Paul Hutton

Distinguished Professor • American West, Military
Executive Director • Western Writers of America

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Contact

email: hutton@unm.edu

office: Mesa Vista 1079

office phone: (505) 277-5234

Profile

Professor Hutton has taught courses on U.S. history, the American West, and U.S. military history since joining the faculty in 1984. He also offers film classes, which have focused on topics ranging from “Western Film” to “War on Film.” Hutton also instructs graduate seminars, including, “Western Historiography” and “Western Biography.” He has published numerous books and articles on a range of western, military, and popular culture topics. In addition to his academic duties, Professor Hutton has written, appeared in, or narrated over 150 television documentaries on CBS, BBC, NBC, PBS, Discovery, Disney Channel, TBS, TNN, A&E, and the History Channel, and in 2003 was historical consultant for the Ron Howard film The Missing. Hutton has also served as the Executive Director of both the Western History Association and Western Writers of America.

Education

B.A. in History, Indiana University, 1972
M.A. in History, Indiana University, 1974
Ph.D. in History, Indiana University, 1981

Research

U.S. history, frontier history, military history, popular culture

Selected Publications

Phil Sheridan and His Army (1985)

Soldiers West: Biographies from the Military Frontier (1987)

The Custer Reader (1992)

Eyewitness to the Civil War, ten-volume series (1991-1993)

Frontier and Region: Essay in Honor of Martin Ridge (1997)

Awards

President, Western Writers of America, 2002-2004

2008, 2005, 2003, 1999, 1996 Western Heritage Awards, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for Best Documentary and for outstanding magazine articles

2008, Award of Merit, Western History Association

2007, Ray Allen Billington Award, Western History Association

2006, Honorary Life Membership, Western History Association

2006, 2004, 2002, 1986 Spur Awards, Western Writers of America

1988, Mead Distinguished Research Fellow in American History, Huntington Library

1987, Ray Allen Billington Award, Organization of American Historians

1986, Evans Biography Award

Courses

History of the U.S. to 1877
History of the U.S. Since 1877
Vietnam War
War and Film
Modern U. S. Military History
History of American Frontier
The Trans-Mississippi West
Military History of the U.S.
Western Films
Western Hero
Historiography