Welcome to the Department of History
Our initial connection to history is sparked by reading an exciting book, hearing an inspiring teacher, watching a gripping documentary, or walking a Civil War battlefield. As our curiosity leads us to analyze the past in greater depth, we discover that history is important in a more profound sense. MORE...

Faculty Member Edward Krzemienski Part of Award Winning Documentary
Acting as an advisor to the production "Breaking The Huddle: The Integration of College Football" Dr. Edward Krzemienski of the Ball State History Department was apart of the HBO Sports program which won the Outstanding Sports Documentary Emmy® and the 2009 Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Television Honors Award. MORE...

Dr. Bruce Geelhoed Publishes On the Western Front with the Rainbow Division
An ordinary soldier’s day-by-day account of the Great War Vernon E. Kniptash, an Indiana national guardsman who served in the Rainbow Division during World War I, observed firsthand some of the Great War’s fiercest fighting. As a radio operator with the Headquarters Company of the 150th Field Artillery MORE...

Dr. Jason Powell Recieves C. Warren Vander Hill Award for Distinguished Teaching in Honors Education
Jason Powell has been awarded the C. Warren Vander Hill Award for Distinguished Teaching in Honors Education for the 2008-09 academic year. This award is selected by the honors students. MORE...

Dr. Ronald Morris Publishes Bringing History to Life: First-Person Historical Presentations in Elementary and Middle School Classrooms
The History Department is pleased to announce the publication of Dr. Ronald Morris' book Bringing History to Life: First-Person Historical Presentations in Elementary and Middle School Classrooms (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2009). MORE...

Dr. Carolyn Malone Honored to Receive Lawhead Award
Carolyn Malone, associate professor of history, is the 2009 recipient of Lawhead Award for Teaching in the University Core Curriculum. The Lawhead Award is presented annually to a member of the Ball State faculty and is based on teaching evalutions, contribution to the core curriculum, freshman activities, service to the community and support letters from faculty and students. MORE...

History Graduates for Spring 2009
Congratulations to those who earned a history degree in Spring 2009! MORE...

Dr. Scott Stephan Publishes Redeeming the Southern Family
An examination of the day-to-day experiences of spirituality in the lives of southern women. In the years leading up to the Civil War, southern evangelical denominations moved from the fringes to the mainstream of the American South. MORE...