Michael Welsh

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Education

• B.A., Political Science, University of Dayton
• M.A., History, University of Dayton
• Ph.D., History, University of New Mexico

Professional/Academic Experience

• Professor of History, University of Northern Colorado, 1999-present
• Associate Professor of History, University of Northern Colorado, 1994-1999
• Assistant Professor of History, University of Northern Colorado, 1990-1994
• Assistant Professor of History, Cameron University, 1988-1990
• Research Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, 1986-1988
• Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of New Mexico, 1984-1986
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, 1983-1984. 
• Tutor, Graduate Institute, St. John's College, 1983, 1984 (summers)
• Adjunct Faculty in History, Santa Fe College, 1982-1983

Other Experience

Consulting Services, American Battle Monuments Association (ABMC), Washington, DC, Summer 2016. Provide assistance with development of book-length research project on ABMC operations in the US and worldwide.

Director, Presidential Academy in American History and Civics Education. US Department of Education. 2006-2012. Professional-development program for 300 teachers on the Navajo Nation. Award: $2.5 million.

Director, Four Corners Community History Project. US Department of Education, 2009-2012. Professional-development program for 80 teachers in four schools districts on Colorado’s West Slope and Four Corners Region. Award: $1.7 million.

Director, Four Corners Special Education Project. US Office of Indian Education. 2007-2012. Delivery of on-line teacher-education degree and licensure in K-12 Special Education. Award: $1.3 million.

Research/Areas of Interest

• The American west 
• American Indian history
• Latino history 
• Environmental history 
• History of education

Publications/Creative Works

A Mission in the Desert: The US Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, 1985-2010. Washington, DC: Government Publishing Office, 2015.

“Hero, Villain, Puzzle: Academia, Popular Culture, and George Armstrong Custer,” in Brad D. Lookingbill, ed., A Companion for Custer and the Little Bighorn Campaign (Hoboken, NJ: Joseph Wiley and Sons, 2015).

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