Walsh, Kelli Cardenas
Kelli Cardenas Walsh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Office: Taylor Social Science 209D
Phone: 910-672-1044
Email: kwalsh@uncfsu.edu
EXPERIENCE
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY
Associate Professor, History 2017-present
Assistant Professor, History 2008 - 2017
Lecturer, History 2003 - 2008, 1996 - 2001
- Strong knowledge of World, United States, Military, North Carolina, and Women’s History.
- Teach the American Military Experience course to ROTC and Intelligence Studies students as a part of their major curriculum.
- Knowledge of assessment procedures and maintaining records.
- Proven experience in working with diverse backgrounds.
- Ability to think critically and create assessments.
- Skilled in maintaining positive working relationships with students, faculty, administrators, and community leaders.
- Facilitate discussion and community outreach.
- Strong archival research skills in subject matters
- Provide lectures and historical programming on United States History subject matter to various audiences.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Graduate Assistant 2001-2003
- Conduct primary source research.
- Lead discussion sessions with students.
- Maintain records and provide feedback to students and lead faculty.
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY
History Instructor, Adjunct 1995-2002
- Instruct students in World and United States History
- Maintain records.
- Develop assessments.
- Prepare instructional materials and deliver lectures.
MILITARY SERVICE
U.S. Army. (1987-1991)
EDUCATION
University of South Carolina 2001-2006
Columbia, SC
Doctor of Philosophy, History
United States History, 1789-Present
Sub fields; Women and African American History
Dissertation:
Oveta Culp Hobby: A Transformational Leader from the Texas Legislature to Washington D.C.
Fayetteville State University 1992-1993
Fayetteville, NC
Masters of Arts, History
University of Alaska 1991
Fairbanks, NC
Bachelor of Arts, History
PUBLICATIONS
Co-Authored with Queonnah Coleman. “Death Spaces in an era of segregation. Who and where are your people? Identifying names and life stories that segregation set in stone.” (pending 2025).
Co-authored with Nicholle Young St. Leone. “A Story to Tell History of Fayetteville State University). (pending, 2025). (Chapter)
Book Review for University of Virginia Press. A Soldier's Life: A Black Woman's Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion (The Black Soldier in War and Society: New Narratives and Critical Perspectives by Edna W. Cummings. (2023).
“Leary Sisters: Silent Abolitionists.” In Sesquicentennial Lecture, Edited by Greg Rich. Fayetteville State University, 2019.
“Martyred Son: Lewis Leary and the Raid at Harpers Ferry. Submitted to North Carolina Historical Review – Revise and Resubmit.
"A Brief History of Women in Military Service in the United States," In a Serious Sequence of Hidden Historical Accounts, edited by Stanley W. Johnson. Ronkonkoma, NY: Linus Learning, 2017. (Chapter)
"Oveta Culp Hobby" in American Women/Texas Lives, edited by Elizabeth Turner. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2015. (Chapter)
Book review for Journal of Southern History, “Without Precedent the Life of Susie Marshall Sharp.” Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 2010.
“Harriet West Waddy," In African American National Biography, edited by Henry Louis Gates and Evelyn Brooks Higgenbotham. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. (Article)
"Martha Putney," In African American National Biography edited by Henry Louis Gates and Evelyn Brooks Higgenbotham. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. (Article)
Oveta Culp Hobby: A Transformational Leader from the Texas Legislature to Washington, D.C. Columbia: University of South Carolina. 2006. (Dissertation)
"Stagecoach Mary," In Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Second Edition, edited by Darlene Clark Hine New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. (Article)
VOLUNTEER
African American Education and Research Opportunities 2019-present Board of Directors member. AAERO
NC Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction History Center 2019-present
Board of Directors member. Support programming, fundraising and speakers’ program while transforming a local regional museum into a state historical complex telling the story of North Carolinians from 1830-1900
Contributing Scholar.
Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex Foundation 2010- present
President. Conduct meetings, recruit new board members, support the museum complex with fundraising and grant proposals.
St. Patrick Church History and Archives Ministry 2015- present
Committee Member. Collect, Identify, catalog and document material culture collected from church members and Diocesan archives. Prepare exhibitions to commemorate special events.
Airborne and Special Operations Museum 1999-2002
Volunteer. Support collections, documentation, archiving and exhibition production during the development stage of the museum and after it opened to the public.
AWARDS
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Service - 2023
- Advisor of the Year, College of Arts and Sciences - 2018
- Teacher of the Year; Fayetteville State University Fort Bragg, NC - 2002
List of presentations available upon request.