LEE L. WILLIS
|
Office: 459 CCC Phone: 346-4513 E-mail: lwillis@uwsp.edu Title: Assistant Professor Education: Ph.D., US History, Florida State University M.A., American and Florida Studies, Florida State University B.A., History, University of the South |
|
Specialization:
Race and Ethnicity in the United States; the American South
Courses Taught:
History 130: Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States
History 212: United States History since 1877
History 391/591: African American History to 1877
History 391/591: African American History since 1877
Recent Publications:
"Creating a Lost Cause: Prohibition and Confederate Memory in Apalachicola, Florida" Southern Studies 12 (Vol. 3-4, 2005): 55-74.
"Secession Sanctified: Bishop Francis Huger Rutledge and the coming of the Civil War in Florida" Florida Historical Quarterly 82 (vol. 4, 2004) 421-437.
Book reviews for Church History (December 2007), Michigan Historical Review, H-South, H-CivWar, and H-Florida.
Works in Progress:
"The Road to Prohibition: Religion and Political Culture in Middle Florida, 1821-1920"
"The Clandestine Slave Trade in the Gulf South, 1808-1861"
Recent Awards and Honors:
Edward C. and Marie H. Kingsbury Fellowship, 2005-2006
Professional Affiliations:
Book Review Editor, Journal of Southern Religion
American Historical Association
Southern Historical Association
Society of Historians of the Early American Republic
Florida Historical Society