B.A. in History, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, 1978
M.A. in History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1982
Ph.D. in History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1987
I am a professor of history with responsibility for teaching American history courses and general education courses. I joined the History Department in 1984.
Classes Taught
HI 109 American History to 1877
HI 110 American History since 1877
HI 175 History of Iowa
HI 240 Historical Methods
HI 250 Topics in American History – US Home Front in WWII
HI 275 Intro to Public History
HI 301 Colonial America
HI 302 The American Civil War
HI 305 The American Frontier
HI 306 History of American Foreign Relations
HI 461 Historiography
ID 385 The Vietnam War
IS 201 Living in a Diverse World: The California Gold Rush
Research Interests
Iowa in World War I
Iowa Troops serving in Dakota Territory during the Civil War
WWII Home Front, cemetery history
