Department of History
Associate Professor
Phone: 828-227-3867
Email: denson@email.wcu.edu
Office Address: McKee Building 203B
Biography:
Dr. Denson teaches courses on Native American and United States history and sometimes participates in WCU's Cherokee Studies program. He is the author of Demanding the Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy and American Culture (University of Nebraska Press, 2004), as well as articles in various journals. He is currently writing a book about the commemoration and public memory of Cherokee removal in the modern South with the working title Monuments to Absence: Cherokee Removal and Southern Memory. He grew up near Chicago and earned degrees from the University of Illinois and Indiana University.
Courses Taught:
- History 175: "Native American Civilizations"
- History 232: "United States History Since 1865"
- History 297: "Sophomore Seminar"
- History 433: “The Young Republic”
- History 445: “Cherokee History”
- History 493/593: “Native American Sovereignty”
- History 693: "Problems in Native American History"