ThomasÌýZeiler

  • Professor
  • Director, International Affairs Program
  • US DIPLOMATIC HISTORY
Address

ÌýÌýHellems W1B54

Office Hours

Fall 2026ÌýÌýÌýMF 11:15-12:15


Professor Zeiler focuses on the history of U.S. foreign relations, with interests in economics, globalization, war, and sports.


Professor Zeiler teachesÌýcourses in American and international history, including U.S. diplomatic history from colonial times to the present. Some of the courses he teaches include "Global History of World War II" "U.S. Foreign Relations, 1865-1940," "U.S. Foreign Relations since 1941" and "America Through Baseball."ÌýProfessor Zeiler was a recipient of the Teacher Recognition Award given by the Student Organization for Alumni Relations and has been recognized by Education Abroad for teachingÌýa global seminar in France, as a service-learning fellow, and by the Boulder Faculty Assembly.Ìý

Professor Zeiler graduated from Emory University and then received his M.A. and Ph.D degrees from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.ÌýHe has written or edited fourteen books, including monographs on U.S. trade history, globalization, World War II and military history, baseball, and Jackie Robinson. Titles include: Ìý(The University of North Carolina Press, 1999), (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006),ÌýÌý(Oxford University Press, 2010) and most recently, with ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ colleagueÌýMartin Babicz, (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017). A former president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), editor of the journal of record of the field, Diplomatic History, and editor of SHAFR’s bibliography, he has published extensively in U.S. foreign relations and the state of the field funded by numerous grants and fellowships.ÌýHis current research, entitled “Capitalist Peace,â€� focuses on U.S. trade as a tool of diplomacy, peace, security, and human rights. Zeiler hasÌýreceived Fulbright fellowships for teaching and research.

ÌýÌýProfessor Zeiler is not accepting graduate students at this time.
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