History
Alyssa Culp
Assistant Professor of History
Mon: 9:55-10:55 a.m.
Tue: 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Wed: 9:55-10:55 a.m.
Thr: 12:10-1:10 p.m.
Fri: 9:55-10:55 a.m.
B.A., University of South Florida-Tampa
M.A. University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Ph.D. University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Dr. Alyssa Culp is a historian of modern Germany, whose research focuses on the intersections of science, medicine, and local culture. Her forthcoming book project examines morgues to tell a new story about tradition and the realities of public health in nineteenth-century Bavaria. Alyssa’s research was most recently supported by a 2020-2021 Fulbright Open Study/Research Award to Germany and with a 2019 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst or German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Short-Term Research Grant and a Central European Historical Society Research and Travel Grant.
At IWU, Alyssa’s courses explore European and Global History through themes of memory, digital storytelling, medicine and public health, and the global reach of science and technology. In class, her students dive into topics ranging from chocolate pirates sailing on the Columbian Exchange, grave robbing anatomy students, to Cold War sports and space races. When she’s not teaching, you’ll find her traveling, chasing after her dog, Knox, or exploring cemeteries and other historical sites—because the dead always tell the best tales.
Courses
History 122 Modern Global History
History/Hum 220 From Pyramids to AI: Global Perspectives of Science, Medicine, & Technology
History 221 The Holocaust
History 222 The World Wars in Public Memory & Digital History
History 290 Theories, Methods, and Crafting of History
History 323 History of Nursing
History 324 Beyond Disease and Quarantine: A History of Medicine & Public Health
History 325 Modern Germany
History/INST 327 From Sputnik to Stadiums: A Cold War History