After starting the San Jacinto College Honors Program (1996)and serving as its first director (1996-2005), Eddie was active in the Great Plains Honors Conference and served for two-years as the co-chair of the Two-Year College Committee for NCHC. After stepping down as director, he continued teaching in honors and served as department chair of Behavioral and Social Sciences for two stints. As an historian, he has served as the President of the Southwestern Social Sciences Association and the Southwestern Historical Association as well as a member and secretary of the Board of Directors of the Texas State Historical Association. He has authored, edited, or co-edited several books and has chapters in several others.