John Willingham
John Willingham | |
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Born | Waco, Texas, U.S.[1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
Occupations |
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Known for | The first and only in-depth quantitative evaluations of public university honors programs; essays on Texas history and literature; historical novels set in Texas |
Website | https://www.johnwillingham.net/ |
John Willingham is an American writer and editor known for his collections of reviews about honors programs at public universities in the United States,[2][3] for his essays about history, literature, politics, and religion,[4] and for The Edge of Freedom: A Fact-Based Novel of the Texas Revolution.[5][6] The Revolution was his subject once more in his paper "Should We Forget the Alamo?: Myths, Slavery, and the Texas Revolution (2023).[7] In 2011, he founded and became editor of Public University Honors, a website that evaluates more than 50 college honors programs and provides information about honors programs in general.[2][8]
He is opposed to numerical rankings of colleges or honors programs, asserting in the 2018 edition that "Rankings presume a perfection that they cannot meet." His reviews place programs in groups, with the top group of 10 or so receiving the highest rating.
Willingham has been a contributor to the History News Network, which has published about two dozen of his essays and opinion pieces.[4] During the same period, his work appeared in a variety of publications including The Texas Observer online,[9] Religion Dispatches,[10] and the San Antonio Express-News.[11]
Born in
Publications
Non-fiction books
- A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs, Public University Press, 2014[13]
- Inside Honors: Ratings and Reviews of Sixty Public University Honors Programs, Public University Press, 2016[14]
- Inside Honors 2018-2019: Ratings and Reviews of 50 Public University Honors Programs, Public University Press, 2018[15]
- Inside Honors 2020-2021: Ratings and Reviews of 40 Public University Honors Programs, Public University Press, 2020[16]
Novels
- The Edge of Freedom, A Fact-Based Novel of the Texas Revolution, Inkwater Press, 2011[17]
- The Last Woman, TCU Press, 2025 (forthcoming)
Selected Op-Eds
- "Gail Collins Almost Remembers the Alamo", HNN, 2012.[18]
- "Glenn Beck’s Christianity and Abraham Lincoln’s Religion, HNN, 2010[19]
- "Historical Fiction and the 'Gaps' in Academic History", HNN, 2011[20]
- "J.H. Plumb Would Be Aghast at Today's Distorted History", HNN, 2011[21]
- "Rick Perry's War on Higher Ed in Texas, HNN, 2011[22]
- "Paul Ryan's Hijacking of Natural Rights", HNN, 2012[23]
- "Sarah Palin and the Static God", Religion Dispatches, 2010[10]
- "Waco: The City Where the Waco Siege Didn't Actually Happen", HNN, 2013[24]
- "White College Grads Preferred Donald Trump; This Raises the Question, What Happened to Critical Thinking?", HNN, 2016[25]
- "Do a Majority of Republicans Really Distrust Higher Education?", HNN, 2017[26]
- "What's Driving the Latest Texas History Wars?", HNN, 2022[27]
Literary and Academic Publications
- "Summertime Passing", Southwest Review, short story, 1975[28]
- "John Graves, Larry McMurtry, and the Nature of Goodbyes", Southwest Review, essay, 2015[29]
- "Paulette Jiles and the Aura of the News", essay, San Antonio Review, 2021[30]
- "The Real Sickness in America", essay, San Antonio Review, 2022[31]
- "Should We Forget the Alamo? Myths, Slavery, and the Texas Revolution", essay, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 2023[32]
See also
References
- ^ Huddleston, Scott (March 25, 2011). "Remembering the 'Goliad Massacre'". San Antonio Express-News. Hearst Newspapers. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ^ a b Bruni, Frank (August 8, 2015). "A Prudent College Path". The New York Times. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ Berlinerblau, Jacques (August 26, 2017). "Starting a college admission search? Here are a professor's tips". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ a b "John Willingham". History News Network. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- S2CID 144161340.
- ^ a b c Smith, J. B. (March 16, 2011). "Former McLennan Elections Official John Willingham to Sign Copies of His Book". Waco Tribune-Herald. BH Media Group. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ^ Board, Editorial (June 4, 2023). "Texas historical association is a treasure. Its future is under threat". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ "Public University Honors". Public University Honors. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ Willingham, John (October 12, 2010). "At Glenn Beck University, Hatred is the Curriculum". Retrieved December 12, 2016.
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(help) - ^ a b "Sarah Palin and the Static God". Religion Dispatches. University of Southern California Annenberg School of Journalism and Communication. May 20, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ Willingham, John (April 21, 2011). "Post San Jacinto: Gratification, Ire for Houston". San Antonio Express News. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- ^ "Election 2004: Review and Recommendations by the National Election Administrators" (PDF). The Election Center. 2005. pp. i–iv. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- OCLC 895669960.
- ISBN 978-0692783818.
- ISBN 978-0692195253.
- ISBN 979-8690412166.
- OCLC 701811425.
- ^ "Gail Collins Almost Remembers the Alamo". History News Network. June 22, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "Glenn Beck's Christianity and Abraham Lincoln's Religion". History News Network. September 13, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ "Historical Fiction and the 'Gaps' in Academic History". History News Network. February 6, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ "J.H. Plumb Would Be Aghast at Today's Distorted History". History News Network. August 21, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ "Rick Perry's War on Higher Ed in Texas". History News Network, June 19, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ "Paul Ryan's Hijacking of Natural Rights". History News Network. August 27, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "Waco: The City Where the Waco Siege Didn't Actually Happen". History News Network. April 9, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "White College Grads Preferred Donald Trump; This Raises the Question, What Happened to Critical Thinking?". History News Network. December 25, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ "Do a Majority of Republicans Really Distrust Higher Education?". History News Network. July 23, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ^ "What's Driving the Latest Texas History Wars?". History News Network. October 2, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- JSTOR 43471219.
- JSTOR 43821049.
- ^ Willingham, John (Summer 2021). "Paulette Jiles and the Aura of the News". San Antonio Review. 1 (5). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- . Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- S2CID 257918480. Retrieved June 5, 2023.