CURRICULUM VITAE Kristopher A. Teters History Department Liberal Arts North Stephen F. Austin State University P.O. Box 13013, SFA Station Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3013 (513) 305-1891 [email protected]
EDUCATION
University of Alabama Ph.D. History December 2012
Dissertation: Freeing the Slaves: An Examination of Emancipation Military Policy and the Attitudes of Union Officers in the Western Theater during the Civil War
Dissertation Committee: George Rable (chair), Lawrence Kohl, Kari Frederickson, Andrew Huebner, and Mark Grimsley (outside reader)
Ph.D. Fields: United States History to 1877, United States History since 1877, History of the American South, and British and European History since 1815
University of Alabama M. A. History May 2006
Northern Kentucky University B. A. History December 2003 Summa Cum Laude
University of Cincinnati, Clermont College A. D. General Studies June 2001
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Stephen F. Austin State University Visiting Lecturer September 2016-Present United States History to 1877 United States History since 1877
Texas A&M University—Commerce Ad-Interim Instructor January 2016-August 2016 American History to 1877
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Northern Kentucky University Lecturer August 2013-July 2015 History of the United States to 1877 History of the United States since 1877 Global Viewpoints in History: The U.S. in the World History and Film: The Civil War Era
Adjunct Faculty August 2012-May 2013 History of the United States since 1877
University of Cincinnati, Clermont College Adjunct Faculty January 2011-June 2011; July 2012-August 2013 United States History I and II
University of Alabama Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2005-May 2009 American Civilization to 1865 American Civilization since 1865 Western Civilization since 1648
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Northern Kentucky University
Collaborated on the design and construction July 2015-December 2015 of online history courses
Member of the Public History Advisory Board April 2015-December 2015
Consulting Expert, Project Advisor, March 2014-December 2015 Parker/Clermont Academy Project The Parker/Clermont Academy is believed to be the oldest multi-racial and multi-gender school in America, founded by abolitionists Daniel and Pricilla Parker in 1839. This project is a joint venture between NKU’s History Department, Public History Program, Anthropology Department, and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
Member of the Student Awards Committee August 2014-May 2015
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Helped with faculty assessment of history survey courses at NKU August 2014-December 2014
Faculty Advisor for Perspectives in History the student journal for Phi Alpha Theta August 2013-May 2015
Helped direct faculty assessment of the experiences of incoming Freshmen in the classroom August 2013-May 2014
Member of the committee for the organization of history major’s meetings August 2013-October 2013
University of Alabama Assistant to Dr. George Rable on the Program Committee for the Southern Historical Association November 6, 2009
Editorial Assistant for Southern Historian Spring 2008, Spring 2009
Southern Ohio College Instructor in Mathematics February 2004, April 2004
Northern Kentucky University Student Tutor in Mathematics Fall 2003
Public History Internship at Northern Kentucky University in Steely Library Archives Summer 2003
Undergraduate Research Assistant Summer 2002
University of Cincinnati, Clermont College Student Tutor in Mathematics and Chemistry January 2000-March 2001
AWARDS/HONORS/FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS
Nominated for the Michael C.C. Adams and Susan S. Adams Outstanding Non--Tenure Track Faculty Member Award February 2015
Milo B. Howard award for the best article published in The Alabama Review in a two-year period April 2014
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University of Alabama Graduate Council Research Fellowship August 2011-May 2012
Johnson Fellowship August 2010-December 2010
Gary B. Mills Endowed Dissertation Support Fund April 2010
Mark C. Stevens Researcher Travel Fellowship at the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan March 2010
General and Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway Research Grant at the U. S. Army Military History Institute February 2010
Graduate School Travel Award February 2010
Filson Historical Society Fellowship January 2010
Graduate School Travel Award September 2009
Departmental Dissertation Fellowship August 2009-May 2010
Frank Lawrence Owsley History Award April 2006
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists History Award February 2006
Graduate Council Fellowship August 2004-May 2005
Northern Kentucky University W. Frank Steely Senior History Award April 2004
The National Dean’s List August 2003
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges April 2003
Department of History Travel Grant September 2002
Department of History Travel Grant April 2002
H. Lew Wallace Junior History Award April 2002
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Phi Alpha Theta April 2002
University of Cincinnati, Clermont College Phi Theta Kappa March 2001
Golden Key National Honor Society February 2001
Batavia Rotary Scholarship 1999
PUBLICATIONS
Books Practical Liberators: Union Officers in the Western Theater during the Civil War (under contract with the University of North Carolina Press).
Articles and Essays “Fighting for the Cause?: An Examination of the Motivations of Alabama’s Confederate Soldiers from a Class Perspective.” In The Yellowhammer War: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama, edited by Kenneth W. Noe, 90-106. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2013.
“Albert Burton Moore and Alabama's Centennial Commemoration of the Civil War: The Rhetoric of Race, Romance, and Reunion.” The Alabama Review 66 (April 2013): 122-152.
