James I. Martin, Sr., Government, History, and Justice Department Chair, and Associate Professor of History  at Campbell University, was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, in 1954.  Except for seven months in Idaho, he spent the first seventeen years of his life in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.  Dr. Martin graduated from Duke University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude) in History.  He then earned a Master of Arts from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, and Ph.D. from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.  Both his master's thesis and doctoral dissertation concerned the era of German Emperor William II.

Before coming to Campbell, Dr. Martin was employed as a social studies teacher and coach at James Kenan High School in Warsaw, North Carolina, and also served as an adjunct at Mount Olive College and Sampson Community College.  In addition to Western Civilization, he has taught courses dealing with East Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Modern Germany, Social Studies Methods,  South Asia,  and Southeast Asia.  His research interests include social studies teaching and ethnohistory.  Dr. Martin, a member of the congregation at Angier United Methodist Church, is married to the former Linda Fields, and has one son, James Martin, Jr.  His hobbies include Scouting, walking, and weightlifting.

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