William Trollinger is a history professor at the University of Dayton. He was trained in U.S. social history at the University of Wisconsin. His research and writing has focused on American evangelicalism and fundamentalism, creationism, and the Christian Right (including the Ku Klux Klan). At the University of Dayton, he teaches first-year students in history, and M.A. and Ph.D. students in theology. He blogs at rightingamerica.net.