Jim Hollandsworth
is the Associate Provost and Professor of Psychology at the University
of Southern Mississippi. He received his B.A. in History from
Davidson College in 1966 and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
from
the University of North
Carolina in 1975.
He also holds as masters degree in Physiology and Biophysics from the University
of Mississippi Medical Center.
Hollandsworth's interest in the Civil War dates back to the late 1950s when he first began reading in the area. After a successful career as a psychologist, during which he authored two books on the physiological bases of human behavior and mental disorders, Hollandsworth rediscovered his orginal interest in American history and now spends much of his free time pursuing topics related to the Civil War in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Hollandsworth first became interested in the Louisiana Native Guards while he was researching a book on Nathaniel P. Banks. His biography of Banks was published by the LSU Press in December1998.
Return
to the Native Guards' home page.
6558