Dr. Kevin Gooding
Living-Learning Community Coordinator
A nearly-native West Virginian, Dr. Kevin Gooding joined
the Honors College as a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor in
June 2016, after serving as an instructor since 2010. In addition to his
teaching responsibilities, Dr. Gooding is working to strengthen and
expand the Honors College's Living-Learning Community.
In 2014 Dr. Gooding received the John R. Williams Outstanding Teaching Award at the Honors College Medallion Ceremony.
Dr. Gooding completed his PhD in American History at Purdue University where he studied the religious education of children in 19th century Indiana and used that as a tool for understanding attitudes toward the rapid cultural, social and economic changes occurring nationwide at that time. In his current research he is examining the transnational effects on the families of the miners killed in the Monongah, West Virginia mine explosion on December 6, 1907.