Trent Brown
Brown publishes new book on true crime
In his latest book, Roadhouse Justice: Hattie Lee Barnes and the Killing of a White Man in 1950s Mississippi, Dr. Trent Brown, professor of English and technical communication, weaves a story of injustice, civil rights and the southern legal system.
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Brown publishes new book
Dr. Trent Brown, a historian and a professor of English and technical communication, has written a comprehensive examination of an unsolved murder case involving a 12-year-old girl from his hometown of McComb, Mississippi.
Read More »In the News: TV tower collapse, career skills, civil rights activist, Benton mural, naked mountain man
- When a television tower in Webster County collapsed on April 19, reporters at the Springfield News-Leader sought the structural engineering expertise of Dr. John Myers. The article, 1,980-foot TV Tower Collapse in Webster County; 1 Dead, Several Injured, Officials Say, was published April 19 and updated April 20. Myers is a professor of civil engineering and associate dean of the College of Engineering and Computing. Read More »
Brown interviewed by Christian Science Monitor reporter
Dr. Trent Brown, associate professor of American studies at Missouri S&T, was interviewed for a Christian Science Monitor article about Confederate monuments. The story by Weston Williams, “Appeals Court Rules that Confederate Monuments Can Come Down in New Orleans,” was published March 7. Brown’s research focuses on the cultural history of the twentieth-century United States, particularly race and gender in the recent South.
Read More »Brown to appear on C-SPAN Aug. 20
Dr. Trent Brown, associate professor of American studies, will be featured on C-SPAN at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Brown will be part of a panel titled “Civil Rights History II.”
Read More »Brown on Book TV
Dr. Trent Brown, an associate professor of American studies in English and technical communication, was featured on C-SPAN 2’s Book TV discussing his recent book Ed King’s Mississippi: Behind the Scenes of Freedom Summer. Brown was featured on Saturday, Nov. 14, and Sunday, Nov. 15. Book TV describes the interview as follows:
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