Phone:  828-227-3867
Email: denson@email.wcu.edu
Office Address: McKee Building 203B

Biography:

Dr. Denson received his Ph.D. from Indiana University and specializes in Native American history, especially the Cherokee. He is the author of Demanding the Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy and American Culture (University of Nebraska Press, 2004), as well as articles in the Chronicles of Oklahoma, Western Historical Quarterly, and North Carolina Historical Review. His current work focuses on Native Americans and historical memory.

Courses Taught:

• History 191: “American Culture, 1890-1940”
• History 433/533: “The Young Republic”
• History 445/545: “Cherokee History”
• History 493/593: “Native American Sovereignty”