Randall B. Woods
Randall Bennett Woods (born October 10, 1944 ) is an American historian. His research focuses on the history of the United States, as well as its foreign policy history.[1]
Woods has been the John A. Cooper Professor of History at University of Arkansas since 1984.[2]
Life
Woods graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. After completing his doctorate , Woods began teaching at the University of Arkansas , serving as an assistant professor from 1972 to 1977 , an associate professor from 1977 to 1979, a professor from 1979 to 1995, and a distinguished professor since 1995. [3]
He was Stanley Kaplan Visiting Professor of American Foreign Policy at Williams College from 2009 to 2010 . In 2012, he was Mellon Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University. [4] From 2013 to 2014, he was John G. Winant Visiting Professor of American Government at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford .
His book Fulbright: A Biography won the Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations in 1996 . It was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award .
His work appeared in American Heritage.[5]
Works
- Woods, Randall Bennett (2006-08). LBJ. New York: Free Press. ISBN 978-0-684-83458-0. OCLC 65820366.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Woods, Randall Bennett (1995-06-30). Fulbright. Cambridge [UK] ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-48262-2. OCLC 71347489.
- Woods, Randall B. (2013-04-09). Shadow Warrior. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02194-9.
- Woods, Randall Bennett (2005-03-07). Quest for Identity. Cambridge ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54997-4.
- Woods, R. (2024). John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-593-18725-8. Retrieved 2024-07-02. [6]
References
- ^ "Woods, Randall Bennett 1944- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "Distinguished Historian Randall Woods to Speak on John Quincy Adams". University of Arkansas News. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "Faculty | History | University of Arkansas". history.uark.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "Randall B. Woods". Revisiting The Great Society: the Role of Government from FDR and LBJ to Today. 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "Author: Woods B. Randall(Randall B. Woods)". www.americanheritage.com. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ Lengel, Edward G. (July 2, 2024). "'John Quincy Adams' Review: Standing on Principle". WSJ.