Scott Merriman

Lecturer in History

Education:

B.A. College of Wooster
M.A. University of Cincinnati
Ph.D. University of Kentucky

Area of Expertise:

Constitutional and Legal History, 20th Century History, Middle Eastern History.

Biography:

Scott A. Merriman teaches history for TROY University in Alabama. His PHD focused on the Espionage and Sedition Acts during World War I. His publications include twelve books, numerous journal articles, encyclopedia entries, and book reviews, and his most recent works are Religion and the State (ABC-CLIO, 2009), and Religion and the Law in American, (ABC-CLIO, 2009).

Courses Taught at TROY:

Survey courses taught (all multiple times):
American History to 1877
American History Since 1877
Western Civilization I and Western Civilization II

Upper level courses taught: Crossroads: Sophomore Interdisciplinary Seminar in Creative Thinking, Senior Seminar in History, Research and Methodology, History of the New South, Emergence of Modern America, Civil Rights History, American Constitutional History, Contemporary America, Antebellum and Civil War America, Colonial America, History of the Middle East, and African American History. Graduate Seminar "Freedom in America"