Gary D. Joiner received a B.A. in history and geography from Louisiana Tech University, an M.A. in history from Louisiana Tech University, and a Ph.D. in history from St. Martin’s College, Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. He is a Professor of History at Louisiana State University in Shreveport, where he holds the Mary Anne and Leonard Selber Professorship in History and serves as Chair of the Department of History and Social Sciences, the Director of the Strategy Alternatives Consortium, and as Director of the Red River Regional Studies Center.
His research interests span military history, local and regional studies, and defense-related projects.
He is the author or editor of 37 books, including: 9/11: A Remembrance, Henry Chilvers: Admired by All (2018), History Matters, Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862, One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End, Through the Howling Wilderness, No Pardons to Ask Nor Apologies to Make, Little to Eat and Thin Mud to Drink, Mr. Lincoln’s Brown Water Navy, Red River Steamboats, Historic Shreveport-Bossier, Lost Shreveport: Vanishing Scenes From the Red River Valley, Historic Haunts of Shreveport and Wicked Shreveport, Wicked Shreveport, Historic Oakland Cemetery, Local Legends of Shreveport, Shre3veport’s Historic Greenwood Cemetery: Choes in Granite ande Marble, Red River Campaign: The Union’s Last Attempt to Invade Texas, and The Battle of New Orleans: A Bicentennial Tribute. Dr. Joiner is also the author of numerous articles and technical reports and served as a consultant for ABC, CBS, Fox News, PBS, the Associated Press, A&E Network, C-SPAN, the Discovery Network, HGTV, the History Channel, MSNBC, SyFy, and MTV among others.
Among his awards and honors are: Aaron and Peggy Selber Writing Competition Prize, “The Justification of Shreveport as the Primary Target of the Red River Campaign in 1864,” 2003; Albert Castel Award, One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864, 2004; A.M. Pate, Jr. Award, One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864, 2005; Listed in the International Biographical Centre (Cambridge, England) 2000 Outstanding Academics of the 21st Century; Jefferson Davis Award nomination, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2006; Silver Spur Award nomination, Western Writers of America, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2007; Army Historical Foundation finalist, Distinguished Writing Award, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2007; Douglas Southall Freeman Award nomination, MOS & B, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2007; Book of the Month Club featured alternate, History Book Club Main Selection, and Military Book featured alternate, Shiloh and Western Campaign of 1862, 2007; Lifetime Achievement Award and Life Membership, Red River Civil War Roundtable, Alexandria, Louisiana, May 1, 2008; Charles L. “Pie” Dufour Award, for Preservation and Scholarly Contributions in the field of History, New Orleans Civil War Roundtable, May 2008; A.M. Pate Distinguished Service Award for Civil War History by the Fort Worth Civil War Round Table, January 2009; Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservationist of the Year Award for 2010.
Areas of Specialty: American Civil War, American military history, Cold War, Strategy and Deterrence, Louisiana history, Local and Regional History, Civil Rights, Colonial and Revolutionary War, Louisiana geography, geographic information systems, Graeco-Roman history, Middle Eastern history, American Frontier history, and Western Civilization.
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HIST 271 Louisiana History
HIST 299 Research and Methods
HIST 399 Internship in History
HIST 425 Ancient Near East
HIST 428/628 History of Rome
HIST 450/650 Colonial America and Revolutionary War
HIST 451/651 American Frontier
HIST 455/655 U. S. Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 458/658 Cold War
HIST 471/671 Civil War in Louisiana
HIST 475/675 Seminar in Local History
HISHIST 490/690 Special Topics in History
HIST 495/695 Special Topics in
HIST 490/690 Special Topics in History: Classical Greece
HIST 499 Senior Seminar
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