Thomas听Zeiler
- Professor
- Director
- HISTORY
- INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM

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Education
Ph.D., M.A.,听History, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
B.A., History, Emory University
Regional and Thematic Interests
History of U.S. foreign relations, with interests in economics, globalization, war, and sports
Profile
Professor Zeiler teaches听courses in American and international history, including U.S. diplomatic history from colonial times to the present. Some of the courses he teaches include "Global History of World War II," "U.S. Foreign Relations, 1865-1940," "U.S. Foreign Relations since 1941," and "America Through Baseball."听Professor Zeiler was a recipient of the Teacher Recognition Award given by the Student Organization for Alumni Relations and has been recognized by Education Abroad for teaching听a global seminar in France, as a service-learning fellow, and by the Boulder Faculty Assembly.
Professor Zeiler has written or edited fourteen books, including monographs on U.S. trade history, globalization, World War II and military history, baseball, and Jackie Robinson. Titles include: 听(The University of North Carolina Press, 1999), (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006),听听(Oxford University Press, 2010) and most recently, with 兔子先生传媒文化作品 colleague听Martin Babicz, (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017). A former president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), editor of the journal of record of the field, Diplomatic History, and editor of SHAFR鈥檚 bibliography, he has published extensively in U.S. foreign relations and the state of the field funded by numerous grants and fellowships.听His current research, entitled 鈥淐apitalist Peace,鈥 focuses on U.S. trade as a tool of diplomacy, peace, security, and human rights. Zeiler has听received Fulbright fellowships for teaching and research.