Luke A. Nichter

Texas A&M University - Central Texas
217Q Founder's Hall
1001 Leadership Place
Killeen, Texas 76549 USA

Phone: +1 (254) 519-5735
Email: luke_nichter@yahoo.com

Education and Employment
2012- Associate Professor of History, Texas A&M University - Central Texas
2008-2012 Assistant Professor of History, Texas A&M University - Central Texas
2004-2008 Doctor of Philosophy, History, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation: Richard Nixon and Europe: Confrontation and Cooperation, 1969-1974.
Committee: Thomas A. Schwartz, Gary Hess, and Doug Forsyth (Chair)
Awarded best dissertation by: BGSU Department of History, BGSU Graduate College, and Ohio Academy of Humanites
2005 Visiting Scholar, Université d’Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
2003 Hansard Research Scholar, London School of Economics and Political Science
2001 Visiting Scholar, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
1999-2003 Master of Arts, Public Policy, Regent University
1999-2003 Master of Business Administration, Regent University
1995-1999 Bachelor of Science, International Business and Economics, Bowling Green State University
Other Professional Experience
2010-2011 Co-Executive Producer, American History TV, C-SPAN
2004-2008 Graduate Instructor, Department of History Bowling Green State University
2003-2004 Program Coordinator, Fairfax County Public Schools, Office of Adult and Community Education
2003 Research Assistant, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Foreign and Commonwealth Office, House of Commons
2001-2002 Staff Assistant, Committee on House Administration, U.S. House of Representatives
2000-2001 Research Fellow, The Office of the Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives
Books
2013 Lyndon B. Johnson: Pursuit of Populism, Paradox of Power. New York: Nova History Publications.*
2012 George W. Bush: Life of Privilege, Leadership in Crisis. New York: Nova History Publications.*
  *This work is part of the First Men, America's Presidents Series, for which Barbara Bennett Peterson, Emeritus Professor, Oregon State University, serves as Series Editor.
Chapters in Edited Books
2013 “Nixon and Congo,” in Daniele De Luca, ed., L'amministrazione Nixon e il continente africano, 1969-1974. Rome: Franco Angeli Editore, forthcoming.
2012 “Richard M. Nixon,” in Mathew Manweller, ed., Chronology of the U.S. Presidency. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 1188-1225.
2012 “George W. Bush,” in Mathew Manweller, ed., Chronology of the U.S. Presidency. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 1402-1444.
2011 “Richard Nixon and Europe,” in Melvin Small, ed., Richard M. Nixon: An Historiographical Companion. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 444-459.
2007 “Richard Nixon, His Secret Tapes, and Presidential Power” in Lawrence Velvel, ed., Presidential Power in America (Andover, MA: Doukathsan Press), pp. 217-243.
Journal Articles
2010 “Superpower Relations, Backchannels, and the Subcontinent”, with Richard A. Moss, Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 47-75.
2008 "Presidential Historians and Presidential Recordings”, with Richard A. Moss, White House Studies, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 197-202.
Selected Presentations
2013 Taping History: A Roundtable on Presidential Recordings, Organization of American Historians, San Francisco, April 11.
2012 "Cold War Camaraderie: Richard Nixon and Mobutu Sese Seko," American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch, 105th Annual Meeting, University of San Diego, August 11.
2012 “‘A Federal Offense of the Highest Order’: The JCS, a Secret Confession, and the Theft of Nixon White House Records,” Central Texas Military History Symposium, Texas A&M University – Central Texas, August 4.
2011 “Richard Nixon, the Nixon Tapes, and Watergate,” American University, October 6.
2011 “Richard Nixon and Europe,” Richard Nixon and His World: At the Cutting Edge of Research, Nixon Presidential Library/Miller Center of Public Affairs, Yorba Linda, July 22.
2010 “LBJ, Nixon, and George W. Bush,” Macho Presidents Roundtable, American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch, 103rd Annual Meeting, Santa Clara University, August 13.
2009 “Nixon and Europe,” Policy History Colloquium Series, History Department, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, December 17.
2009 “Richard Nixon, Oxford, and Transatlantic Relations,” Washington International Studies Council, University of Oxford, May 25.
2008 “U.S. Defense and Security Policy,” Great Decisions Series, Bowling Green, Ohio, March 15.
2007 “A Fresh Look at Policy-Making in the Nixon White House: Tales from the Nixon Tapes,” Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Annual Meeting, Chantilly, Virginia, June 22.
2006 “The State of Archival Research in North America and Europe in 2006,” History Department, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, November 15.
2006 “The Nixon Tapes and the Imperial Presidency,” Presidential Power in America: The Constitution, the Defense of a Nation and National Ethos, Massachusetts School of Law, Andover, October 15.
2006 “Richard M. Nixon and the Transatlantic Alliance,” Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Annual Meeting, University of Kansas, June 24.
2006 “Transatlantic Relations during the Nixon Era,” National Policy History Conference, University of Virginia, June 3.