[3] In the fall of 2017, Thompson offered a continuing education non-credit weekly class, "The History of Laredo," which consists of field trips, guest speakers, and lectures.

2011 Ed., Tejanos in Gray: The Civil War Letters of Captains Rafael de la Garza and Manuel Yturri, Texas A&M University Press, College Station.

(with Thomas T. Smith and Robert Wooster), The Reminiscences of Major General Zenas R. Bliss, 1854-1876, Texas State Historical Association, Austin.

In 2024, Thompson's Under the Piñon Tree: Finding a Place in Pie Town, was selected by the Historical Society of New Mexico as the recipient of its prestigious Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Award, named for Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert, one of New Mexico State University's first Spanish-speaking home demonstration agents and an educator and nutritionist who invented the U-shaped fried taco shell.

The book traces the lives of Catron County residents and explores societal change throughout the Great Depression and World War II.