Robert J. Wilson III, Professor of History
Education: Ph.D. Univ. of Massachusetts (Amherst), 1980
Recent Awards
Dr. Wilson has received several awards from Georgia College & State University. He won an Excellence in Teaching Award in 1995, and in 1998 received the Irene Rose community service award. Most recently, he was named the Distinguished Professor for 2001 at Georgia College & State University.
Areas of Interest
Colonial America, History of Religion in America, Local History
Courses Taught
World Civilization and Society; United States History Survey; Local History; Religion in American History; Topics in American Social History; Colonial America; Revolutionary America; The Age of Jefferson
Publications
Co-Author, A Centennial History of Georgia College. Milledgeville, Ga., 1990.
The Benevolent Deity: Ebenezer Gay and the Rise of Rational Religion in New England, 1696-1787. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984.
Recent Projects
Committee to develop a Center for Georgia Studies at GCSU
Board of Directors, Georgia's Old Capitol Museum
Georgia College & State University Historian
Preparing a biographical study of the Reverend John Leland (1754-1841), Baptist advocate for religious liberty.
