East Ruffner 226, 
(434) 395-2224; fax (434) 395-2198
David Coles, Ph.D., Chair
Pearl Agee, Administrative Assistant

Faculty

Faculty

Professional & Teaching Awards

Publications and Research

Faculty

Phillip A. Cantrell, Ph.D., West Virginia University. Assistant Professor of History;  Asian History, African History, World History.

N. Scott Cole,  Ph.D., Miami (Ohio)University. Associate Professor of Political Science; Comparative Politics, Western Europe, Latin America, US Politics, Democracy and Democratization, Political Participation, and International Relations.   Longwood University Junior Faculty Award (2007).  East Ruffner 235, (434) 395-2526.
E-mail:  colens@longwood.edu

David J. Coles, Ph.D., Florida State University. Associate Professor of History; The Old South, Civil War and Reconstruction; Early National Period of the U.S., Virginia History, Archival Management. Recipient: Student's Faculty Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service to Students (2003); Longwood University Junior Faculty Award (2003); Fuqua Excellence in Teaching Award (2004). East Ruffner 229, (434) 395-2220.
E-mail:  colesdj@longwood.edu

James W. Crowl, Ph.D., University of Virginia. Associate Professor of History; History of Russia, Modern Europe, History of China. Recipient: Student's Faculty Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service to Students (1987); Two Fuqua Excellence in Teaching Awards (1995, 1997), East Ruffner 246, (434) 395-2217. E-mail: crowljw@longwood.edu

Larissa Smith Fergeson, Ph.D., Emory University. Associate Professor of History; 20th-century American history, African-American history, History of the U.S. South, Virginia History.  Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Fellowship (Spring 2004). Longwood University Junior Faculty Award (2004). East Ruffner 231.  (434) 395-2776.
E-Mail: fergesonls@longwood.edu

David Geraghty, ABD, University of Virginia. Lecturer; Secondary education teacher preparation, U.S. history, early modern England.  East Ruffner 237, (434) 395-2339. 
E-mail: geraghtyda@longwood.edu

William R. Harbour, Ph.D., Indiana University. Associate Professor of Political Science; Political Philosophy, The American Presidency, American Political Thought, Political Leadership; Recipient: Maria Bristow Starke Faculty Excellence Award (1995), East Ruffner 228, (434) 395-2219.
E-mail: harbourwr@longwood.edu   

William C. Holliday, Ph.D., University of Kansas.  Assistant Professor of History; Latin American history, the South Atlantic World.

Steven Isaac, Ph.D., Louisiana State University. Associate Professor of History; Medieval Europe; military history; Islamic Civilization; Ancient Greece. Editor, Anglo-Norman Anonymous, Bulletin of the Haskins Society for Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Anglo-Norman, and Angevin History. Manager, website of the Haskins Society: www.haskins.cornell.edu. East Ruffner 226A, (434)395-2225.
E-mail: isaacsw@longwood.edu

Mark Lukas, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts. Assistant Professor of Philosophy;  Ethical Theory, History of Philosophy.  East Ruffner 232, (434) 395-2407.  E-mail: lukasme@longwood.edu

Eric Moore, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts. Associate Professor of Philosophy; Ethical Theory, Social/Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Metaethics, Aesthetics, Metaphysics, Logic. East Ruffner 233, (434) 395-2176. 
E-mail: mooreef@longwood.edu

James R. Munson, Ph.D., Columbia University. Associate Professor of History; European Intellectual History; France 1789 to Present; French Revolution and Napoleon, 19th-Century Europe; Recipient: Honorary President's Fellowship, Columbia University (1977); Chateaubriand Fellowship, Government of France (1983-1984); Southern Historical Association, European Section, Amos Simpson Award for Best Paper Presentation (1995), Longwood University Junior Faculty Award (1997); Maud Glenn Raiford Award for Excellence in Teaching (2000). East Ruffner 234, (434) 395-2218.
E-mail: munsonjr@longwood.edu

Melissa Pine, Ph.D., Oxford University.  Assistant Professor of History; Twentieth-Century Europe, European Integration, Post-War Europe.

Scott Senn, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst. Assistant Professor of Philosophy; Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Bio-Medical Ethics, History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy. East Ruffner 244, (434) 395-2817. 
E-mail: sennsj@longwood.edu

Deborah Welch, Ph.D., University of Wyoming. Associate Professor of History; Colonial America, Public History and Historic Preservation, History of American Women,  American Indian History, the American West.  Recipient: Maud Glenn Raiford Award for Excellence in Teaching (2001). East Ruffner 242, (434) 395-2773. 
E-mail: welchds@longwood.edu

Emeriti and Retired Faculty

David S. Calihan, Ph.D., Miami (Ohio) University, and J.D., The Ohio State University College of Law. Associate Professor of Political Science.

William F. Dorrill, Ph.D., Harvard University. Longwood University President Emeritus and Board of Visitors Distinguished Professor of History and Political Science. 

Elizabeth W. Etheridge, Ph.D., University of Georgia. Board of Visitors Distinguished Professor and Professor Emerita of History.

L. Marshall Hall, Jr., M.A.T., Duke University, additional graduate study, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Associate Professor Emeritus of History; American Historiography; United States 1877-1945. Recipient: Maria Bristow Starke Award for Faculty Excellence (1984); Student's Faculty Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service to Students (1991), 105-E Wynne Building, (434) 395-2225. 

Helms, James, Ph.D., University of Virginia. Professor Emeritus of History; Student Teacher Supervisor.

Gilbert J. Millar, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, additional graduate study, University of London. Professor of History; Medieval Europe, Renaissance and Reformation, Medieval England, and Tudor-Stuart England. Recipient: Maud Glenn Raiford Award for Excellence in Teaching (1996); Who's Who Among American Teachers (1998); 104-D Wynne Building,

Maurice P. Sneller, Ph.D., University of Virginia. Professor of History, United States 1945-Present; United States Diplomatic History; History of Japan, 105-D Wynne Building, (434) 395-2223. 
  

Part-Time Faculty

Alexander, Bevin, M.S., Northwestern University. Military History.

FACULTY PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING AWARDS

David J. Coles

N. Scott Cole

James W. Crowl

William F. Dorrill

Elizabeth W. Etheridge

Larissa Smith Fergeson         

L. Marshall Hall, Jr.

William R. Harbour

James R. Munson

Deborah Welch


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