Faculty & Staff

Wilson Fallin, Jr. (history, emeritus)

Dr. Wilson Fallin is a professor emeritus of History in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Montevallo.

He earned his B.A. from Morehouse College, his M.Div. from Colgate Rochester Divinity School, his M.A. from the University of Montevallo, and his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama.

Dr. Fallin taught courses on African-American, African, Southern, and United States history.  He is also the author of many articles and chapters as well as of the monographs The African American Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1815-1963: A Shelter in the Storm and Uplifting the People: Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama.

On May 4th, 2022, the University of Montevallo named the former UMOM building the Dr. Wilson Fallin, Jr. Hall.

Fallin Hall Building Dedication

Fallin Hall Building Dedication

See Dr. Fallin’s CV here.