Education
- Ph.D., University of Mississippi (2008)
- M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2000)
- B.S., Ferrum College (1998)
Areas of Expertise
- The American South
- Post-1945 United States
- Religion in U.S. History
- The Civil Rights Movement
- Sports in U.S. History
Research Interests
- The Role of Prayer in Southern Public Life and Politics
- School Prayer
- Religion and the Civil Rights Movement
- Sports and Modern Southern Culture
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses:
- United States History to 1865
- United States History, 1865-Present
- Historiography and the Philosophy of History
- Mississippi History
- African American History
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877
- U.S. History, 1877-1917
- The U.S. since 1945
- Sports in American Culture and Society
- The New South, 1865-Present
- Religion in American History
- The U.S in the 1960s
Graduate Courses:
- Seminar in United States History, 1945-Present
- Seminar in the History and Culture of the Mississippi
- Seminar in the History of Jim Crow and Race in America