Steven Deyle
Associate Professor · 19th Century U.S. Social and Political History
University of HoustonUnited States
About
Steven Deyle is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Houston's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Specializing in 19th Century U.S. social and political history, he focuses on slavery and the Old South. With a B.A. from University of California, Santa Cruz, and M.A./Ph.D. from Columbia University, he joined UH in 2006.
- Resident Fellow, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery (2011-12)
- Joyce Tracy Fellow, American Antiquarian Society (2009)
His research explores:
- Domestic slave trade's role in Southern society
- Slavery's economic and political impact
- Cultural analysis of antebellum systems
Current project: Honorable Men (study of 1857 Memphis murder trial's implications for understanding antebellum Southern society.
Scientific awards include:
- 2005 Bennett H. Wall Award (Southern Historical Association)
- Frederick Douglass Prize Finalist (Gilder Lehrman Center)
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