Dr. Ronnie W. Faulkner

Associate Librarian & Associate Professor of History          Library Annex (227 Main St.)                 PO Box 98, Buies Creek, NC 27506      Office Telephone: (910) 814-5773   Email: rwfaulkner@campbell.edu             "The less legislation the better."                        Sen. Nathaniel Macon (1758-1837)

EDUCATION

      Ph.D., History, University of South Carolina, 1983
      MSLS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978
      MA, History, East Carolina University, 1976
      BS, History, Campbell College, 1974, graduated summa cum laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

At Campbell University (NC):

      Associate Librarian & Associate Professor of History, 2008-present
      Director of Library Services & Associate Professor of History, 1996-2008
      Director of Library Services & Assistant Professor of History, 1992-1996
      Technical Services Librarian & Assistant Professor of History, 1989-1993

At Glenville (WV) State College:
      Library Director & Assistant Professor of Education, 1984-1989

At Tennessee Technological University:
      Coordinator of Public Services & Assistant Prof. of Library Science, 1981-1984
      Assistant Reference Librarian & Instructor of Library Science, 1979-1981

PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Faulkner has written over 50 articles and book chapters for such periodicals as The Historian, North Carolina Historical Review, Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Polity, Teaching Political Science, Library Hi Tech News, Library Software Review, Library Acquisitions, Tennessee Librarian, West Virginia Libraries, Southeastern Librarian, the Raleigh News & Observer, and Confederate Veteran. He also wrote entries for the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography (UNC Press, 1994-96), American Mass-Market Magazines (Greenwood Press, 1990), The Smaller Academic Library: A Management Handbook (Greenwood Press, 1988), The Heritage of Harnett County (Delmar Printing, 1993), and The Heritage of Coats, North Carolina (Coats Centennial Book Committee, 2005).  He wrote over 25 entries for the Encyclopedia of North Carolina (UNC Press, 2006). He is a Faculty Affiliate of the John Locke Foundation (Raleigh, NC).  He is a member of numerous organizations, including the NC Library Association, the Southeastern Library Association, the N.C. Literary & Historical Association, the Association of N.C. Historians, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, and the Southern Historical Association, to name a few.   Dr. Faulkner is a successful grant writer and fundraiser for libraries, having raised over $800,000 in funded grants and endowments since 1993.  He served on the Library Services and Technology Act Advisory Committee for the State Library of North Carolina, which reviews applications and makes recommendations for federal grants totaling over $3 million a year, and was immediate past chairman (2005-07) of the Rotary District 7710 Scholarship Committee, which selects Ambassadorial Scholars for study abroad.

LINKS TO FAULKNER-RELATED ITEMS:              

The Latest on Edgar Rice Burroughs & Race(5/08)  The Origin of the Camel Mascot

Entries for North Carolina History Project              The Meaning of "No"  

Taking John C. Calhoun to the United Nations        Faulkner Photos & Sketches-Under construction

Faulkner Items in the Campbell Library Catalog       Faulkner Resume

COURSES TAUGHT                                                 

History 331: History of North Carolina
History 332: North Carolina: Its Geography & People

Course Info: NC History students check this out. Possible great resources for your

                              research: W. S. Powell, ed., The Encyclopedia of North Carolina

                             (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2006) in Library: REF F 254 .E54 2006        

                        Eastern N. Carolina Digital Library, http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/

                        The North Carolina History Project, http://northcarolinahistory.org/

                        Documenting the American South (UNC), http://docsouth.unc.edu/.

                             History 331
                             History 332

                             NC Bibliography

                            NC History 331 PowerPoint Classes 2-4

                            NC History 331 PowerPoint Classes 5-6

                            NC History 331 PowerPoint Classes 7-8

                            NC History 331 PowerPoint Classes 9-10

                            NC History 331 PowerPoint Classes 11-13

                            NC History 331 PowerPoint Classes 14-16

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