| Ph.D., History, 1996 | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Master of Arts, History, 1992 | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Bachelor of Arts, History, 1991 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2005-present | Professor of History and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society, the University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2003-2005 | Professor of History, United States Air Force Academy |
| 2000-2003 | Associate Professor of History, United States Air Force Academy |
| 1998-1999 | Assistant Professor of History, United States Air Force Academy |
Administrative Experience
Director of Graduate Studies (2006-present)
President, Faculty Advisory Committee (2004-2005)
Writing Across the Curriculum Committee (2002-2004)
Faculty Diversity Committee (2001-2003)
Deputy Department Head for American History (2001-2003)
Member, Faculty Forum (2000-2005)
Head of Academic Advising, Department of History (1999-2001)
French Exchange Committee (1999-2001)
Other Professional Experience
Nominated candidate, Society for Military History Board of Trustees Election
(2004)
Prize Committee, Society for Military History (2004-present)
Chair, Prize Committee, Society for Military History (2005-present)
Board of Advisors, Peace Thru Justice Project, International Human Rights Law
Institute, DePaul University (2002-present)
Awards, Fellowships, and Distinctions
| 2006 | Selected Participant, Philip Merrill Center, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University Workshop |
| 2005 | Marquis’s Who’s Who in America Listing |
| 2003 | USAFA International Programs Committee Faculty Development Grant |
| 2000, 2001, and 2005 | Finalist, Heiser Award for Teaching Excellence, United States Air Force Academy |
| 2001 | Dean's Fund to Promote Academic Excellence Grant, United States Air Force Academy |
| 2000 | Stephen L. Orrison Award for Excellence in Mentoring, United States Air Force Academy |
| 1999 | Outstanding Academy Educator Award, United States Air Force Academy |
| 1997-1998 | Spencer Foundation Research Grant |
| 1995-1996 | United States Army Center of Military History Dissertation Fellowship |
| 1995 | Mark Stevens Research Travel Grant, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan |
| 1994 | Finalist, Graduate Student Teaching Award, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 1993-1994 | Goldman Award for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University |
Editor, International Library of Political History: Fascism (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006), International Library of Political History series, Jeremy Black, general editor.
Soldiers’ Lives Through History: Volume 4, The Nineteenth Century (Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 2006), Soldiers’ Lives Series, Dennis Showalter, general editor.
Editor, International Library of Military History: World War I (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005), International Library of Military History series, Jeremy Black, general editor.
Fighting the Great War: A Global History (Cambridge: Harvard University Press,
2005).
- To be available in a Spanish translation in 2006 (Barcelona: Libros Paidós)
Warfare and Society in Europe, 1898 to the Present (London: Routledge Press, 2004). Warfare in History Series, Jeremy Black, general editor.
Foch: Supreme Allied Commander in the Great War (Dulles, Va.: Brassey's Press, 2003). Great Commanders Series, Dennis Showalter, general editor.
Warfare in World History (London: Routledge Press, 2001). Themes in World History Series, Peter N. Stearns, general editor.
Making Citizen-Soldiers: ROTC and the Ideology of American Military Service
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000).
- Nominated for the Thomas J. Wilson Prize
- Named as an Association of American University Presses “Book for Understanding
our Times.”
With Steven Schlossman, The Unwelcome Decline of Molly Marine: Historical Perspectives on Women in the American Military, 1994, prepared under the direction of Dr. Bernard Rostker for the RAND Corporation's National Defense Research Institute.
“War and Society” in Matthew Hughes and William Philpott, eds. The Palgrave Guide to Modern Military History (London: Palgrave, forthcoming).
“Civilians Daily Lives during World War I,” in Jeanne T. Heidler and David S. Heidler, eds. The United States from the Age of Imperialism to the War on Terror (Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, forthcoming).
“Mona Lisa’s Smile and the Writing of the Great War,” War, Literature, and the Arts 17, 1 & 2 (Special Edition, 2005): 303-310.
"Revisiting the Myths: New Approaches to the Great War," Contemporary European History 13, 4 (November, 2004): 505-515.
"Cromwell on the Bed Stand: Allied Civil-Military Relations in World War I" in Jenny MacLeod and Pierre Pursiegle, eds. Uncovered Fields: New Approaches In First World War Studies (Amsterdam: Brill Publishers, 2003): 61-78.
Guest Editor, Organization of American Historians Magazine of History: World War I 17, 1 (October, 2002).
With Paul J. Ferguson, "America's Expatriate Aviators," Military History Quarterly 14 (Summer, 2002): 58-63.
With Donald Anderson and Tom Bowie, "A Conversation with Philip Caputo," War, Literature, and the Arts 12 (Spring/Summer, 2001): 4-17.
"The Education and Training of ROTC Officers, 1950-1980," in Elliott Converse, ed. Forging the Sword: The Social Origins, Education, and Training of Military and Naval Officers in the Twentieth Century (Chicago: Imprint Publications, 1999): 264-283.
"Between Gun and Gown: Navy ROTC, 1950-1980," in William B. Cogar,
ed. New Interpretations in Naval History (Annapolis: Naval Institute
Press, 1997): 352-369.
Encyclopedia Contributions
Daniel Coetzee, ed. Philosophers of War and Strategy (Westport, Ct.: Greenwood
Press, forthcoming).
Peter Stearns, ed. Encyclopedia of the Modern World (New York: Oxford
University Press, forthcoming).
