John D. Fair
Professor of History
202 Humber White House
478-445-3510
john.fair@gcsu.edu
Fields:
British Political & Constitutional History
Modern Irish History
British Empire & Commonwealth
History of Physical Culture
Southern History
Publications:
The Tifts of Georgia: Connecticut Yankees in King Cotton's Court. Mercer University Press, forthcoming, 2010.
"Crossing the Color Line, The Caribbean Invasion of American Bodybuilding," Wadabagei, A Journal of the Caribbean and Its Diasporas (Winter, 2006).
"Oscar Heidenstam, the Mr. Universe Contest, and the Amateur Ideal in British Bodybuilding" Twentieth Century British History (Fall, 2006).
"The Ethnic Origins of Ohio's Strength Culture," Ohio History (forthcoming-April, 2010)
Muscletown USA: Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999).
"Nelson Tift: A Connecticut Yankee in King Cotton's Court," The Georgia Historical Quarterly (Fall, 2004)
"Parnell and Peaches, A Study of the Construction of Historical Myths," The Alabama Review (April, 2005),
"The Intellectual JFK: Lessons in Statesmanship from British History," Diplomatic History (January, 2006).
"Parliamentary Policies," in History in Dispute: The American Revolution, 1763-1789, edited by Keith Krawczynski, St. James Press (2003).
"Idealism or Racism: Color Consciousness and the AAU Mr. America Contest, 1939-1982," Iron Game History (June 2003).
Classes Taught:
World Civilizations & Societies I & II
English History I & II
A Cultural History of Wales
Scotland & Ireland, Modern Britain
World War I
Advanced Topics in British History
Historical Research & Writing
A History of American Weightlifting & Bodybuilding
Current Projects:
Book-length study entitled “Mr. America: The Tragic History of a Bodybuilding Icon”
An article on Governor David Brydie Mitchell of Georgia and the Importation of African Slaves from East Florida
An article on the influence of Winston Churchill’s novel Savrola on his political thought
An article entitled “As the Twig is Bent," Bob Hoffman and Youth Fitness in the Pre-Steroid Era”
Honors, Offices and Positions Held
Fellow, Royal Historical Society
Professor Emeritus of History, Auburn University
Graduate Coordinator for M.A. Degree in History
Board of Directors, Center for Georgia Studies
Author of Physical Culture Articles for the Encyclopedia Britannica, The New Encyclopedia of Georgia, and The Encyclopedia of Alabama.
