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Bachelor of Arts, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1970.

Master of Arts, Marquette University, 1972.

Doctor of Philosophy, Marquette University, 1980.

Harvard University, 1983-85 (Arabic coursework).

Dr. Phillip C. Naylor

Ph.D. Dissertation
“Conflict and Coopération: French-Algerian Relations, 1962-78.” Director: David E. Gardinier, Ph.D.

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Books Published:
North Africa: A History from Antiquity to the Present (University of Texas Press, 2009). This monograph is an emended and expanded version of North Africa: A Brief History from Antiquity to the Present (Marquette University Press, 2005) published exclusively for my History of North Africa course in 2005 and 2007.

The Historical Dictionary of Algeria, 3d ed. (Scarecrow Press, 2006).

World History: Patterns of Interaction (McDougal Littell 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005). Senior co-consultant and coauthor with Roger B. Beck, Linda Black, and Dahia Ibo Shabaka. This is a secondary education survey. I contributed to every chapter (suggesting ideas/providing narrative) including ancillaries (videos). The book is scheduled for revision and publication (2012).
France and Algeria: A History of Decolonization and Transformation (University Press of Florida, 2000).

The Wider West: A Trans-Cultural Anthology of Western Receptions/Perceptions.  2 vols. (Pearson Custom Publishing, 1999-2000 [last of several custom-published editions]); The Wider West from Antiquity to the Millennium (2000-2001): A Survey in Trans-Cultural Context. 2 vols. (Pearson Custom Publishing) (2000-2001 [last of several custom-published editions]). 2

Historical Dictionary of Algeria, 2d ed. (Scarecrow 1994). Coauthored work with the late Professor Alf Andrew Heggoy, Ph.D. (d. 1987).

Algeria: State and Society (Westview 1992). Coedited book with John P. Entelis, Ph.D., Fordham University.



About the dean

  • Dr. Richard C. HolzDr. Richard C. Holz
    has been named Dean of the Helen Way Klinger College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University. Dr. Holz is currently associate dean for resources and planning and professor of chemistry, Loyola University Chicago College of Arts and Sciences.




The Search Committee

  • Dr. Phillip Naylor (Chair)
    — Professor of history
  • Dr. Lori Bergen
    — Dean of the Diederich College of Communication and University Academic Senate representative
  • Dr. Roberta Coles
    — Chair and professor of social and cultural sciences
  • Dr. Robert Fitts
    — Chair and professor of biological sciences
  • Steve Frieder
    – Assistant to the president and corporate secretary
  • Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp
    — Vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School
  • Dr. Colleen Lawton
    — Alumna
  • Rev. Joseph G. Mueller, S. J.,
    — Associate professor of theology
  • Cherryl T. Thomas
    — Member, Board of Trustees
  • Dr. Susan Wood
    — Chair and professor of theology
  • Dr. McGee Young
    — Associate professor of political science



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