Faculty Profile
View All Faculty ProfilesKiffmeyer, Thomas, Associate Professor of History
Degrees, Licensures and Certifications: Ph.D., History, University of Kentucky, 1998; M.A.; Eastern Kentucky University, 1987; B.A., Miami University (Ohio), 1985
Research Interests: Social Movements
Popular Culture
Kentucky/Appalachian History
Southern History
War on Poverty
Courses
American Studies (HIS202)
Early American History (HIS 220)
Practicing History (HIS 250)
Revolution and Early Republic (HIS 301)
Age of Jackson (HIS 302)
Civil War and Reconstruction (HIS303)
Native American History (HIS 311)
Kentucky History (HIS323)
Southern History (HIS 325)
Popular Culture, Early American Industrialization (HIS 399)
Service Activities
Kentucky Association of Teachers of History
Advisor, Phi Alpha Theta
Editorial Board, The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Board of Directors, Friends of the Kentucky Public Libraries and Archives
Organizations
Kentucky Association of Teachers of History
Appalachian Studies Association
Southern Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Selected Publications
Ideology Portrayed in Jacksonian Lexington: Politics, Popular Culture, and "Conscious" Language. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 100(Winter 2002):29-57.
From Self-Help to Sedition: the Appalachian Volunteers in Eastern Kentucky, 1964-1970. The Journal of Southern History LXIV (February 1998): 65-94.