History

Thomas W. Porter

Professor of History

(804)752-7243, tporter@rmc.edu

Degrees:

B.A., M.A., Ph.D. - Northern Illinois University

Special Interests:

Ninteenth Century Britain (Chartism & Ernest Jones), Modern China.

Honors:

• Fulbright Summer Seminar in China - 1987
• Samuel Nelson Gray Distinguished Professor Award - 1985
• Danforth Associate - 1978-84

Organizations:

• Virginia Society for History Teachers;
• Virginia Consortium for Asian Studies
• Conference on British Studies Society for the Study of Labor History
• President of the Randolph-Macon Chapter of the A.A.U.P. (American Association of University Professors;
• American Council on Education Fellow - 1981-82 NSF