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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name Birth Date and Place
John D. Fair September 6, 1943
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Married Children
Sarah Patterson Fair Jonathan Oliver Fair (b. 1982)
Philip Alexander Fair (b. 1985)
Address
759 Karlee Court, Auburn, AL 36830 (478) 986-9286 or [email protected]
or The H. J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture & Sports, NEZ 5.700, 1 University Station, D3600,
Austin, TX 78712 (512) 471-0995 [email protected] .
Education
B.A. Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 1965
M.A. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1966
Thesis: "Women's Suffrage in Great Britain, 1913-1918"
Ph.D. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1970
Dissertation: "The Role of the Conference in British Politics, 1884-1918"
Areas of Specialization
British Political and Constitutional History
Modern Irish History
British Empire and Commonwealth
Twentieth Century American (Physical Culture & Sport) History
Southern History
Teaching Experience
Instructor of History, York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania, 1967.
Instructor of History, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, Pennsylvania, 1968.
Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1969-1971.
Assistant Professor of History, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, 1971-1975.
Associate Professor of History, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, 1975-1981.
Visiting Professor of History, University of Maine at Orono, Orono, Maine, Summer, 1981.
Professor of History, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, 1981-1989, Professor and Head, 1989-
1995, Alumni Professor and Head, 1995-1997
Professor of History & Chair, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1997-2002
Professor of History, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia, 2002-2012
Adjunct Professor of Kinesiology, University of Texas, Austin, 2012-.
Instructor of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 2014-
Administrative Experience
Preceptor of the AUM Scholars Program, 1985-86.
Acting Head of the AUM History Department - March-June, 1984; May, 1986; July, 1987; February-September, 1988;
and December, 1988 to June, 1989.
Head of the AUM History Department, 1989-1997.
Chair of the Department of History and Geography, Georgia College & State University, 1997-2002
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Graduate Coordinator, History MA Program, Georgia College & State University, 1997-2011.
Honors
Alumni Professor of History, Auburn University, Montgomery, 1995-1998
Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, Montgomery
Fellow, Royal Historical Society, 1996-Present
Excellence in Research and Publication Award, 2004-2005, 2006-2007, and 2010-2011
Publications
BOOKS
British Interparty Conferences: A Study of the Procedure of Conciliation in British Politics, 1867-1921, Oxford,
Clarendon Press, 1980.
Harold Temperley: A Scholar and Romantic in the Public Realm, 1879-1939, Newark, University of Delaware Press,
1992.
Muscletown USA: Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell, 1898-1985, University Park, Pennsylvania
State University Press, 1999.
The Tifts of Georgia: Connecticut Yankees in King Cotton’s Court (Mercer University Press, 2010).
Mr. America: The Tragic History of a Bodybuilding Icon (University of Texas Press, 2015).
REFEREED ARTICLES
"The King, the Constitution, and Ulster: Interparty Negotiations of 1913 and 1914," Eire-Ireland, VI (Spring, 1971).
"The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921: Unionist Aspects of the Peace," The Journal of British Studies, XII (November, 1972).
"Royal Mediation in 1884: A Reassessment," The English Historical Review, LXXXVIII (January, 1973).
"The Irish Disestablishment Conference of 1869," The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, XXVI (October, 1975).
"The Political Aspects of Women's Suffrage During the First World War," Albion, VIII (Fall, 1976).
"Politicians, Historians, and the War: The Political Crisis of December 1916," The Journal of Modern History, XLIX
(September, 1977).
"The Conservative Basis for the Formation of the National Government of 1931," The Journal of British Studies, XIX
(Spring, 1980).
"Walter Bagehot, Royal Mediation, and the Modern British Constitution, 1869-1931," The Historian, XLII (November,
1980).
"The Second Labour Government and the Politics of Electoral Reform, 1929-1931," Albion, XIII (Fall, 1981).
"The Chamberlain-Temperley Connection: Munich's Historical Dimension," The Historian, XLVII (November, 1985).
"From Liberal to Conservative: The Flight of the Liberal Unionists after 1886," Victorian Studies, XXIX (Winter,
1986).
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"Party Voting Behaviour in the British House of Commons, 1886-1918," Parliamentary History, Volume V (1986).
"Hatchett Chandler and the Quest for Native Tradition at Fort Morgan," The Alabama Review, XL (July, 1987).
"The Norwegian Campaign and Churchill's Rise to Power in 1940: A Study of Perception and Attribution," The
International History Review, IX (August, 1987).
"Bob Hoffman, The York Barbell Company and the Golden Age of American Weightlifting, 1945-1960," The Journal of
Sport History, XIV (Summer, 1987).
"The Conservative Party in the Twentieth Century: An Emerging Ideological Tradition" (with John A. Hutcheson, Jr.),
Albion, XIX (Winter, 1987).
"Olympic Weightlifting and the Introduction of Steroids: A Statistical Analysis of World Championship Results,
1948-1972," The International Journal on the History of Sport, V (Spring, 1988).
"The Peacemaking Exploits of Harold Temperley in the Balkans, 1918-1921," The Slavonic and East European Review,
LXVI (January, 1989).
"The Carnarvon Diaries and Royal Mediation in 1884," The English Historical Review, CVI (January, 1991).
"Promoting a New South: Immigration, Racism, and 'Alabama On Wheels'" (with Katharine M. Pruett), Agricultural
History, LXVI (Winter, 1992).
"Isometrics or Steroids? Exploring New Frontiers in Strength in the Early 1960s, XX " The Journal of Sport History
(Spring, 1993).
"From Extension Center to University: The Development of Non-Traditional Education at Auburn University in
Montgomery, 1936-1967, History of Universities, XIII (1994).
“The Alabama Dimension to the Political Thought of Charles Stewart Parnell” (with Cordelia C. Humphrey), The
Alabama Review (January, 1999).
“The Iron Game and Capitalist Culture: A Century of American Weightlifting in the Olympics, 1896-1996,” The
International Journal on the History of Sport (December, 1998).
“F. S. Oliver, Alexander Hamilton, and the American Plan for Resolving Britain’s Constitutional Crises, 1903-1921,”
Twentieth Century British History (Spring, 1999).
“Fitness Innovation or Sexual Exploitation? Bob Hoffman and the Women Weightlifters of Muscletown USA,” Sport
History Review (May, 1999).
“A. J. P. Taylor as a “Contemporary Historian,” The International History Review, 23 ( March, 2001).
“The Tragic History of the ‘Military Press’ in Olympic and World Championship Competition, 1928-1972,” The Journal
of Sport History (Fall, 2001).
“Labour’s Rise and the Liberal Demise: A Quantitative Perspective on the Great Debate, 1906-1918,” Albion
(Spring, 2002).
“Georgia: Cradle of Southern Strongmen in the Twentieth Century,” Atlanta History, A Journal of Georgia and the South
(Summer, 2002).
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“The Georgia Peach and the Southern Quest for Commercial Equity and Independence,” The Georgia Historical
Quarterly (Fall, 2002).
“Strongmen of the Crescent City: Weightlifting at the New Orleans Athletic Club, 1872-1972,” Louisiana History (Fall,
2004).
“Nelson Tift: A Connecticut Yankee in King Cotton’s Court,” The Georgia Historical Quarterly (Fall, 2004).
“Mr. And Miss America Contests: A Tale of Contrasting Cultures in the Twentieth Century,” Journal of the Georgia
Association of Historians, XXIII (2002).
“Parnell and Peaches, A Study of the Construction of Historical Myths,” The Alabama Review (April, 2005).
“The Intellectual JFK: Lessons in Statesmanship from British History,” Diplomatic History (January, 2006).
“Crossing the Color Line, The Caribbean Invasion of American Bodybuilding,” Wadabagei, A Journal of the Caribbean
and Its Diasporas (Winter, 2006).
“Oscar Heidenstam, the Mr. Universe Contest, and the Amateur Ideal in British Bodybuilding,” Twentieth Century
British History (Fall, 2006).
“The Ethnicity of Ohio’s Strength Culture,” Ohio History (Volume 117 (June), 2010).
“The Georgia Slave Narratives: A Historical Conundrum,” The Journal of the Historical Society (September, 2010).
“Charles ‘Rip’ Engle, the Tigers, and the Spirit of Waynesboro,” Pennsylvania History, A Journal of Mid-Atlantic
Studies (Spring, 2011).
“Savrola and Winston Churchill’s Search for Meaning,” The International History Review (April, 2014).
“David Brydie Mitchell and the Smuggling of Africans at the Creek Agency in Georgia,” Georgia Historical
Quarterly (Winter, 2016).
Chapter entitled “George Bernard Shaw and Physical Culture” in Effervescent Adventures with Britannia,
Personalities, Politics and Culture in Britain, ed. By Wm. Roger Louis (London: I. B. Tauris and the Harry
Ransom Center, 2017).
“Strongmen of the Crescent City: Weightlifting at the New Orleans Athletic Club, 1872-1972,” reprinted in “It Matters
Not What Comes to Pass, A History of Sports in New Orleans, ed., Thomas Aiello, University of Arkansas Press
(forthcoming—2018).
“Athena: Box Office Bomb and Bodybuilding Breakthrough,” Sport History Review (forthcoming—2018).
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
“How to Organize a Powerlifting Championship” (March 1975), Powerlifting News.
"Londonderry, Enniskillen & The Boyne: In the Defense of Ulster," first chapter of Conflict in Ireland, edited by Eileen
A. Sullivan & Harold A. Wilson (Gainesville, Renaissance Print & Publishing Co., 1976).
"Origins of the Irish Constitutional Deadlock: Parliament's Political Crisis in the Summer of 1910," Proceedings of the
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1977 American Historical Association Meeting in Dallas (Ann Arbor, University Microfilms, 1978).
