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Texas History Day Coordinators

The National History Day structure in Texas is divided into regional or district contests. Please check the list below to see if your school district holds a contest and contact your district's history day coordinator. If your school district is not listed, please contact the regional coordinator in your city or nearest to your community. If you are unsure which district or region you should contact or if you have questions about any aspect of the National History Day program, please contact the state coordinator for Texas History Day.

DISTRICT CONTESTS AND COORDINATORS
REGIONAL CONTESTS AND COORDINATORS
North and East Texas
Northwest Texas
Houston and Gulf Coast
Central Texas
South Texas
West Texas
STATE CONTEST AND COORDINATOR

DISTRICT CONTESTS AND COORDINATORS
 
Aldine Regional History Day (Aldine ISD only)
Event Date: February 27, 2009
Location:Aldine Middle School
Coordinator:Deborah Johnson
Program Director for Social Studies
Aldine ISD
14909 Aldine Westfield Road
Houston, Texas 77032
(281) 985-6409
(281) 985-6444 (fax)
dljohnson@aldine.k12.tx.us
 
 Shirley Worden
Program Director Social Studies
Aldine ISD Resource Center
14909 Aldine Westfield Road
Houston, Texas 77032
(281) 985-6127
(281) 985-6444 (fax)
sworden@aldine.k12.tx.us
 
Houston Regional History Fair
(Houston ISD only)
Event Date: February 16, 2009
Location: HISD Administration Building
and HISD Doris Miller Center
Website: www.hisdsocialstudies.org
Coordinators: Angela Miller
Social Studies Manager, Secondary
Curriculum Department
Houston ISD
4400 W 18th St
Houston, Texas 77092-8501
(713) 556-6823
amiller2@houstonisd.org
 
  Montra Rogers
Secondary Social Studies Specialist
Curriculum Department
Houston ISD
4400 W 18th St
Houston, Texas 77092-8501
713) 556-6823
mrogersw@houstonisd.org

REGIONAL CONTESTS AND COORDINATORS
 
North and East Texas
 
Commerce and East Texas Regional History Fair
Event Date: February 11, 2009
Location:Student Center
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Coordinator:

Judy Ford
Department of History
Texas A&M-Commerce
PO Box 3011
Commerce, Texas 75429
(903) 886-5226
Judy_Ford@tamu-commerce.edu

 
Dallas Area Regional History Day
Event Date: February 21, 2009
Location: Fair Park, Dallas
Website http://www.region10.org/SocialStudies/HistoryDay.html
Coordinators: Susan Reno
Chair, Dallas Area Regional History Day
735 San Juan
Duncanville, Texas 75116-3919
(214) 236-1602
sreno@dallasisd.org
 
Fort Worth and Arlington Regional History Day
Event Date: February 28, 2009
Location:University of Texas at Arlington
Coordinator:Juliann Warner
James Martin High School
4501 West Pleasant Ridge
Arlington, Texas 76016
(817) 561-8779 or 8600
jwarner@aisd.net
 
Stephen F. Austin State University Regional History Day
Event Date: February 27, 2009
Location:SFASU University Center
Website http://www.sfasu.edu/historyday
Coordinator: Perky Beisel
Department of History, SFASU
P. O. Box 13013
Nacogdoches TX 75962
(936) 468-2093
pbeisel@sfasu.edu

Northwest Texas
 
McMurry University Regional History Day
Event Date: February 26, 2009
Location:McMurry University
Coordinator: Rob Fink
Department of History
McMurry University
McM Station Box 638
Abilene, TX 79697
(325) 793-4698
finkr@mcm.edu
 
Panhandle-Plains Regional History Day
Event Date: March 7, 2009
Location:Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
Coordinator:Millie Vanover
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
WTAMU Box 60967
Canyon, TX 79016
(806) 651-2249
mvanover@pphm.wtamu.edu
 
North Texas Regional History Fair
Event Date: March 7, 2009
Location:Kirby Middle School
Coordinator:Imma Jeanne Alexander
Wichita Falls ISD Social Studies Supervisor
P. O. Box 97533
Wichita Falls, TX 76307-7533
(940) 720-4991
Fax: (940) 720-3255
ialexander@wfisd.net
 
South Plains Regional History Day
Event Date: February 28, 2009
Location:National Ranching Heritage Center
Coordinator: Emily Arellano
Manager, Education Programs
National Ranching Heritage Center
3121 4th Street
Box 43200
Lubbock, TX 79409-3200
806-742-0498
emily.arellano@ttu.edu
 

 
Houston and Gulf Coast
 
Lee College Regional History Day
Event Date: March 6-7 , 2009
Location:Lee College
Coordinators:John Britt
Lee College
P.O. Box 818
Baytown, Texas 77522
(281) 425-6375
jbritt@lee.edu
 
