The area of public health is wide-ranging. Our faculty specialize in topics from the history of ancient medicine and the history of drugs and medications to U.S. CIvil War battlefield medicine and modern public health.

James Wall will defend his doctoral dissertation, ""Settling Down for the Long Haul": The Black Freedom Movement in Southwest Georgia, 1945-1995" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office to ensure adequate seating.

Congratulations to Dr. Cassia Roth, who will be joining our history faculty in August. Dr. Roth received the Berkshire Conference on Women Historian’s Prize for best article in the fields of the history of women, gender, and/or sexuality for “From Free Womb to Criminalized Woman: Fertility Control in Brazilian Slavery and Freedom,” Slavery and Abolition 38, no. 2 (2017).

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Kurt Windisch will defend his doctoral dissertation, "A Thousand Slain: St. Clair’s Defeat and the Evolution of the Early Republic" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Claudio Saunt. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office to ensure adequate seating.

Celebrating the 4th of July? Professor Peter Hoffer was featured in a WalletHub piece about the 4th of July facts and figures. You can find it here.