"Willoughby Dickinson" and "Frank Noel Keen," biographical sketches in the Dictionary of Internationalists, edited by
Warren Kuehl (Westport, Greenwood Press, 1985).
"Leonard Courtney" and "William Ewart" biographical sketches in the Biographical Dictionary of Modern Peace
Leaders, edited by Harold Josephson (Westport, Greenwood Press, 1985).
Scholarly Introduction for reprint edition of Theodore Roosevelt's African Game Trails (Briarpatch Press, 1987).
"Armistice Day, November 11, 1918," and "The Munich Agreement, September 29, 1938," research guide entries for the
Book of Days 1988 (Pierian Press, 1988).
"The Conservative Party and the Search for Historical Identity in the Early Twentieth Century," Proceedings of the 1987
American Historical Association Meeting in Washington (Ann Arbor, University Microfilms, 1988).
"Paul Anderson", "Isaac Berger", "John Davis", "Peter George", "Robert Hoffman", "Tommy Kono", and "Norbert
Schemansky," biographical sketches for the Biographical Dictionary of American Sport, edited by David M.
Porter (Westport, Greenwood Press, 1989).
"Sylvia Pankhurst", "Stafford Cripps", and "Lord Davies" biographical sketches in vol. III of the Biographical Dictionary
of Modern British Radicals, edited by Joseph O. Baylen and Norbert J. Gossman (London, Harvester Press,
1988).
Scholarly introduction for reprint edition of Theodore Roosevelt's Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (Premier Press, 1990).
“John Terpak’s 80th Birthday: A York Reunion,” Iron Game History (November, 1992).
"George Jowett, Ottley Coulter, David Willoughby and the Organization of American Weightlifting, 1911-1924," Iron
Game History (May, 1993).
Reprint of "Bob Hoffman, The York Barbell Company, and The Golden Age of American Weightlifting, 1945-1960."
The Iron Master, (January, April, & July, 1993).
"Father-Figure or Phony? George Jowett, the ACWLA, and the Milo Barbell Company, 1924-1927," Iron Game History
(December, 1994).
“From Philadelphia to York: George Jowett, Mark Berry, Bob Hoffman, and the Rebirth of American Weightlifting,
1927-1936,” Iron Game History (April, 1996).
“In Search of Elmer Bitgood: The Paul Bunyan of New England,” Iron Game History (October, 1998).
“Letters of Mourning from Katharine O’Shea Parnell to Delia Tudor Stewart Parnell,” Irish Historical Studies
(November, 1998).
“York Barbell, Pennsylvania’s Mecca for Muscle Builders,” Pennsylvania Heritage (Spring, 1999).
“‘The Man’s Just Too Strong for Words to Describe’ The Weightlifting Exploits of John C. Grimek,” Iron Game History
(April, 1999).
“Charles Atlas” and “Eugen Sandow” biographical sketches in the American National Biography, edited by John A.
Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, New York, Oxford University Press (1999).
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“Commemorating Bob Hoffman,” Iron Game History (May/June, 2000).
“Strength and Health: An Enduring Tradition,” Strength and Health, 1 (January, 2001).
“Hercules Meets Sealtest Dan: The Rediscovery of an Iron Game Icon,” Iron Game History (December, 2000).
“Searching for the Real Paul Anderson,” Iron Game History (June, 2001).
“Paul Anderson,” “John Davis,” and “Tommy Kono” in The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, edited by Arnold
Markoe and Kenneth T. Jackson, Charles Scribner’s Sons (2002).
“New Light on Bob Hoffman’s Georgia Roots,” Iron Game History (July, 2002).
“Georgia–‘Cradle’ of Southern Strongmen in the Twentieth Century,” Atlanta History, A Journal of Georgia and the
South (Fall, 2002).
“Mr. America: Idealism or Racism? Color Consciousness and the AAU Mr. America Contest, 1939-1982,” Iron Game
History (June/July 2003).
“Paul Anderson,” “Henry Harding Tift,” “Cheryl Haworth,” and “Weightlifting and Bodybuilding” entries in the New
Georgia Encyclopedia, edited by John Inscoe and Jamil Zainaldin, University of Georgia Press (2004 & 2005).
“John Davis” and “Weightlifting” entries in the Historical Dictionary of African Americans in Sport, edited by David K.
Wiggins, M. E. Sharpe, Inc. (2004).
“Parliamentary Policies” in History in Dispute: The American Revolution, 1763-1789, edited by Keith Krawczynski, St.
James Press (2003).
“Nancy Astor” and “Arthur Griffith” interpretive bibliographic essays in the Reader’s Guide to British History, edited by
David Loades, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers (2003).
“Paul Coverdell” biographical sketch in The Scribner’s Encyclopedia of American Lives, edited by Arnold Markoe and
Kenneth T. Jackson, Charles Scribner’s Sons (2004).
“Pioneers in Protein” (with Daniel Hall), Iron Game History (May/June, 2004).
Articles on “Weightlifting,” “Powerlifting,” and “Venice Beach” for the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sport, edited by
David Levinson and Karen Christensen, Berkshire Publishing Group (2005).
“Kati Sandwina: Hercules Can Be A Lady,” Iron Game History (December, 2005).
Articles on “Aerobics,” “Vasily Ivanovic Aleksevey,” “Charles Atlas,” “Biofeedback,” Body Building,” “Calisthenics,”
“Fartlek,” “Gymnasium,” “Interval Training,” “Tommy Kono,” “Bernarr MacFadden,” “Massage,” “Yoshinobu
Miyake,” “Nudism,” “Physical Conditioning,” “Physical Culture,” “Power Lifting,” “Steven Reeves,” “Eugen
Sandow,” “Norbert Schemansky,” “Naim Suleymanoglu,” “Charles T. Vinci,” “Weight Lifting,” and “Weight
Training” in the Encyclopedia Britannica (February, 2006).
“Paul Anderson” biographical sketch in the Encyclopedia of Appalachia, edited by Robert Barnett, Knoxville, University
of Tennessee Press (2006).
“Physical Culture Frolics in the Old Dominion: Bill Colonna’s Picnic, 1953-1961,” Iron Game History (May, 2007).
“The Alabama Peach Industry,” “The Stockham Valves and Fittings Company,” and “Chris Dickerson” in the
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Encyclopedia of Alabama, edited by Robert J. Jakeman (2008).
“Fenianism” entry in the Encyclopedia of the Modern World, edited by Peter Stearns (2008).
“The Intangible Arnold: The Controversial Mr. Olympia Contest of 1980,” Iron Game History (September, 2009).
Articles on “Weightlifting,” “Bodybuilding,” and “Arnold Schwarzenegger” in Sports in America from Colonial Times
to the Twenty-first Century, edited by Steven A. Riess, M. E. Sharpe Publishers (2011).
Article on “The Celts” for the World History Encyclopedia, Era 3: Classical Traditions, 1000 BCE-300 CE, edited by
Kevin McGeough and William E. Mierse, ABC-CLIO Publishers, ebooks.abc-clio.com/print.aspx?isbn (2011).
Article on ““The Forgotten Mr. America: Jimmy Payne and the Strange Disappearance of the IFBB,” Iron Game History
(January, 2012).
Article on “Bodybuilding,” Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice, edited by John Nauright and
Charles Parrish, volume 3, 191-92, ABC-CLIO Publishers, ebooks.abc-clio.com (2012).
Article entitled “’As the Twig is Bent:’ Bob Hoffman and Youth Training in the Pre-Steroid Era,” Iron Game History
(August, 2012).
“William Kazmaier” biographical entry in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, edited by Robert J. Jakeman (2012).
“Kati Sandwina, ‘Hercules Can Be a Lady,’” reprint of article that appeared in Iron Game History (December, 1005) in
Bandwagon, The Journal of the Circus Historical Society (March-April 2012).
Article entitled “A Dream Come True,” Iron Game History (August, 2012).
“Diversified Products” and “Rowdy Gaines entries in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, edited by Claire Wilson (2013).
“Should All Athletes Use Explosive Lifting? A Commentary,” in the International Journal of Sports Science &
Coaching, 8, no. 3 (2013).
“Willie Davenport” entry in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, edited by Claire Wilson (2013).
“George Denny” entry in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, edited by Claire Wilson (2014).
An article on “The USA vs. the World: A Statistical Analysis of American, World, and Olympic Weightlifting Results,
1970-1992,” Part 1, Iron Game History, 12 (August, 2013).
An article on “The USA vs. the World: An Analytical Narrative of American, World, and Olympic Weightlifting
Results, 1970-1992,” Part 2, Iron Game History (August, 2014).
An article on “The USA vs. the World: A Retrospective Analysis of American, World, and Olympic Weightlifting
Results, 1970-1992,” Part 3, Iron Game History (November, 2015).
“Toni Tennille” and Dorothy Sebastian entries in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, edited by Claire Wilson (2015).
“Alabama on Wheels” entry in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, edited by Claire Wilson (2015)
Biographical entries on W. A. Pullum and Oscar Heidenstam for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2016)
“Loulie Norman” entry in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, edited by Claire Wilson (2016)
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“Charles D. Kochakian ” entry in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, edited by Claire Wilson (2016)
“Auburn Knights” entry in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, edited by Claire Wilson (2016)
“Bernard Shaw’s Unique Physical Culture Obsession,” Iron Game History, 13 (December 2016).
