Faculty

Terry Seip

Associate Professor Emeritus of History

Contact Information
E-mail: tseip@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-1656
Office: SOS 255

Education

Ph.D. History, Louisiana State University, 1/1974
M.A. History, Lousiana State University, 1/1970
B.A. History, Kansas State University, 1/1967

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1981-
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1974-01/01/1981
Instructor, History Department, Louisiana State University, 01/01/1973

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Professor Seip is a student of the American South and 19th century America with research interests in the Middle Period. He is currently finishing a full biography of George E. Spencer (1836-1893), the prominent and notorious carpetbagger who represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate from 1868 until 1879; Spencer is also a quintessential vehicle for exploring a generation of ambitious, enterprising, footloose young men constantly on the outlook for the main chance.

Publications

Book

Seip, T. L. "The Carpetbag Experience: George E. Spencer of Alabama, 1836-1893".
Seip, T. L. (1983). The South Returns to Congress: Men, Economic Measures, and Intersectional Relationships, 1868-1879, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1983. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press.

Book Review

Seip, T. L. (2006). Review of Thomas Upchurch, Legislating Racism: The Billion Dollar Congress and the Birth of Jim Crow (2004). Journal of Southern History. pp. 202-204.

Encyclopedia Article

Seip, T. L. (2006). "Electoral Commission of 1877" and "Hugh McCulloch". (RIchard Zuczek, Ed.). Greenwood Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction Era.
Seip, T. L. (1999). "Hugh McCulloch" and "George E. Spencer". (John A. Garraty, Ed.). 948-50, 448-49. Vol. XIV, XX. New York, NY: American National Biography.

Seip, T. L. (2007). "Mentoring: Teaching Assistants and Other Issues". AHA Perspectives.
Seip, T. L. (2004). "Getting Started" (Tips and Strategies for Teaching Assistants). American Historical Association Perspectives.

Other

Seip, T. L. (1999). We Shall Gladly Teach, Preparing History Graduate Students for the Classroom, Washington: American Historical Association and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1999. American Historical Association and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Honors and Awards

USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, Mortar Board, Honored Faculty Award, 2008-2009
USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, USC Mellon Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring, 2007-2008
USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, USC Parents Association, The Teaching and Mentoring Award for Experienced Faculty, 2006-2007
USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, USC Parents Association; Teaching and Mentoring Recognition, 2005-2006
USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, USC General Education Teaching Award, 1998-1999
USC Center for Excellence in Teaching, Faculty Fellow, 1997-1999
American Historical Association Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award for Undergraduate Teaching, 1997-1998
USC Associates Award For Excellence In Teaching, 1990
USC Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award, Book Award for The South Returns to Congress, 1985-1986
USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, USC Division of Social Sciences and Communication Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1981

Service to the Profession

Professional Memberships

American Historical Association, 2008-2009
Organization of American Historians, 2008-2009
Society of Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 2008-2009
Southern Historical Association, 2008-2009