Office: Bear Hall 274
Phone: (910) 962-3412
Email: conserw@uncw.edu

Degrees

• Ph.D., Brown University 
• A.M., Brown University
• B.A., University of California, Irvine

Areas of Expertise

• Religion in America
• Dr. Conser is also a Professor of History at UNCW

Recent Publications

• Southern Crossroads: Perspectives on Religion and Culture.  Edited by W. Conser and R. Payne (Lexington:  University Press of Kentucky, 2008)
• A Coat of Many Colors: Religion and Society along the Cape Fear River of North Carolina Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
• Sacred Spaces: Architecture and Religion in Historic Wilmington. Wilmington: Bellamy Mansion Museum, 1999.
• Religious Diversity and American Religious History. Edited by W. Conser and S.B. Twiss. University of Georgia, 1997.
• God and the Natural World: Religion and Science in Antebellum America. University of South Carolina, 1993.
• Church and Confession: Conservative Theologians in Germany, England, and America. Mercer University, 1984. 

Courses Taught

• PAR 103: Introduction to Religion
• PAR 242: Religion in America
• PAR 350: Native American Religious Tradition
• PAR 351: Religion in Early America
• PAR 352: Religion in Antebellum America
• PAR 353: Religious Reform in Modern America
• PAR 355: Southern Religion