Biography:

University professor of American Studies. Born– July 31, 1942, Salt Lake City, Utah. Parents– Rodney Jenkins and Phyllis (Snow) Badger. Married– Lee Wilson, June 10, 1965. Children– Two. Education– U.S. Naval Academy, B.S, 1964; U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1968-1970; Syracuse University, M.S., 1974, Ph.D., 1975. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1964-1970; instructor in naval communications at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., 1968-1970. Joined faculty of the University of Alabama in 1974; served as an associate professor of American Studies; director of the American Studies program; assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Member American Studies Association; American Historical Association; Southeastern American Studies Association.  Rockefeller Foundation grant, 1978-1980.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

The Great American Fair; the World’s Columbian Exposition and American Culture. Chicago; Nelson-Hall, 1979.

A Life in Ragtime: A Biography of James Reese Europe.  Oxford University Press, 1995.

Joint_Editor:

Alabama and the Borderlands; from Prehistory to Statehood. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1985.