Sheldon Hackney
Boies Professor of U.S. History
Sheldon Hackney is the Boies Professor of U.S. History. he specializes in the history of the American South since the Civil War. Out of an interest in American utopias and other social movements comes an emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement in particular, and the 1960s in general, which he frequently pursues in seminars. He is at work on a book about the American identity from pre-colonial days to the present, which is the subject of a lecture course.
Among the articles and books on history that Professor Hackney has published, Populism to Progressivism in Alabama won the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association. Professor Hackney is the former president of the University of Pennsylvania (1981 - 1993) and the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (1993 - 1997). He has written and spoken widely about higher education, national cultural policy, and the state of the humanities in American life.
Courses Taught (As Schedule Allows)
For current course listings, consult the Course Directory.
- HIST 165 American Identity
- HIST 171 American South since the Civil War
- HIST 204 American Reform, 1954 - 1974
- HIST 610 Topics in Southern History