Biographical entries on “Bob Hoffman,” “Clyde Emrich,” “Stan Jones,” “Father Bernard Lange,” “Mike Gentry,” “Alvin
Roy,” “Louis Riecke,” “Kim Wood,” “Arthur Jones,” “Terence Todd,” “Bill Starr,” “Al Miller,” “Gayle Hatch,”
“Brad Roll,” “Boyd Epley,” “Al Miller,” “William Kraemer,” “Pat O’Shea,” “Meg Stone,” “Al Vermeil,” “Mike
Stone,” “Allan Johnson,” “Ken Mannie,” “Barry Rubin,” “Istvan Javorek,” “Kevin Yoxall,” “Chuck Stiggins,”
“Jeff Madden,” “Kent Johnston,” “Mickey Marotti,” “Bob Hise,” “Jerry Schmidt,” “Bob Ward,” “Dave Van
Halanger,” “Bill Foran,” “Jeff Connors,” “E. J.. (Doc) Kreis,” “John Stucky,” “Tom Cross,” “Johnny Parker,”
and “Jerry Attaway” in the USA Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Hall of Fame Website (2017-
18).
Edited a special issue of Iron Game History on Tommy Kono (July/August 2017).
An article entitled “Tommy Kono and the Power of Positive Thinking, The Indomitable Spirit of America’s Greatest
Weightlifter” in the special issue of Iron Game History on Tommy Kono (July/August 2017).
“More Than Mr. America: Red Lerille and “The Finest Health Club in the World” in Starting Strength, http://starting
strength.com (forthcoming—2018).
Work in Progress
An article on “Lifting Round the World: American Weightlifters’ Goodwill Middle Eastern Tour in 1955”
A book-length study (with David Chapman) of “Muscles in the Movies: The Heroic Tradition in Physical Culture”
Conference Participation
"The King, the Constitution, and Ulster: Interparty Negotiations of 1913 and 1914," read at the annual meeting of the
American Committee for Irish Studies, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, May, 1970.
"The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921: Constitutional Aspects of the Peace," presented to the "Lloyd George" seminar at the
Beaverbrook Library, London, England, July, 1970.
Chair for session on "Irish Nationalism in the Late Nineteenth Century" at the ninth annual meeting of the American
Committee for Irish Studies at the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, May, 1971.
"The Future for Ireland: An End to Partition?" read at the annual meeting of the American Committee for Irish Studies,
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May, 1972.
"Lloyd George and the Irish Negotiations of 1916," presented to the "Lloyd George" seminar at the Beaverbrook Library,
London, England, July, 1973.
"Londonderry, Enniskillen & the Boyne: In the Defense of Ulster," presented to a symposium on violence in Northern
Ireland at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, January, 1974.
"Women's Suffrage in Great Britain During the First World War," presented to the annual meeting of the Rocky
Mountain Conference on British Studies at Tucson, Arizona, October, 1975.
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Chair for session on "Varieties of Ireland: Revolution, Change, Violence" at the annual meeting of the American
Committee for Irish Studies at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 1976.
"Politicians, Historians, and the War: A Reassessment of the Political Crisis of December 1916," read at a meeting of
the Southern Conference on British Studies in Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1976.
Chair for session on "Victorians and Other Englishmen" at a regional meeting of Phi Alpha Theta at the University of
Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April, 1977.
"Origins of the Irish Constitutional Deadlock of 1910: The Politics of Pragmatism and Prejudice," presented to the 92nd
annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Dallas, Texas, December, 1977.
Chair for session on "Agrarian Organizations and Orangeism" at the sixteenth annual meeting of the American
Committee for Irish Studies at the State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, New York,
April, 1978.
Discussant for session on "Nationalism, Devolution, and the British Political System" sponsored by the British Politics
Group at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York City, New York,
September, 1978.
Chair for session on "Women Activists in the Victorian Era" at the annual meeting of the Carolinas Symposium on
British Studies at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, October, 1978.
"Walter Bagehot and the Making of the Modern British Constitution: The Monarch's Mediation Powers, 1869-1931,"
presented at a meeting of the Southern Conference on British Studies in St. Louis, Missouri, November, 1978.
"The Conservative Basis for the Formation of the National Government of 1931," presented at the Missouri Valley
Historical Conference at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, March, 1979.
"A Quantitative Analysis of the House of Commons Division Lists From 1886 to 1918: Method and Preliminary
Results," presented at the British Politics Group session at the annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association in Washington, D.C., August, 1979.
Chair for session on "Twentieth Century Literature" at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference on British
Studies at Colorado Springs, Colorado, October, 1979.
"Ireland, Federalism, and the Declining Greatness of Britain, 1918-1920," presented at the biennial international meeting
of Phi Alpha Theta in New York City, December, 1979.
Chair and commentator for session on "England and Beyond: Some Foreign and Imperial Matters" at the annual meeting
of the Rocky Mountain Conference on British Studies at Durango, Colorado, October, 1980.
"The Second Labour Government and the Politics of Electoral Reform, 1929-1931," presented at the annual meeting of
the Southern Conference on British Studies in Atlanta, Georgia, November 1980.
"Neville Chamberlain and the Morality of Appeasement: Munich's Historical Dimension," presented at the annual
meeting of the Midwest Conference on British Studies at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, October,
1981.
Chair for session on "Ulster Life in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" at the 4th Symposium on the
Ulster-American Heritage at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, in July, 1982.
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"The Conservative Party in the Twentieth Century: A Reassessment" presented to the annual meeting of the Southern
Conference on British Studies in Memphis, Tennessee, November, 1982.
"Harold Temperley: An Academic Interloper in Public Affairs" presented to the Western Conference on British Studies
at the University of Colorado at Boulder, October, 1983.
Commentator for session on "Alliances and Coalitions in British Politics" held at the annual meeting of the Southern
Historical Association in Charleston, South Carolina, November, 1983.
Chair for session on "Comparative Perspectives on Irish Republicanism, 1790-1840" at the 98th annual meeting of the
American Historical Association in San Francisco, California, December, 1983.
Chair for session on "The Literature of Conscience" at the annual meeting of the Carolinas Symposium on British
Studies in Boone, North Carolina, October, 1984.
"From Liberal to Conservative: The Flight of the Liberal Unionists after 1886," presented at the annual meeting of the
Social Science History Association in Toronto, Ontario, October, 1984.
Chair for session on "British Politics in the Twentieth Century" held at the annual meeting of the Southern Conference
on British Studies in Louisville, Kentucky, November, 1984.
"The Norwegian Campaign and the Downfall of the Chamberlain Government in 1940," presented at the annual meeting
of the Western Conference on British Studies in San Antonio, Texas, October, 1985.
"The York Barbell Company and the Golden Age of American Weightlifting" presented at the annual meeting of the
North American Society for Sport History in Vancouver, British Columbia, May, 1986.
Chair for session on "Scotch-Irish Settlements in the New World" at the Sixth Ulster-American Heritage Symposium at
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, July, 1986.
"The Adventures of Harold Temperley in the Balkans, 1918-1921" presented at the annual meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1986.
Chair for session on "Political Ideology in Late Eighteenth Century Ireland" at the annual meeting of the Southern
Conference on British Studies in Charlotte, North Carolina, November, 1986.
"Olympic Weightlifting and the Introduction of Steroids: A Statistical Analysis of World Championship Results,
1948-1972," presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport History at Capital
University, Columbus, Ohio, May, 1987.
"The Conservative Party and the Search for Historical Identity in the Early Twentieth Century," presented at the 102nd
annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Washington, D.C., December, 1987.
"In Defense of the Realm: Gooch and Temperley's Documents on the Origins of the War," presented at the annual
meeting of the Western Conference on British Studies in New Orleans, October, 1988.
"Reckoning with Liberal Decline: Herbert Butterfield's Whig Interpretation of History," presented at the annual meeting
of the Southern Conference on British Studies in Lexington, Kentucky, November, 1989.
Visiting scholar at a conference workshop on the "European Radical Right" at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities,
in Minneapolis, November, 1989.
Commentator for a session on "The Far Flung Empire: Gains and Losses" at the annual meeting of the Western
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Conference on British Studies at Snowbird, Utah, October, 1990.
Chair for session on "Challenges and Responses: Jacobins, Fenians, Suffragettes and the British State" at the annual
meeting of the Western Conference on British Studies in Tucson, Arizona, October, 1991.
Commentator for session on "The Uses and Abuses of Reformist Literature" at the annual meeting of the Southern
Conference on British Studies in Fort Worth, Texas, November, 1991.
Commentator for session on "Reaction and Escapism During the Interwar Years" at the annual meeting of the Southern
Conference on British Studies in Atlanta, Georgia, November 1992.
"The Internationalism of Harold Temperley," presented at a conference on "Historians and Officials: The Development
of International History in Britain and the World" at the London School of Economics and Political Science in
London, England, June, 1993.
"From Extension Center to University: The Development of Non-traditional Education at Auburn University in
Montgomery, 1936-1967" at a conference on "The University in Its Urban Setting" at the University of
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, July, 1993.
Chair for session on "Law and Order in Victorian England" at the annual meeting of the Western Conference on British
Studies in Albuquerque, New Mexico, October, 1993.
Commentator for session on "Personal and National Challenges in Modern Britain" at the annual meeting of the Southern
Conference on British Studies in Orlando, Florida, November, 1993.
Chair for session on “Military Politics: The Case of Britain in World War I” at the annual meeting of the Western
Conference on British Studies in Houston, Texas, October, 1995.
Chair for session on "Mental and Intellectual Impact of the World Wars" at the annual meeting of the Southern
Conference on British Studies in New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1995.
Moderator for session on “Boosting Historical Thinking in Alabama’s Schools” at the annual meeting of the Alabama
Association of Historians at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, February, 1996.
“Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of Muscletown USA” at the annual meeting of the American Men’s Studies
Association at Howard University, Washington, DC, March, 1996.
Commentator for session on “Strength at the Turn of the Century” at the annual meeting of the North American Society
for Sport History at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, May, 1996.
“The Alabama Dimension to the Political Thought of Charles Stewart Parnell” at the annual meeting of the Southern
Conference on British Studies in Little Rock, Arkansas, November, 1996.
“A Century of American Weightlifting in the Olympics, 1896-1996" at the annual meeting for the Southern District of
the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance in New Orleans, Louisiana,
February, 1997.
“F. S. Oliver’s ‘American Plan’ for the Resolution of Britain’s Constitutional Crises,” at the annual meeting of the
Southern Conference on British Studies in Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1997.
“Rosetta Hoffman, Gracie Bard, Dorcas Lehman, and Alda Ketterman: The Women Weightlifters of Muscletown USA,”
at the annual meeting of North American Society for Sport History at the University of Windsor, Windsor,
Ontario, Canada, May 1998.
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Chair for sessions on “British Culture and the BBC” and “Bodies of Law: Sex, Race and Crime in England and Ireland”
at the annual meeting of the Western Conference on British Studies in Colorado Springs, Colorado, October,
1998.
Chair for session on “Innovations in Higher Education in Britain during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries” at the
annual meeting of the Southern Conference on British Studies in Birmingham, Alabama, November, 1998.
Commentator for session on “The Peers and the People: The House of Lords land the New Challenges of the Nineteenth
Century” at the annual meeting of the Southern Conference on British Studies in Fort Worth, Texas, November,
1999.
“The Rise and Fall of the Press in Olympic and World Championship Competition, 1928-1972" at the annual meeting of
the North American Society for Sport History at Banff, Alberta, Canada, May, 2000.
“Labour’s Rise and the Liberal Demise: A Quantitative Perspective on the Great Debate, 1906-1918" at the annual
meeting of the Southern Conference on British Studies in Louisville, Kentucky, November, 2000.
Commentator for session on “Wales, Ireland, and America, 1890-1963" at the annual meeting of the Western Conference
on British Studies in Houston, Texas, October, 2001.
“Idealism or Racism: Color Consciousness and the AAU Mr. America Contest, 1939-1982" at the annual meeting of the
North American Society for Sport History at French Lick, Indiana, May 2002.
“Mr. And Miss America Contests: A Tale of Contrasting Cultures, 1921-1984" at the annual meeting of the American
Studies Association, Houston, Texas, November 2002.
“Nelson Tift: Yankee Entrepreneur in a Deep South State” at the annual meeting of the Georgia Association of
Historians, Americus, Georgia, March, 2003.
“John F. Kennedy, British History, and the Cuban Missile Crisis” at the annual meeting of the Southern Conference on
British Studies, Houston, Texas, November 2003.
“Crossing the Color Line: The Caribbean Invasion of American Bodybuilding in the Twentieth Century” at the annual
meeting of the North American Society for Sport History at Asilomar, California, May 2004.
“Oscar Heidenstam, The Mr. Universe Contest, and the Amateur Ideal in British Bodybuilding” at the annual meeting of
the Western Conference on British Studies at San Antonio, Texas, October 2004.
Chair for session on “A Man’s Life: Hidden Facets to British Politics” at the annual meeting of the Southern Conference
on British Studies, Memphis, Tennessee, November 2004.
Commentator for session on “A Glimpse of Inter-War Britain” at the annual meeting of the Southern Conference on
British Studies, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 2005.
Chair for session on “Georgia Politics in the 1970s” at the annual meeting of the Georgia Association of Historians at
Clayton State College & University, Morrow, Georgia, April, 2006.
Chair for session on “Ireland: Strife, Support, and Response” at the annual meeting of the Southern Conference on
British Studies, Birmingham, Alabama, November, 2006.
Chair and commentator for session on “The Meanings of Muscle in the Progressive Era,” at the annual meeting of the
American Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, January, 2007.
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“The Georgia Slave Narratives: A Historical Conundrum” at the annual meeting of the Georgia Association of Historians
at Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia, February, 2008.
“The Strongmen of Ohio” at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport History at Lake Placid, New
York, May, 2008.
“The Intangible Arnold: The Controversial Mr. Olympia Contest of 1980” at the annual meeting of the North American
Society for Sport History at Asheville, North Carolina, May, 2009.
“Charles ‘Rip’ Engle, the Tigers, and the Spirit of Waynesboro” at the annual meeting of the North American Society for
Sport History at Orlando, Florida, May 2010.
Commentator for session on “Imperial Politics in War and Peace” at the annual meeting of the Western Conference on
British Studies, Austin, Texas, September, 2010.
“Jimmy Payne: The Forgotten Mr. America” at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport History at
Austin, Texas, May 2011.
“’As the Twig is Bent;’ Bob Hoffman and Youth Training in the Pre-Steroid Era,” at the annual meeting of the North
American Society for Sport History at Berkeley, California, June 2012.
Chair and commentator for session on “Intercollegiate Football” at the annual meeting of the North American Society for
Sport History at Berkeley, California, June 2012.
“The USA vs. the World: A Statistical Analysis of American, World, and Olympic Weightlifting Results, 1970-1992,” at
the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport History at Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 2013.
“Savrola and Winston Churchill’s Search for Meaning” at the annual meeting of the Western Conference on British
Studies, Kansas City, Missouri, October, 2013.
“The Diverse Roots of Physical Culture in Modern Britain” at the British Studies Seminar, University of Texas, Austin,
March 7, 2014.
“The British Physical Culture Tradition” at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport History at
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, May, 2014.
“George Bernard Shaw and Physical Culture” at the annual meeting of the Southern Conference on British Studies,
Atlanta, Georgia, November, 2014.
“Athena: Bodybuilding Breakthrough or Box Office Bomb?’ at the annual meeting of the North American Society for
Sport History at the University of Miami, May 2015.
“Beach Muscle Bodies” at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport History at the Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA, (May 2016).
“Esther Williams as Annette Kellerman: Fact or Fantasy” at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport
History at California State University, Fullerton (May 2017).
“From Tule Lake to Helsinki: The Remarkable Rise of America’s Greatest Weightlifter” at the annual meeting of the
North American Society for Sport History at the University of Winnipeg (May 2018).
“William Pullum, Oscar Heidenstam, and Louis Martin: Progenitors of Modern British Physical Culture” at the annual
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meeting of the Southern Conference on British Studies in Birmingham, AL (November 2018)
Book Reviews
John Hampden, Francis Drake, Privateer, Contemporary Narratives and Documents (University of Alabama Press, 1972)
in The Alabama Historical Quarterly (Fall & Winter, 1972).
R. S. P. Elliot and John Hickie, Ulster, A Case Study in Conflict Theory (St. Martin's Press, 1971) in the American
Committee for Irish Studies Newsletter (October, 1973).
W. A. Maguire, The Downshire Estates of Ireland, 1801-1845 (Oxford University Press, 1972) in the American
Committee for Irish Studies Newsletter (October, 1975).
Thomas E. Hachey, Britain and Irish Separatism, From the Fenians to the Free State, 1867-1922 (Rand McNally Press,
1977) in the South Atlantic Quarterly (Summer, 1978).
Bernard Knight, Madoc, Prince of America (St. Martin's Press, 1977) in The Alabama Historical Quarterly (Fall &
Winter, 1978).
Gregory D. Phillips, The Diehards, Aristocratic Society and Politics in Edwardian England (Harvard University Press,
1979) in Albion (Summer, 1979).
Emmet Larkin, James Larkin, Irish Labour Leader, 1876-1947 (Routledge & Kegan Paul reprint, 1977) in the American
Committee for Irish Studies Newsletter (February, 1980).
Frank Renwick, Noost (Scottish Academic Press) in Scotia, Vol. IV (1980).
Vernon Bogdanor, Devolution (Oxford University Press, 1979) in The American Historical Review (April, 1980).
Ronan Fanning, The Irish Department of Finance, 1922-58 (Institute of Public Administration, 1978) in The American
Historical Review (February, 1981).
John Ramsden, The Making of Conservative Party Policy, The Conservative Research Department Since 1929
(Longman, 1980) in Albion (Spring, 1981).
F. S. L. Lyons, Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939 (Oxford University Press, 1979) in The Journal of Modern
History (June, 1981).
Alan Sykes, Tariff Reform in British Politics, 1903-1913 (Clarendon Press, 1979) in The Historian (April, 1981).
Michael L. Dockrill & J. Douglas Goold, Peace Without Promise, Britain and the Peace Conferences, 1919-23 (Archon
Books, 1981) in Albion (Fall, 1981).
"Changes of Government, Cabinet Reconstructions and Political Crises, 1837-1901," (Harvester Press, 1980) in
Microform Review (Winter, 1983).
"The Archives of Independent Labour Party--The Francis Johnson Correspondence," (Harvester Press, 1980) in
Microform Review (Spring, 1983).
Donal McCartney, ed., The World of Daniel O'Connell in the Irish Literary Supplement (Spring, 1983).
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"Origins and Development of the Labour Party in Britain at Local Level--Glasgow Trades Council," (EP Microform
Ltd.) in Microform Review (Winter, 1984).
T. W. Moodie, Davitt and Irish Revolution, 1846-82 (Oxford University Press, 1981) in The Historian (November,
1983).
Christopher Harvie, No Gods and Precious Few Heroes, Scotland 1914-1980 (University of Toronto Press, 1981) in
Scotia, Vol. VII (1983).
