- Professor of History at Georgia Southern University (1983)
- B.A., Baylor University, 1970;
- M.A., Ph. D., University of Michigan, 1977, 1983

* Teaching and Research Interests:
- Religious and cultural history of the modern Muslim world
- Imperialism in the Middle East

* Selected Publications:
- A History of the Muslim World: The Making of a Global Community, 1260-Present (Upper Saddle Creek, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007)
- A History of the Muslim World: The Making of a Civilization, to 1405 (Upper Saddle Creek, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004)
- A Fabian in Egypt: Slamah Musa and the Rise of the Professional Classes in Egypt, 1909-1939 (Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1986)