Curtis Ellison

Contact

• ellisocw@muohio.edu
• Office: Room 323 King Library, Oxford Campus
• 513-529-3991
• Office hours (Oxford): T R 3:30-5

Titles

• Professor of History and American Studies

Education

• PhD 1970, University of Minnesota
• MA, University of Minnesota
• BA, University of Alabama

Teaching and Research Interests

• American regionalism and popular culture
• History of Miami University

Recently taught courses

• AMS/HST 213 Appalachia: Cultures and Music
• AMS/HST 214 History of Miami University

Selected Publications

• General editor, Miami University, 1809-2009: Bicentennial Perspectives, 2009
• Editor with William Pratt, The Big Ballad Jamboree, A Novel by Donald Davidson, University Press of Mississippi, 1996
• Country Music Culture: From Hard Times to Heaven, University Press of Mississippi, 1995

Work in Progress

Dr. Ellison’s current book project places the social history of Miami University in the context of local culture, national social and economic forces, and the history of higher education since 1809.