W. SCOTT POOLE (U.S. South Cultural, South Carolina, American Religion) received his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi in 2001. One of his recent publications is "Religion, Gender and the Lost Cause": Hampton or Hell! in The Journal of Southern HistoryVolume LXVIII, August, 2002. He is author of Never Surrender: Confederate Memory and Conservatism in the South Carolina Upcountry (UGA Press, 2004) His book won the George C. Rogers award from the South Carolina Historical Society for best book in S.C. history. He is also co-editor of Vale of Tears: New Essays in Religion and Reconstruction (Mercer University Press, 2005). He third book is South Carolina's Civil War; A Narrative History (Mercer University Press, 2005).He is currently co-authoring a short history of South Carolina with Dr. Jack Bass. He will be developing several graduate courses, topics to include Confederate memory, 20th century S.C. history, American religion and the religious traditions of the African Diaspora.

Courses:
South Carolina in the New South (graduate)
History of South Carolina

W. Scott Poole , Associate Professor and Associate Director of Graduate Studies
Email:poolews@cofc.edu

Office:MYBK 218
Phone: 953-4862

Fall 2008
HIST 310.001
HIST 101.015