Julie Anne Sweet

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

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

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)

Articles (recent)

“James Oglethorpe: A Biographical Overview.”  Georgia Historical Quarterly, 110 (Summer 2026): 183-202.

“George Dunbar: A Noteworthy Supporting Actor in the Story of Colonial Georgia.”  Georgia Historical Quarterly, 109 (Fall 2025): 250-276.

""All a Chimera" or "Not an Empty Chimera"?: The Wine Industry in Early Georgia." Georgia Historical Quarterly, 108 (Winter 2024): 224-253.

““Boston Harbor – A Tea-Pot Tonight!”: Teaching the Boston Tea Party through Reading, Reenactment, and Research.”  The History Teacher, 57 (August 2024): 473-253.

“Nebulous Neighbors: The Shifting Relationship Between South Carolina and Georgia As Seen Through The South-Carolina Gazette.”  Georgia Historical Quarterly, 107 (Winter 2023): 316-350.

“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.

Selected Activities

Awards (recent)

• 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.

Grants (recent)

• Teaching Innovation Grant, Fall 2025.
• University Teaching Development Grant, Winter 2023.
• Teaching Innovation Grant, Summer 2023.
• 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.

Regular Course Offerings

• Undergraduate:
  • HIS 1365 | History of the United States to 1877
  • HIS 3372 | American Colonial History
  • HIS 3373 | American Revolution & Constitution
  • HIS 3388 | American Military History to 1890

Other Courses Taught

• Undergraduate:
  • HIS 3352 |  Special Topics – 1776 & More! (Spring 2026)
  • HIS 3374 | The Early Republic, 1789-1860
  • HIS 3384 | History of Indigenous Peoples of America
  • HIS 4319 | Capstone in US History—The Spirit of 1775 (Fall 2025)
  • HIS 4340 | Special Topics—Boston Massacre Trials (Spring 2020)
  • HIS 4340 | Special Topics—Boston Tea Party (Fall 2023)
• Lifelong Learning:
  • Celebrating America’s Birthday Through the Years (September 2026)
  • The Spirit of 1775 (September 2025)
  • The Road to Revolution (October 2023)
  • The Boston Massacre Trials (February 2020)
  • Important Events in Native American History (November 2018)
  • The American Revolution: Its Battles and Its Participants (September 2017)

Work with Students

Willing to advise Undergraduate Theses and Independent Research