People
Faculty
Two of our faculty members have received the USD Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in Teaching and two have been nominated for this award. Various faculty have also received the USD Professor of the Year Award and Teacher of the Year Award. See more faculty awards and honors.
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Judith Lynn Sebesta, Chairperson and Professor |
Dr. Sebesta holds her B.A. in Classics from the University of Chicago and the Ph.D. in Classics from Stanford University. Since coming to USD in 1972, she has taught Latin and Greek, Classical Art and Archaeology, Women in Antiquity, Ancient Literature and Comparative Civilizations. Sebesta's publications include Carl Orff Carmina Burana Cantiones Profanae, The World of Roman Costume, which she co-edited, and articles on classical authors and classical themes in art, architecture, and literature. Currently she is working on the On-line Companion to The Worlds of Roman Women, a textbook she co-authored in 2005. Her research interests include women in Roman society and ancient costume.
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Steven J. Bucklin, Professor US Diplomatic History, Soviet Union, Modern Britain, Contemporary American 205 East Hall, 677-5575 Home Page |
Dr. Bucklin holds his B.A. and M.A. from The University of South Dakota and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He teaches courses in US Diplomatic and Contemporary American History as well as Historical Methods. Bucklin's recent publications include "Those in Reserve Also Serve," South Dakota History (Spring 2001); "To Preserve These Rights: The Constitution and National Emergencies," South Dakota Law Review, Vol. 47, Issue 1 (Spring 2002); "We were all mustered in Uncle Sam's Army: The Journal of Thomas H. Briggs in the Philippines, 1898-1899" South Dakota History (Fall 2004); Realism and American Foreign Policy (Praeger, 2000); and From Cold War to Gulf War, The South Dakota National Guard 1945 to the Millennium (Coyote History, 2004). Dr. Bucklin has presented invited papers and lectures at several European universities as well as at various history conferences. Dr. Bucklin is the Past President of the USD Chapter of the Council on Higher Education and a board member of the South Dakota Humanities Council.
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Kurt Hackemer, Professor 19th Century US, Military/Naval History, Civil War 208 East Hall, 677-5571 Home Page |
Dr. Hackemer holds his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. Hackemer specializes in American military and naval history as well as nineteenth-century US history. His publications include The U.S. Navy and the Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex, 1847-1883 (Naval Institute Press, 2001); "To Rescue My Native Land": The Civil War Letters of William T. Shepherd, First Illinois Light Artillery (University of Tennessee Press, 2005); journal articles in Civil War History, The Historian, The Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Military History of the West, The American Asian Review, and the Naval War College Review; and book chapters in Das Militär und der Aufbruch in die Moderne 1860 bis 1890: Armeen, Marinen und der Wandel von Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft in Europa, den USA sowie Japan (R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2003) and Mobile Learning: A Handbook for Educators and Trainers (RoutledgeFalmer, 2005). His current research focuses on the Civil War in Dakota Territory. Hackemer sits on the Governing Council of the Society for Military History.
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Robert Hilderbrand, Professor Diplomatic History, 20th Century US 203 East Hall, 677-5569 Home Page |
Dr. Hilderbrand holds his degrees from the University of Iowa, where he received his Ph.D. in 1977, also the year he came to USD. A specialist in twentieth century U.S. political and diplomatic history, Professor Hilderbrand's publications include Power and the People: Executive Management of Public Opinion in Foreign Affairs, 1897-1921 (1981); The Complete Press Conferences of Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 (1985); and Dumbarton Oaks: The Origins of the United Nations and the Search for Postwar Security (1990). His current research interest is the Johnson Administration and the Vietnam War.
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Clayton Lehmann, Professor Ancient History, Medieval History, Early Modern History 210 East Hall, 677-5573 Home Page |
Dr. Lehmann holds a B.A. from Augustana College (Sioux Falls), an M.A. from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has taught at USD since 1988. Lehmann teaches Western Civilization, Ancient and Medieval History, and the History of the Renaissance and Reformation. His research includes archaeological excavation at Caesarea in Israel. He has published book reviews and articles about Greek history, Roman and late Roman epigraphy, and archaeology at Caesarea, and has co-authored the corpus of inscriptions from Caesarea. Lehmann organizes the annual Student History Conference.
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Scott Breuninger, Assistant Professor European Intellectual, Early Modern, Modern British, Irish and Atlantic 201 East Hall, 677-5377 Home Page |
Dr. Breuninger holds his B.A. from Bucknell University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. His research specializes on the British Empire and Ireland, with broader interests in eighteenth-century Europe, intellectual history, and the Atlantic World. He has published book reviews and articles concerning George Berkeley, Irish identity, and ideas of luxury and empire. Currently, he is revising his dissertation on Berkeley for publication and is beginning a new project focusing on the influence of classical ideas on empire upon eighteenth-century Britain.
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David Burrow, Assistant Professor European History, Russian History, 20th Century Europe 206 East Hall, 677-5387 Home Page |
Dr. Burrow earned his B.A. at Carleton College (Northfield, MN), and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He specializes in nineteenth-century Russian social and intellectual history. His research interests focus on social identity in Imperial Russia, particularly that of the intelligentsia, and the public in Imperial Russia. His interests within Russian history also include the question, "was there a Renaissance in Russia?," women in Imperial Russia, noble sociability, and prison tattoos. He has lectured and given conference papers on these and other topics, and is currently revising his dissertation for publication. At USD, he teaches Western Civilization, Russian History and courses on modern European history, including the Holocaust. Professor Burrow is co-chair of the History Club.
Ann Tryon, Instructor, University Center (Sioux Falls, SD)
Ann received her B.S. and M.A. in history at USD. She has over 25 years of college teaching experience at Yankton College, DSU, Sioux Falls College, Augustana College and USD, and is founding member of the Canton Historical Society.
Stephen Miller, Instructor
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Stephen Miller holds his M.Div. from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California and his BS from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. Miller teaches World Religions, Death, Grief and Growth, and New Testament.
Staff
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Mary Nielsen, Department Secretary 207 East Hall, 677-5218 |
Mary was named Career Service Employee of the Month in March 2002. She was honored during a ceremony on March 4th when USD Acting President Don Dahlin presented her with a plaque and a check. Mary was nominated by Judith Sebesta and Steven Bucklin.
Faculty Emeritus
Dr. Herbert T. Hoover, Professor Emeritus
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Dr. Donald Pryce, Professor Emeritus
Teaching Assistants
You may contact the History Department TA's by calling 605-677- 5574.