Associate Professor of History

With 15th-century battle armor, Great Hall, FDU Wroxton Campus

Selected Courses Taught

• Medieval Warfare
• Medieval History & Film
• Medieval Castles
• Black Death
• Medieval Church
• Mediterranean History
• Roman Republic & Empire
• The Military Revolution

Research Interests

Prof. Burkholder's research interests include medieval French aristocrats, medieval warfare, and history & film. He's also a frequent presenter on history pedagogy.

Education

• Ph.D., History, University of Minnesota
• M.A., History of Science & Technology, University of Toronto
• M.A., History, University of Minnesota
• B.A., Mathematics & French, University of Minnesota

Selected Publications

• "Getting Medieval on American History Research: A Method to Help Students Think Historically," The History Teacher 43 (2010)
• "Video Killed the Term Paper Star? Two Views" (with Dr. Anne Cross), in Randy Bass & Bret Eynon, eds., New Media Technologies and the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (2009)
• "Who Founded Durtal? Reconsidering the Evidence," Haskins Society Journal 20 (2008)
• "Popular [Mis]conceptions of Medieval Warfare," History Compass 5 (2007)

Selected Presentations

• "Bridging the Millennial Divide: Non-Traditional Techniques in the World History Classroom," Annual Meeting of the World History Association, London, England (June 2008)
• "Medieval Military Technology and the Writing of History," Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada (April 2007)
• "Riding Roughshod: Hollywood’s Medieval Cavalry," Third Biennial Conference of Film & History, Dallas, TX (November 2004)
• "Distance Collaboration and the Classroom Connector," The Eleventh International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on Learning, Havana, Cuba (June 2004)
• "Réflexions sur les origines de Durtal," Meeting of the Association Patrimoine Environnement Matheflon, Durtal, France (May 2004)
• "Written Communication in A Small Community: A Case from Anjou," Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN (April 2003)

Recognitions

• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute: "Christians, Muslims & Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean," Barcelona, Spain (Summer 2010)
• Becton College Teacher of the Year (2008-09)
• Teaching Fellow, University of Wisconsin System (2004-05)