Rate My Professor Stanley Palmer

Palmer's academic interests center on British and Irish history, the British Empire, comparative police history, and the evolution of colonies into nations with attention to indigenous cultures and self-governance. His key publications include Police and Protest in England and Ireland, 1780-1850 (Cambridge University Press, 1988), Economic Arithmetic: A Guide to the Statistical Sources of English Commerce, Industry, and Finance, 1700-1850 (Garland Publishing, 1977), Essays on Frontiers in World History (co-editor, University of Texas Press, 1981), Essays on the History of North American Discovery and Exploration (co-editor, Texas A&M University Press, 1988), and a chapter 'The Power of Numbers: Settler and Native in Ireland, America, and South Africa, 1600-1900' in Transatlantic History (Texas A&M University Press, 2006). He supervised numerous doctoral dissertations and influenced the field through his scholarship. Palmer received major honors including the UTA President's Award for Undergraduate Teaching (1994), membership in the UTA Academy of Distinguished Teachers (1996), nomination as a Minnie Stevens Piper Professor (1999), Gertrude Golladay Memorial Award for Outstanding Teaching in Liberal Arts (2009), UTA Award for Outstanding Research Achievement (1989), Wilson Center for Scholars Fellowship (1981), NACADA Outstanding Adviser Award (2001), and served as President of the Western Conference on British Studies.