I am a second-year Ph.D. student from Chanhassen, Minnesota. My primary field of study is the 19th-century American South, focusing on the American Civil War, African American history, and historical memory. In 2020, I graduated from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa with a B.A. in History, and in 2022 I graduated from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia with an M.A. in History. My research currently focuses on how Black intellectuals and leaders used the memory of the Civil War in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to fight for political and civil rights.   

Curriculum Vitae

Personal:

• Andrew Hoffman, MA: awh215@msstate.edu, (952) 334-3860

Education:    

• Mississippi State University: Ph.D. (2023-)                                                                                             - Major: American History (The American Civil War)
• Old Dominion University: M.A. (2020-2022)

- Major: History (United States)

• Buena Vista University: B.A. (2016-2020)

- Major: History

-Minor: Psychology

Publications

• Hoffman, Andrew W., “Military and Conflict.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 81, no. 1 (2022): 66-79
• Hoffman, Andrew W., "Southerners on New Ground: The Battle for Civil War Memory Since 1993" (2022). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, History, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/pzwj-xe98
  https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_etds/46

Awards and Honors                                                                                                                   Member of the Society for Collegiate Achievement and Leadership                                            

The Dean’s List (2018-2020), Buena Vista University  

Coursework of Interest                                                                                                         Historical Theory and Practice         

Civil War and Reconstruction                                   

African American History                 

The American South                                                         

The Constitution and Slavery                   

US History, 1787-1877

Teaching Experience                                                                                                                             Graduate Teaching Assistant, 08/2023 to Current                                                                                   Mississippi State University – Starkville, MS

• Teaching Assistant. HI 1063 – U.S. History to 1877, Fall 2024
• Instructor of Record. HI 4193 – U.S. Environmental History, Summer 2024
• Teaching Assistant. HI 1073 – U.S. History from 1877 to present, Spring 2024
• Teaching Assistant. HI 1063 – U.S. History to 1877, Fall 2023

Research Experience

Archival Assistant/ Legislative Recorder, 06/2022 to 08/2023. 40 hours/week

Tennessee State Library and Archives – Nashville, TN

• Fully process manuscript collections and state agency records to create research-finding aids.
• Barcode and catalog archival collections.
• Prepare preliminary inventories for archival collections.
• Perform group processing projects as assigned.
• Put together archival collections for microfilming.
• Record the proceedings of the Tennessee General Assembly and its committees by independently setting up and operating audio recording equipment to produce digital recordings and simultaneously create log sheets to those recordings.

Graduate Research Assistant, 08/2021 to 08/2022. 20 hours/week

Andrew Lawler – Norfolk, VA

• Researched the development of Norfolk, Virginia in the early Revolutionary era (1736-1776) to assist Andrew Lawler with book research.
• Contributed to a professionally written historical monograph for publication.
• Completed administrative and research duties per Andrew Lawler’s request.
• Conducted archival research at Old Dominion University archives, William & Mary Special Collections Research Center, and the Library of Virginia to find primary documentation related to the research.
• Organized, documented, and created organizational strategies to store the primary documents.

Research and Curatorial Intern, 01/2020 to 05/2020. 35 hours/ week.

DACOR Bacon House Foundation – Washington, D.C.

• Researched, organized, documented, and handled artifacts within the collection.
• Conducted research at the National Archives concerning the history of the owners and enslaved persons who lived and worked at the DACOR Bacon House.
• Managed all paper and digital documentation related to the collections and artifacts within the museum.

In The News:

• Gallagher, Tim. “History Major Excited for Additional Schooling.” Buena Vista University News (Storm Lake, Iowa), April 13, 2020.

• “Five BVU Students Land Washington, D.C., Internships,” Pilot Tribune (Storm Lake, Iowa), January 15, 2020.
• Gallagher, Tim. “BVU History Major Records War Artifacts at Home.” Storm Lake Times (Storm Lake, Iowa), July 17, 2019.

References:     

Dr. Susanah J. Ural                                                                              Professor of History                                                                               Mississippi State University                                                                                          Ph.D.Advisor                                                                                                                 (662) 325-3604                                                                                                                      Susanah.Ural@history.msstate.edu      

Dr. Andrew F. Lang                                                                                                                   Associate Professor of History                                                                                                 Mississippi State University                                                                                                   Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member                                                                                      (662) 325-3604                                                                                                                                  alang@history.msstate.edu                                                                         

Dr. Timothy J. Orr                                                                                                             Associate Professor of History                                                                                          Old Dominion University                                                                                                 MA thesis director                                                                                                           (757) 683-3949                                                                                                               torr@odu.edu  

Dr. Marvin Chiles

Assistant Professor of African American History

Old Dominion University

MA thesis committee member

(804) 502-2934

mchiles@odu.edu

Dr. Elizabeth Fretwell

Assistant Professor of History

Old Dominion University

MA thesis committee member

(757) 683-3953

efretwel@odu.edu