Shawn Page

Dissertation/thesis title: Banks, Bankers, and Banking in North Texas, 1860-1930

Major Professor: Richard McCaslin

Specialty Areas: Texas History, Economic History, History of Capitalism, Latin American History, and U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

I am a fourth year Ph.D. candidate (ABD), and Teaching Fellow/Assistant with the Department of History. I specialize in post-Civil War United States Economic History. At the center of my research is understanding the role banking institutions played in the development of small towns as well as minority communities. I earned my B.A. in history as well as political science (2014 Magna Cum Laude) along with my M.A. in US History (2016) at the University of North Texas.

Teaching Experience

• University of North Texas Teaching Assistant:
  • Fall 2016
  • Spring 2017
• University of North Texas Teaching Fellow:
  • United States History to 1865 Fall 2017
  • United States History to 1865 Spring 2018
  • United States History to 1865 Fall 2018
  • United States History Since 1865 Spring 2019
  • United States History to 1865 Fall 2019
  • United States History Since 1865 Spring 2020

Honors:

• 2016 UNT Department Outstanding Thesis Award
• Academic Achievement Scholarship 2016-2017
• Nations Heritage Scholarship 2017-2018
• Hatton W. Sumners Foundation Endowed Scholarship 2019/2020

Professional Affiliations and Memberships:

• Texas State Historical Association
• Phi Alpha Theta, Honor Society