Raymond Arsenault

Raymond Arsenault

Raymond Arsenault is the John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History and co-director of the [http://www.stpt.usf.edu/coas/florida_studies/index.htm Florida Studies Program] at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He is best known for his work on the 1961 Freedom Rides, a critical event in the Civil Rights movement.

A specialist in the political, social, and environmental history of the American South, Arsenault has also taught at the University of Minnesota, Brandeis University, and at the Universite d’Angers, in France, where he was a Fulbright Lecturer in 1984-85. He has served as a consultant for numerous museums and public institutions, including the National Park Service, the National Civil Rights Museum, the Rosa Parks Museum, and the United States Information Agency.

He holds a B.A. from Princeton University (1969) and a PhD in history from Brandeis University.

Dr. Arsenault is currently a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and professor of history at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Publications

* Arsenault, Raymond (2006) " [http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryAmerican/Since1945/?view=usa&ci=0195136748 Freedom Riders] " New York: Oxford University Press.

* Arsenault, Raymond (1984) "The End of the Long Hot Summer: The Air Conditioner and Southern Culture. Journal of Southern History. 50(4): 597-628.


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