Department of History and Anthropology
Dr. Michael S. Fitzgerald
Professor of History
- 1990: Ph.D. – Purdue University History
- 1979: M.A. – University of Chicago History
- 1976: B.S. – University of Southern Colorado
- 2006-present: Franciscan University of Steubenville Professor of History
- 2001-2006: Franciscan University of Steubenville Associate Professor of History
- 1995-2001: Pikeville College Associate Professor of History
- 1990-1995: Pikeville College Assistant Professor of History
- 1989-1990: Purdue University Instructor of History
- 1985-1987: Purdue University Teaching Assistant, History Department
- 1984-1985: Pueblo Community College Instructor of History
- 1983-1984: University of Southern Colorado Instructor of History
- 2009-2010 Franciscan University Student Association’s “Faculty Member of the Year,” Franciscan University of Steubenville
- 2005 Selected for inclusion in Marquis’ 7th edition of Who’s Who in American Education
- 2000 1st Place, William Wade and Helen Record Walker Endowed Teaching Excellence Award, Pikeville College
- 2000 Selected for inclusion in Marquis’ 55th edition of Who’s Who in America
- 2000 Selected for inclusion in Gale Publishing’s Contemporary Authors
- 1996-97 John B. Stephenson Fellowship, Appalachian College Association, Berea College
- 1995 James Still Research Fellowship, Faculty Scholars Program, University of Kentucky
- 1994 Mellon Faculty/Student Research Grant, Appalachian College Association, Berea College
- 1993 James Still Research Fellowship, Faculty Scholars Program, University of Kentucky
- 1987-89 David Ross Research Fellowship, Purdue University
- 1988 Miletus W. Flaningam Award Winner, History Department, Purdue University, for “Charles de Gaulle’s Vers l’armée de métier and French Strategy in the 1930’s”
- Elected to Phi Kappa Phi, Purdue University
- Summer David Ross Research Fellowship, Purdue University
- “Honors” mark, M.A. comprehensive examination, University of Chicago
- Graduate with Special Distinction, University of Southern Colorado
- 1973-76 Dean’s List, University of Southern Colorado
- 1974 James Osnowitz Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually to the outstanding junior history student, University of Southern Colorado
- 1973-76 President’s Achievement Scholarship, History, University of Southern Colorado
Select Publications
Refereed Historical Articles
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“Rejecting Calhoun’s Expansible Army Plan: The Army Reduction Act of 1821.” War in History 3 (April 1996): 161-85.
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“‘Nature Unsubdued’: Diplomacy, Expansion and the American Military Buildup of 1815-1816.” Mid- America: An Historical Review 77 (Winter 1995): 5-32. Re-printed in Watson, Samuel, ed., Warfare in the U.S.A., 1784-1861. The International Library of Essays on Military History. Ashgate, 2005.
- “Reuther, Walter.” Historical Dictionary of the 1940’s (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2006).
- “Taft-Hartley Act.” Historical Dictionary of the 1940’s (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2006).
- “Bryan, William Jennings.” Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2006).
- “Smith, Alfred Emanuel.” Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2006).
- “Hatfields and McCoys Feud.” Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age (Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 2003).
Full List
- “Democratic Fund-Raiser Pleads Guilty to Making Illegal Contributions.” Great Events: 1900-2001, Revised Edition (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 2002).
- “Agesilaus of Sparta.” Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 2002).
- “Scipio Aemilianus.” Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 2002).
- “Baltimore.” Magill’s Guide to Military History (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 2001).
- “Cimon.” Magill’s Guide to Military History (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 2001).
- “Hydaspes.” Magill’s Guide to Military History (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 2001).
- “War of 1812.” Magill’s Guide to Military History (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 2001).
- “Adams-Onís Treaty.” Oxford Companion to American Military History (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1999).
- “Battle of New Orleans.” Encyclopedia of North American History (Tarrytown, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish, 1999).
- “Treaty of Ghent.” Encyclopedia of North American History (Tarrytown, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish, 1999).
- “Desha, Joseph.” Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 (Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1997).
- “Kerr, Joseph.” Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 (Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1997).
- “Adams-Onís Treaty.” Great Events from History: North American Series, Revised Edition (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1997).
- “Andrew Jackson.” Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1993).
- “Odd Destiny: A Life of Alexander Hamilton.” Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1993).
- “Danton.” Great Lives from History: Renaissance to 1900 Series (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1989).
- “Miltiades the Younger.” Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1988).
- “Cimon.” Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1988).
- “George IV.” Great Lives from History: British Series (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1987).
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