Office Hours

  • M 10:15-11:45

    T 2:15-3:15

    W 10:15-11:45 & 7:00-8:00

    R 11:15-12:15

    other times by appointment


 

Announcements

 

William Cook

Distinguished Teaching Professor of

History

Sturges Hall 306
1 College Circle
Geneseo, NY 14454
585-245-5373
cookb@geneseo.edu

Bill reading dante

William Cook has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 1970.

Faculty Information

Education

  • Ph.D., Cornell University

Employment

  • Wabash College, Visiting Professor
  • Genesee Community College at Attica Correctional Facility, Adjunct Professor
  • Siena College, Adjunct Professor

Research Interests

  • Medieval and Renaissance Europe
  • Church History

 

Awards and Honors

  • Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • CASE Professor for New York
  • Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching (runner up)
  • First-ever CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching Medieval Studies

Publications

Affiliations

  • American Historical Association
  • Friends of Florence (Advisory Board Member)
  • Medieval Academy of America
  • Dante Society of America
  • American Friends of Bodley
  • Phi Betta Kappa
My Classes

INTD 105:
Writing Seminar:

    Writing Seminar is a course focusing on a specific topic while emphasizing writing practice and instruction, potentially taught by any member of the College faculty. Because this is primarily a course in writing, reading assignments will be briefer than in traditional topic courses, and students will prove their understanding of the subject matter through writing compositions rather than taking examinations. Required of all freshmen. Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to freshmen.

HIST 388:
Experimental:

    Humn 220:
    H/Western Humanities I

      A search for moral, social, and political alternatives and meaning embodied in the institutions, culture, and literature of Western Civilization from the beginnings to 1600. The course is factual as well as conceptual, including a narrative history of the period covered.