George K. Behlmer, Child Abuse and Moral Reform in England, 1870-1908 (Stanford University Press, 1982) in The
Historian (May, 1984).
Sheila Lawlor, Anglo-Irish Relations, 1914-1922 (Gill & Macmillan, 1983) in Albion (Summer, 1984).
Norman MacDougall, ed., Church, Politics, and Society, Scotland 1408-1929 (John Donald Publishers, 1983) in The
Historian (November, 1985).
Paul H. Kroska, ed., Honourable Intentions, Talks on the British Empire in South-East Asia delivered at the Royal
Colonial Institute, 1874-1928 (Oxford University Press, 1983) in History, Reviews of New Books (April, 1985).
Michael Keating & Arthur Midwinter, The Government of Scotland (Mainstream Publishing, 1983) in Scotia, Vol. IX
(1985).
Charles Townshend, Political Violence in Ireland, Government and Resistance since 1848 (Oxford University Press,
1984) in The Historian (May, 1986).
K. Theodore Hoppen, Elections, Politics, and Society in Ireland, 1832-1885 (Oxford University Press, 1984) in The
American Historical Review (December, 1985).
"L. Rousselet, India and Its Native Princes, London, 1976," (Inter Documentation Company, 1985) in Microform Review
(Summer, 1985).
Robert Blake, England in Decline, 1915-1980 (Oxford University Press, 1985), in Albion (Summer, 1986).
Kevin Nowlan and Maurice O'Connell, Daniel O'Connell, Portrait of a Radical (Macmillan, 1985) and R. V. Comerford,
The Fenians in Context, 1848-1882 (Wolfhound Press, 1985) in the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies (June,
1987).
Paul Canning, British Policy Towards Ireland, 1921-1941 (Clarendon Press, 1985), in History, Reviews of New Books
(March/April 1986).
Anthony Clayton, The British Empire as a Superpower, 1919-1939 (University of Georgia Press, 1986), in History,
Reviews of New Books (March/April 1987).
"Conditions and Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940-1945," (Harvester Press, 1982-85) in Microform Review
(Fall, 1987).
Stephen Harley, The Irish Question as a Problem in British Foreign Policy, 1914-18 (St. Martin's Press, 1987) and Ian F.
W. Beckett, ed., The Army and the Curragh Incident, 1914 (The Bodley Head, 1986) in Albion (Winter, 1987).
Trevor West, Co-operation and Politics, An Irish Biography (The Catholic University of America Press, 1986) and W. F.
Mandle, The Gaelic Athletic Association and Irish Nationalist Politics, 1884-1924 (Christopher Helm, 1987) in
Victorian Studies (Spring, 1988).
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Anthony Howard, RAB, The Life of R. A. Butler (Jonathan Cape, 1987) in Albion (Spring, 1988).
Clare O'Halloran, Partition and the Limits of Irish Nationalism, An Ideology Under Stress (Humanities Press Interna-
tional, 1987) in The American Historical Review (June, 1988).
Frederick Madden and David Fieldhouse, Imperial Reconstruction, 1763-1840: The Evolution of Alternative Systems of
Colonial Government: Selected Documents on the Constitutional History of the British Empire and the
Commonwealth (Greenwood Press, 1987), in History, Reviews of New Books, (Spring, 1988).
Michael Rosenthal, The Character Factory: Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts and the Imperatives of Empire (Pantheon Books,
1986) in The Historian (August, 1988).
David Dutton, Austen Chamberlain: Gentleman in Politics in The American Historical Review (February, 1989).
Bruce Coleman, Conservatism and the Conservative Party in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Edward Arnold, 1988), in the
British Politics Newsletter (Fall, 1989).
Catherine B. Shannon, Arthur J. Balfour and Ireland, 1874-1922 (Catholic University of America Press, 1988) in The
American Historical Review (December, 1989).
Robert C. Self, Tories and Tariffs, The Conservative Party and the Politics of Tariff Reform, 1922-1932 (Garland
Publishing, 1986) in Albion (Winter, 1989).
William H. McNeill, Arnold J. Toynbee, A Life (Oxford University Press, 1989), in History, Reviews of New Books
(Winter, 1990).
Andrew Gailey, Ireland and the Death of Kindness: The Experience of Constructive Unionism, 1890-1905 (Cork
University Press, 1987), Paul Bew, Conflict and Conciliation in Ireland, 1890-1910 (Clarendon Press, 1987) and
John Kendle, Ireland and the Federal Solution: The Debate Over the United Kingdom Constitution, 1870-1921
(McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989) in Victorian Studies (Spring, 1990).
Kevin Morgan, Against Fascism and War, Ruptures and Continuities in British Communist Politics, 1935-41
(Manchester University Press, 1989) in History, Reviews of New Books (Spring, 1991).
Timothy Raison, Tories and the Welfare State, A History of Conservative Social Policy since the Second World War (St.
Martin's Press, 1990), in Albion (Fall, 1991).
Clive Ponting, 1940: Myth and Reality (Hamish Hamilton, 1990), in The International History Review (August, 1991).
Walter Arnstein, ed., Recent Historians of Great Britain, Essays on the Post-1945 Generation (Iowa State University
Press, 1990) in History, Reviews of New Books (Spring, 1992).
Frans Coetzee, For Party or Country, Nationalism and the Dilemmas of Popular Conservatism in Edwardian England
(Oxford University Press, 1990) in the American Historical Review (February, 1992).
Martin Gilbert, Churchill: A Life (Henry Holt, 1991) and Robert Rhodes James, Robert Boothby: A Portrait of
Churchill's Ally (Viking, 1991) in Albion (Fall, 1992).
Richard E. Bohlander, ed., World Explorers and Discoverers (Macmillan Publishing, 1992) in History, Reviews of New
Books (Fall, 1992).
Bernard Wasserstein, Herbert Samuel, A Political Life (Oxford University Press, 1992) in The American Historical
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Review (April, 1993).
Maryann Gialanella Valiulis, Portrait of a Revolutionary, General Richard Mulcahy and the Founding of the Irish Free
State (University Press of Kentucky, 1992) in History, Reviews of New Books (Summer, 1993).
Anthony Howard, Crossman, The Pursuit of Power (Pimlico, 1991) in Albion (Spring, 1994).
Arnold Kemp, The Hollow Drum, Scotland since the War (Mainstream Publishing, 1994) in Scotia, Vol. XVIII (1994).
Jack W. Berryman and Roberta J. Park, Sport and Exercise Science, Essays in the History of Sports Medicine (University
of Illinois Press, 1992) in the International Journal of Sport History (December, 1994).
Stephen Howe, Anticolonialism in British Politics, The Lift and the End of Empire, 1918-1964 (Oxford University Press,
1993) in History: Reviews of New Books (Winter, 1995).
Robert Cole, A. J. P. Taylor, The Traitor within the Gates (St. Martin’s Press, 1993) in The American Historical Review
(February, 1995).
Michael Bentley, ed., Public and Private Doctrine, Essays in British History presented to Maurice Cowling (Cambridge
University Press, 1994) in Albion (Spring, 1995).
David L. Chapman, Sandow the Magnificent, Eugen Sandow and the Beginnings of Bodybuilding (University of Illinois
Press, 1994) in the International Journal of Sport History (August, 1996).
Neil Longley York, Neither Kingdom Nor Nation, The Irish Quest for Constitutional Rights, 1698-1800 (Catholic
University of America Press, 1994) and Alan J. Ward, The Irish Constitutional Tradition, Responsible
Government and Modern Ireland, 1782-1992 (Catholic University of America Press, 1994) in The American
Historical Review (April, 1996).
F. M. Leventhal, Twentieth-Century Britain, An Encyclopedia (Garland Publishing, Inc., 1995) in Albion (Fall, 1996).
David Long and Peter Wilson, eds., Thinkers of the Twenty Years’ Crisis, Inter-War Idealism Reassessed (Clarendon
Press, 1995) in The International History Review (November, 1996).
Vernon Bogdanor, The Monarchy and the Constitution (Clarendon Press, 1995) in Political Science Quarterly (Winter,
1996-97).
Simon C. Smith, British Relations with the Malay Rulers from Decentralization to Malayan Independence, 1930-1957 in
The American Historical Review (February, 1997).
Derek Birley, Playing the Game, Sport and British Society, 1910-45 (Manchester University Press, 1995) in Albion
(Summer, 1997).
John Charmley, A History of Conservative Politics in the Twentieth Century, 1990-1996 (Macmillan Press, 1996) in
History (April, 1998).
Victor Feske, From Belloc to Churchill, Private Scholars, Public Culture, and the Crisis of British Liberalism, 1900-1939
(University of North Carolina Press, 1996) in Albion (Winter, 1997).
Peter Dorey, British Politics since 1945 (Blackwell, 1995) in History, Reviews of New Books (Summer, 1997).
Alan M. Klein, Little Big Men, Bodybuilding Subculture and Gender Construction (State University of New York Press,
1993) in The Journal of Sport History (Fall, 1997).
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Jason Tomes, Balfour and foreign policy, The international thought of a Conservative statesman (Cambridge University
Press) in History, Reviews of New Books (Spring, 1998).
Andrew Thorpe, A History of the British Labour Party (Macmillan Press, 1997) in History (October, 1998).
N. J. Crowson, Facing Fascism, The Conservative Party and the European Dictators, 1935-1940 (Routledge, 1997) in
The International History Review (March, 1999).
Michael Michie, An Enlightenment Tory in Victorian Scotland, The Career of Sir Archibald Alison (McGill-Queens
University Press) Scotia (1997).
