Serving as archivist at Wofford College and of the South Carolina United Methodist Conference since 1999, Phillip Stone is responsible for collecting, preserving, and promoting the history of those institutions. He has contributed to the South Carolina Encyclopedia, co-authored an article in the March 2007 issue of Southern Cultures, and serves as book review editor for H-SC, a listserv devoted to South Carolina history and culture. With Doyle Boggs and JoAnn Brasington, he co-edited Hub City's Wofford: Shining with Untarnished Honor, 1854-2004.

A native of Spartanburg, Phillip Stone graduated from Wofford College in 1994 with majors in history and government.  He earned his master's degree at the University of Georgia and his PhD in history at the University of South Carolina, writing a dissertation on the politics of economic development in South Carolina. 

In his spare time, he is working on a book about South Carolina's economic transformation in the mid-20^th century.