William (Bill) Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of History at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, author, editor
Bill Anderson, Professor Emeritus at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, specializes in Cherokee history and cultures. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a doctorate in history and did his post-doctoral work at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Anderson is the co-author or editor of four books and received the Gustavus Myers Award for the Study of Human Rights in the US for his book Cherokee Removal: Before and After, published by the University of Georgia Press in 1991. He has worked with Sesame Street, National Geographic, PBS, History Detectives and the Discovery Channel.