Joseph Bagley
Assistant Professor History, Political Science- Education
PhD, Georgia State University, 2014
MA, BA, Auburn University
- Specializations
20th Century U.S. Politics and Law
Civil Rights
U.S. Legal and Constitutional History
- Biography
Dr. Bagley teaches the U.S. history survey (HIST 2110) and both world history surveys (HIST 1111 and 1112) at Perimeter. He studies Twentieth Century American politics and law, with an eye towards race and civil rights. His book, The Politics of White Rights: Race, Justice, and Integrating Alabama’s Schools, published by the University of Georgia Press in 2018, examines white resistance to school desegregation litigation, the development of a politics of “law and order,” and the defense of certain “white rights,” which are now shielded by color-masked laws designed to withstand legal challenges.
- Recognitions and Awards
John M. Matthews Distinguished Dissertation Award
- Committees and Organizations
Organization of American Historians, American Historical Association, American Society for Legal History