James M. Woods:
Tulane University, Ph.D., 1983
Rice University, M.A., 1979
University of Dallas, B.A., 1976
Teaching & Research Interests:
My research intersts have been antebellum American history and American religious history, particularly researching Roman Catholicism in the American South. I have published two books, Rebellion and Realignment: Arkansas's road to Secession, 1987; Mission and Memory: A History of the Catholic Church in Arkansas, 1993. I am under contract wtih the University Press of Florida to write a history of the Catholic Church in the American South. After this book is over, I would like to add an undergraduate course on a History of the Spanish Frontier in the United States, and a graduate seminar on American Religious History.
Upper Division & Graduate Courses Taught:
Undergraduate courses here at Georgia Southern: The Young Republic, 1788-1848; History of Religion in the United States. Graduate Courses: Readings in American History, Jacksonian America, History of the Old South, and History of the New South.
My wife's name is Rebecca Ann Woods. I have three children: Matthew, born February 7, 1990; Theresa, born February 25, 1993; Lydia, born September 13, 1994.
Address & Contact Information:
1122 Forest Building
PO Box 8054
Department of History
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8054
Tel.: (912) 478-0238
Email: jmwoods@georgiasouthern.edu
Fax: (912) 478-0377
