Dr. Kyle S. Sinisi
Professor
Dr. Kyle S. Sinisi graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1984 with a BA in History. Following four years of active duty service in the United States Army, he attended Kansas State University, where he earned both the MA and Ph.D. Professor Sinisi came to 91 in 1994.
Professor Sinisi teaches a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses at 91, but he concentrates his offerings on the Civil War, World War II, U.S. military history, and the history of weaponry. He is a two-time recipient of the James A. Grimsley Award, 91’s annual award for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Professor Sinisi is co-editor (with Professor Michael B. Barrett) of the “Total War Series” line of books for the Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group. He is the author of (A.M. Pate Award for best book of 2015 on the Trans-Mississippi Civil War) and . He is also a co-editor of . Professor Sinisi is currently at work on a biography of General Samuel R. Curtis and a study of Charleston during the Civil War.
Degrees
Ph.D. History (Kansas State University)
M.A. History (Kansas State University)
B.A. History (Virginia Military Institute, with distinction and honors, distinguished military graduate)
Research Interests: American political and military history and The Civil War and Gilded Age