Raymond Arsenault, Ph.D.
John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History
Florida Studies Program Co-Director

Topics of specialization:
Political, social, and environmental history of the American South

Courses:
Sports and American Culture, The South Since 1865, American History, Florida and Regional Studies, Environmental History

Books:
- Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (Oxford University Press)
- The Wild Ass of the Ozarks: Jeff Davis and the Social Bases of Southern Politics (University of Tennessee Press)
- St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream, 1888-1950 (The Donning Company)
- The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968 co-edited with Roy Peter Clark (University Press of Florida)

Degrees:
Ph.D. Brandeis University
B.A. Princeton University

Contact Information:
USF St. Petersburg
Florida Studies Program
Phone: (727) 873-4555
Email: rarsenau@stpt.usf.edu