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James L. "Jim" McCorkle, Jr. (born May 17, 1935), is a retired professor of history from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, who specialized in research on the American South, particularly agriculture. He was an NSU faculty member from 1966 until 2003. In 1998, McCorkle became the editor of ''Southern Studies'', an interdisciplinary journal published by NSU.〔 In 1971, he was appointed book review editor for the journal. ==Background== McCorkle was born in Hazlehurst, the county seat of Copiah County, southwest of the state capital of Jackson in southwestern Mississippi. It was an agricultural area. McCorkle later recounted, "I remember growing up in Copiah County, Mississippi, and watching the farmers and the buyers coming together at parking sheds to conduct business. The farmers would come in and sometimes this would go on until two or three in the morning. I'd watch them pack and load the refrigerated cars that would go to Chicago."〔He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama and his Master of Arts and Ph.D. degree, completed in 1966, from the University of Mississippi at Oxford.〔 He did his doctoral dissertation on truck farming.〔 In 1957, McCorkle graduated as an officer from Class 29 of the Pensacola Naval Air Training Station in Pensacola, Florida. He is pictured in the naval yearbook called ''Flight Jacket.'' He is a member of the United States Naval Institute.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Just a Joy Historical Treasures )〕 McCorkle taught for his academic career at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Colleagues included John Price; Marietta LeBreton, a specialist in the history of Louisiana and the U.S. West; Donald Rawson, a Mississippi native and later graduate school dean and an authority on 19th-century American history; and William A. Poe, a Baptist minister and Alabama native whose research was primarily in European history. McCorkle served as president of the Northwestern State University (NSU) chapter of Phi Kappa Phi and president of the Faculty Senate. In 2002, he was one of five NSU professors to receive the annual "Excellence in Teaching" award. He received the "Outstanding Educator of America" designation and the Willie D. Halsell Award given by the Mississippi Historical Society for the best article in the ''Journal of Mississippi History'' and named for Professor Halsell (1905–1974) of Mississippi State University at Starkville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marietta LeBreton, "James L. McCorkle, Jr.: An Appreciation" )〕 He was a member of the Southern Historical Association, Agricultural History Society, Louisiana Historical Association, Mississippi Historical Society, and the North Louisiana Historical Association, based in Shreveport. As ''Southern Studies'' editor, McCorkle gained peer review for articles in the fields of history, politics, literature, and art. The journal also carries book reviews on southern culture. The publication began as ''Louisiana Studies'' under former editor and NSU historian John M. Price (born 1942).〔"McCorkle named 'Southern Studies' editor", nsula, 1998〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James L. McCorkle, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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