Dr. Sheldon Anderson
Professor of History
244 Upham Hall
513-529-1447
513-529-1447
Office hours: Email to set up online meeting, anytime M-F
Education
- PhD 1989, University of Minnesota
- MA, University of Minnesota (Modern European History)
- MA, St. Thomas College (Teaching)
- BA, Augsburg College
Teaching and Research Interests
- Twentieth Century Diplomacy
- Modern Sports History
- Modern East Central Europe
Courses Recently Taught
- HST 275 20th C. European Diplomacy
- HST 296 World History since 1945
- HST 355 History of Modern Sport
- HST 400 Senior Capstone: The Great War
- HST 400 Senior Capstone: Cold War Olympics
Selected Publications
- Jump Shooting to a Higher Degree. Nebraska, 2021
- Twin Cities Sports: Games for All Seasons (editor). University of Arkansas Press, 2020.
- The Forgotten Legacy of Stella Walsh: The Greatest Woman Athlete of Her Time, Rowman-Littlefield, 2017.
- International Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues, with Mark Allen Peterson and Stanley W. Toops, 4th edition, Westview Press, 2017.
- The Politics and Culture of Modern Sports, Lexington Books, 2015.
- "Soccer and the Failure of East German Sports Policy," Soccer and Society 12, no. 5, September 2011.
- Condemned to Repeat It: Lessons of History and the Making of U.S. Cold War Containment Policy, Lexington Books, 2008
- A Cold War in the Soviet Bloc: Polish-East German Relations, 1945-1962, Westview Press, 2000
- A Dollar to Poland is a Dollar to Russia: United States Economic Policy Toward Poland, 1945-1952, Garland Press, 1993
Selected Grants and Awards
Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, D.C.) Research Grant, 2008
Work in Progress
Dr. Anderson is currently writing a book on NCAA sports