Portrait by Rebecca Burleson.
Curriculum vitae (in brevī)
I am a historian of the United States with research interests in nineteenth and twentieth-century military history, the causes and conduct of war, and the American profession of arms. I earned my PhD from Texas Christian University and I hold a BA with honors in German and history from Hillsdale College. I am the author of numerous scholarly works and shorter pieces on themes pertinent to the national interest. When not teaching or writing, I enjoy traveling, hiking, attending collegiate athletic events, live music, reading, visiting museums, and tennis. I am a native of West Michigan. For a complete curriculum vitae, please inquire via the contact form.
Appointments
Assistant Professor ∙ Department of Military History ∙ United States Army Command and General Staff College ∙ Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (present)
Assistant Professor ∙ Department of History (Military History Division) ∙ United States Military Academy at West Point ∙ West Point, New York
Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor ∙ Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations ∙ United States Army War College ∙ Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Lecturer ∙ Department of History ∙ Stephen F. Austin State University ∙ Nacogdoches, Texas
Instructor ∙ History Department ∙ Trinity Valley School ∙ Fort Worth, Texas
Awards, fellowships, and honors
Civilian Service Achievement Medal (2024) | United States Department of the Army
Civilian Service Commendation Medal (2023) | United States Department of the Army
Colonel John J. Madigan III US Army War College Staff and Faculty Published Writing Award for Excellence in Scholarship (2022) | United States Army War College and the Army War College Foundation, Inc.
Civilian Service Commendation Medal (2022) | United States Department of the Army
IJMH Early-Career Paper Prize (2022) | International Journal of Military History and Historiography and Brill Publishing
Winnie Day Cannon Scholarship (2019) | Texas Christian University
Dennis E. Frye Visiting Scholar of Civil War Studies Scholarship (2018) | George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd University
Boller-Worcester Travel Grant (2018) | Texas Christian University
General & Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway Military History Research Grant (2018) | United States Army Heritage and Education Center
LancasterHistory.Org National Endowment for the Humanities Predoctoral Research Fellowship (2017) | Lancaster County's Historical Society and President James Buchanan's Wheatland
Summer Seminar in Military History Fellow (2016) | United States Military Academy at West Point
Richard M. Weaver Fellowship (2014-2015) | Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Ida M. Green Fellowship (2013-2014) | Texas Christian University
Eleanor Clark Award (2014) | Robert Penn Warren Circle
Invited lectures
“William Tecumseh Sherman: American Soldier, Moral Philosopher, Student of War” (May 2023) | The Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C.
“CS Lewis in a Time of War” (March 2022) | Harrisburg area chapter of Legatus, York Out Door Country Club, Pennsylvania
“Civil War Monuments and the History of Anti-Slavery Politics in the United States” (April 2021) | Lehigh Valley chapter of Legatus, Lehigh Country Club, Pennsylvania
Professional memberships and affiliations
Society of Civil War Historians
Society for Military History