History
Professor of History
Vanderbilt University
Professor Bushnell arrived in 1966 from Vanderbilt University, where he had been active
in the Civil Rights movement. At À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ he began teaching one
of the first African American history courses in the country. He has also been a member
of the Bloomington-Normal Black History Project and a long time advocate for diversity issues on campus.
Paul is our nineteenth-century Americanist, though he also teaches a wide array of courses in American social-intellectual history, slavery, and the history of religion. Together with Robert Bray, Paul published the critical edition Diary of a Common Soldier in the American Revolution, 1775-1783.
In 1993 Paul was awarded the University's Dupont Teaching Award.
Courses
| History 151 | The United States Since 1877 |
| History 170 | Slavery, Civil War, and Reunion |
| History 242 | The Civil Rights Movement |
| History 342 | White Power/Black Leadership, 1880-1920 |
| History/Religion 349 | History of Religion in the United States |
| History 346 | Social and Cultural History of the United States |
| History 490 | Senior Seminar: Reforming the American Republic, 1820-50 |