The History Department at College of the Ozarks offers students the exciting opportunity to explore the development of world civilizations and cultures and study the foundation of American heritage. Wide-ranging survey courses on Western Civilization and the American Experience—all part of the general education core—provide students an informational and conceptual introduction to these fields.
Title: Associate Professor of History
Email: mmillsap@cofo.edu
Education: B.A. University of Central Arkansas, 2009; M.A. University of Arkansas, 2015; Ph.D. Baylor University, 2019
Dr. Millsap began teaching at College of the Ozarks in 2025. A biography is forthcoming.
Title: Associate Professor of Humanities and Director of Academic Assessment
Email: dparrish@cofo.edu
Teaching Focus: British history; Atlantic History; American History; History and Memory; World Regional Geography
Education: B.A., College of the Ozarks, 2006; M.A., University of Arkansas, 2008; Ph.D., University of Glasgow, 2013: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Institute of Historical Research, 2013
Dr. David Parrish joined the history department in 2014. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow.
Before coming to College of the Ozarks, Dr. Parrish was a Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, located in London, UK. He is a specialist in early eighteenth century Britain and the Atlantic World. His publications include Jacobitism and Anti-Jacobitism in the British Atlantic World, 1688-1727 (2017) and “A Party Contagion: Party Politics and the Inoculation Controversy in the British Atlantic World, c.1721-1723”, in Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (2016).
Title: Dean of Institutional Effectiveness and Professor of History
Email: bpardue@cofo.edu
Teaching Focus: Western Civilization, European History, Church History, Historical Research, Big Questions
Education: B.A., Mercer University, 2002; M.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2010
Dr. Brad Pardue is Professor of European History. He also serves as Dean of Institutional Effectiveness and Director of the Center for Faithful Education. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Pardue joined the History Department at College of the Ozarks in 2014. He is a recipient of the Eugene Charles Wittick Teaching Excellence Award.
Dr. Pardue is a specialist in Early Modern Europe, Church History, and the English Reformation, and serves as a member of the editorial board for the book series “Studies in the History of Christian Traditions” published by Brill Academic Publishers. His publications include:
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Email: jwestern@cofo.edu
Teaching Focus: Medieval European History, Ancient History, Church History, Byzantine History, History of Western Civilization
Education: B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2004; M.A., Concordia Seminary-Saint Louis, 2007; M.A., Saint Louis University, 2010; Ph.D., Saint Louis University, 2017
Dr. Joseph Western joined the history department at the College of the Ozarks in 2017. His research focuses on the medieval Mediterranean. His current project examines the relationship between Greek and Latin Christianity in Byzantine southern Italy during the Middle Ages and the effect of this relationship on political allegiance to the various states competing in the region. His publications include “Historical Thinking and Vocation,” in Restoring the Vocation of a Christian College (Wipf and Stock, 2022), “Local Priorities and Religious Identities in Byzantine Southern Italy,” in Routledge Handbook of Identity in Byzantium (Routledge, 2022), “‘Doing’ History Well: Faithfully Educating in History,” in Faithful Lives 3 (2018): 67-78, and “The Papal Apocrisiarii in Constantinople during the Pontificate of Gregory I (590-604)” in Journal of Ecclesiastical History 66, no. 4 (2015):697-714.