I. R. McBride, Scripture Politics: Ulster Presbyterians and Irish Radicalism in the Late Eighteenth Century (Oxford
University Press) in History, Reviews of New Books (Summer, 1999).
Arthur Drechsler, The Weightlifting Encyclopedia, A Guide to World Class Performance (S & S Communications,
1998), Iron Game History (January, 2000).
Richard English, Ernie O’Malley, IRA Intellectual (Oxford University Press, 1998) in The American Historical Review
(February, 2000).
Inbal Rose, Conservatism and Foreign Policy during the Lloyd George Coalition, 1918-1922 (Frank Cass, 1999) in
Albion (Summer--2000).
Philip Williamson, Conservative Leadership and National Values (Cambridge University Press, 1999) in The Journal of
Modern History (March, 2001).
Graeme Morton, Unionist Nationalism, Governing Urban Scotland, 1830-1860 (Tuckwell Press, 1999) in Scotia
(1999).
Brian Brivati and Richard Heffernan, eds., The Labour Party: A Centenary History in History: Reviews of New Books
(Fall, 2000).
Bernadette Whelan, Ireland and the Marshall Plan, 1947-1957 (Four Courts Press) in The American Historical Review
(April, 2001).
Duncan Tanner, Pat Thane, and Nick Tiratsoo, Labour’s First Century (Cambridge University Press) in History: Reviews
of New Books (Winter, 2001).
Garry Tregidga, The Liberal Party in South-West Britain since 1918, Political Decline, Dormancy and Rebirth
(University of Exeter Press) in Albion (Spring, 2002).
Peter T. Marsh, Bargaining on Europe, Britain and the First Common Market, 1860-1892 (Yale University Press) in
Victorian Studies (Summer, 2002).
Roy Jenkins, Churchill, A Biography (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) in History: Reviews of New Books (Winter, 2002).
Stephen Small, Political Thought in Ireland, 1776-1798, Republicanism, Patriotism, and Radicalism (Oxford University
Press, 2002) in History: Reviews of New Books (Summer, 2003).
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Francine McKenzie, Redefining the Bonds of Commonwealth, 1939-1948, The Politics of Preference (Palgrave
Macmillan, 2002) in the Canadian Journal of History (December, 2004).
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E. W. McFarland, John Ferguson, 1836-1906, Irish Issues in Scottish Politics (Tuckwell Press, 2003) and Catriona
Burness, “Strange Associations,” The Irish Question and the Making of Scottish Unionism, 1886-1918 for
Scotia XXVII (2003).
Andrew Porter, Religion Versus Empire? in History, Reviews of New Books (Spring, 2005).
Andrew G. Newby, Ireland, Radicalism and the Scottish Highlands, c. 1870-1912 (Edinburgh University Press, 2007) in
Scotia (2006).
Brian Pronger, Body Fascism, Salvation in the Technology of Physical Fitness (University of Toronto Press, 2002) in
The International Journal of Sport History (April, 2007).
Eugenio F. Biagini, British Democracy and Irish Nationalism, 1876-1906 (Cambridge University Press, 2007) in the
British Politics Group Quarterly (Spring, 2009).
David Chapman, Sandow the Magnificent, Eugen Sandow and the Beginnings of Bodybuilding (University of Illinois
Press, 2005 reprint in The Journal of Sport History (Fall, 2008).
Randy Roach, Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors (AuthorHouse, 2008) in Iron Game History (September, 2009).
Lynn Abrams and Callum G. Brown, eds., A History of Everyday Life in Twentieth-Century Scotland (Edinburgh
University Press, 2010) in vol. XXXIII Scotia (2009).
Bill Pearl, George and Tuesday Coates, and Richard Thornley, Jr., Legends of the Iron Game, Reflections on the
History of Strength Training (3 vols., Phoenix, OR, Bill Pearl Enterprises, 2010) in Iron Game History
(June, 2011).
Harvey Newton and Simon Jenkins, “Should All Athletes Use Explosive Lifting?” in the Annual Review of Strength
Conditioning, an on-line supplement of the International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching (2012).
Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Managing the Body, Beauty, Health, and Fitness in Britain,(Oxford University Press, 2010)
in Iron Game History (February, 2013).
A review article on “H. J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture & Sports” in The Journal of Sport History (Fall,
2013).
Shelly McKenzie, Getting Physical, The Rise of Physical Culture in America (University Press of Kansas, 2013) in The
American Historical Review (February 2015).
Professional Organizations
Royal Historical Society (Fellow)
The Conference on British Studies (Southern section)
North American Society for Sport History
Alabama Historical Association
Phi Alpha Theta
Professional Service
Program Chair for the Southern Conference on British Studies, 1987 and 1988.
Program Chair for the Western Conference on British Studies, 1991.
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Reader for Albion, The Historian, and The Journal of British Studies, The International History Review, The Journal of
Sport History, Journal of the Georgia Association of Historians, Political Science Quarterly, Journal of the
Sociology of Sport, Iron Game History, The Corinthian, The Alabama Review, the University Press of Kentucky,
McGill-Queen's University Press, the University of Delaware Press, Ohio State University Press, Catholic
University Press of America, the University of Illinois Press, McGraw-Hill Inc., Prentice Hall, Scott Foresman
and Company, Bedford Books of St. Martin’s Press, the University of Alabama Press, Routledge Press, and the
Social Science Research Council of Canada.
Nominated for the Council of the North American Conference on British Studies, 1993.
Member of the Editorial Board of Iron Game History.
Member of the Editorial Board of Atlanta History, A Journal of Georgia and the South
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Georgia Association of Historians
Historical Consultant for Arts & Entertainment Television Biography on “Charles Atlas”
Historical Consultant on Steroids for the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Wall Street Journal, Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette, York Daily Record, ESPN Magazine, York Gazette, Smithsonian Magazine, Fort Collins Forum, PSC
Productions, and the Discovery Channel.
Member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Georgia Studies
Member of the Editorial Board of the Alabama Review
Member of the Samuel Beer Dissertation Award Committee for the British Politics Group, Spring, 2010.
Member of the Editorial Board for the Annual Review of Strength Coaching, an on-line supplement of the International
Journal of Sports Science and Coaching
Outside Examiner for senior thesis by Michael Tristan Kengmana on “More Than Just a Game: The Black Athlete in
America’s Debate on Race in the Twentieth Century” at Kenyon College, May 3, 2014.
Member of the Book Awards Committee for the North American Society for Sport History, 2018.
Courses Taught
World History to 1648 Critical Issues in European History
World History since 1648 Modern Britain (20th Century)
Modern European History to 1815 The Industrial Revolution
Modern European History since 1815 Social & Intellectual History of Modern Europe
Western Civilization since 1715 A Cultural History of Wales, Scotland, and Ireland
English History to 1603 World War I
English History since 1603 World War I in Literature
History of Europe, 1815 to 1871 American State and Local Government
History of Europe, 1871 to 1919 Many Independent Study & Reading Courses
History of Europe since 1919 Weight Training
French Revolution and Napoleon Tennis
Origin and Growth of Towns American History since 1865
British Empire and Commonwealth Themes in Culture and Society II
Advanced Topics in British History First Year Academic Seminar
World Civilization and Society I A History of American Weightlifting and Bodybuilding
World Civilization and Society II Churchill: Man of the Century
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Historical Research and Writing World War II
History of American Physical Culture Sports, Fitness and the Mass Media
University Service
Lecture on "Bell Street Days and the Origins of AUM" presented to a meeting of the AUM Alumni Association on
February 13, 1987.
Narrator for Homecoming slide presentation on the History of AUM, February 11, 1989.
Speaker on "AUM--Twenty Year Highlights" at the annual AUM Faculty-Staff Picnic, October 13, 1989.
Lecture on "AUM's Twentieth Anniversary" at Senior University gathering on May 25, 1990.
Lecture on "Historical Reflections of Urban Auburn, 1936-1967" at ceremony honoring the late Senator O. J. Goodwyn,
September, 1993.
Organizer of teacher workshop for Alabama History Day, January, 1995.
Inaugural lecture on “Musclemen and Muscletown USA: A Research Odyssey” for the University Faculty Research
Seminar, October 1997.
Interviewed on weightlifting history for “Campus Talk,” GC&SU Television, February, 1999.
Lecture on “Women Weightlifters” for Women’s History Month Luncheon, March, 1999.
Lecture entitled “From 97 lb. Weakling to Bodybuilding Historian,” November, 1999.
Presentation entitled “Desert Survival on the Silk Road in China,” October, 2002
Presentation entitled “The Tifts of Georgia,” March, 2004.
Presentations entitled “The Tifts of Georgia,” April, 2011.
BOOKS
The AUM Story: A Decade of Service to the Montgomery Community, Montgomery, Brown Printing Co., 1981.
The AUM Story: A Second Decade of Service to the Montgomery Community, Montgomery, Brown Printing Co., 1989.
ARTICLES AND PIECES
"Origins of AUM: A University Develops Through Extention Education," a two part series that appeared in successive
issues of The AUM Reporter, Volume 12, Nos. 3 and 4 (Spring and Summer, 1986-87).
"Auburn University at Montgomery Sports Program" in Volume II of The Sports Encyclopedia of North America, edited
by John D. Windhausen for the Academic International Press (1989).
"Growth of Our Campus: An Overview of the Past 20 Years" in the 1989 edition of the AUM Yearbook.
"AUM-Commemorating Twenty Years of Service, 1969-1989" in the 1989-90 edition of the Auburn University at
Montgomery Catalog.
Edited the AUM History Department Newsletter, 1990-1996.
A 25th Anniversary Remembrance of AUM Faculty and Staff, 1969-1994 (February, 1995).
