Research Keywords

• Late 19th and 20th Century Intellectual, Cultural, and Political History, Modern American Catholic History

Research Areas

• Cultural

Time Periods

• 19th Century, 20th Century/Contemporary

Recent or current courses

• HST 306 - Modern United States (Spring 2009)
• HST 454 - Special Topics in American History (Spring 2009)
• HST 305 - The Making of the Modern U.S. (Fall 2009)

Significant Scholarly Activities

Journal Articles

• Samuel J. Thomas. "." "A final disposition one way or another: The Real End of the First Curran Affair" Catholic Historical Review 91.4 (October 2005): 714-742.
• . "Forthcoming: "Episcopal Authority and Clerical Dissent: Walter J. Burghardt, S.J. and Humanae Vitae,"." American Catholic Studies . (July 2008):
• Samuel J. Thomas. ""No Holds Barred: Political Cartoons of the Gilded Age"." MSU Museum . (August 24-December 31, 2008):

Presentations

• Samuel J. Thomas, "Episcopal Authority and Clerical Dissent in an Age of Reform: A Case Study in 1960s American Catholicism.," Crises in American Mainline Religions Since World War II, Organization of American Historians. Minneapolis, MN, USA, March 30, 2007.