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 Dr. William Storey, associate professor of history at Millsaps College, has been awarded the 2006 Humanities Teacher Award by the Mississippi Humanities Council. As the Humanities Teacher Award recipient, Storey will give a public lecture, entitled “War and the Environment: A Historian’s Perspective,” on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m. in room 215 of the Ford Academic Complex at Millsaps.
“Every writer needs the support of colleagues and friends,” Storey said, “and now I’m particularly grateful to have the support of the Mississippi Humanities Council as well.”
Storey, who graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University, has been teaching at Millsaps since 1999. He has previously been the recipient of the Millsaps Outstanding Young Faculty Award, a Fulbright Dissertation Research Fellowship and a Research and Writing Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He teaches classes about the global history of the environment and technology, as well as the history of the British Empire.
“Dr. Storey is widely regarded as one of the strongest teacher-scholars at Millsaps,” said Dr. Richard A. Smith, senior vice president and dean of the College. “He is a dedicated and engaging teacher, well respected by his students for challenging them to think and work harder than they thought they could.”
The Humanities Teacher Awards, given to one humanities faculty member at each institution of higher learning in Mississippi, are distributed each October to commemorate Arts and Humanities Month. The title carries a cash prize of $500, which is matched by the nominating institution by providing promotional costs and a reception following the public presentation.
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