“‘The Sons of the Defenders of the Alamo’ on America’s Bloodiest Day.” In Mid- Maryland History: Conflict, Growth, and Change, edited by Michael A. Powell and Barbara M. Powell, 39-50. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2008.
“Public Reactions to Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign in Kentucky, Cincinnati, and Across the Union,” with Dr. James Ramage. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 4 (Autumn 2005): 627-660.
“Dissecting the Mind of a Genius of War: An Examination of the Strategy and Tactics of Napoleon Bonaparte.” Perspectives in History 19 (2003-2004): 11-20.
Book Reviews
Review of The Tennessee Campaign of 1864, edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear (forthcoming in the Journal of Military History).
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Review of The Civil War on the Mississippi: Union Sailors, Gunboat Captains, and the Campaign to Control the River, by Barbara Brooks Tomblin (forthcoming in the Journal of Southern History).
Review of Conspicuous Gallantry: The Civil War and Reconstruction Letters of James W. King, 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, edited by Eric R. Faust (forthcoming in History: Reviews of New Books).
Review of The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States of America, by David T. Gleeson. West Virginia History: A Journal of Regional Studies 8, no.1 (Spring 2014): 101-103.
Review of U. S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth, by Joan Waugh. Southern Historian 32 (Spring 2011): 96-98.
Review of Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War, by Gary W. Gallagher. Southern Historian 30 (Spring 2009): 93-95.
Review of After the Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans, by Donald R. Shaffer. Southern Historian 27 (Spring 2006): 126-127.
Review of Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, by Joseph J. Ellis. Perspectives in History 19 (2003-2004): 93-97.
Review of The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara. Perspectives in History 18 (2002- 2003): 73-78.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Phi Alpha Theta Kentucky Regional Conference. Western Kentucky University. March 28, 2015. Chaired a Panel on Civil War history.
The Yellowhammer War: A Civil War Symposium. Auburn University. September 13, 2014. “Fighting for the Cause?: An Examination of the Motivations of Alabama’s Confederate Soldiers from a Class Perspective.”
Alabama Historical Association Meeting. Scottsboro, Alabama. April 10-12, 2014. On a panel discussing the recent book, The Yellowhammer War: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.
Phi Alpha Theta Kentucky Regional Conference. Eastern Kentucky University. March 1, 2014. Chaired a Panel on southern history.
Cincinnati Civil War Roundtable. Cincinnati, Ohio. February 18, 2010. “A Contested Past: Commemorating the Civil War in 1960s Alabama.”
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University of Alabama Graduate History Conference on Power and Struggle Tuscaloosa, Alabama. March 6-7, 2009. “A Contested Past: Commemorating the Civil War in 1960s Alabama.”
Southern Historical Association Meeting. Birmingham, Alabama. November 15-18, 2006. “Fighting for the Cause?: An Examination of the Motivations of Alabama Confederate Soldiers.”
Alabama Historical Association Meeting. Fairhope, Alabama. April 20-22, 2006. “The Rhetoric of Romance, Unity, and Race: Alabama’s Centennial Commemoration of the Civil War.”
Phi Alpha Theta National Convention. New Orleans, Louisiana. January 15-17, 2004. “Dissecting the Mind of a Genius of War: An Examination of the Strategy and Tactics of Napoleon Bonaparte.”
Celebration of Student Research and Creativity in the College of Arts and Sciences. Northern Kentucky University. April 15, 2003. “Master of the Battlefield: An Elucidation upon the Military Tactics that Enabled Napoleon Bonaparte to Forge an Empire.”
Phi Alpha Theta Kentucky Regional Conference. Morehead State University. April 12, 2003. “Dissecting the Mind of a Genius of War: An Examination of the Strategy and Tactics of Napoleon Bonaparte.”
Cincinnati Civil War Roundtable. Cincinnati, Ohio. March 20, 2003. “‘The Sons of the Defenders of the Alamo’ on America’s Bloodiest Day.”
Crossroads in History Conference. Frederick Community College. Frederick, Maryland. September 20-21, 2002. “‘The Sons of the Defenders of the Alamo’ on America’s Bloodiest Day.”
Celebration of Student Research and Creativity in the College of Arts and Sciences. Northern Kentucky University. April 17-18, 2002. “Longstreet Revisited: Reassessing Lee’s Old Warhorse.” and “Deception on Pratzen Heights: Napoleon’s Greatest Victory Reconsidered.”
Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities. Shaw University. Raleigh, North Carolina. April 13, 2002. “‘The Still, Sad Music of Humanity’ on Dover Beach.”
Posters at the Capitol. Frankfort, Kentucky. January 10, 2002. “Longstreet Revisited: Reassessing Lee’s Old Warhorse.”
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ORGANIZATIONS
American Historical Association Southern Historical Association Alabama Historical Association Golden Key National Honor Society Phi Theta Kappa Phi Alpha Theta President 2002-2003 Cincinnati Civil War Roundtable Vice-President 2001-02, 2002-03, President 2003-04
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