Valerie Adams
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Mail code: 2780Campus: Poly
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Before joining the history faculty at ASU in 2008, Valerie Adams was an Assistant Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ teaching foreign policy and area studies in the Global Security and Intelligence Studies program. Trained as a diplomatic historian, she has published on subjects such as President Eisenhower's use of science and technology in national security planning, the relationship between STEM programs and humanities studies in higher education, and various issues regarding the Cold War and domestic policies. She also holds a private pilot's license and has an active scholarship agenda in aviation history.
Ph.D. American and Diplomatic History, University of New Hampshire (2001)
M.A. American History, University of New Hampshire (1996)
B.A. History, University of Arizona (1992)
U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security during the Cold War
History of Science and Engineering in National Defense; History of Science and Engineering Education in High Ed
Cold War domestic politics, culture and societal changes
Aviation History
Publications not limited to, but include:
o Eisenhower’s Fine Group of Fellows: Crafting National Security Policy to Uphold the “Great Equation.” (Lexington Books, August 2006).
o “Ensuring the Ivory Tower Did Not Fall Behind an Ivory Curtain: James Killian and the Advancement of Science & Engineering in the 1950s.” Essays in Arts & Sciences Summer 2004.
o The Uniting States: The Story of Statehood. Authored Chapter on Arizona. (Greenwood Publishing, 2004).
o The Red Scare after 1945. Contributing author. (Manley Press Inc., 2004).
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 484 | Internship |
| HST 316 | 20th-C U.S. Foreign Relations |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| STS 101 | Intro Science, Tech & Society |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 484 | Internship |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 312 | Hist of Women in Sci and Med |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| IDS 313 | Integrtv Persp on Chnging Wrld |
| IDS 313 | Integrtv Persp on Chnging Wrld |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 484 | Internship |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 484 | Internship |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 312 | Hist of Women in Sci and Med |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 484 | Internship |
| HST 316 | 20th-C U.S. Foreign Relations |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 484 | Internship |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 312 | Hist of Women in Sci and Med |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 484 | Internship |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
| HST 484 | Internship |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 327 | Women in US History 1600-1880 |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 484 | Internship |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 484 | Internship |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
| HST 316 | 20th-C U.S. Foreign Relations |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 316 | 20th-C U.S. Foreign Relations |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |