GERSHAM A. NELSON is a Latin American History Professor with considerable breadth and depth of knowledge in African history, the history of Christianity, and the history of Human Civilization. He i...view moreGERSHAM A. NELSON is a Latin American History Professor with considerable breadth and depth of knowledge in African history, the history of Christianity, and the history of Human Civilization. He is co-editor of From Outside of Western Civilization, editor of Legacy of 1492, and author of The Life and Works of Rudolph James. Dr. Nelson was Associate Professor of history at Frostburg State University in Maryland, Professor and Head of History and Philosophy at Eastern Michigan University and most recently (2007-2017), Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Central Missouri.view less