Julie Anne Sweet

Military Studies Minor - find out more about the MILS program!

Spring 2023 Office Hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00 – 4:00 pm and by appointment

Areas of Specialization

Colonial & Revolutionary America, US Military History before 1900

Education

• Ph.D., University of Kentucky

• M.A., University of Richmond

• B.A., University of Notre Dame, magna cum laude, History and Theatre

Regular Course Offerings

Undergrad:

• HIS 1365 History of the United States to 1877
• HIS 4362 American Colonial History
• HIS 4363 American Revolution & Constitution
• HIS 4393 American Military History to 1890

Other Courses Taught

Undergrad:

• HIS 3384 History of Indigenous Peoples of America
• HIS 4340: Boston Massacre Trials (Spring 2020)

Work with Students

Undergraduate Research and Theses

Selected Publications

Books

• William Stephens: Georgia’s Forgotten Founder (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2010)
• Negotiating for Georgia: British-Indian Relations in the Trustee Era, 1733-1752 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2005)

Recent Articles

• “Raising Flags, Firing Guns, and Drinking Toasts: Celebrating Holidays in Colonial Georgia.” Georgia Historical Quarterly, 106 (Summer 2022): 248-272.
• “Making History Come Alive: The Boston Massacre Trials.” The History Teacher, 54 (May 2021): 509-538.
• “Savannah’s Out-Villages of Thunderbolt and Skidaway: Microcosms of the Colonial Georgia Story.” Georgia Historical Quarterly, 105 (Spring 2021): 1-25.
• “‘Confin’d as a Lunatick’: The Case of Joseph Watson.” Georgia Historical Quarterly, 103 (Winter 2019): 270-312.
• “‘your most Dutiful[,] truly Obliged & most Humble Servant’: John Dobell and the Challenges of Navigating Early Georgia Politics.” Georgia Historical Quarterly, 103 (Spring 2019): 1-29.
• “‘a very extraordinary Kind of Creature’: Conflicting Contemporary Perspectives on Christian Priber.” South Carolina Historical Magazine, 118 (January 2019): 60-80.
• “John Penrose: A Success Story in Early Georgia.” Georgia Historical Quarterly, 102 (Spring 2018): 1-23.

Selected Professional Awards/Activities/Grants and/or Fellowships

Recent Awards

• Elizabeth Vardaman Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduates, April 2022.
• Outstanding Faculty Award, tenured teaching, May 2021.
• Robert Reid Award for Undergraduate Teaching, May 2021.
• Women in American History Medal, Daughters of the American Revolution, March 2021.

Recent Grants

• Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Achievement (URSA) Grant, Summer 2021.
• University Teaching Development Grant, Summer 2021.

C-SPAN “Lectures on History” Presentation:

• “American Military in the Revolutionary War,” Spring 2019.