Steven Trout

Steven Trout is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Alabama. His research focuses on cultural representations of war in literature, visual art, and public monuments. He has held previous appointments at the University of South Alabama (2011-2020) and Fort Hays State University (1993-2011). Trout earned his PhD in English from the University of Kansas (1993), MA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (1987), and BA from the same institution (1985).

His major research areas include American and British Modernism, Twentieth-Century American Cultural Studies, and First World War literature. Trout has authored three books and edited/co-edited multiple volumes, including On the Battlefield of Memory (2010) and Portraits of Remembrance (2020). He serves as editor of the University of Alabama Press’ “War, Memory, and Culture” series.

Trout’s scholarship bridges literature and history, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to war’s cultural impact. His recent work addresses African-American war experiences, WWI memorialization trends, and Hemingway’s early writings. He received the 2017 MidAmerica Award for contributions to Midwestern literature studies.

• Key Projects:
  • Edited World War I in American Fiction (2014)
  • Co-edited War+Ink: New Perspectives on Ernest Hemingway’s Early Writings (2013)
  • Authored The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire (2020)

His writing appears in journals like The Hemingway Review, American Literary Realism, and War, Literature, and the Arts. Trout actively engages with public history through battlefield studies and memorial analysis.