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Heather Green Wooten, M.A., Ph.D.

Graduated: 2006

Advisor: Harold Y. Vanderpool, Ph.D.

Dissertation Title:

The Polio Years in Harris and Galveston Counties: 1930-1962

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email: hwooten7758@yahoo.com

Dr. Wooten came to us with a Bachelors in Mass Communication from Abilene Christian University and a Masters in History from the University of Houston - Clear Lake. Her interest in history continued into her Ph.D. work in the history of medicine.

May 2007: Heather Wooten, Ph.D., has just informed us that she recently signed a book contract with Texas A & M University Press. The title of the book will be Battling a Terrifying Unknown: The Polio Years in Texas. The complete manuscript is due the first of March 2008.

In addition, the Texas State Historical Association presented Dr. Wooten with the 2007 Mary M. Hughes Research Fellowship for the best research proposal in Texas History. The $1,000 award was presented to her at the annual Texas State Historical Association Meeting.

She will be leaving her position as the Local History Librarian at the Helen Hall Library in League City, TX to devote the next ten months to researching and writing her new book.