History Department
FATEFUL DECISIONS
INTERESTED IN OTHER TIMES AND PLACES? WANT TO BE AN INFORMED, PRODUCTIVE, RESPONSIBLE, AND WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUAL? IF SO, HISTORY JUST MIGHT BE YOUR RIGHT COURSE OF STUDY.
Dr. John Green, Chair of the Division of Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Sociology and Community Development at Delta State University, is also Acting Chair of the Delta State Department of History for the 2009-10 academic year.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
-William Faulkner, Requiem For A Nun
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Dr. John Green
Dr. Thomas N. Boschert
Dr. Jerry Dallas
Dr. Miriam Davis
Dr. Daniel P. Glenn
Dr. Adam N. Lynde
Dr. James R. Robinson
Benjamin O. Sperry
Dr. Charles (Chuck) Westmoreland
Adjuncts
Michelle Johansen
Stella Lindsey Prewitt
Secretary
Amber Marchetta
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History is not just for people who plan to teach, and it is far too valuable to leave exclusively to historians. In classrooms and in textbooks, it too often seems lifeless and boring - - "just one d - - - - - d thing after another," as Henry Ford once put it. When handled well, however, history links the intellectual rigor of scientific inquiry with the aesthetic pleasure of art and the excitement of drama. Arguably the greatest work of modern fiction, War and Peace, is an extended encounter with the urgency of history, as Leo Tolstoy explores the question of why events happen as they do and not otherwise.
At Delta State University we strive to make the study of history exciting as well as valuable. All students, regardless of major, must complete at least six hours of history from either a two-semester survey of Western Civilization (His 101 - 102) or a similar survey of U. S. History (201 - 202). Moreover, the Department of History offers a major leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree.
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This page is maintained by Dr. Thomas Boschert.
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