Sean J. Flynn
Associate Professor
seflynn@dwu.edu

Education: B.A. South Dakota State University, 1985; M.A. Texas Tech University, 1988; Ph.D. Texas Tech University, 1999

Teaching Fields: World, Africa, Asia, American Foreign Policy and Military History.

Research Interests: Military history

Dr. Flynn has authored two books. Chief—Marine Corps Warrior: The Life of John P. “Pat” Flynn, Jr. examines the military career of Dr. Flynn’s father, a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. An Engineer’s War chronicles the life of a young South Dakota soldier who served and died in France during World War I. Dr. Flynn continues to conduct research on both World War I and the Korean War.

John Husmann
Assistant Professor
johusman@dwu.edu

Education: B.A. Winona State University, 1996; M.A. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1998; Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2004

Teaching Fields: United States, American Indian, Environmental, South Dakota, Latin American and British Empire.

Research Interests: Environmental and American Indian history

Dr. Husmann’s dissertation was a comparative history of tree-planting traditions in Nebraska and South Australia. He continues to conduct research in both environmental and American Indian history. In addition to serving as chair of the Department of History, he serves as the faculty advisor to Oyate Ho Waste, the American Indian club at DWU.

James D. McLaird
Professor Emeritus of History/Political Science

Education: B.A. Dakota Wesleyan University, 1962; M.A. University of Wyoming, 1966; additional studies, Boston University, Utah State University, and South Dakota State University

Teaching Fields: United States, American West, South Dakota, and England

Research Interests: American West

Professor McLaird has published many important articles on South Dakota and the West and is respected as a national authority on the American West. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend.