Sheila Skemp received her B.A. in History from the University of Montana in 1967, and her Ph.D in History from the University of Iowa in 1974. After having taught at a number of colleges and universities in the Midwest and the Northeast, she came to the University of Mississippi in 1980. Recently, she served as Acting Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women. Her book-length publications include, William Franklin: Son of a Patriot, Servant of a King (Oxford, 1990); Benjamin and William Franklin: Father and Son, Patriot and Loyalist (Bedford, 1994); and Judith Sargent Murray: A Brief Biography with Documents (Bedford, 1998). In April of 2000 The Colonial Metamorphoses in Rhode Island: A Study of Institutions in Change was released by University Press of New England. This final book by Sydney V. James was edited by Sheila L. Skemp & Bruce C. Daniels. Professor Skemp will become the Clare Leslie Marquette Professor of American History at the start of the 2008-2009 academic year.

Professor Skemp
Office hours: Tues 9:30-10:30; Wed & Fri 2:00-3:00 or by appointment
Bishop 323
915-5868
sskemp@olemiss.edu