Jeffery Bateman

Jeff served in the U.S. Air Force for 32 years, retiring as a colonel in 2010. A graduate of the University of Washington, he holds an MA in History from Utah State University and an MS in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.

His work as a historian has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Utah Historical Quarterly, Airpower History, and the U.S. Army War College Press.

Jeff teaches Utah History, American Military History and American Civilization at Utah State University.

An award winning author and poet, Jeff is the author of On the Death Beat, and co-author of No Peace with the Dawn, Bonneville Books. Jeff lives North Central Arizona, where gardening and playing the bass fill the time he isn’t writing or teaching.