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Dr. Audra L. Prewitt
Lecturer-History
 
Office LocationMail Box: 19529, UH, Room No.: 333 
Email  prewitt@uta.edu    Contact Number 8172725267   
Keywords American Legal Theory, Constitutional Theory, 19th century America   
 Professional Preparation
 DegreeMajorInstitutionYear
 Ph.D.HistoryNorthwestern University1973
 M.A.HistoryNorthwestern University1962
 B.A.HistoryLamar University1960
 Research and Expertise
Fields of Interest
 
American Legal and Constitutional History
Late 19th Century America
Progressive America
English Legal Development
toggle toggle Publications
  Category    Type  Publications per page   1  
  YearPublication  Type
1997
Published
Review of The People's Welfare by WIlliam Novak, (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 344 pg). Journal of American History, September, 1997.
Category: Book Review
Book reviews
1993
Published
Review of The Era of Good Stealings by Mark Wahlgren Summers, (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 377 pg). Journal of Mississippi History, November, 1993.
Category: Book Review
Book reviews
1989
Published
"Commission on Civil Rights," Encyclopedia USA, Vol. 11, March
Category: Other
Other
1989
Published
"Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice," Encyclopedia USA, Vol. 11, March
Category: Other
Other
 Presentations and Projects
"Lawyers and the Consitution"    
Daughters of the American Revolution, September 17, 1974
 Affiliations
Learned and Honor Societies
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
American Society for Legal History
Western Association of Women Historians
 Appointments
DurationRankDepartment / SchoolCollege / OfficeUniversity / Company
1964-cyrrentLecturerHistory DepartmentCollege of Liberal ArtsThe University of Texas at Arlington
1963-1964Graduate AssistantHistory Department Northwestern University
1961-1964   Harper & Row
1960-1962Reserve Librarian  Northwestern University
1959-1960SecretaryHistory Department Lamar University
 Synergistic Activities
University Service
Teacher Education Council, 1995-current
Undergraduate Advisor, Sept. 1985-current
Representative, Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee, 1996-1996
Tenure and Promotion Committee, 82-88, 91-92, 95-96
Executive Committee, 1984-current
Advanced Placement, 1980-82, 1985-94
Curriculum Committee, 1973-74, 1979, 1982-84, 1988-97 Chairman, 1996
Departmental Scheduling Committee, 1969-72, 1983-current
Departmental Curriculum Committee, 1973-74, 1995-96
Departmental Catalogue Committee, 1974-75
Departmental Counselor, 1975
Departmental Library Committee, 1976
Departmental Committee on Honors Program, 1977
Departmental Representative to Educational Council, 1985-96, 1998
Departmental Grievance Committee, 1995-96
Consulting
Manuscript reader-Oklahoma University Press
Manuscript reader-U.S. Survey Text 1865-1900-West Publishign Company
Wadsworth Publishing Company-1991
 Teaching
 
HIST 3318-001 - U.S. Legal and Constitutional History 2
Spring 2009

This course traces the development of American laws and judicial structure with emphasis on the interrelations of law, public opinion, the legal profession and the political process. The time period covered is reconstruction to the present. The main concern will be to place law within the framework of social needs and desires.


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Contact Information
UH, #333
Phone: 8172725267  Email: prewitt@uta.edu
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 Additional Information
Honors and Awards
Northwestern University Scholarship, 1963-64
Teaching Assistant to Dr. Robert Wiebe, Northwestern Univ., 1963-64
 
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