Greg Massey

Greg Massey Ph.D. History Office: Joy Simon-McDaniel House, Room 10
Phone: 731-989-6081 Email Me

Education

Ph.D., History, University of South Carolina, 1992

M.A., History, East Carolina University, 1987

B.A., History, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1983

Office Hours

MTWF: 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Other Times by Appointment

Class Schedule

HIS 111 01 - Survey of Civilization I

MWF: 11:15 am - 12:05 pm

HIS 324 01 - American Colonial and Early National Period

MWF 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm

HIS 221 07 - American History I AA Online

HIS 222 02 - American History II Online

About Greg Massey

I have taught at FHU since 1993. FHU is where I met the wonderful woman who became my wife. We have two pretty cool boys, an exceptionally crazy and cute rescued terrier, and also two exceptionally crazy and cute (formerly stray, now domesticated) cats. Besides kingdom and family matters, my big passion in life is history (a secondary passion is listening to lyrical jazz music). I love teaching history and trying to instill in students an awareness of history's importance. We literally can't function as human beings in this world without our own personal histories, much less the collective history we study in classes. The study of history teaches us empathy for others, an important quality for Christians in any age, but especially in our current turbulent time. History is easily the second most important subject taught at FHU, behind only Bible.

When I have time, I enjoy researching and writing. I've written John Laurens and the American Revolution (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2000; paperback ed., 2015); and co-edited another book, General Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution in the South (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2012). For that anthology I wrote an essay, "Independence and Slavery: The Transformation of Nathanael Greene, 1781-1786." I've published over fifty articles, essays, and book reviews. Much of my scholarship has involved an examination of the paradoxical relationship between war, liberty, and slavery in early America.

As part of the 2019-20 celebration of Freed-Hardeman University's 150th anniversary, I wrote two books, By the Grace of God: The Story of Freed-Hardeman University (Abilene, TX: Abilene Christian University Press, 2020), which was a scholarly account with citations; and For God's Glory: Freed-Hardeman University's First 150 Years (Henderson, TN: Freed-Hardeman University, 2020), which was the commemorative edition.

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Education

1992

Ph.D. in History, University of South Carolina

Dissertation: "A Hero's Life: John Laurens and the American Revolution"

1987

M.A. in History, East Carolina University

Thesis: "The British Expedition to Wilmington, North Carolina, January-November, 1781"

1983

B. A. in History, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Teaching Experience

2004 to Present	Professor of History – Freed-Hardeman University Courses Taught: American History I and II, Survey of Civilization I and II, Research and Writing of History I and II, American Colonial and Early National Period, 1500-1800, Civil War, American Political Biography, Ancient and Classical Civilizations, Intellectual History of the West, Twentieth Century America, Twentieth Century World, American Revolutionary Era, History and Film, The Reformation, Readings in World History, United States and the World, American Empire and Liberty
1999 to 2004	Associate Professor of History – Freed-Hardeman University
1993 to 1999	Assistant Professor of History – Freed-Hardeman University
1991 to 1992	Instructor in History – University of South Carolina

Other Experience

2011 to Present	Chair, Department of History, Philosophy, and Political Studies – Freed-Hardeman University
1999 to 2002	Editor – West Tennessee Historical Society Papers
1992 to 1993	National Historical Publications and Records Commission Fellow in Documentary Editing, Early History Branch, Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.

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Books

2020 For God's Glory: Freed-Hardeman University's First 150 Years (Henderson, TN: Freed-Hardeman University)

2020 By the Grace of God: The Story of Freed-Hardeman University (Abilene, TX: Abilene Christian University Press)

2015 John Laurens and the American Revolution, Paperback Edition (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press)

2000 John Laurens and the American Revolution (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press)

Winner of the American Revolution Roundtable of New York's Book Award

1986 An Administrative History of Kings Mountain National Military Park (Atlanta: Southeast Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior)

Edited Books and Journals

2012 General Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution in the South, with Jim Piecuch (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press)

2000 to 2002 West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, vols. LIII-LV

Articles and Essays

2012 "Independence and Slavery: The Transformation of Nathanael Greene, 1781-1786," in General Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution in the South, ed. Gregory D. Massey and Jim Piecuch (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press)

2006 "Mobilization in South Carolina," in Mark M. Boatner, Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, ed. Harold Selesky (New York: Charles Scribner's)

2005 "The Papers of Henry Laurens and Modern Historical Documentary Editing,"The Public Historian

2003 "The Conway Cabal" and "The Loyalist Militia," in History in Dispute: The American Revolution, ed. Keith Krawczynski (Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group)

2003 "Slavery and Liberty in the American Revolution: John Laurens's Black Regiment Plan," Early American Review

2001 "The Political Education of John Laurens," Carologue

1997 "The Limits of Antislavery Thought in the Revolutionary Lower South: John Laurens and Henry Laurens," Journal of Southern History

1989 "The British Expedition to Wilmington, January-November, 1781," North Carolina Historical Review
Winner of the Robert D. W. Connor Award, presented by the Historical Society of North Carolina for the best article published in North Carolina Historical Review; and the Pershing Prize, presented by the American Military Institute and Reserve Officers Association for the best article on military reserve policy or the history of reserve forces

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