James H. Madison
- Thomas and Kathryn Miller Professor, Department of History
- Director, Liberal Arts and Management Program (LAMP)
Education
- Ph.D. at Indiana University, 1972
Contact Information
| Wylie Hall, Rm. 249 |
| (812) 855-6241 |
Background
My teaching and research focus primarily on twentieth-century United States history. Often I have used Indiana as my particular place for writing and teaching, including a recent book about race. In the last decade I have moved more fully into the history of World War II, especially wartime domestic issues, and to seeing the war from a global perspective. I have two books on the war era forthcoming, one in Oxford University Press’s “Pages from History” series and the other centered on the war experiences of a young woman working with the American Red Cross in England and France. My teaching includes a seminar to prepare history teachers. Directing and teaching in the College’s Liberal Arts and Management Program (LAMP) enables me to work with talented liberal arts and sciences students. My interests also include history projects outside the academy in such venues as the Indiana Historical Society, the Lincoln Bicentennial Committee, and numerous public lectures.
Selected Awards
- Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
- Sylvia E. Bowman Distinguished Teaching Award, Indiana University
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Gettysburg College
- Fulbright Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan
- Distinguished Lecturer, Organization of American Historians
Research Interests
- World War II
- Twentieth-century U.S. history
- Indiana history
Courses Recently Taught
- History of the United States since 1865
- The Automobile (LAMP seminar)
- World War II: The Peoples
- The American Home Front during World War II (seminar)
- History of Indiana
- Leaders and Leadership (LAMP seminar)
- Teaching United States History (Preparing Future Faculty)
Publication Highlights
Books
Indiana through Tradition and Change. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1982.
The Indiana Way: A State History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986.
Eli Lilly: A Life, 1885-1977. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1989.
Wendell Willkie: Hoosier Internationalist. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992.
A Lynching in the Heartland: Race and Memory in America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.
Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys: An American Woman in World War II. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007.
