The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Established	2002
Parent institution	The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
Dean	Winfred B. Moore Jr.
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, US 32°47′47″N 79°57′31″W / 32.796318°N 79.958495°W
Website	www.citadel.edu/root/shss

The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences is one of the five schools comprising The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. The school offers Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in a variety of fields, as well as minors and certificates. It was established in 2002 as The Citadel reorganized its existing departments into the five schools.^[1] The school is located in Capers Hall which will be expanded and rebuilt beginning in 2018.^[2]

Capers Hall, home of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The school is composed of six departments, covering Criminal Justice, English, History, Modern Languages, Political Science, and Psychology. Offering six undergraduate majors with several concentrations, 19 undergraduate minors, five master's programs, and three graduate certificate programs, the school accounts for more credit hours and majors than any other within The Citadel each year.

The History Department's Oral History program seeks to collect audio recordings of residents of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Founded in 2008, the program promotes the study of The Citadel and its surrounding region, and has captured interviews with World War II veterans, Hispanic residents of the region, and key players in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo.

David L. Preston, Westvaco Professor of National Security Studies in the History Department, in 2015 won the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History and the 2016 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for Military History for his book, Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution.^[3][4]

The School's new programs focusing on homeland security, intelligence analysis and cyber security have earned recognition from the National Security Agency, as the program has been designated a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.^[5]

John C. West Professor of International Relations and American Politics
Philip Lader	2001–2006
Donald Fowler	2008–2011
Mallory Factor	2011–present

Within the Department of Political Science are several endowed chairs, including the new Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Chair of American Government and Politics, with the longtime Mayor of Charleston serving as the first occupant.^[6][7][8] Additionally, the John C. West Chair hosts a Professor of International Relations and American Politics. Established in 2001 with a gift from West, the part-time professor arranges a speaker series of luminaries in the field of politics, government, and international relations.

References

1. "Citadel reorganizes departments into schools". The Citadel. November 21, 2002. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
2. Amanda Kerr (April 5, 2015). "The Citadel poised to begin two multimillion dollar building projects". Post and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
3. "Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History Awarded to David Preston". New-York Historical Society. March 22, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
4. "Book Awards - The Society for Military History". Society for Military History. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
5. Paul Bowers (April 28, 2016). "NSA lauds The Citadel for cybersecurity training". Post and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
6. "SCE&G gift to The Citadel will support the Riley Chair in American Government". Moultrie News. April 6, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
7. Ashley Heffernan (November 10, 2014). "Mayor to teach at Citadel after retiring". Charleston Business Journal. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
8. Diane Knich (November 7, 2014). "Charleston Mayor Joe Riley to return to The Citadel". Post and Courier. Retrieved May 7, 2016.