USM History in the News
Press Coverage
- USM MA candidate Tommy Lofton travels the globe seeking stories of the Vietnam War (NOLA.com)
- USM History Major wins James Madison Fellowship (USM Press Release)
- Southern Miss History Doctoral Candidate Earns Prestigious Fellowships (USM Press Release)
- Southern Miss History student awarded Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellowship (Hattiesburg American)
- Dr. Douglas Bristol's 100 Men Hall Oral History Project win praise (WLOX-TV/Sun Herald)
- Professor Andrew Wiest wins Society for Military History Top Honors (USM Press Release)
- Professor Michael Neiberg wins Guggenheim Grant (USM Press Release)
- History major wins GPA award at Fall 2008 Graduation (Hattiesburg American)
- 83-year old history major graduates (Sun Herald)
- Department Chair wins Mississippi Humanities Council Award (USM Press Release)
- Assistant Professor wins prestigious Dissertation Prize (Southern Historical Association)
- Coast Assistant Professor joins Historic Preservation Commission (USM Press Release)
Department Announcements Spring 2009
- The American Association of University Women has named Dr. Sarah Franklin a 2009-2010 American Fellow.
- Dr. Heather Stur has won a travel grant from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, MI.
- The Department of History at the University of Southern Mississippi is sad to announce Dr. William K. Scarborough's retirement. Well wishers may contact him at the Scarborough Retirement Page.
- The Department of History is sad to announce that Dr. Martin Lociano will be leaving academic life. We wish him well.
- Dr. Andrew Wiest has won the University's Faculty Excellence Award for Research and Dr. William Scarborough is this year's recipient of the University's Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Congratulations to Dr. Kyle Zelner on the publication of his first book, A Rabble in Arms, from NYU Press. Read More
- Drs. Pam Tyler, Heather Stur and Ruth Percy have been awarded grants by USM's Committee on Services and Resources for Women.
- USM Department of History graduate students are accomplishing great things. Congratulations to Mike Doidge, Megan Waldow, and Aaron Anderson on their recent awards and publications. Read More
- Undergraduate History/SSL major Terry Johnston has been awarded a James Madison fellowship. This is a national fellowship that supports graduate study of American history by aspiring secondary school teachers. Great work. Read More
- History graduate student Meghan Waldow has just been named a fellow of the Auschwitz Jewish Center (founded in part by Elie Wiesel), an award that includes a month of study in Poland.
- History graduate student Aaron Anderson has a full length article coming out in the Spring edition of the Journal of Mississippi History entitled "Natchez Postbellum Merchants: A New Kind of Planter," which is a chapter of his current dissertation.
- History graduate student Michael Doidge has been awarded two prestigious fellowships: the Harry J. Carman Fellowship and the Army's Center of Military History at Fort McNair in the District of Columbia fellowship (one of two winners nationwide).
Department Annoucements Fall 2008
- Department of History helps to establish new Center for Black Studies
- Department welcomes three new faculty members, Drs. Bowersox, Lociano, and Stur, and Visiting Faculty Dr. Ruth Percy.
- The Department wishes Dr. Greg O'Brien best wishes in his new position at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.