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Will Thomas

Education

Ph.D. History, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (In Progress)

M.A. History, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA

B.A. History, Albany State University, Albany, GA

Publications

“W.E.B. Du Bois,” in The Routledge Encyclopedia of Race & Racism, ed. John Solomos ( London: Routledge: 2021). Forthcoming.

Honors and Awards

2019, Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship, Auburn University

2019, Presidential Graduate Opportunity Program Fellowship, Auburn University

2019, Dean’s Merit Award, University of Alabama, (Declined)

2019, National Alumni Association Fellowship, University of Alabama (Declined)

2019, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Columbus State University

2002, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Albany State University

Professional organizations

American Historical Association

Southern Association for Women Historians

Association of Black Women Historians

Southern Historical Association

African American Intellectual Historical Society

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Non-Collegiate teaching

2014-2018, Private Teacher, Summa Cum Learning, Eufaula & Phenix City, AL

2002-2014, Teacher, Dougherty County School System, Albany, GA