Dr. Andrew Fialka

Departments / Programs

Degree Information

PHD, University of Georgia (2018)
MA, West Virginia University (2013)
BA, University of Missouri (2010)

Areas of Expertise

American Civil War & Reconstruction, 19th and 20th Century U.S., Guerrilla War, Geographic Information Systems

Biography

I teach courses on American History, the Civil War & Reconstruction, Guerrilla War, GIS for Humanists, and Historical Research Methods. My research uses spatial analyses in GIS to study guerrilla violence during the American Civil War (see a digital presentation of my dissertation, Of Methods and Madness). In 2012, I worked as a National Park Service park ranger at the

I teach courses on American History, the Civil War & Reconstruction, Guerrilla War, GIS for Humanists, and Historical Research Methods. My research uses spatial analyses in GIS to study guerrilla violence during the American Civil War (see a digital presentation of my dissertation, Of Methods and Madness). In 2012, I worked as a National Park Service park ranger at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. These experiences with data visualization and public history led me to experiment with creative forms of knowledge dissemination, and I am currently publishing a graphic history with illustrator Anderson Carman.

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Publications

Hope Never to See It: A Graphic History of Guerrilla Violence during the American Civil War (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2025).

"Federal Eyes: How the Union Saw Kentucky's Civil War," Ohio Valley History 18, no. 3 (Fall 2018): 6-25.

"Guerrillas in the Archive: Kentucky's Irregular War through the Governor's Eyes," Register of the Kentucky Historical Socety 116, no. 2...

Research / Scholarly Activity

Fugitive Federals - A Digital Humanities Investigation of Escaped Union Prisoners

Of Methods and Madness - A Spatial History Approach to the Civil War's Guerrilla Violence

CSI: Dixie - The View from the American South's County Coroner's Offices, 1800-1900