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Books Published

Trade Nonfiction: General

  • Tom Head.  The Absolute Beginner's Guide to the Bible. Cincinnati: Que/Pearson, 2005.
  • Tom Head (editor).  Conversations with Carl Sagan.  Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
  • Tom Head.  Civil Liberties: A Beginner's Guide. Oxford: Oneworld, 2008. (forthcoming)
Trade Nonfiction: College Guides
  • Mariah Bear, John Bear, and Tom Head.  Get Your IT Degree and Get Ahead.  Berkeley: Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2000.
  • John Bear, Mariah Bear, and Larry McQueary; additional writing and research by Tom Head.  Bears' Guide to the Best Computer Degrees by Distance Learning. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2001.
  • John Bear and Mariah Bear; additional writing and research by Tom Head.  Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning, 14th edition.  Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2001.
  • John Bear, Mariah Bear, Tom Head, and Thomas Nixon.  Bears' Guide to the Best Education Degrees by Distance Learning. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2001.
  • John Bear and Mariah Bear.  College Degrees by Mail and Internet, 8th edition.  Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2001.
School Library/Reference: Grades 5-7
  • --.  Voices from the Civil War: Confederate Generals.  Farmington Hills: Blackbirch/Gale, 2003.  
  • --.  Voices from the Civil War: Slaves. Farmington Hills: Blackbirch/Gale, 2003. 
  • --.  Voices from the Civil War: Union Generals. Farmington Hills: Blackbirch/Gale, 2003. 
  • --.  Voices from the Civil War: Women and Families.  Farmington Hills: Blackbirch/Gale, 2003. 
  • Tom Head.  Freedom of Religion.  New York: Facts on File, 2005.
School Library/Reference: Grades 9-12 and General Reference
  • Tom Head (editor).  People Who Made History: Mikhail Gorbachev.  Farmington Hills: Greenhaven/Gale, 2002.
  • --.  Interpreting Primary Documents: The Bill of Rights.  Farmington Hills: Greenhaven/Gale, 2003.
  • --.  Fact or Fiction: Mysterious Places. Farmington Hills: Greenhaven/Gale, 2003. 
  • --.  Fact or Fiction: Possessions and Exorcisms.  Farmington Hills: Greenhaven/Gale, 2003.
  • Carol Carwile Head and Tom Head (editors).  The Turbulent 60s: 1966.  Farmington Hills: Greenhaven/Gale, 2004.
  • Tom Head (editor).  At Issue: The Future of the Internet. Farmington Hills: Greenhaven/Gale, 2005.
  • --.  At Issue: Is Torture Ever Justified? Farmington Hills: Greenhaven/Gale, 2005.
  • --.  At Issue: Religion and Education.  Farmington Hills: Greenhaven/Gale, 2005.
  • --.  At Issue: What is the State of Human Rights? Farmington Hills: Greenhaven/Gale, 2005.
  • David Wolcott and Tom Head.  Crime and Punishment in America. New York: Facts on File, 2008.  (forthcoming)

 

Work History

About.com / The New York Times Company

New York, NY, United States
Apr 2007 - Present
Race Relations Guest Blogger 

 

New York, NY, United States
Mar 2006 - Present
Civil Liberties Guide 

 

Self-Employed

Jackson, MS, United States
Mar 2000 - Present
Freelance Writer 

Author or co-author of 23 nonfiction books on a wide range of topics.

Education

Edith Cowan University

Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Present
Candidate for Doctor of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Studies

Thesis deals with Max Kadushin's philosophy of religion.

California State University, Dominguez Hills - College of Arts & Science

Carson, CA, United States
2000
Master of Arts, Humanities

Thesis: Your Brother's Blood: An Interdisciplinary Commentary on Genesis 4:1-16 (UMI 1402021).

Regents College (now Excelsior College)

Albany, NY, United States
1996
Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts

Concentrations: Psychology and literature.  Includes transferred correspondence coursework from Pennsylvania State University and the University of Mississippi.