| Sheila L. Skemp | |
|---|---|
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa |
| Thesis | A social and cultural history of Newport, Rhode Island, 1720-1765 (1974) |
Sheila L. Skemp is an American historian. She is the Clare Leslie Marquette Professor of American History at the University of Mississippi.
Education
Skemp is originally from Illinois. She has a B.A. from the University of Montana (1967) and earned her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (1974). She moved to the University of Mississippi in 1980 where she was named the Clare Leslie Marquette Professor of American History in 2008. She led the Sarah Isom Center for Women at the University of Mississippi from 1998 until 2000. She retired in 2014.
Awards and honors
Skemp was honored by the University of Mississippi as the first person named Outstanding Teacher in Liberal Arts in 1985. In 2018 the University of Montana honored Skemp as a distinguished alumni.
Selected publications
- Skemp, Sheila L. (1990). William Franklin : son of a patriot, servant of a king. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505745-7. OCLC 20723923.
- Skemp, Sheila L. (1994). Benjamin and William Franklin : father and son, patriot and loyalist. Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-10283-6. OCLC 30416760.
- Skemp, Sheila L. (1998). Judith Sargent Murray : a brief biography with documents. Bedford. ISBN 0-312-11506-7. OCLC 876097266.
- Skemp, Sheila L. (2013). The making of a patriot : Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-538657-8. OCLC 795334087.
- Skemp, Sheila L. (2009). First lady of letters : Judith Sargent Murray and the struggle for female independence. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-0352-3. OCLC 794702353.
References
- ^ "History professor known for unparalleled knowledge". College of Liberal Arts. 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- "Sheila L. Skemp". Department of History. 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Brusin, Joyce H. "W99 Montnan - Coming Home". archive.umt.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ Usery, Anna Grace (2019-07-18). "Bonnie Brown: Q&A with Professor Emeritus of History, Sheila Skemp". HottyToddy. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- Reviews for William Franklin: Son of a Patriot, Servant of a King
- Ousterhout, Anne M. (1991). "Review of William Franklin: Son of a Patriot, Servant of a King". The American Historical Review. 96 (5): 1603–1604. doi:10.2307/2165420. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 2165420.
- Wright, Esmond (1991). "Review of William Franklin: Son of a Patriot, Servant of a King". The Journal of American History. 78 (2): 642. doi:10.2307/2079557. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 2079557.
- Wright, Esmond (1990-09-30). "Dr. Double-Face and His Descendents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- Reviews for Benjamin and William Franklin: Father and Son, Patriot and Loyalist
- Newcomb, Benjamin H. (1995). "Review of Benjamin and William Franklin: Father and Son, Patriot and Loyalist". The Historian. 57 (2): 397–398. ISSN 0018-2370. JSTOR 24449015.
- Reviews for Judith Sargent Murray: A Brief Biography with Documents
- Cleary, Patricia (1999). "Review of Judith Sargent Murray: A Brief Biography with Documents". The Journal of American History. 85 (4): 1580–1581. doi:10.2307/2568302. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 2568302.
- Weyler, Karen A. (2010). Skemp, Sheila L. (ed.). "Review". The William and Mary Quarterly. 67 (3): 583–586. doi:10.5309/willmaryquar.67.3.583. ISSN 0043-5597. JSTOR 10.5309/willmaryquar.67.3.583.
- Reviews for The Making of a Patriot: Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit
- Brands, H. W. (2013). Skemp, Sheila L.; Anderson, Douglas (eds.). "Lives and Times, then and Now". Reviews in American History. 41 (2): 207–212. doi:10.1353/rah.2013.0052. ISSN 0048-7511. JSTOR 43661532. S2CID 144578903.
- Oberg, Barbara (2013). "Review of The Making of a Patriot: Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit". The Journal of American History. 100 (2): 501–502. doi:10.1093/jahist/jat260. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 44307362.
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