• Department of History

• PHD, Middle Tennessee State University (2020)
• MA, Liberty University (2016)
• BS, Liberty University (2014)

My areas of expertise are nineteenth and twentieth century American History, Black History, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the Civil Rights Movement.

I am originally a native of Atlanta, Georgia, but have lived in Murfreesboro for about nine years. I have a Bachelor's degree in History, and a Master's degree in American History from Liberty University. I have a doctorate in Public History from Middle Tennessee State University. My research interests are Black History, specifically the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the Civil Rights Movement. Aside from teaching, my interests include reading, playing basketball and learning to play golf.

Alexander, Jordan. "Striving for Civil Rights: Senator Edward W. Brooke, President Richard Nixon's 'Southern Strategy' and the Supreme Court." Journal of Supreme Court History 46.2 (July 2021): 206-228. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsch.12274

Alexander, Jordan O'Neal. "Attorney General Edward W. Brooke, the Politics of Gradualism and Immediacy, and the Struggle for Civil Rights." Journal of African American History 109.1 (Winter 2024): 53-75. https://doi.org/10.1086/726855

HIST 2020 - Survey of American History II

HIST 2030 - Tennessee History

HIST 2040 - Survey of African American History I

HIST 2050 - Survey of African American History II