Dr. James W. Stitt, Professor of History

Telephone: 336-841-9292
Office: David Hayworth Hall 104
Email: jstitt@highpoint.edu

Professor Stitt is a native North Carolinian. He received his BA in history from High Point University. His MA and PhD degrees are from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Stitt joined the High Point faculty in 1969, and served as the Chair of the History Department until 2008. He presently teaches research methods and senior seminar as well as courses in Western Civilization, British history, and Canadian history.

Dr. Stitt specializes in 20th century British industrial history with a focus on labor and management cooperation plus efforts toward industrial efficiency in the interwar period. He is the author of Joint Industrial Councils in British History: Inception, Adoption, and Utilization, 1917-1939 (Praeger 2006), as well as journal articles and approximately two-dozen conference papers, including "Canada's National Productivity Council: Political Gimmickry or Anti-Socialist Strategy," presented at the April 2008 meeting of EBHS. He is Chairman of the Board of the Economic & Business Historical Society (EBHS). He formerly served as the EBHS's president, and under his direction, High Point University hosted the society's annual academic conference in 2005.

Beyond his administrative duties to the department, Dr. Stitt has served as High Point University's Faculty NCAA Athletics Representative since 1980. He was elected chair of the Big South Conference's Faculty Athletics Representatives in 2001 and reelected to this position in 2004. He is a member of the NCAA Division I Academics, Eligibility, and Certification Commission. He also serves the university as Faculty Marshall and sponsor to the North Carolina Nu Chapter of the Alpha Chi Academic Honor Society.

Dr. Stitt serves his church as a member of the vestry and belongs to the Asheboro, NC Rotary, where he is the Paul Harris Fellow. His limited free time is devoted to hobbies that include sailing and gardening.

Courses Taught by Dr. Stitt

HST 101. Western Civilization to the Enlightenment

HST 102. Western Civilization since the Enlightenment

HST 203, HST 204. British History

HST 208. Historiography

HST 351. Canadian History

HST 499. Senior Seminar