Andrew Denson

Biography

Andrew Denson teaches courses on Native American and United States history and is director of WCU's Cherokee Studies Program. He is the author of <i>Demanding the Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy and American Culture, 1830-1900</i>, and <i>Monuments to Absence: Cherokee Removal and the Contest over Southern Memory</i>, as well as essays in various journals and collections. His research deals with the public memory and commemoration of the Native South.

Education

• Ph D, Indiana University-Bloomington
• MA, Indiana University-Bloomington
• BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign