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Stephen V. Ash

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Field Specialties

U. S. Civil War and Reconstruction; Southern History; Tennessee History

Professor Ash specializes in the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction. Much of his research has focused on the experience of the Southern people in regions invaded by the Union army during the war. He recently completed a book that tells the story of the South during the year 1865 through the experiences of four ordinary people.

The courses that Professor Ash teaches include the American History survey, undergraduate courses on Civil War/Reconstruction and Tennessee History, and graduate reading and research seminars on Civil War/Reconstruction.

Education

Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1983

Selected Publications

  • A Year in the South: Four Lives in 1865 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002)

  • [with Paul H. Bergeron and Jeanette Keith], Tennesseans and Their History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999)

  • Secessionists and Other Scoundrels: Selections from Parson Brownlow's Book (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1999)

  • When the Yankees Came: Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995; paperback edition, 1999)

  • Middle Tennessee Society Transformed, 1860-1870: War and Peace in the Upper South (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988)

Selected Honors and Awards

  • University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences Lindsay Young Professorship for 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2006-2007
  • UT Alexander Prize for Distinguished Research and Teaching, 2005
  • UT Chancellor’s Award for Research and Creative Achievement, 2004
  • University of Tennessee National Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award, 1999
Stephen V. Ash

Contact Information

Stephen V. Ash
Professor of History
915 Volunteer Boulevard
6th Floor, Dunford Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4065

Office: (865) 974-5421
Fax: (865) 974-3915
E-mail: sash@utk.edu