name: Katherine B. Aaslestad
birth_date: 1961-05-30 00:00:00
death_date: 2021-04-24 00:00:00
genres: Nonfiction, History
influences: Paul W. Schroeder
avg_rating: 4.0
ratings_count: 13
about: Katherine Barbara Aaslestad (1961-2021) was an American scholar and pioneer in the history of the Napoleonic era. Aaslestad was born in Pennsylvania but raised in Louisiana. Her paternal grandfather, a US sea captain in WWII, sparked her interest in studying the effects of warfare. Aaslestad studied history at the University of Mary Washington in Fredricksburg, Virginia, where she also began studying dance. She left the university to study dance and earn her teaching certification at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. She then returned to Mary Washington and graduated Magna Cum Laude with Final Honors in 1985. Aaslestad earned her graduate degrees (M.A. and Ph.D.) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champ Katherine Barbara Aaslestad (1961-2021) was an American scholar and pioneer in the history of the Napoleonic era. Aaslestad was born in Pennsylvania but raised in Louisiana. Her paternal grandfather, a US sea captain in WWII, sparked her interest in studying the effects of warfare. Aaslestad studied history at the University of Mary Washington in Fredricksburg, Virginia, where she also began studying dance. She left the university to study dance and earn her teaching certification at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. She then returned to Mary Washington and graduated Magna Cum Laude with Final Honors in 1985. Aaslestad earned her graduate degrees (M.A. and Ph.D.) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, focusing her dissertation on the Napoleonic wars and their effects in the city of Hamburg. Aaslestad was a professor at West Virginia University for 24 years until her passing in 2021. She was named a Benedum Distinguished Scholar by the university and won various awards for her teaching, including the Caperton Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Writing and outstanding teaching awards from the WVU foundation, the Eberly College, and the Honors College at WVU. ...more