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Arwin D. Smallwood
Dean, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood is the dean of the College of Arts Social Sciences and Humanities at North Carolina Central University. Prior to becoming dean, he was a professor and the chair of the Department of History and Political Science at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, where he also served as interim vice provost for Undergraduate Education.
He received his B.A. in Political Science in 1988 and his M.A. in History in 1990 from North Carolina Central University. He received his Ph.D. in early American, Native and African-American history from the Ohio State University in 1997. Dr. Smallwood is a Life Member of the American Historical Association, the Southern Historical Association and the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History. He is also a member of the North Caroliniana Society, the Historical Society of North Carolina, Phi Alpha Theta and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies.
He is the author of several books, including NCA&T vs. NCCU: More Than Just A Game, and the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, fellowships and grants, including the Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service, the American Philosophical Society’s Library Resident Research Fellowship and their Franklin Research Grant.
Dr. Smallwood also serves on several boards, including the Board of Directors for the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum, the Advisory Board for the North Carolina Historical Markers Commission, the Z. Smith Reynolds Art Grant Review Board, and the Scholars Advisory Board for the Gilder Lehrman Institute, as well as being a past vice president and president of the Historical Society of North Carolina and a member of the Board of Directors for the Historic Hope Foundation.
Publications
Books
Smallwood, A. D. (2023). NCA&T vs. NCCU: More than just a game. Arcadia Publishing.
Smallwood, A. D. (2012). A guide to the Virginia Colonial Records Project microfilm records, other manuscripts, and transcripts concerning Indians ca. 1600-1800. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Smallwood, A. D. (2002). Bertie County: An Eastern Carolina history. Arcadia Publishing.
Smallwood, A. D. (2001). Blacks at Bradley: 1897 to 2000. Arcadia Publishing.
Smallwood, A. D. (1998). The atlas of African-American history and politics: From the slave trade to modern times. McGraw Hill.
Articles
Smallwood, A. D. (2013). Race-mixing: A brief history with maps. Asian American Literary Review. Special Issue, Fall 2013.
Smallwood, A. D. (2012). A history long forgotten: Intersections of race in early America. The Magazine of the Oklahoma Humanities Council, 5(2), Summer 2012.
Smallwood, A. D. (1999). A history of Native American and African relations from 1502 to 1900. Negro History Bulletin, December 1999.
Book Reviews
Smallwood, A. D. (1998). Review of The Afro-American in New York City, 1827-1860, by George E. Walker. New York History, 79(2), 175.
Smallwood, A. D. (2000). Review of American History textbook, Created Equal for Addison Wesley Longman. Summer 2000.
Editorial Advisory Board Appointments
Smallwood, A. D. (1999). Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board for Annual Editions: African-American History, edited by Rodney Coates, University of Miami, McGraw Hill.
Smallwood, A. D. (1999). Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board for A Turbulent Voyage: Readings in African-American Studies, edited by Floyd W. Hayes III, Purdue University, Collegiate Press.
Archived Papers
"The Wylie Family Papers," includes pictures, letters, and other documents from late 19th and early 20th century Central and Southern Illinois. Papers accepted and housed in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003.
Smallwood, Arwin D. Blacks at Bradley Collection. Digitized and organized over 700 photographs of African Americans from yearbooks, newspapers, private collections of local residents, and photographic archives of Bradley University’s Special Collections and the Peoria, Illinois Public Library. Collection of CDs containing photographs and drawings of African Americans from 1829–2001 produced. Copies of the CDs are in the possession of Arwin D. Smallwood and are also housed by Bradley University’s Special Collections and the Peoria Public Library in Peoria, Illinois. Photos are available for scholars focusing on African Americans in Peoria and Central Illinois, 2001.
Smallwood, Arwin D. "The Bart F. Smallwood Papers," (over 5,000 items) the personal papers of Bart F. Smallwood of Indian Woods, North Carolina, founder and president of the Blue Jay Ball Club, Recreation Center, and Volunteer Fire Department. Papers accepted and housed by the Manuscripts Department, Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997.
TV Documentary
Interviewed as part of the documentary "Birth of a Colony: North Carolina," produced by University of North Carolina Public Television, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and Horizon Productions. Aired statewide on UNC-TV on Oct. 24 and Nov. 24, 2011. The film won a regional Emmy in January 2013 and has been distributed to schools throughout the state of North Carolina for use as a teaching tool in history and social studies classrooms. Watch the interview.
Indian Woods GIS Mapping Research Project
The principal activity of this project includes designing an interactive GIS map and website for the Indian Woods community of Bertie County, North Carolina. The project involves designing, arranging, and describing maps (both historic and newly designed), and archival and manuscript collections that can be used to study the history of this area of North Carolina. It includes cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, maps, oral interviews, moving images, art, and material culture; and creating databases and electronic archives that correspond with and provide electronic and web-based access to the physical documents and historical artifacts. At the conclusion of this project, a detailed network of collections that consolidates access to existing primary sources and the GIS map will allow students of all grades (K-12 and university students both graduate and undergraduate) to learn from the over 400 years of rich history involving African Americans, Native Americans, and Europeans found in Indian Woods, North Carolina. Learn more about the Indian Woods GIS project.
Tuscarora GIS Mapping Research Project
The principal activity of this project includes designing an interactive GIS map and website on the geography and history of the "Tuscarora Diaspora." The results of this project will be used to help students learn about and study the rich early history of North Carolina and its different native peoples. It involves mapping all regions east of the Mississippi River where the Tuscarora were known to have traveled through or lived in and interacted with other native peoples. This GIS project will use GIS mapping, photographs, historic maps, and oral interviews to create an interactive system to educate students and others on the historic relationship between African Americans, Native Americans, and Europeans. At the conclusion of this project, this system will be able to be used by students of all grades (K-12 and university students both graduate and undergraduate) to learn the rich history involving African Americans, Native Americans (particularly the Tuscarora), and Europeans in the United States and North Carolina. Learn more about the Tuscarora GIS project.