History - Faculty Biographies
 C. Patrick Hotle, PhD, Professor of History, John A. Sperry Endowed Chair of Humanities, Coordinator of Study Abroad Programs
A native Iowan, Patrick Hotle received his B.A. in history from the University of Iowa before moving on to Cambridge University to pursue graduate work. Hotle earned his M. Phil in International Relations from Cambridge in 1985 and his doctorate in history in 1992. Before coming to Culver-Stockton, Dr. Hotle taught extensively abroad in Nicaragua, Egypt, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In 2000, Dr. Hotle was awarded a Fulbright grant for study in Turkey. He has been teaching at Culver-Stockton since 1993.
Dr. Hotle's primary area of research is Tudor England, particularly the reign of Henry VIII. He is the author of Thistles and Thorns, Anglo-Scottish Relations 1525-1542 and several articles on Henry VIII's Scottish policy. In addition, Dr. Hotle has authored numerous educational guidebooks on such topics as the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, and the European Renaissance.
 Scott E. Giltner, PhD, Assistant Professor of History
Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, Scott Giltner received his B.A. in history from Hiram College before going on to graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh. While at Pittsburgh, he was awarded the Lillian B. Lawler Predoctoral Fellowship and won the Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship from the Virginia Historical Society. He received his M.A. in 1998 and was awarded the Ph.D. in 2005 before moving to Canton to begin teaching at Culver-Stockton.
Dr. Giltner's research deals with conflicts, particularly between Southern blacks and whites, over competing notions of proper subsistence and land use. He is the author of "Slave Hunting and Fishing in the Antebellum South," in To Love the Wind and the Rain: African Americans and Environmental History. His book, Hunting and Fishing in the New South: Black Labor and White Leisure after the Civil War, is forthcoming from Johns Hopkins University Press.
 William L. Fox, PhD, President of Culver-Stockton College, Senior Lecturer in History
William L. Fox received a B.A. degree in history from St. Lawrence University in 1975, a master of divinity degree from Harvard University in 1978, and a doctorate in American religious history from George Washington University in 1989. He has been President of Culver-Stockton College since 2003.
Dr. Fox has written and published on a variety of topics, including two books on the history of American Freemasons, the award-winning Valley of the Craftsmen (2001) and Lodge of the Double-Headed Eagle: Two Centuries of Scottish Rite Freemasonry (1999). His first book is an intellectual biography of the 20th century Harvard theologian Willard L. Sperry.
Rich K. Meyer, Lecturer in Social Studies Methods
Rich Meyer earned his B.S. in physical education from Quincy University and an M.A. in history from Western Illinois University before moving on to a 20 year career in public school teaching. Rich has been at Culver-Stockton since 2007 where he also coaches the women's volleyball team.
George R. Lee, Emeritus Professor of History
A long-time professor of history and political science at Culver-Stockton, George Lee received his B.A. degree from Northeastern Oklahoma State University, and his M.A. from the University of Oklahoma before teaching at Culver-Stockton from 1965 to 1998. He has authored more than 20 books and has been instrumental in recording the college's history. His books about C-SC include Culver-Stockton College: The First 130 Years and Culver-Stockton College: The Sesquicentennial History.
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