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Biography - William J Bridges

Dr. Bill Bridges received his BA in History from the University of Florida in 1989 and his MA in History (major field of European military history) from the University of Nebraska in 2002. He took two years off to work in Kansas before returning to the University of Nebraska to pursue his PhD. After completing his coursework, he taught both halves of the American history series and a Latin American history course before developing online American history, American civics, and World history courses for at-risk high school students. After this introduction to online education, he moved to Maryland in 2001 to work as an Instructional Designer with the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health's Distance Education Division. While living in Maryland, he finished his dissertation and received his PhD in History (major field of US military history; minor field of World, especially Latin American, history) in 2002. Since graduating, he has taught American history for Towson University and Harford (MD) Community College's night program. He has also worked in instructional design and training development for non-profit and corporate employers and now serves as the Director of the National Records Management Training Program for the National Archives and Records Administration. Although new to the APUS teaching community, his combination of academic study in history, professional experience in instructional design, and teaching night classes for non-traditional students provide him with an understanding of historical content, a deep understanding of online education's strengths and weaknesses, and an appreciation of the competing obligations of family, career, and the desire to obtain an education.