Nicolas Proctor

Nicolas W. Proctor grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is now the Anna D. Hunt Distinguished Professor of History at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. He is the Executive Director of the Reacting Consortium, which develops games for use in the classroom. He lives in Des Moines, Iowa, with his family, a fluffy cat, a print shop, a vast garden, lots of books, and too many Legos.

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1992-98.
Ph.D., American history, 1998.
Dissertation: “Bathed in Blood: Hunting Culture in the Old South.”
M. A., American History, 1995.
Labor History Certificate, 1994.

Patterson School of Diplomacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1990-91.
M. A. Diplomacy and International Commerce, 1991.

Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1986-90.
B. A., History, cum laude, 1990.

St. Peters College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1988-89.

• Radical Reconstruction in Louisiana, 1868-76, forthcoming, University of North Carolina Press.
• Chicago, 1968, Policy and Protest at the Democratic National Convention, W.W. Norton, 2020. Republished by UNCP 2022.
• Restoring the World, 1945: Security and Empire at Yalta, with John Moser, Reacting Consortium Press, 2020. Republished by UNCP 2022.
• Forest Diplomacy: War and Peace on the Colonial Frontier, W.W. Norton, 2018. Republished by UNCP 2022.
• Kentucky, 1861: Loyalty, State and Nation with Margaret Storey, W.W. Norton, 2016. Republished by UNCP 2022.
• Modernism versus Traditionalism: Art in Paris, 1888-89 with Gretchen McKay and Michael Marlais, Reacting Consortium Press, 2016. Republished by UNCP 2022.
• “Other Apocalypses: Historical Perspectives on Mass Destruction” in But If a Zombie Apocalypse Did Occur: Essays on Medical, Military, Governmental, Ethical, Economic and Other Implications, Amy L. Thompson and Antonio S. Thompson, eds., McFarland, 2015.
• Hunting and Mastery in the Antebellum South, University of Virginia Press, 2002.

• Distinguished Research Award, Simpson College, 2003, 2021.
• Cutting-Edge Curriculum Award, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, United Methodist Church, 2018.
• Faculty Award for Campus Leadership, Simpson College, 2016.
• Distinguished Teaching Award, Simpson College, 2006.