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LeAnna Schooley

LeAnna Schooley, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Center for Texas Studies

817-257-6896 Reed Hall 130 (map link)

Program Affiliations

AddRan College of Liberal Arts
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  • Texas History

Education

Ph.D., American History, Texas Christian University (2017)

MS, Architectural Studies emphasizing Historic Preservation, University of Texas at Austin (1994)

BA, History; Museum Studies, Baylor University (1992)

Biography

A native of Fort Worth, childhood vacations to historic sites of all kinds cemented LeAnna Schooley's interest in history early on in life. 

She previously served as Executive Director of the Fort Stockton Historical Society, Military Sites and Survey Coordinator at the Texas Historical Commission, and Curator/Facilities Manager of the W. K. Gordon Center at the Thurber ghost town. Schooley is a member of several civic and professional organizations including Texas State Historical Association, Texas Association of Museums, and American Alliance of Museums and has served as president of the Big Bend Area Travel Association (now the Texas Mountain Heritage Trail Region) and the Texas Forts Heritage Trail Region.

  • Co-editor, Coloring Texas, Fort Worth: TCU Press, 2022.
  • Co-editor and contributor, Wanted in America: Posters Collected by the Fort Worth Police Department, 1894-1903. Fort Worth: TCU Press, 2019.
  • “Long Live Texas’ Military Legacy.” The Medallion. November/December 2002, 8-11.
  • “Historic Texas Flags Fly Proudly Once Again.” The Medallion. January/February 2002, 2-3.
  • “Battle of Palmito Ranch.” Hallowed Ground. 2, No. 3. Fall 2001, 21-22.
  • “They Hold Their Own Boldly: Grand Army of the Republic Posts in Fort Worth, Texas,” Texas State Historical Association, Virtual, 2021.
  • “Sightseeing in Texas, 1836-1916,” Texas State Historical Association, Irving, 2016.
  • “Albert Whitehead Remembered,” keynote address, Historic Texas Cemetery Marker Dedication, Thurber, Texas, 2013.
  • “Understanding Audiences and Visitors,” leader and presenter, Texas Association of Museums Summer Workshop Series, Lubbock and New Braunfels, 2012.
  • “Careers in Museums,” Public History Seminar, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, 2003-2016.

Last Updated: November 19, 2024

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