Dr. Andrew Fialka
Associate Professor
Departments / Programs
Degree Information
- PHD, University of Georgia (2018)
- MA, West Virginia University (2013)
- BA, University of Missouri (2010)
Areas of Expertise
American Civil War & Reconstruction, 19th and 20th Century U.S., Guerrilla War, Geographic Information Systems
Biography
I teach courses on American History, the Civil War & Reconstruction, Guerrilla War, GIS for Humanists, and Historical Research Methods. My research uses spatial analyses in GIS to study guerrilla violence during the American Civil War (see a digital presentation of my dissertation, Of Methods and Madness). In 2012, I worked as a National Park Service park ranger at the
Read More »I teach courses on American History, the Civil War & Reconstruction, Guerrilla War, GIS for Humanists, and Historical Research Methods. My research uses spatial analyses in GIS to study guerrilla violence during the American Civil War (see a digital presentation of my dissertation, Of Methods and Madness). In 2012, I worked as a National Park Service park ranger at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. These experiences with data visualization and public history led me to experiment with creative forms of knowledge dissemination, and I am currently publishing a graphic history with illustrator Anderson Carman.
Publications
"Federal Eyes: How the Union Saw Kentucky's Civil War," Ohio Valley History 18, no. 3 (Fall 2018): 6-25.
"Guerrillas in the Archive: Kentucky's Irregular War through the Governor's Eyes," Register of the Kentucky Historical Socety 116, no. 2 (Spring 2018): 209-236
"A Spatial Approach to Civil War Missouri's Domestic Supply Line," in The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War, Barton A. Myers & Brian D. McKnight, eds. (Baton R...
Read More »"Federal Eyes: How the Union Saw Kentucky's Civil War," Ohio Valley History 18, no. 3 (Fall 2018): 6-25.
"Guerrillas in the Archive: Kentucky's Irregular War through the Governor's Eyes," Register of the Kentucky Historical Socety 116, no. 2 (Spring 2018): 209-236
"A Spatial Approach to Civil War Missouri's Domestic Supply Line," in The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War, Barton A. Myers & Brian D. McKnight, eds. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2017)
"Controlled Chaos: Spatiotemporal Patterns within Missouri's Irregular Civil War," in The Civil War Guerrilla: Unfolding the Black Flag in History, Memory, and Myth, Joseph M. Beilein, Jr. & Matthew C. Hulbert, eds. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015)
Research / Scholarly Activity
Fugitive Federals - A Digital Humanities Investigation of Escaped Union Prisoners
Of Methods and Madness - A Spatial History Approach to the Civil War's Guerrilla Violence
CSI: Dixie - The View from the American South's County Coroner's Offices, 1800-1900
