Positions

Professor, History, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

prokopowiczg@ecu.edu

252-328-1027

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Gerald Prokopowicz

member of

Organization of American Historians 2021
Abraham Lincoln Association 2016
Lincoln Forum 2016
Society of Civil War Historians 2016

selected publications

article
- The Army of the Ohio 2025
- Best Civil War Books of 2024. Civil War Monitor, The. 14. 2024
- Best Civil War Books of 2023. Civil War Monitor, The. 13. 2023
- Best Civil War Books of 2022. Civil War Monitor, The. 12. 2022
- The Best Five Books on Lincoln and His Commanders. Civil War Monitor. 12:57-59. 2022
- Best Civil War Books of 2021. Civil War Monitor, The. 11. 2021
- The Common Soldier of the Civil War: His Rise and Fall. Journal of the Civil War Era. 11:539-562. 2021
- Best Civil War Books of 2020. Civil War Monitor, The. 10. 2020
- "The Real War Will Never Get in the Books". Civil War Monitor, The. 9. 2019
- Best Civil War Books of 2019. Civil War Monitor, The. 9. 2019
- Review: Powell, The Chickamauga Campaign---Barren Victory. CIvil War News. 2017
book
- Did Lincoln Own Slaves? and other Frequently Asked Questions about Abraham Lincoln. Pantheon Books. 2008
- All For The Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862. UNC Press. 2001
review

professional service activities

Civil War Talk Radio Civil War Talk Radio is a weekly podcast/ ;internet radio program, hosted by Gerald Prokopowicz, history professor at East Carolina University. It features in-depth, hour-long interviews with leading historians, authors, and other experts in the Civil War era, exploring new facets of Civil War scholarship and popular culture. ; Produced 300+ podcasts 2004-2017; each weekly podcast is downloaded more than 20,000 times. 2024
Lincoln Forum Attend annual meetings, judge annual Platt Family Essay Contest for college students 2021
Interview re: Lincoln's Birthday WPTF-AM Tom Kearney one-hour telephone interview. 2020
National History Day Judge essays/other entries for ECU History Day 2019
Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours Led 9-day tour of Civil War-related hstiorical sites in VA/MD/PA for 25 travelers from US and UK. 2018
Rho Kappa Scholarship and Communication Awards Judged student work at The Oakwood School for Rho Kappa Honor Society awards 2016

education and training

J.D. in Law, University of Michigan Law School
Ph.D. in Honorary, Lincoln College (chartered Lincoln University)

awards and honors

"Honored Instructor Award", conferred by ECU Residence Hall Association, 2018
Board of Governor's Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award, conferred by East Carolina University, 2017
Member, conferred by Phi Kappa Phi, 2016

preferred title

Professor

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