GLENN MCNAIR
Kenyon College, History Department
104 Wiggin Street, Gambier, OH 43022
(740) 427-5325
E-Mail: mcnairg@kenyon.edu
EMPLOYMENT
Kenyon College
Assistant Professor of African American History
EDUCATION
Emory University
Ph.D, American History, 2001
Dissertation: "Justice Bound: Aframericans, Crime and Criminal Justice in Georgia,
1751-1865"
Dissertation Advisor: James L. Roark
Georgia College & State University
MA, History, 1996
Thesis: "The Trials of Slaves in Baldwin County, Georgia, 1812-1838"
Thesis Advisor: Robert Wilson III
Savannah State University
BS, Criminal Justice, 1988
Magna Cum Laude
PUBLICATIONS
Review of Slavery, Secession and Southern History, edited by Robert Louis Pacquette and Louis
A. Ferleger, Alabama Review, October 2002
"The Elijah Burritt Affair: David Walker's Appeal and Partisan Journalism in Antebellum
Milledgeville," Georgia Historical Quarterly, Fall 1999
Numerous articles in local and national newspapers on the trials of slaves
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
"Slave Women, Crime and Criminal Justice in Georgia," a paper to be presented at the University
of Georgia Conference on Southern Women’s History, Athens, Georgia, June 2003
"He Can Only Be Reached Through His Body: African Americans and Theories of Punishment
in the Old South," a paper to be presented at the Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, November 2002 (Served as organizer of this panel on African Americans, Crime and Criminal Justice in the South)
"The African American Experience and America’s Master Historical Narrative," a workshop
conducted as part of the Crossroads Project in African and African American Studies, Kenyon College, May 2002
"Justice in Black and White: Slavery and Criminal Justice in Bibb County, Georgia," a paper
presented as the New Town Lecture sponsored by Macon State College, April 2001
"Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Question of Identity Among Elite Blacks of the Old
South," a seminar conducted at Georgia College & State University, Southern Cultures Seminar Series, February 2000
"Justice Bound: African-Americans, Crime and Criminal Justice in Georgia," a paper presented
at the Beach Institute of African-American Culture, Savannah, Georgia, October 1999
"Slavery and the Meaning of Freedom in American History," a seminar conducted at the
Environmental and Historical Concepts Workshop, Old Governor’s Mansion, Milledgeville, Georgia, July 1999
"The Trials of Slaves in Baldwin County, Georgia, 1812-1838," a paper presented as the Julia
Flisch Open Court Lecture, Georgia College & State University, December 1998
"The Trials of Slaves in Baldwin County, Georgia, 1812-1838," a paper presented as the Georgia
Historical Society Spring Lecture, Georgia Historical Society, February 1998
"The Use of Runaway Advertisements in Historical Research," a seminar conducted at the
Environmental and Historical Concepts Workshop, Old Governor’s Mansion, Milledgeville, Georgia, February 1998
"The Evolution of Slavery and African-American Culture in Georgia," a paper delivered at the
Environmental and Historical Concepts Workshop, Old Governor’s Mansion, Milledgeville, Georgia, January 1997
PROFESSIONAL CONSULATIONS
On-air commentator for the Georgia Public Television broadcast of the documentary "Africans in
America," March 1999
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS
Emory Minority Graduate Fellow (Distinguished Fellowship), Emory University, 1996-2001
William Bacon Stevens Award, 1999-2000 (Best student article published in the Georgia
Historical Quarterly)
William Ivy Hair Award as Outstanding History Scholar, Georgia College & State University,
1996
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Affiliated Faculty Member, The Ohio State University Criminal Justice Research Center
The Organization of American Historians
The Southern Historical Association
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
United States Treasury Department, Special Agent, 1989-1996
Distinguished Graduate, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms National Academy, 1990
Secret Service Protective Detail of President William Jefferson Clinton, 1992-1993
Secret Service Protective Detail of Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., 1992-1993
U.S. Treasury Special Act Award (Two-time recipient)
Savannah Police Department, Police Officer, 1984-1988
Valedictorian, Savannah Regional Police Academy, 1984