Timothy Lehman

Professor of History and Political Science
B.A. Earlham College
M.A., Ph.D.  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
406.657.1123
Morledge-Kimball Hall 215
lehmant@rocky.edu

Biography

Tim Lehman graduated from Earlham College (Richmond, IN) in 1978 and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in American History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1990 he moved to Rocky Mountain College where he has been teaching a wide variety of courses in American, Western, and Environmental History. He is the author of two books, Public Values, Private Lands: American Farmland Preservation Policy, 1933-1985 (University of North Carolina Press, 1995) and Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010). He has also published articles and numerous reviews in professional and popular journals. From 1996 to 1999 he served on the board of Humanities Montana. He is also a frequent speaker for public audiences in Billings and the region about various topics in western history. Tim also enjoys hiking, camping, and driving the back roads of Big Sky country.

Courses Taught

U.S. History I and II 
History of Western America 
American Environmental History
Environmental Politics
Recent America
Montana and the West
Indigenous Responses to Colonialism

What advice do you have for prospective students?

Read widely, study hard, take a course you know nothing about, surprise yourself.

What is on your iPod?

"Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me"; the Byrds, "Sweetheart of the Rodeo."

What is your favorite getaway location?

My second favorite is Chico Hot Springs

Books

"Bloodshed at Little Bighorn"

"Public Values, Private Lands: American Farmland Preservation Policy"