William (Bill) Anderson, Ph.D.

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.