Faculty and Staff
Kenneth Grubb
Department Head, History and Geography Department
Instructor of History & Geography
Wharton County Junior College
14004 University Blvd.
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Ph: (281) 243-8529
Email: grubbk@wcjc.edu
Mr. Grubb worked in public history and education before joining the WCJC faculty in 2012. He teaches US History 1301 and 1302, Western Civilization 2311 and 2312, and Geography 1303. He received his undergraduate degree in socio-cultural anthropology and his M.A. in history from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He has additional graduate hours in education from the University of St. Thomas and geography from Texas State University and the University of Houston-Clear Lake. His primary research interests are political rhetoric and social discourse, mass media and propaganda, 20th century military history, and the impacts of globalization.
Linda Graham
Instructor of History
Wharton County Junior College
14004 University Blvd.
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
Ph: (281) 243-8549
Email: lindag@wcjc.edu
URL: https://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/users/lindag/index.aspx
Ms. Graham has been teaching for WCJC since 1992. She received her M.L.A. from Houston Baptist University with an emphasis in European/British Studies. Her current teaching assignments include U.S. History 1301 and 1302 as well as HIST 2301-Texas History. She teaches face-to-face classes at the Sugar Land campus and online sections.
Linda Griffith
Instructor of History
Wharton County Junior College
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, TX 77469
Ph: (281) 239-1560
Email: lindagr@wcjc.edu
Ms. Griffith has taught U.S. History 1301 and 1302 courses at WCJC since 1999, including several dual-credit classes to area high schools. She received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.
Justin Guidry
Instructor of History
Wharton County Junior College
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
Ph: 979-532-6907
Email: guidryj@wcjc.edu
Mr. Guidry joined the faculty of WCJC in the Fall of 2018 and teaches History 1301 and 1302 in face to face classes at the Wharton campus as well as online. He received his B.A. in History and English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and his M.A. in History from Louisiana State University where he focused on American cultural history. His research interests include American popular culture, the history of religion, and methods in historical instruction.
Brady Hutchison
Instructor of History
Fort Bend Technical Center
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, Texas 77469
Ph: (281) 239-1591;
Email: hutchisonb@wcjc.edu
Mr. Hutchison joined the WCJC faculty in 2013. He has a BA from Sam Houston State and an MA from the University of Houston Clear Lake. He also has an MS in Criminal Justice from Saint Leo University. In addition to teaching, he has prior work experience as a firefighter, police officer, and arson investigator. His interests include military history, particularly the Civil War and the World Wars, and fire service history, with an emphasis on firefighting operations in Germany during World War Two.
Amanda Shelton
Division Chair, Social and Behavioral Science
Instructor of History
Wharton County Junior College
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, Texas 77469
Ph: (281) 239-1581
Email: amandas@wcjc.edu
Ms. Shelton joined the WCJC faculty in 2001 and teaches courses in U.S. History 1301 and 1302. She received her B.A. in history from the University of Texas at Austin and her M.A. from Texas State University (formerly Southwest Texas State University.)
Dr. Paul N. Spellman
Instructor of History
Wharton County Junior College
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, TX 77469
Ph: (281) 239-1552
Email: pauls@wcjc.edu
URL: https://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/users/pauls/index.aspx
Dr. Spellman teaches U.S. History 1301 and 1302 as well as Texas History and has been a member of the WCJC history faculty since 1998. He received his B.A. from Southwestern University, his M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, and his Ph.D. from the University of Houston. Dr. Spellman is the author of ten books on Texas History, a member of the Texas State Historical Association, and was inducted into the Western Writers of America in 2009.
Joy Wind
Instructor of History
Wharton County Junior College
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
Ph: (979) 532-6449
Email: joyw@wcjc.edu
URL: https://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/users/joyw/index.aspx
Ms. Wind earned her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and her M.A.I.S. from the University of Houston-Victoria. She has been teaching American History 1301 and 1302 in the History Department at WCJC since 2001.
Part-Time Faculty
Covey Barbee
Email: barbeec@wcjc.edu
Mr. Barbee received his Bachelor's and Master’s Degree from Sam Houston State University. He currently teaches Dual Credit US History 1301 and 1302 courses at Wharton High School. Mr. Barbee’s research interests include the early American Republic, westward expansion and Texas history.
Payton Bartee
Email: barteeP@wcjc.edu
Mr. Bartee joined WCJC in 2019 and currently teaches US History 1301 and 1302. He received his B.A. from the University of Houston-Downtown and his M.A. from Arizona State University. Outside of the classroom, his research interests include the Caribbean slave trade, military strategy during the Revolutionary War, and the American media reaction to Hitler and the Nazi threat.
John Driver
Email: driverj@wcjc.edu
Mr. Driver teaches History 1301 and 1302 at Bay City High School. He earned his BA in Classics at Baylor University and his Master in Education with an emphasis in History from Texas State University.
Stephanie Jensen
Email: jensens@wcjc.edu
Ms. Jensen received her Bachelor's Degree in History from Texas A&M University, her Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Lamar University and has graduate hours in History from Sam Houston State University. She currently teaches Dual Credit US History 1301 and 1302 courses at El Campo High School.
Benjamin Sullivan
Email: sullivanb@wcjc.edu
Mr. Sullivan received his Bachelor's degree from Sam Houston State University and his Master's degree from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Mr. Sullivan joined WCJC in 2013 and focuses on distance learning courses. His research interests center around "Representations of the Second World War in film across time." He also focuses on political, economic, and military history.
Crystal Taska
Email: taskac@wcjc.edu
Ms. Taska teaches History 1301 and 1302 at Tidehaven High School. She earned her B. A. in History and M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas A&M University. She also studied graduate history courses at Sam Houston State University.
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