Education
PhD (2007), History, University of Akron.
Dissertation: Imagining Heaven and Hell: Religion, National Identity, and U.S. Foreign Relations, 1930-1953.
MA (2003), History, University of Waterloo.
BA (2002), History, McMaster University.
Research Interests
- United States foreign relations, religion, culture
- Film and American culture
- International relations
Recent Publications
Zietsma, David. “Re-Membering Vietnam in Somalia: Black Hawk Down and Ethical Militarism in American Historical Memory.” In The Philosophy and Culture of Ridley Scott, edited by Adam Barkman, Ashley Barkman, and Nancy Kang (Lexington Books: Lanham, MD, 2013): 85-99.
Zietsma, David. “Subverting Heroic Violence: Ang Lee’s Hulk and Taking Woodstock as Anti-War Narratives,” in Philosophy and Ang Lee, edited by Robert Arp, Adam Barkman, and James McRae (University of Kentucky Press: Lexington, KY, 2013): 192-209. (also translated into Chinese and published in China).
Research Funding
Robert W. Little Dissertation Year Fellowship in History, 2006-2007
Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grant, 2006