"AUM: Commemorating 25 Years of Service to the Montgomery Community" for special tabloid on AUM in the
Montgomery Advertiser, (April, 1995).
Edited the GC&SU History & Geography Department Newsletter, 1998-2000.
Edited the GC&SU Center for Georgia Studies Newsletter, 2000.
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“China–A Silk Road Experience,” Terra Nostra (Fall, 2002).
Committee Work
History Department Curriculum Committee (VPI), 1969-71
Academic Standards Committee, 1971-73
Flower Committee, 1971-72
Physical Plant Self-Study Committee, 1972
Liberal Arts Building Planning Committee, 1973
Teacher-Course Evaluation Committee, 1973
Health, Physical Education & Recreation Committee, 1973-75
Divisional Reorganization Committee, 1974
Secretary for AUM Faculty Council and member of the Executive Committee for 1974-75
Member of Discipline Committee, 1975-77
Served yearly on tenure and promotion committees since 1975
Chair of ad hoc Committee in Liberal Arts for Overseas Study since 1975
Chair of Nominating Committee for Faculty Council, 1977
Chair of Faculty Grievance Committee, 1977-79 & member for 1980
Library Self-Study Committee, 1977
Library Building Planning Committee, 1978
Acting Secretary for Faculty Council, 1978
Liberal Arts representative on Graduate Council, 1978-80
Departmental Library Committee representative, 1979-80
Chair of tenure-promotion Appeals Committee, 1979
Member of the Liberal Arts BGS Committee, 1980-91, Chair 1980-89
Member of Athletic and Intramural Committee, 1979-80 & Chair, 1980-81
Member of the Planning Committee for a Master of Liberal Arts degree, 1982-85
Chair of History Department World History textbook selection committee in 1971, 1977 & 1982
Liberal Arts Research Committee, 1985-86
University Scholars Committee, 1985-87
Committee for selection of student to attend Symposium at the Center of the Presidency in Washington, D.C., 1987
Scholars Program Reform Committee, 1986-88
Planning, Priorities, and Resource Allocation Committee, 1987-88 and Chair, 1988-89, 1996-
Member of the Department Heads Council, 1991-97
Department Heads Committee for selection of Chancellor's Scholar from Liberal Arts, 1994
Member of AUM's 25th Anniversary Committee, 1993-94
Member of AUM's 25th Anniversary Video Committee, 1994-95
Member of ad hoc committee on Academic Affairs mission statement, 1994-95
Member of the Scholarship Task Force of the AUM Marketing Oversight Committee, 1996
Member of the Budget Advisory Committee, 1996-97
Member of the Georgia College and State University Research Marketing Committee, 1997
Member of the GC&SU Graduate Council, 1997-2002
Member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Promotion and Tenure, 1997-98
Chair of the ad hoc Committee for the creation of a Center for Georgia Studies, 1998-2001
Member of the Russell Library Task Force, 1998-99
Director of M.A. Archives Program (conducted jointly with the Russell Library)
Member of the University Traditions Committee, 1999-
Member of the Advanced/Graduate Program Committee, 1999-
Member of the Thesis Guidelines Revision Committee, 1999
Member of 3+2 Graduate Program Committee, 1999
Member of Research Sub-Committee for Graduate Council, 1999
Member of Graduate Coordinators Thesis Guidelines Subcommittee, 1999
Member of Steering Committee for Southern Cultures Seminar, 1999-2000
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Member of Presidential Scholars Committee, 2000
Chair of ad hoc Library Liaisons Committee, 2000
Co-founder and member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Georgia Studies
Chair of the Graduate Faculty Subcommittee of the Graduate Council, 2000-2002
Member of the Steering Committee for Revelations, the Fifth Flannery O’Connor Symposium, 2002-2003
GC&SU Representative on the Regents Advisory Committee on History, 1997-2004 (Chair, 2002-2003)
Member of the University Senate, 2005-2007
Member of the Student Affairs Sub-committee of the University Senate, 2005-2007
Member of the Strategic Focus Advisory Council, 2005-2007
Co-chair of the Academic Programs Distinction Workgroup, 2005-7
Member of the Graduate Coordinators Committee, 2005-
Member of the Faculty Research Task Force
Student Related Activities
Quarterly adviser for History majors since 1974
Headed AUM Weightlifting Program, 1971-74 and organized AAU Powerlifting meets in 1972 and 1973
Faculty Advisor for Chi Psi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, 1974-79, 1982-83
Led AUM student groups to London for eight-week study and travel programs during the summers of 1976 and 1978
Thesis adviser for Cordelia Humphrey - "Joe Goodwyn and the Politics of Public Education in Alabama” (1997).
Arranged career seminars on college teaching, archival administration, and librarianship for history majors, 1994-1996.
Oversaw the Development of Alabama History Day on the AUM campus, 1990-1997
Student Adviser for History Master of Arts Program, 1997-
Developed Archival Management Concentration in the MA History Degree Program, 1997
Directed reorganization of the GC&SU History Club, 1998
Edited The History & Geography Department Newsletter, 1998-
Developed Public History Concentration in BS Degree Program, 1999
Organized First Year Academic Seminar, 1999
Thesis adviser for Stephanie Lewis--”Building a Greater Wesleyan” (1999).
Thesis adviser for Brandon Prince--”James Butler, Second Duke of Ormonde” (1999).
Thesis adviser for Mauriel Joslyn–“Disaffection in the British Army: The Irish Factor from Tudor Times through the
Great Famine” (2001)
Thesis adviser for Jeffery Wells on Paul Coverdell
Thesis adviser for Sarah Gibbs on British Motorcycle Couriers during World Wars I and II
Thesis adviser for Kathleen Fox—“Guns, Garters, and Grapefruit: Women of Pre-Code Gangster Films, 1930-1934”
Taught independent study course on weightlifting and bodybuilding for Mark Kodya, doctoral student at Pennsylvania
State University
Faculty adviser for Epsilon Theta, the Georgia College Graduate Student Association, 2002-2011.
Dissertation Committee Member for Dominic Morais at the University of Texas, Austin
Dissertation Committee Member for Ben Pollock at the University of Texas, Austin
Faculty Development Seminars
“The Silk Road of China” conducted by the Council on International Educational Exchange in the People’s Republic of
China–June 2002.
“Incorporating Faculty Seminars and Teaching Abroad into the Curriculum” conducted by the Georgia Consortium for
International Studies and the University System of Georgia at Clayton College & State University–March 2003.
“Teaching the Middle East: A Workshop for Non-Specialist Faculty” conducted by the Georgia Consortium for
International Studies and the Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium at Emory University–October 2003.
Attended Workshop for Directors of Graduate Studies sponsored by the American Historical Association in Arlington,
Virginia, August 2005
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Received a Sasakawa Fellowship to attend a three-week workshop on “Incorporating Japanese Studies into the
Undergraduate Curriculum” at the National Faculty Development Institute at San Diego State University—June
2007
“Teaching the Middle East V: Found in Translation: Roots of Western Heritage” sponsored by the Middle East Institute
at Georgia State University at the Clarkston Campus of Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta—October 2007
Attended a symposium on Africa sponsored by the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa at Maxwell
Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama—February 2008
Attended workshop on “India: Issues and Images” sponsored by the Asia Initiative Committee at Mercer University,
Macon—October 2010
Participated in about ten workshops at the University of Texas and Auburn University on the use of Canvas as a teaching
tool
Arranged visits of outside lecturers on campus:
Robin Fabel, Auburn University History Professor, who spoke on "The American Revolution: A British Perspective,"
January, 1976.
Daniel Snowman, Executive Producer for BBC, who spoke on "The Americanization of Britain," October, 1977.
Alan Ward, Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary, who spoke on "The Westminster Model:
Varieties of British Government in the Twentieth Century," August, 1979.
Bentley B. Gilbert, Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who spoke on "The Origins of the British
Welfare State: A TransAtlantic Model?" May, 1980.
Frank O'Gorman, Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, who spoke on "Political Parties in Modern British
History: Seventeenth Century to the Present," March, 1983.
Martin J. Wiener, Professor of History at Rice University who spoke on "Punishment or Treatment of Criminals: The
Victorian Dilemma," February, 1984.
Thomas Hachey, Professor of History at Marquette University, who spoke on "The Troubles in Northern Ireland,"
March, 1986.
William J. Baker, Professor of History at the University of Maine, who spoke on "Jesse Owens and the Politics of
Sport," November, 1986.
John Hutcheson, Assistant Professor of History at Dalton College, who spoke on "The Political Press in Great Britain
during the Twentieth Century," July, 1987.
Michael J. Moore, Professor of History at Appalachian State University and editor of Albion who spoke on "Scholarly
Publication in Academic Journals," April, 1988.
Kieran Quinlan, Professor of English at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, who spoke on "Looking Backwards:
Ireland and the American South," November, 1991.
John Ramsden, Reader in Modern History at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, who spoke on
“‘Their Finest Hour’? The Mythology of the British People During World War II,” October, 1995.
James Cobb, Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor and Chair at the University of Georgia, who spoke on
“Georgia at the Millenium,” January, 1999.
John Ramsden, Professor of Modern History at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, who
spoke on “Winston Churchill and the USA,” September, 1999.
Wayne Flynt, Professor of History at Auburn University, who spoke on “White Christian Politics, and Social Reform in
the Twentieth-Century South,” January 2000.
John Edge, Food Editor of the The Oxford American, who spoke on “The Potlikker Debate: Southern Food as Symbol
and Sustenance,” February 2000.
Peter Catterall, Director of the Institute of Contemporary British History, University of London, who spoke on “Britain
in the twenty-first Century,” March 2000.
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Steve Goodson, Assistant Professor of History at the State University of West Georgia, who spoke on “The Blues come
Around: The Life and Music of Hank Williams,” March 2000.
James Cobb, B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History and Chair, University of Georgia, who spoke about
his book, Redefining Southern Culture: Mind and Identity in the Modern South, April 2000.
Jan Todd, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, University of Texas, who spoke on “Bring on the Amazons: An Illustrated
History of Women and Weights,” March 2001.
Charles Loft, Fulbright-Robertson Visiting Professor of British History, Westminster College, who spoke on “Britain and
the First World War: A Modern Myth,” April 2001.
Robin Havers-Fulbright-Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, who spoke on “Life at the Changi
Prisoner of War Camp. Singapore, 1942-5.
Paul Ward-Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield, who presented a lecture entitled “Is Britain Breaking Up?
The State of the Union,” October 2004.
Alan Ward–Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary, who presented a lecture on Anglo-Irish
relations to an English History I students and talked with graduate students about the college teaching profession.
Philip Swan—Principal Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, who presented a lecture entitled “Flying in the Face of
Death, RAF Bomber Command in Lincolnshire in World War II,” November 2005.
Richard Allen—Lecturer in History at Sunderland University, who presented a lecture entitled “Wales in World War I,”
April 2007
Joan Allen—Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Newcastle, who presented a lecture entitled
“Transatlantic Connections: British Radicalism and American Democracy, 1860-1886,” April 2007
Richard Coggins—Lecturer in Politics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, who presented a lecture entitled “The Foreign
Policy of Tony Blair,” November 2007
Neil Fleming—Lecturer in Modern British History at Cardiff University, Wales, who presented a lecture entitled
“Churchill on Ireland and India,” April 2009
Vernon Egger--Professor of History at Georgia Southern University who presented a lecture entitled “The Influence of
Islam on Europe’s Twelfth Century Renaissance,” October 2009.
Robert Tyler—Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Wales, Swansea, who presented a lecture on “The
Disunited United Kingdom of Britain,” January 2010
Roland Quinault—Lecturer in British History who presented a lecture on “The Early Wars of Winston Churchill,”
October 2010.
Amy Blakeway—Lecturer in British History who presented a lecture on “Power and Politics in Sixteenth Century
Scotland,” November 2011.
Accompanied the following students to regional conferences where they delivered papers prepared in my classes:
A. Randy Mullis read a paper on "The Strange Life of George Dangerfield's Liberal England" at the University of
Alabama, March 1980.
B. Rose Ellis read a paper on "Hatchett Chandler and the Rediscovery of Fort Morgan" at the University of
Montevallo, March 1981.
C. David Langhorst read a paper on "E. P. Thompson: Academician or Activist?" at the University of Montevallo,
March 1983.
D. Randy McNeill read a paper on "Keir Hardie: From Temperance Leader to Socialist" at the University of
Montevallo, March 1983.
E. John Boyd read a paper on "Queen Victoria's Melancholy: A Study in the Orestes Complex" at the University of
Montevallo, April 1989.
F. Katharine Pruett read a paper on "Promoting a New South: Immigration, Racism, and 'Alabama on Wheels'" at
the University of Montevallo, April 1989.
G. Cordelia Humphrey read a paper on “The Politics of Education in Alabama since World War II” at the annual
meeting of the Alabama Historical Association in Auburn, April 1995.
H. Kathleen Fox read a paper on “Guns, Garters and Grapefruit: The Women of Pre-Code Gangster Films, 1929-
1934” at the annual meeting of the Georgia Association of Historians at Clayton State College and University,
April 2006.
I. Jeff Wells read a paper on “Selling Michigan to the Peach State: Paul D. Coverdell and the 1976 Presidential
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Campaign of Gerald Ford” at the annual meeting of the Georgia Association of Historians at Clayton State
College and University, April, 2006.
Community Related Activities
Historian for the Shakespeare Players of Montgomery from 1974 to 1979.
Acted in productions of the Shakespeare Players of Montgomery and the AUM Theater, 1973-78.
Acted in productions of the Montgomery Opera Guild, 1978, 1983, and 1984.
Singer in Montgomery Messiah Chorus, 1972-74.
Appeared on local television and radio programs to publicize AUM Study in London programs.
Addressed History Club at Floyd Junior High School on "Prince Madoc & the Welsh Discovery of America" in the
Spring of 1978.
Chaired panel on "The Powers of the Mayor and the Council" at the orientation of the new Montgomery City Council in
September of 1975.
"Dimitrii Sergeyevich Merehzkowsky's Historical Triptych on Christ and Anti-Christ" presented to a meeting of the
Montgomery Unitarian Fellowship in December or 1983.
Served as judge for Social Science Fair at Sidney Lanier High School in March of 1984.
Served as judge for Social Science Fair at Goodwyn Junior High School in March of 1985 and for the State of Alabama
History Day in May of 1985.
Addressed the annual banquet of the Montgomery St. Andrews Society on the subject of "Britain's Other Saints and St.
Andrew" in November of 1985.
Spoke on "The Social and Intellectual Background of George Bernard Shaw's 'Misalliance'" in the Theatre of the Mind
Lecture Series at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in April of 1987.
Lectured on "Winston Churchill: The Man and the Legend" in the Auburn University at Montgomery Banquet Lecture
Series in September of 1987.
Spoke on "The Scots-Irish and the American Revolution" to the Peter Forney chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution in December of 1987.
Addressed the Men's Fellowship of the Woodland United Methodist Church on the subject of "A Historical Survey of
Modern Weightlifting" in May of 1988.
Addressed the Heritage Club of the First Methodist Church on the subject of "Britain and its Empire" in June of 1989.
Lectured on "The Social and Intellectual Background to Shaw's 'Heartbreak House'" to the cast and to a general audience
at Theatre AUM in October of 1989.
Lectured on "The Celtic Lands and Peoples of Britain" to two English classes at Greenville High School in March of
1990.
Consultant for a history of The Greater Montgomery Rose Society prepared by Mrs. A. L. McKinney in the summer of
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1992.
Lectured on "The Social and Intellectual Milieu of George Bernard Shaw's 'Heartbreak House'" in the Theatre of the
Mind Series at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in March of 1993.
Judge and Organizer for Alabama History Day, 1991-96.
Lectured on "History as a Profession" at St. James School in April of 1994.
Lectured on "World War I and its Aftermath" at the Montgomery Academy in May of 1994.
Lectured on "The Roots of Celtic Culture" the Bookmonger in May of 1994.
Lecture/Demonstration on theme of “A Century of American Weightlifting in the Olympics, 1896-1996" at World Fest at
Jasmine Hill Gardens, June 1996.
Represented Auburn University at Montgomery as Escort to the Olympic Torch Bearer in Montgomery.
Served as Field of Play Assistant in the weightlifting venue at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta in July, 1996.
Lectured on “Modern Weightlifting: Georgia, the Nation, and the World” to the Milledgeville Kiwanis Club in
September 1998.
Interviewed by Brian Lockman on “Muscletown USA” for “PA Books,” Pennsylvania Cable Television, June 29, 1999,
for telecast in July and September to 2.4 million homes.
Lecture/slide presentation on “Muscletown USA” at Borders Books, York, Pennsylvania, June 26, 1999.
Lecture/slide presentation on “Muscletown USA” at the Spirit of York Strength Spectacular, York, Pennsylvania, June
27, 1999.
Served as Judge for Georgia History Day, 1999-2008.
Served as Moderator and Judge for Georgia Geographic Bee, 2001-2011.
Addressed the Milledgeville Kiwanis Club on the subject of “The Center for Georgia Studies” in August 2000.
Lectured on “Parnell and America (Alabama)” to the Parnell Society of Ireland in Atlanta, Georgia, April 17, 2001.
Addressed the Milledgeville Kiwanis Club on the topic of “A Silk Road Experience in China,” April 2003.
Judge for Barbeque Contests in Demopolis, Alabama (2002), Memphis, Tennessee (2002), Jonesboro, Georgia (2003),
and Vienna, Georgia (2004 2005, & 2006).
Addressed the Sons of Confederate Veterans on the topic of “The Celtic Tradition in the Old South,” April 2006.
Served as an official for the strongman competition at the annual Arnold (Schwarzenegger) Fitness Festival in
Columbus, Ohio, 2002-2010.
Presented a lecture on public history and the public history program at Georgia College to a Maymester class at the
University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama.
Presentation and book-signing on “The Tifts of Georgia: Connecticut Yankees in King Cotton’s Court” at the Victorian
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Christmas Festival, Agrirama, Tifton, Georgia, December 11, 2010.
Presentation on “The Tifts of Georgia: Connecticut Yankees in King Cotton’s Court” at the Milledgeville Kiwanis Club,
Milledgeville, Georgia, March 1, 2011.
Presentation and book-signing on “The Tifts of Georgia: Connecticut Yankees in King Cotton’s Court” at the Old
Governors Mansion, Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia, March 1, 2011.
Presentation on “’Rip’ Engle, the Tigers, and the Spirit of Waynesboro” at the Renfrew Museum in Waynesboro,
Pennsylvania, November 2013.
Presentation on “British Physical Culture in the Twentieth Century” at the British Studies Seminar at the University of
Texas, Austin (March 7, 2014).
Contracts and Grants
AUM Faculty Research Grant-in-Aid, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1994, and 1996. GC&SU, Faculty Development
Grants, 1997, 1999, 2000. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
Secured $500,000 National Endowment for the Humanities challenge grant as chair of the committee for the creation of
the Center for Georgia Studies in 2001.
