Assistant Professor of History, University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Jennifer L. Weber started her professional life as a journalist and later worked as a political aide in the California State Legislature. A lifelong interest in the Civil War eventually spurred her to pursue academics as a career. She left the Golden State for Princeton, where she studied under James M. McPherson. Her dissertation, The Divided State of America: Dissent in the Civil War North, won the 2005 Hay-Nicolay Prize for the best graduate work related to Abraham Lincoln. Her book, Copperheads, was published in 2006 Oxford University Press.
Currently, she is finishing a children's book on Gettysburg due next year and published by National Geographic. She is also writing on executive power in wartime and the impact of conscription on the Civil War North and South.
Dr. Weber is an assistant professor of history at the University of Kansas, where she continues to specialize in Civil War studies.
Contact Information:
Telephone: (785) 864-3569
Email: Jennifer Weber
Mailing Address:
Dr. Jennifer Weber
University of Kansas
Department of History
3650 Wescoe Hall
1445 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence, KS 66045-7590
Willing to Travel? Yes
Fee for Services? Yes
Lectures Offered:
Lincoln and Religion
Lincoln and Leadership
Lincoln and the Election of 1864
Lincoln and the Troops
Lincoln and Executive Power
Lincoln and Davis: A Comparison
Other Programs Offered:
Book Signing
Media Interview
Writing for Newspapers/Magazines
