Andrew Denson

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Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
History

222C McKee Building

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