Ronald Fritze, Ph.D., professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Athens State University

Professor Ronald Fritze was born and raised in Indiana. He earned a Ph.D. in history from Cambridge University . Currently, he serves as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Athens State University in Athens. He is the author and editor of 11 books, including New Worlds: The Great Voyages of Discovery, 1400-1600 (Sutton/Praeger, 2003) and Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science, and Pseudo-Religions (Reaktion Books, 2009). Fritze appeared in the series The Conquest of America on the History Channel. Among his awards, he received the Phi Kappa Phi teaching award and was selected the eighth Distinguished Faculty Lecturer at Lamar University. He is currently vice president/president-elect of the Society for the History of Discoveries.

Presentations by Rondald Fritze
Prince Madoc and the Welsh Indians: A Persistent Frontier Myth in Alabama and Beyond
The Hernando de Soto Expedition: Exploration and Tragedy in 16th-Century Alabama and the Southeast