Please join us on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 when 2015 Fellow William A. Taylor will give his lecture In the Service of Democracy: American Military Service from World War II to the Present at 1:00 p.m. in Willis Library, Room 340. 

According to Taylor, his project will "contribute to a latter chapter in a broader work on American military service from World War II to the present."

William A. Taylor is is Assistant Professor of Security Studies at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. Taylor won grants from the Society for Military History, Harry S. Truman Library Institute, and Angelo State University Faculty Research Enhancement Program, and a George C. Marshall/Baruch fellowship to research Every Citizen a Soldier: The Campaign for Universal Military Training after World War II (Texas A&M University Press, 2014). Taylor maintains research interests in military service, military history, civil-military relations, security studies, grand strategy, and defense policy. Taylor has also contributed to nine other books and has published more than 40 reference articles and book reviews. His work has appeared in Journal of American History, Choice, Joint Force Quarterly, Journal of Military History, US Naval Institute Proceedings, On Point: The Journal of Army History, Maryland Historical Magazine, Human Rights Review, Michigan War Studies Review, Journal of America’s Military Past, US Military History Review, African Studies Quarterly, and H-Net Reviews, among others.

The UNT Special Collections Research Fellowships recognize and support outstanding scholarship or creative work which incorporates studies in a variety of disciplines including history, journalism, political science, geography, fine art, art history and American studies. Fellows are invited to present a brief overview of their work with the UNT Special Collections through an informal lecture on their research or an exhibit of their creative output.