Faculty Profile for Dr. Tom Alter II
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Born: January 16, 1974 Fort Wayne, INB.A., History, Indiana University–Bloomington, 1996
M.A., History, Texas State University, 2008
Ph. D., History, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2016
Teaching Interests
Labor History, Populism, Socialism, Transnational U.S. History, Race, Social MovementsResearch Interests
Labor History, Populism, Socialism, Transnational U.S. History, RaceSelected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Alter, T. E. (2023, December). Review of William C. Pratt’s After Populism: The Agrarian Left on the Northern Plains, 1900-1960. Journal of Arizona History.
- Alter, T. E. (n.d.). Review of Greg Hall’s The Anarchist Life and Times of Jay Fox. New Mexico Historical Review.
- Alter, T. E. (2023, May). Review of Megan Birk’s The Fundamental Institution: Poverty, Social Welfare, and Agriculture in American Poor Farms. The Journal of Southern History.
- Alter, T. E. (2022). The Role of Independent Working-Class Political Action. LABORonline. Retrieved from https://www.lawcha.org/2022/09/26/working-class-political-action/
- Alter, T. E. (2022, August). TFA: Know Your Rights. Advocate. Retrieved from https://www.tsta.org/news_center/advocate-magazine/
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Labor and Working-Class History Association Travel Grant. 2015 - 2017
- Award / Honor Recipient: University of Illinois at Chicago’s Graduate College Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Dean’s Scholar Award, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2015 - 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Travel Grant, Grad College, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2009 - 2015
- Award / Honor Recipient: Graduate Student Council Travel Award. 2013