Present | Professor, John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History, University of South Florida | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- C. O. Joline Prize in American History, Princeton University (1969)
- Fulbright/Hays Lectureship, Universite d’Angers, France, (1984-85)
- Virginia Ledbetter Book Prize, Arkansas Historical Association (1985)
- Fletcher Green-Charles Ramsdell Best Article Prize, Southern Historical Association (1986)
- Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of South Florida (1989)
- Charlton Tebeau Book Prize, Florida Historical Society (1990)
- Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of South Florida (1994)
- Nelson Poynter Civil Liberties Award, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (2003)
- Distinguished Lecturer, Organization of American Historians (2004-12)
- Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Award (Southern Historical Association (awarded to Freedom Riders)(2007)
- Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights Book Awards, Honorable Mention (awarded to Freedom Riders) (2007)
- Best Nonfiction Books of 2006, Washington Post Bookworld (Awarded to Freedom Riders) (2006)
- New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice (awarded to Freedom Riders)(2006)
- Choice Best Academic Books of the Year (awarded to The Sound of Freedom) (2009)
- New York Times Book Review. Editor’s Choice (awarded to The Sound of Freedom) (2009)
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Scholarship, 2008 USFSP (2009)
- Dorothy Dodd Lifetime Achievement Award, Florida Historical Society (2012)
Ph.D., Brandeis University ‐ American History | ||
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M.A., Brandeis University ‐ American History | ||
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B.A., Princeton University ‐ History | ||
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