Harvey H. Jackson, III
Eminent Scholar in History
A graduate of Birmingham Southern College (B.A., 1965), the University of
Alabama (M.A., 1966) and the University of Georgia (Ph.D., 1973), he has taught
at colleges and universities in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Jackson is the
author, co-author, or co-editor of eleven books on various aspects of Southern
History, including
He has also published numerous articles and
reviews in professional and popular journals, and he serves on the Editorial
Boards of THE ALABAMA REVIEW
and THE GULF COAST
HISTORICAL REVIEW. He serves or has served as an officer in the
Alabama Historical Association, the Alabama Association of Historians,
the Georgia Historical Society; and the Alabama Historical Commission's
National Trust Review Board. His awards include the 1996 Jacksonville State
University College of Letters and Sciences Distinguished Research Award, the
1995 JSU Faculty Scholar Lecture Award, the Alabama Historical Association's Milo
B. Howard Award and the Virginia V. Hamilton Award, the Alabama Association of
Historians' John F. Ramsey, and the Bealer Award from the Atlanta Historical
Society. Jackson is currently working on a history of the northern Gulf Coast
since World War II, tentatively titled "The Rise and Decline of the
Redneck Riviera." His courses include History of the South, History
of Alabama, and Introduction to Southern Culture. He can be reached c/o
History Department, JSU, 36265.