Tim Lehman graduated from Earlham College (Richmond, Ind.) in 1978 and received his master's and doctorate 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. Dr. Lehman also enjoys hiking, camping, and driving the back roads of Big Sky country.