Lorien Foote

Lorien Foote was born in Norman, Oklahoma. She received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Kansas in 1991 and a Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1999. She is a Professor of History at Texas A&M University and taught for 13 years at the University of Central Arkansas. She teaches courses on the Civil War/Reconstruction, War and Society, Early National History, and 19th Century Reform Movements. She is the winner of UCA's Teaching Excellence Award, has published two books, was a finalist and honorable mention for the 2011 Lincoln Prize, and spends her free time ballroom dancing.