line in Antebellum Indiana and Mississippi," Furman Studies, XXXVIII (June 1996).
• The Battling Press: Essays On Civil War Era Newspapers (A-Press, 1994) Supervising editor.
• "The Plain Folk of Orange: Land, Work, and Society in the Civil War Era," in John C. Willis and Edward L. Ayers, eds., The Edge of the South: Essays in Nineteenth Century Virginia (University Press of Virginia, 1991).
• "AutoCAD and the Historian," Cadence (April 1989)

Papers and Presentations

• Consultant and Commentator, "Preston Brooks’ Riding Crop" Episode, PBS History Detectives (Broadcast 2 August 2004).
• "The Secession Era Editorials Project: Teaching and Conversation about the Civil War Era," Ithaca College Technology in the Humanities Conference, May 2004.
• "The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Abolitionist Threat," 175th Anniversary Symposium: Race, Religion, and the Liberal Arts, Furman University, April 2002.
• "The Caning of Sumner Incident: Paradox and Parallel in the Lives of Sumner, Butler, and Brooks," Edgefield Southern History Summit, October 2001.
• Humanities Websites: State of the Art (panel chair), Association for Documentary Editing Annual Conference, October 2001.
• "The Political Language of Gender and Family in Secession-Era Partisan Editorials" presented at the Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, November 1998.
• "The Political Language of Gender and Family in Civil War Era Diaries and Editorials" presented at the Associated Colleges of the South Conference on Women's Studies, October 1997.
• "Protestant Churches and Economic Development in Antebellum Indiana and Mississippi," presented at the Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, November 1995
• "Reassessing Tom Scott, 'The Railroad Prince," presented at the Mid-America Conference on History, September 1995
• "'Sparkin' in those days had its Difficulties:' Inter-regional marriages in Antebellum Indiana and Mississippi," presented at the Associated Colleges of the South Conference on Women's Studies, October 1993.
• "Entrepreneurialism in Late Antebellum Indiana and Mississippi," presented at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, April 1993.

Positions Held

• Professor of History and Walter K. Mattison chair, Furman University, Greenville South Carolina (September 2003-present)
• Acting chair, Department of History (January 2002-September 2003)
• Associate Professor, Furman University, Greenville South Carolina (September 1995-August 2003)
• Assistant Professor, Furman University, Greenville South Carolina (August 1990-May 1995)
• Lecturer, Berry College, Rome Georgia (August 1989-April 1990)
• Instructor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Virginia (January-May 1986)

Professional Memberships and Activities

• co-founder and editor, E-DOCS discussion list for historical documents on the Internet
• American Historical Association
• Southern Historical Association
• Social Science History Association
• Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
• Indiana Historical Association
• Association for Documentary Editing
• Text Encoding Initiative Consortium

Awards, Summer Seminars, etc.

• Walter Kenneth Mattison Endowed Chair in History, 1999
• Alester G. & Janie Earle Furman Meritorious Teaching Award, 1998
• Recipient, Independent Colleges and Universities of South Carolina Summer Research Grant, 1997
• Faculty Member, Furman Advantage Undergraduate Teaching Program, 1994, 2002
• Faculty Member, Furman Advantage Undergraduate Research Program, 1995-1997, 2000, 2003
• Invited Participant, Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities Summer Seminar, 1996
• Recipient, Furman-Wofford Mellon grants for advanced course development, 1996, 2001
• Staff, Associated Colleges of the South Teaching and Learning Workshop, 1995-1997, 1999-2000, 2003-2004.
• Association of Furman Students Faculty Member of the Year, 1994
• Republic Research Training Centers, Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1987
• University of Virginia, Graduate Award for Best Article in Essays in History, 1984.

Institutional Activities

• Member, Furman University Curriculum Review Task Force, (2004-)
• Chair, Academic Appeals Committee (2002-2003)
• Furman University 175th Anniversary Symposium planning group (2001-2002)
• Co-director, Furman University Alumni College (June 2001)
• Chair, Academic Computing Committee (1994-5), (2004-)
• Member, CLP, Academic Computing, Appeals, Community Relations committees
• Academic Calendar task-force, Center for Collaborative Learning and Communications planning group, Engaged Learning task force