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Lee Willis

BIO

After earning his Ph.D. at Florida State University in U.S. History, Professor Lee Willis joined the Department of History faculty at UW-Stevens Point in 2007.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Drugs and alcohol in American history
  • Race and ethnicity
  • Reform movements

TEACHING HONORS

  • University Teaching Award, UWSP (2010-2011)
  • UW System Fellow UW Institute for Research in the Humanities (2011-2012)

PUBLICATIONS

Willis, Lee. Southern Prohibition: Race, Reform, and Public Life in Middle Florida, 1821-1920. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2011.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Historical Association
  • Florida Historical Society
  • Journal of Southern Religion, Board of directors (2004-present)
  • Society of Historians of the Early American Republic
Professor

Office:
CCC 478
Phone:
715-346-2334

Education

Ph.D. - American History
Florida State University

M.A. - American Studies
Florida State University

B.A. - History
University of the South

Courses

African American History to 1877
Age of Jackson
The Civil War Era
Slavery in the Americas
United States since 1877