Chair, Department of History
Presidential Distinguished Professor of History

Office - Social Science 234
Phone - (801)626-6706
Fax - (801)626-7613 
Email - gsessions1@weber.edu

Research and Teaching Areas: American West, Utah, Africa,  Diplomatic

Degrees: B.A., Utah State University (1970); M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University (1972, 1974)

Courses:

• HIST 1700 American Civilization

• HIST 2710 History of the United States since 1877

• HIST 4070 Twentieth Century United States since 1945

• HIST 4110 History of the American West to 1900

• HIST 4130 History of Utah

• HIST 4610 History of Africa

Publications

• A History of Utah International: From Construction to Mining (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2005). Co-authored with Sterling Sessions.

• Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of
  James Henry Moyle (Salt Lake City : Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, 1975; 2nd ed., 1998)

• The Search for Harmony: Essays on Science and Mormonism  (Salt Lake City : Signature Books, 1993). Edited with Craig J. Oberg.

• Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War (Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah Press, 1992). Coauthored with Donald R. Moorman.

• Prophesying Upon the Bones: J. Reuben Clark and the Foreign Debt Crisis, 1933-39 (Urbana : University of Illinois Press,1992)

• Mormon Thunder: A Documentary History of Jedediah Morgan Grant (Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1982)

• Latter-day Patriots: Nine Mormon Families and Their Revolutionary War Heritage (Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1975)

• Articles in Journal of American Folklore, Interamerican Review, Utah Historical Quarterly, World Affairs, South Atlantic Quarterly, and The Americas

Awards and Affiliations

• Social Science Teaching Award, 1982

• Presidential Distinguished Professor, 1985

• Crystal Crest Master Teacher Award, 1987

• Cortez Professor, Honors Program, 1988

• Centennial Faculty Award for Service, 1989

• John S. Hinckley Fellow, 1991

• Social Science Endowed Professor, 1993-1996

• Greek Council Professor of the Year, WSU, 1998-99

• Distinguished Service Award, Utah Historical Society, 1999

Chair, Department of History