John Merriman and Jay Winter, eds. Encyclopedia of Europe, 1789-1914 (New York: Scribners, forthcoming).
Peter Karsten, Jennifer Keene, et. al. eds., The Military and American Society (New York: Sage Publications, forthcoming).
John Resch et. al., eds. Americans At War (New York: Macmillan, forthcoming).
Jeremy Black, ed. Seventy Great Battles in History (London: Thames and Hudson,
2005).
- Named a History Book Club main selection, December, 2005.
Spencer Tucker, ed. The ABC-Clio Encyclopedia of World War I (Denver:
ABC-Clio, 2005).
- Winner of the 2006 Reference and User Services Association Outstanding Reference
Award
Spencer Tucker, ed. The ABC-Clio Encyclopedia of World War II (Denver: ABC-Clio,
2005).
James Bradford, ed. International Encyclopedia of Military History (London: Routledge, 2005).
Dennis Showalter, ed. History in Dispute: World War I (Detroit: St. James Press, 2002).
Stanley Kutler, ed. Dictionary of American History, 3rd Edition, (New York: Charles Scribner, 2002).
Charles Messenger, ed. Reader’s Guide to Military History (London: Fitzroy, Dearborn, 2001).
Peter Stearns, ed. Encyclopedia of European Social History (New York: Charles Scribner, 2001).
Neil Smelser and Paul Balles, eds. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (London: Elsevier Press, 2001).
Dennis Showalter, ed. History in Dispute: World War II (Detroit: St. James
Press, 2000).
Reviews
Book reviews in: American Historical Review; American Studies International;
The Historian; Journal of American History; Journal of Military History; Journal
of Social History; Military History of the West; Technology and Culture; United
States Naval Institute Proceedings; War in History; War, Literature, and the
Arts; and Société Internationale d'Étude de la Grande Guerre
electronic journal.
Manuscript and proposal reviewer for: Cambridge University Press; Harvard University
Press; Routledge Press; Brassey’s Press; Johns Hopkins University Press;
Technology and Culture; Lynne Rienner Publishers; War in History;
New York University Press; and Yale University Press.
Invited Presentations
“A War Without Civilians: The Impact of War on Non-Combatants in World
War I,” War & Society Lecture Series, University of Southern Mississippi,
March 30, 2006.
Third European Conference in First World War Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, September 24, 2005.
Second European Conference in First World War Studies, Maison Française, Oxford University, June 24, 2003.
Commenter, "'Where Do We Go From Here?' Discontented Soldiers in Post-World War I America," Society for Military History, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 2, 2003.
Commenter, "The Home Front in the Cold War," Society for Military History, Madison, Wisconsin, April 7, 2002.
"Military Education at America's Civilian Schools," Keynote Address, Association of Military Colleges and Schools Annual Meeting, Alexandria, Virginia, March 5, 2001.
"The Education and Training of the ROTC Officer, 1950-1980," Military History Symposium, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 22, 1996.
"ROTC, 1950-1980: Trends and Periodization," United States Army Center
of Military History, Washington, DC, September 18, 1995.
Other Professional Presentations
Commenter, “Reassessments of Some First World War Leaders,” Society
for Military History, Manhattan, Kansas, May 19, 2006.
“Producing Military History: Extreme Challenges,” Society for Military History, Manhattan, Kansas, May 19, 2006.
“Declarations of War in Historical Perspective,” Are We At War? Global Conflict and Insecurity Post-9/11, Second Annual Symposium of the Global Trade & Development Center, Chapman University School of Law, Orange, California, April 6, 2006.
"Teaching World War I," Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, April 4, 2003.
"Cromwell on the Bed Stand: A Comparison of Allied Civil-Military Relations in World War I," La Grande Guerre Aujourd'hui: Actualité de la Recherche, Institut d'Études Politiques, Lyon, France, September 7, 2001.
"American Exceptionalism on the Battlefield? Private Ryan Meets Dr. Turner," Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, April 25, 1999.
Panel chair, "Military History in a World History Classroom," World History Association Annual Meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 19, 1998.
"Internationalizing United States History," World History Association Annual Meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 18, 1998.
"Innovations in the World History Classroom," Nontraditional Pedagogies Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas, January 12, 1996.
"Between Gun and Gown: Navy ROTC 1950-1980," Twelfth Naval History Symposium, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, October 26, 1995.
Courses Taught
Foundations of America (to 1877)
Graduate Seminar in European Historiography
Graduate Seminar in War and Society
Great Americans/American Lives
Historiography and Methodology
Immigration and Ethnicity in American History
Intermediate French I
Intermediate French II
Introduction to Military History
Introduction to World History
Modern America (since 1865)
Modern Europe
Modern France
Senior Seminar on Civil-Military Relations
Senior Writing Seminar in American History
Special Topics in French Culture and History
War and American Culture
Women and War
World Civilizations since 1500
World War I
World War II
Professional Affiliations
Société Internationale d'Étude de la Grande Guerre
Society for Military History
Media Appearances
Consultant, Lucas Films, The Young Indiana Jones DVD
La Première, RTBF, Belgian National Radio
Larry Mantle, Air Talk, KPCC FM, Los Angeles, California
Warren Olney, To the Point, KCRW FM, Santa Monica, California
Newspaper articles for the Los Angeles Times and New York Newsday
Deutsche Welle Radio, Germany
Interviewed for articles in the Kansas City Star, the New York Times, and the
Jackson Clarion-Ledger