Fairfield, Ala., native S. Jonathan Bass holds a BS, MA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and his PhD from the University of Tennessee. He joined Samford's faculty in 1997. His book, Blessed are the Peacemakers: Martin Luther King, Jr., Eight white religious leaders and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

Degrees and Certifications

• BA, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• MA, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• PhD, The University of Tennessee

Expertise

• Recent America and South
• Civil Rights
• Alabama
• Legal History