 

Toni Shuman
Social Studies Coordinator
Goose Creek CISD
4544 I-10 East
Baytown, Texas 77521
(281) 421-3233
tgshuman@gccisd.net

 
Fort Bend Regional History Fair
Event Date: February 21, 2009
Location:Sartartia Middle School
Coordinator:Susan Voradakis
Social Studies Coordinator
Fort Bend ISD
16431 Lexington Boulevard
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
(281) 634-1000
susan.voradakis@fortbend.k12.tx.us
 
Lone Star College-Montgomery
Event Date: February 7, 2009
Location: Lone Star College-Montgomery
Coordinator:Betsy Powers
3200 College Park Drive
Conroe, TX 77384
(936) 273-7036
betsy.j.powers@lonestar.edu

Central Texas
 
Cen-Tex History Fair
Event Date: February 14, 2009
Location: Thompson Conference Center (UT Campus)
Website: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu
/johnson/education.hom/education-main.shtm
Coordinator: Marsha Sharp
Education Specialist
LBJ Library and Museum
2313 Red River
Austin, Texas 78705
(512) 721-0195
marsha@lbjlibrary.net
 
San Antonio Regional History Fair
Event Date: February 27-28, 2009
Location: Brandeis High Scool
Website: http://colfa.utsa.edu/hist/historyfair/
Coordinator: Barbara Parisher
Social Studies Specialist, Elementary
Northside ISD
5900 Evers
San Antonio, TX 78238
(210) 397-8664
barbara.parisher@nisd.net

 
Brazos Valley Regional History Fair
Event Date: February 13, 2009
Location:Star of the Republic Museum
Coordinator:Anne McGaugh
Curator of Education
P.O. Box 317
Washington, TX 77880
(936) 878-2461 ext. 237
(936) 878-2462 (fax)
amcgaugh@blinn.edu
 

Heart of Texas Regional History Fair

Event Date: February 12-13, 2009
Location:Bill Daniel Student Center
Baylor University
Website: www.baylor.edu/historyfair
Coordinators:

Elinor Mazé, President
Institute for Oral History, Baylor University
One Bear Place # 97271
Waco, Texas 76798-7271
(254) 710-6289

 
 Dena Martin
Heart of Texas Regional History Fair
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97203
Waco, Texas 76798
(254) 753-3251
(254) 753-3209 (fax)
Dena_Martin@baylor.edu

South Texas
 
Rio Grande Valley Regional History Fair
Event Date: Febraury 21, 2009
Location:University of Texas-Pan American Student Union
Coordinator:Michael Faubion
University of Texas-Pan American
Department of History and Philosophy
SBS 309
1201 West University
Edinburg, Texas 78539
(956) 381-3561
mfc83b@panam.edu
 
Coastal Bend Regional History Fair
Event Date: February 28, 2009
Location:Texas A&M University-Kingsville Student Union
Coordinator: Lois Jaimes
John E. Conner Museum
Texas A&M University
700 University Blvd., MSC 134
Kingsville, Texas 78363
(361) 593-2828
kalmj00@tamuk.edu

West Texas
 
Big Bend Regional History Fair
Event Date: March 19, 2009
Location:Sul Ross University
Coordinator:Caroline Fox
Alpine Middle School
801 Middle School Drive
Alpine, Texas 79830
(915) 837-7720
cfox@alpine.esc18.net
 
El Paso History Day
Event Date: February 21, 2009
Location:Union Building -- University of Texas at El Paso
Coordinator:Charles Martin
Department of History
Liberal Arts Bldg., Room 320
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas 79968
(915) 747-7055
mcharles@utep.edu
 
Midland and Permian Basin History Fair
Event Date: TBA
Location:Robert E. Lee Freshman High School
Coordinator:Cindy Truitt
Robert E. Lee High School
3500 Neely Avenue
Midland, Texas 79707
(432) 689-1631
ctruitt@esc18.net

STATE CONTEST AND COORDINATORS
 
Texas History Day
Event Date: May 8-9, 2009
Location:Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum &
The University of Texas at Austin
 
K-12 Student Programs Coordinator: Kate O'Donnell
Texas State Historical Association
1155 Union Circle #311580
Denton, Texas 76203
(940) 369-5245
(940) 369-5248 (fax)
KateODonnell@TSHAonline.org
 
Director of Educational Services:

Stephen S. Cure
Texas State Historical Association
1155 Union Circle #311580
Denton, Texas 76203
(940) 369-5247
(940) 369-5248 (fax)
SteveCure@TSHAonline.org

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