Michael Smuksta
Professor
Chair, History Department
Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies
Murphy Center 539
608-796-3497
mjsmuksta@viterbo.edu
Education:
- Ph.D. in History, Northern Illinois University, 1991
- M.A. in History, Northern Illinois University, 1974
- B.A. in History, Northern Illinois University, 1972
Courses Taught:
- United States History to 1865
- The United States since 1865
- World of Ideas (with PSYC 247)
- American History through Film (with ARTS 254)
- The Vietnam War
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877
- U.S. – Mexico Borderlands
- The American West
- American Environmental History
- History Seminar I
- History Seminar II
- Economic Cooperative
- Serving the Common Good: Plains Indian History
Professional / Research Interests
- Nineteenth-Century Midwestern Rural Social History
- Antebellum America
- General Education and the Liberal Arts
- Myth and the American West
Professional Activities and Affiliations:
- American Historical Association
- Organization of American Historians
- Western History Association
- Sierra Club
- Co-Director, Title VI Grant, 2006-2008
- Faculty adviser, spring break service trip to the Cheyenne River Youth Project, Cheyenne River Reservation, Eagle Butte, SD, 2008 and 2010.
- Faculty Coordinator for the Student Transition and Registration (STAR) Program for First Year Students, 2005-present