Dr. Thomas Spencer
Thomas Spencer, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of History
Elkhart Center
(574) 520-4000
thspence@iusb.edu
Mailing Address:
Department of History
Indiana University South Bend
1700 Mishawaka Avenue
PO Box 7111
South Bend, IN 46634-7111
Thomas T. Spencer received his BA in History from St. Bonaventure University and his MA and PhD in American History from the University of Notre Dame. He also holds a MA in Education from Indiana University, South Bend. His area of specialty and research is twentieth century political History, focusing primarily on the New Deal era. He has published several scholarly journal articles and book reviews on the personalities and politics of the period. His most recent publication is "He Gets Things Done: The Political Career of Alfred Lee Bulwinkle, 1920-1950," North Carolina Historical Review. Vol. C, No. 4 (October 2023), 369-401. He currently serves as faculty advisor for the IU South Bend Undergraduate History Journal.