Peter Wallenstein

Peter Wallenstein is a professor in history department. He came to Virginia Tech in 1983, after teaching at Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Toronto, and the University of Maryland (in its overseas program, mostly in Japan and Korea). He teaches Historical Methods (he calls that class the Wallenstein Professional Development Institute) as well as a wide range of other classes, undergraduate and graduate. A specialist in the history of the U.S. South, he has authored four books and co-authored or co-edited three others. His publications have brought him three best-article awards, the Sturm Award, and the 2004 Distinguished Scholar award in history from the Virginia Social Science Association.