Brooks Simpson

Professor,

CISA - School of Applied Sciences and Arts

ASU Poly Santa Catalina 230C Mesa, AZ 85212-2780
Mail code: 2780

Campus: Poly
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Long Bio

Brooks D. Simpson is an ASU Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University, where he is a member of the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts faculty. A member of the honors faculty at Barrett, The Honors College, during the spring 2017 semester he served as associate dean (interim) at Barrett's Downtown campus. As a historian of the United States, Professor Simpson studies American political and military history as well as the American presidency, specializing in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Education

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1989
M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1982
B.A. History and International Relations, University of Virginia 1979

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

As a historian of the United States, Dr. Simpson studies American political and military history as well as the American presidency, specializing in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Publications

Brooks D. Simpson, ed. Reconstruction: Voices from America's First Great Struggle for Racial Equality (2018)
Brooks D. Simpson, ed. The Civil War: The Third Year Told By Those Who Lived It (2013).
Albert Castel with Brooks D. Simpson. Victors in Blue (2011).
Brooks D. Simpson, The Civil War in the East, 1861-1865 (2011).
Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, and Aaron Sheehan-Dean. The Civil War: The First Year Told By Those Who Lived It (2011).
Brooks D. Simpson, The Reconstruction Presidents (1998, 2009).
David W. Blight and Brooks D. Simpson. Union and Emancipation: Essays on Politics and Race in the Civil War Era (1997, 2009).
Simpson, Brooks D, Grimsley, Mark. The Collapse of the Confederacy. (2001).
Simpson, Brooks D. Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity, 1822-1865. (2000).

Research Activity

Batalden,Stephen K*, Lalo,Alexei, Simpson,Brooks D. 2011 Youth Leadership Program with Azerbaijan. AMER. COUN. FOR INTERNAT'L ED(9/6/2011 - 3/31/2014).
Stowe,Noel James*, Simpson,Brooks D. PREPARING FUTURE FACULTY PROGRAM IN HISTORY WITH THE AHA. AMER HISTORICAL ASSN(6/1/2000 - 12/1/2002).

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
HST 799	Dissertation

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
HST 799	Dissertation

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
IDS 313	Integrtv Persp on Chnging Wrld
IDS 313	Integrtv Persp on Chnging Wrld

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
HST 799	Dissertation
VTS 301	Experience America Modern Wars
HST 300	Experience America Modern Wars
VTS 301	Experience America Modern Wars

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
IDS 302	Integration Skills

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
HST 799	Dissertation
HST 495	Methods of Historical Inquiry

2021 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
HST 792	Research
HST 799	Dissertation

2021 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
HST 799	Dissertation
HST 406	American Revolution/1763-1789
HST 495	Methods of Historical Inquiry

2020 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
HST 792	Research
HST 799	Dissertation

2020 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
HST 799	Dissertation
HST 306	Studies in US History

2019 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
HST 792	Research
HST 799	Dissertation
HST 408	Civil War & Reconstruction

Presentations

Simpson, Brooks D. "The Rise of Ulysses. S. Grant". Liberty University Civil War Conference (Sep 2012).
Simpson, Brooks D. The US Army and the Road to Emancipation. Sacred Trust Presentations @ Gettysburg NMP (Jul 2012).
Simpson, Brooks D. The Rise of Ulysses S. Grant, 1862. 2012 Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College (Jun 2012).
Simpson, Brooks D. Civil War Blogging. 2012 Civil War Institute (Jun 2012).
Simpson, Brooks D. Mark Grimsley's The Hard Hand of War. 2012 Civil War Institute (Jun 2012).
Simpson, Brooks D., and Grimsley, Mark. Antietam Battlefield Tour. 2012 Civil War Institute (Jun 2012).
Simpson, Brooks D. Lincoln, Grant, Congress, and the Lieutenant General Act. United States Capitol Historical Society (May 2012).
Simpson, Brooks D. The Civil War and Its Aftermath. United States Capitol Historical Society (May 2012).
Simpson, Brooks D. Civil War Generalship. Society of Military Historians Annual Meeting (May 2012).
Simpson, Brooks D. The Road to Emancipation. Tulsa CC Series on the American Civil War (Apr 2012).
Simpson, Brooks D. Barack Obama: Promise and Reality. Barack Obama and American Democracy Conference, Tufts Univ (Mar 2012).
Brooks D. Simpson. The Fruits of Victory: Ulysses S. Grant and the Legacy of the Civil War. Great Lakes History Conference (Oct 2011).
Brooks D. Simpson. Origins of the Department of Justice. OAH Convention (Apr 2011).
Simpson, Brooks D. "Union War Planning in 1861". US Capitol Historical Society (May 2010).
Simpson, Brooks D. "Nationalism in the Civil War Era". Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting (Nov 2009).
Simpson, Brooks D. "Lincoln, Congress, and the Management of Military Affairs". US Capitol Historical Society (May 2009).
Simpson, Brooks D. "Lincoln and His Contemporaries". Lincoln Bicentennial: ALPLM (Feb 2009).
Simpson, Brooks D. "Lincoln and the Civil War". Lincoln Bicentennial: ALPLM (Feb 2009).
Simpson, Brooks. NEW APPROACHES TO CIVIL WAR MILITARY HISTORY. Southern Historical Association (Nov 2006).
Simpson, Brooks. Abraham Lincoln: Flawed Warlord. The Art of Command in the Civil War Conference (Oct 2005).
Simpson, Brooks. Homefront and Battlefront in the Civil War. Grand Valley State University/Great Lakes History Conference (Oct 2005).
Simpson, Brooks. The Grant/Lincoln Relationship. The Art of Command in the Civil War (Oct 2005).
Simpson, Brooks. Ulysses S. Grant. The Ohio Eight: Ohio in Presidential Politics (Oct 2004).
Simpson, Brooks. Ulysses S. Grant and the 1864 Overland Campaign. Central Virginia Battlefield Trust (May 2004).
Simpson, Brooks. Declaration of Independence Presentation/Naturalization Ceremony
Simpson, Brooks. Home Front and Battle Front. Massachusetts School of Law Civil War Symposium
Simpson, Brooks. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Simpson, Brooks. The Politics of Command. Massachusetts School of Law Civil War Symposium
Simpson, Brooks. The Road to Gettysburg. Blue and Gray Education Society
Simpson, Brooks. PFF and Graduate Training. American Historical Association
Simpson, Brooks. The Education of Historians in the 21st Century. American Historical Association Meeting
Simpson, Brooks. George B. McClellan. History America Tours, United States Military Academy
Simpson, Brooks. Searching for Ulysses. Illinois History Symposium
Simpson, Brooks. Explaining Victory. Southern Historical Association
Simpson, Brooks. Grant at Shiloh. Civil War Institute
Simpson, Brooks. Working to Define the Meaning of Victory: U. S. Grant and the Memory of the Civil War. Southern Historical Association
Simpson, Brooks. Combating Catastrophe: Ulysses S. Grant from Cold Harbor to the Crater. Deep Delta Civil War Symposium
Simpson, Brooks. Grant and the Wilderness Campaign. Mosby heritage Association
Simpson, Brooks. How Did Freedom Come?: A Reappraisal of the Emancipation Debate. Abraham Lincoln Symposium
Simpson, Brooks. The American Sphinx?. Conference on Presidential Rhetoric, Bush Presidential Library
Simpson, Brooks. The Midwest and the Civil War. Massachusetts School of Law Civil War Symposium
Simpson, Brooks. Ulysses S. Grant and the Rhetoric of Reconstruction. Texas A&M Conference of Nineteenth Century Presidential Rhetoric

Expertise Areas

History

American Presidency