Valerie Adams
Biography
Before joining the history faculty at ASU in 2008, Valerie Adams was an Assistant Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ teaching foreign policy and area studies in the Global Security and Intelligence Studies program. Trained as a diplomatic historian, she has published on subjects such as President Eisenhower's use of science and technology in national security planning, the relationship between STEM programs and humanities studies in higher education, and various issues regarding the Cold War and domestic policies. She also holds a private pilot's license and has an active scholarship agenda in aviation history.
Education
Ph.D. American and Diplomatic History, University of New Hampshire (2001)
M.A. American History, University of New Hampshire (1996)
B.A. History, University of Arizona (1992)
Research Interests
U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security during the Cold War
History of Science and Engineering in National Defense; History of Science and Engineering Education in High Ed
Cold War domestic politics, culture and societal changes
Aviation History
Publications not limited to, but include:
o Eisenhowers Fine Group of Fellows: Crafting National Security Policy to Uphold the Great Equation. (Lexington Books, August 2006).
o Ensuring the Ivory Tower Did Not Fall Behind an Ivory Curtain: James Killian and the Advancement of Science & Engineering in the 1950s. Essays in Arts & Sciences Summer 2004.
o The Uniting States: The Story of Statehood. Authored Chapter on Arizona. (Greenwood Publishing, 2004).
o The Red Scare after 1945. Contributing author. (Manley Press Inc., 2004).
Courses
| Summer 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 484 | Internship |
| Spring 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 484 | Internship |
| Fall 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 327 | Women in US History 1600-1880 |
| HST 484 | Internship |
| Summer 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 484 | Internship |
| Spring 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
| HST 316 | 20th-C U.S. Foreign Relations |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| Fall 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| Summer 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| Spring 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| Fall 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 316 | 20th-C U.S. Foreign Relations |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| Summer 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| Spring 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 314 | Am Cultural History Since 1865 |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 319 | History of Aviation |
| HST 345 | Environmental History |
| HST 413 | Contemporary America |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| Summer 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 495 | Methods of Historical Inquiry |
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 101 | Global History Since 1500 |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 306 | Studies in US History |
| HST 318 | History of Engineering |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |