Bio
Iain Anderson grew up in England, came to the United States for graduate school, and
subsequently taught at Dana College, Nebraska and Nebraska Wesleyan University. Dr.
Anderson joined the History Department at Northeastern State in January 2016. He has
published articles on various aspects of African American music, including nonprofit
sponsorship of jazz and the commemoration of slave music, and a book titled
This Is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture (University of Pennsylvania Press). He also works on research projects relating to
the formation of transnational identities among Danish immigrants and the scholarship
of teaching and learning history.
African American music and American culture, immigration history, the scholarship
of teaching and learning history.
United States cultural, social, and political history since 1865, African American
history, immigration history
Courses Taught:
- THEORY & PRAC. AMER. STUDIES - AMST 5003 - Fall 2020
- AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 - HIST 1493 - Fall 2020
- SENIOR SEMINAR - HIST 4951 - Fall 2020
- THESIS - AMST 5983 - Fall 2020
- PUBLIC INTERN IN AMER STUDIES - AMST 5993 - Fall 2020
- IMMIGRATION HISTORY - HIST 4523 - Spring 2020
- STUDIES IN HISTORY - HIST 4023 - Fall 2018
- AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY - HIST 3753 - Spring 2018
