College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of History and Political Science
cahss.nova.edu/faculty/gary_gershman.html
Honors Courses
HONR 2010K Assassin’s Creed
HONR 2000H Famous American Trials
Honors Engagement
- Serves on Honors Faculty Coordinating Committee
- Speaker at Honors College events
- Regularly participates in Honors co-curricular activities
Research Focus
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Constitutional Law and History
- American History
- Sports History
- Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Education
- Ph.D. Duke University
- J.D. Villanova University
- M.A. Duke University
- B.A. Villanova University
- Dissertation focused on constitutional guarantees of religious freedom in the U.S. and Canada
Gary Gershman teaches a wide variety of classes at NSU, including American History, American Government, Constitutional History, Civil and Political Liberties, Crime and Punishment, Sports and History, the Balkans, and the Holocaust. He also leads a Travel Study course on genocide. Gershman has published books and articles on the death penalty, the Congress, and sports history. He is currently working on a book about the history of sports rivalry in America.