Michael Welsh

• B.A., Political Science, University of Dayton
• M.A., History, University of Dayton
• Ph.D., History, University of New Mexico

• Professor of History, University of Northern Colorado, 1999-present
• Associate Professor of History, University of Northern Colorado, 1994-1999
• Assistant Professor of History, University of Northern Colorado, 1990-1994
• Assistant Professor of History, Cameron University, 1988-1990
• Research Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, 1986-1988
• Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of New Mexico, 1984-1986
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, 1983-1984.
• Tutor, Graduate Institute, St. John’s College, 1983, 1984 (summers)
• Adjunct Faculty in History, Santa Fe College, 1982-1983

• The American west
• American Indian history
• Latino history
• Environmental history
• History of education

A Mission in the Desert: The US Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, 1985-2010. Washington, DC: Government Publishing Office, 2015.

“Hero, Villain, Puzzle: Academia, Popular Culture, and George Armstrong Custer,” in Brad D. Lookingbill, ed., A Companion for Custer and the Little Bighorn Campaign (Hoboken, NJ: Joseph Wiley and Sons, 2015).