Thomas R. Flagel

Dr. Thomas Flagel is an associate professor of History at Columbia State Community College in Tennessee. He holds degrees from Loras College (B.A. History), Kansas State University (M.A., European History), Creighton University (M.A., International Relations), Middle Tennessee State University (PhD., Public History) and has studied at the University of Vienna.

Flagel has worked with multiple historic preservation groups, including the Civil War Trust and the National Park Service. A national speaker on war and memory, he also works in oral history, helping preserve the stories of those who are otherwise forgotten or erased from public discourse. Originally from Iowa, he currently resides in Franklin, Tennessee.