He was born in Michigan but grew up in the Decatur area and attended Birmingham-Southern College. Clarence received his graduate training at the University of Georgia, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1975. He and his wife Janet are excited to return to Alabama. Professor Mohr is a highly regarded scholar of the Deep South. In recent years his research interests have turned to higher education in the South.
Clarence brings broad expertise in administration, grantsmanship, advising, and teaching.
From 1975 to 1979 he was an editor of the Frederick Douglass Papers for Yale University. From there he went on to the University of Mississippi from 1979 to 1981, where he laid the groundwork for the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. At Tulane, he served as associate chair and director of graduate studies, and guided several graduate students who have gone on to make significant contributions of their own. He will be spending the summer in France researching and enjoying a break. Rebecca Ard Boone is working on her Ph.D. and has been teaching part-time for the past year.