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Dr. Michael Burger, Chair,
Professor of History
PhD & MA in History, University of California - Santa Barbara; BA, The Honors
College, Michigan State University
Areas of Specialization: European history: ancient,
medieval, and early Modern (to ca. 1750); Women in early
Western religions, medieval Christianity
Research Interests: English ecclesiastical, social
and administrative history in the High Middle Ages,
especially the thirteenth century
Select Publications: Editor, Sources for the
History of Western Civilization; "The Date and
Authorship of Robert Grosseteste's Rules for Households and
Estates" Historical Research 74; "Sending, Joining,
Writing and Speaking in the Diocesan Administration of
Thirteenth-Century Lincoln" Mediaeval Studies 55
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Dr. Brian Anderson,
Professor of Political Science
PhD & MA in Political Science, Pennsylvania State University; BA
in International Relations,
University of Virginia
Areas of Specialization: lobbying, public policy,
terrorism, U.S. foreign policy
Select Publications: "Taking Organization
Seriously: The Structure of Interest Group Influence" (with
Burdett Loomis) in Interest Group Politics, 5th ed.;
"The Visual Byte: Bill Clinton and His Town Hall Meeting
Style" (with Mark Goodman and Mark Gring) Journal of
Humanities & Social Sciences; book reviews in Mississippi Quarterly |
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Dr. Edwin L. Combs III, Visiting
Assistant Professor of History
PhD in History, University of Alabama; MA in Maritime History and
Nautical Archaeology, East Carolina University; BA in History,
University of North Carolina
Areas of Specialization: Southern history, the Civil
War, colonial maritime trade, antebellum Southern
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Mr. Jim Davidson,
Emeritus Professor of Paralegal Studies
JD, University of Mississippi. H.J. Davidson, Jr. was a faculty member at MUW
from 1975 to 2007, serving as
Director of the Paralegal Studies program the last nine
years. While teaching, he was also a practicing attorney,
having been admitted to all federal and state courts in the
State of Mississippi, including the Federal Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
Davidson's areas of practice included family law, corporate
law, real estate, estates, wills, and trusts, and personal
injury. He was been involved in several landmark decisions
such as, "Eskridge v. Bordens", "Ellis v. Ellis", and
"Thomas v. Hoffman-LaRoche". He was elected
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Dr. Patricia Dennis, Assistant
Professor of Geography and Social Sciences Education
PhD in Education Research, University of South Carolina; MA
& BA in
Geography, University of South Carolina
Areas of Specialization: regional geography of Latin
America and the Middle East/Muslim world
Research Interests: political directions in Central
America and the Caribbean Basin; teacher burnout and
alternate employment opportunities for educators
Select Publication: The Professional Education of
Teachers: Resources and Recommendations |
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Dr. William R. Glass,
Instructor of History
PhD & MA in History, Emory University; BA,
Centre College; TES/FL Lado Institute
Areas of Specialization: Modern America, Southern
history, Religion in America, Film History
Research Interests: Religion in the Modern South,
Film History
Select Publication: Strangers in Zion
Other: Dr. Glass teaches
American History in Poland. His MUW courses are on-line. |
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Dr. Carol S. Grigas, Visiting
Assistant Professor of History
PhD in History, Washington State University; MS, Boston
University; BA, Emmanuel College
Areas of Specialization: US history in late 19th and
20th centuries; women's history; colonial Latin America;
modern Europe
Research Interests: trans-Atlantic social reform
network; the New Woman and the American foreign missionary
effort; Women and mission in the turn-of-the-century South
Select Publications: "Post-Vietnam Policies and
Activities, 1975-1990" in The History of the Montana
National Guard (Orlan Svingen, ed.); "Spain" in
Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International
Encyclopedia (Blocker, Fahey, and Tyrrell, eds.) |
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Ms. Julie K. Heintz, Adjunct Instructor of
History
MA & BS in History, University of Northern Iowa; BS, Iowa State University |
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Dr. Stephen McCullough, Instructor
of History
PhD in History, University of Alabama; MA & BA,
New Mexico State University
Areas of Specialization:
Early U.S. and modern U.S. history, military history, New
Mexico agricultural history
Research Interests: U.S. foreign policy in the 19th
century
Select Publications: Entries in the Encyclopedia
of U.S.-East Asian Relations; book reviews in
Southern Historian |
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Mr. David Smith,
Professor of Paralegal Studies
JD, University of Mississippi; BS, Carson-Newman College
Areas of Specialization: School law, on-line
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Dr. Thomas Velek,
Professor of History
PhD in History, University of Edinburgh; JD, Washington
University (St. Louis); MA in International Affairs, Washington
University (St. Louis)
Areas of Specialization: Modern European History,
History of Communism, World Wars, History of Industry and
Technology
Research Interests: Education and the Economy |
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Dr. James D. Ward, Associate
Professor of Political Science
PhD in Political Science, University of Cincinnati; MPA,
University of Cincinnati; BA in Journalism and Sociology,
University of Mississippi
Areas of Specialization: public administration;
American government and politics
Research Interests: management and productivity;
intergovernmental relations; state and local government
Select Publications: Dr. Ward has published more
than 17 journal articles and book chapters, including "Race,
Ethnicity and Law Enforcement Profiling: Implications for
Public Policy" in Public Administration Review;
"Cultural Diversity and Social Justice: Racial Profiling in
a Police Department" in Public Administration: Cases in
Managerial Role-Playing (Robert P. Watson, ed.);
"Responding to Fiscal Stress: A Statewide Survey of Local
Governments in Louisiana" in International Journal of
Public Administration
Other: In 2006/2007, Dr. Ward edited a
symposium on social equity in governance to be published in
the Journal of Public Affairs Education; he also
published his first novel, Fuhrer's Heart: An American
Story (Xlibris) |
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