Thomas R. Hart
Senior Lecturer
Dr. T. Robert Hart’s teaching and research examine the intersections of culture, politics, and the environment. His scholarship on the environmental politics of the Santee-Cooper hydroelectric project in South Carolina earned him the Jack Temple Kirby Award. Along with his work on Santee-Cooper's social and ecological consequences, Dr. Hart is currently researching the history of human-wildlife relationships in the coastal Carolinas. He received a PhD from the University of Alabama and MA and BA degrees from Clemson and Furman Universities. In 2017, he wrote Giving Flight to Imagination to commemorate the 70th anniversary of UNCW.
Education
Ph.D. in History, University of Alabama
M.A. in History, Clemson University
B.A. in History, Furman University
Specialization in Teaching
Environmental History
Coastal History
Wildlife/Animal History
American South
Great Smoky Mountains
National Parks
Honors & Awards
SAIL Faculty Fellow 2024-2025
Thomas Moseley Faculty Development Award 2024
Fainting Robin Foundation Distinguished Scholar 2022
William Randall Library Digital Scholarship Faculty Fellow 2022
1898: Legacies and Futures Curriculum Development Award 2022-23
Thomas Moseley Faculty Development Award 2022-23
Jack Temple Kirby Award for Best Article on Southern Agricultural or Environmental History, 2015
Discere Aude Award from the Center for Teaching Excellence 2011