Erik Carlson's Profile

Carlson, Erik (Ph.D.)

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science, Public Administration & History

MERWIN 0190

Education
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- Ph.D., US military, US 20th century history, Texas Tech University, 1996
- M.A., U.S. diplomatic history, Texas Tech University, 1989
- B.A. History, Texas Tech University, 1986
Research and Teaching Interests
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Courses Offered
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- AMH 2020: US History Since 1877
- AMH 3201: The Gilded Age and Progressivism, 1877-1919
- AMH 3252: Roaring '20s through the New Deal, 1920-1939
- AMH 3254: US and World War II, 1937-45
- AMH 3547: US Military History 1900-91
- HIS 3065: Introduction to Public History
- HIS 3570: Oral History
Publications
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Recent Scholarship:
- “War of Great Distances: Allied Strategy in the Pacific War, 1941-1945,” Routledge History of World War II. (New York: Routledge, 2021).
- "Two Kinds of Civilians: American Encounters with Civilians on Kerama Retto and Ie Shima and the End of the Pacific War," Civilians and Warfare, 2018.
- "War Refugee Board," The Holocaust: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection, 2017.
- "Liberators," The Holocaust: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection, 2017.
- "Clipped Wings: The Truman Administration and the First Attempt at a Bilateral Air Transport Agreement with Mexico, 1945-1947," Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians, Volume 23, June 2016.

Coordinator, Special Collections Department, the History of Aviation Collection, McDermott Library, University of Texas at Dallas, 2000-2007

Lead archivist, USS Mohawk Collection, IMAG History and Science Center, Fort Myers, Florida, 2018
Lead archivist, Lee County Memorial Health Systems History Project, 2016
Lead Oral Historian, Florida Gulf Coast University 20th Anniversary Oral History Project 2016
Curator, “SWFL in World War II,” IMAG History and Science Center, Fort Myers, Florida, 2019
Curator, “Lost B-26,” IMAG History and Science Center, Fort Myers, Florida, 2018