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James Wayne Flynt (born October 4, 1940) is ''Professor Emeritus'' in the Department of History at Auburn University. He has won numerous teaching awards and been a Distinguished University Professor for many years. His research focuses on Southern culture, Alabama politics, Southern religion, education reform, and poverty. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Online ''Encyclopedia of Alabama''. ==Biography== Dr. J. Wayne Flynt (born: Oct. 4, 1940, Potontoc, Miss.) received his Bachelor of Arts () degree from Howard College (now Samford University) in 1961, and both his Masters of Science (M.S.) degree (1962) and Ph.D. (1965) from Florida State University. After teaching at Samford for 12 years (1965-1977), he joined the faculty at Auburn University where he remained for 28 years (1977-2005). Growing up, Flynt moved frequently around the South with his parents because his father held a series of primarily sales jobs. The family landed a couple of occasions in Anniston, Ala., where Professor Flynt was graduated from high school in 1958. His mother taught fourth grade in the Alabama towns of Oxford, Opelika, Center Point and Pinson. Her obituary in The Birmingham News said she lived in thirty places in three states during her sixty-year marriage. She married Flynt's father in 1938. Professor Flynt has written 12 books that focus largely on the historical, economic and social fabric of Alabama, including ''Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites'' (1990),〔''Times Daily''. ("Flynt to tell about poverty in UNA talk" ). March 23, 1990, p. 8A. Retrieved on May 30, 2013.〕 and he co-wrote ''Alabama: A History of a Deep South State'',〔''Gadsden Times''. ("Historians praise new textbook on state" ). July 28, 1994, p. B3. Retrieved on May 30, 2013.〕 both of which were nominated for Pulitzer Prizes. He is editor-in-chief of the online ''Encyclopedia of Alabama'', a partnership of Auburn University and the Alabama Humanities Foundation. In 2002, the University of Alabama journalism department named him as the winner of the Clarence Cason Writing Award, given to an author writing about or closely identified with the state of Alabama.〔''Tuscaloosa News''. ("Wayne Flynt deserves award" ) (Editorial). March 8, 2002, p. 6A. Retrieved on May 30, 2013.〕 Wife (Dorothy) and two sons (Sean Flynt and David Flynt). Father: James Homer Flynt b. April 9, 1917, Shady Glen Community (Calhoun County, Ala.) d. Feb. 11, 1998, Pinson, Ala. (Jefferson County) Mother: Mae Ellis Moore Flynt b. Nov. 22, 1919, Pinson d. Sept. 28, 2008, Pinson 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wayne Flynt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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