Matthew G. Schoenbachler
Interim Department Chair
Professor
Bio
Matthew Schoenbachler is a historian of the early American Republic. His publications include Murder and Madness: The Myth of the Kentucky Tragedy (2009), When the Cold War Stood Still: Nikita Khrushchev’s Journey into 1950s America (2019) (co-author), and The Norton Mix: American History (2013) (co-author). Dr. Schoenbachler is currently working on a number of projects, including a history of the Andrew Jackson’s Bank War, the trans-Appalachian origins of the Jacksonian movement, and the use of cannabis in antebellum America.
Research Interests
- Early American History
Courses Taught
- HI 699 - Thesis Defense
- HI 695 - Thesis
- HI 611 - Seminar in US History to 1877
- HI 605 - Historiography and Methodology
- HI 599 - Independent Study-Practicum
- HI 590 - Special Topics
- HI 553 - Civil War and Reconstruction
- HI 552 - Early Republic, 1789-1848
- HI 551 - American Revolution
- HI 499 - Independent Study
- HI 495 - Senior Thesis
- HI 490 - Special Topics
- HI 453 - Civil War and Reconstruction
- HI 452 - Early Republic, 1789-1848
- HI 451 - American Revolution, 1763-1789
- HI 390 - Special Topics in U.S. History
- HI 301W - History & Historical Research
- HI 202H - Honors US History Since 1877
- HI 202 - US History Since 1877
- HI 201H - US History to 1877-Honors
- HI 201 - United States History to 1877
- HI 102 - World Civilization Since 1500
- EXIT 0 - Exit Examination
Education
- History (PhD)
University of Kentucky - History (MA)
University of Kentucky - Commercial Music/History (BS)
University of North Alabama
Selected Intellectual Contributions
- Matthew G. Schoenbachler and Lawrence J. Nelson. 2019. Nikita Khrushchev’s Journey into America.
- Matthew Schoenbachler, Karen Dunn-Haley, Stephen K. Davis, and Wendy Wall. 2013. The Norton Mix: American History.
- Matthew G. Schoenbachler. 2009. Murder and Madness: The Myth of the Kentucky Tragedy.
- Matthew G. Schoenbachler. 1998. "Republicanism in the Age of Democratic Revolution: The Democratic Societies of the 1790s,”.