Background
Weller,, Cecil Eddie was born on March 3, 1961 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Cecil Edward and Sarah Powell Weller.
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Cecil Eddie Weller
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Cecil Eddie Weller,, American history professor. Recipient Ottis Locke Teaching award, East Texas History Association, 1994, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence award, National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development, University Texas, 1995, Mary Jon and J.P. Bryan Excellence in Education award, Texas State History Association, 2003.
Education
Bachelor, Texas Christian University, 1983. Master of Arts, Texas Christian University, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Christian University, 1994.
Career
Professor history San Jacinto College South, Houston, since 1989, director honors program, 1996—2005, social science department chair, 2002—2004, since 2010. Chairman Gulf Coast Intercollegiate Honors Council, Houston, 2001—2002. Co-chairman 2-year college committee National Collegiate Honors Council, Ames, Iowa, 2004—2006.
President Southwestern History Association, 2004—2005. Board directors Texas State History Association, since 2007. Editorial board member, Touchstone, since 2003.
Politics
The state should not use its authority to promote particular religious beliefs, nor should it require prayer or worship in the public schools. However, the state should leave students free to practice their own religious convictions.
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As your relationship with God develops and becomes closer, your living habits will change as a natural course of events.
Membership
Chairman Forest Bend Home Owners Association, Friendswood, Texas, 1995—1997. Deacon, Sunday school teacher, church council Nassau Bay Baptist Church, Houston, since 1989. Member of Southwestern Social Sciences Association (executive council since 2003, executive committee since 2005), Southwestern History Association (vice president, program chairman 2001-2004, president 2004-2005), Southern History Association, Texas State History Association, American History Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta.
Connections
Married Lanetta Lyn Hollis, June 14, 1986. 1 child Cecil Trey III.
Awards
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Recipient Ottis Locke Teaching award, East Texas History Association, 1994, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence award, National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development, University Texas, 1995, Mary Jon and J.P. Bryan Excellence in Education award, Texas State History Association, 2003.Recipient Ottis Locke Teaching award, East Texas History Association, 1994, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence award, National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development, University Texas, 1995, Mary Jon and J.P. Bryan Excellence in Education award, Texas State History Association, 2003.