Richard B. McCaslin, Ph.D.
Richard B. McCaslin, Ph.D.
Richard B. McCaslin, joined the TSHA Staff as the Director of Publications in September 2023. He is the former TSHA Professor of Texas History at the University of North Texas, and has written or edited twenty-two books. These include Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, October 1862, which won a Tullis Award, Lee in the Shadow of Washington, which won a Laney Prize and Slatten Award and was nominated for a Pulitzer, Fighting Stock: John S. “Rip” Ford of Texas, which got a Pate Award and Bates Award, At the Heart of Texas: One Hundred Years of the Texas State Historical Association, 1897-1997, which won an Award of Merit from the Texas Philosophical Society, and Saratoga on the Cibolo: Sutherland Springs, Texas, which received a Publication Award from the San Antonio Conservation Society. A TSHA Fellow, he also has commendations from the Civil War Round Tables in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Shreveport for his academic work.
On December 17, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott appointed Richard B. McCaslin as the fifth Texas State Historian.
TSHA Awards
Positions
- Board Member (2014–2017)
- Director of Publications (2023)
- Texas State Historian (2025)
TSHA Committees
Publications Committee
- Richard B. McCaslin, Ph.D. (Chair)
- Lewis F. Fisher (Chair)
- William V. Scott
- Stephen C. Cook
- Watson C. Arnold, Ph.D.
- Ricardo Romo, Ph.D.
- Carolyn E. Boyd, Ph.D.
- Charles Swanlund
- Andrew Yox, Ph.D.
- Patricia Ritchie
- Jerry D. Thompson, Ph.D.
SHQ
- Richard B. McCaslin, Ph.D. (Chair)
- Jerry D. Thompson, Ph.D.
- Carolyn E. Boyd, Ph.D.
- Kenneth W. Howell, Ph.D.
- Charles D. Grear, Ph.D.
- Glen Sample Ely, Ph.D.
- Dolph Briscoe IV, Ph.D.
- Max Grossman, Ph.D.
Program Committee
Handbook Entries
| Title | Contributor Type |
|---|---|
| Bourland, James G. | Author |
| Great Hanging At Gainesville | Author |
| Hargis, John W. | Author |
| Menard Creek | Author |
| Polk County | Author |
| Polley, Joseph Henry | Author |
| Sutherland Springs, TX | Author |
| Sutherland, John, Jr. | Author |
| Taylor, Thomas Ulvan | Author |
| Wright, William Lee | Revision Author |
| Hart, James Pinckney | Author |
