Brady L. Holley
1339 Golden Forest Dr.
Bessemer, AL 35022
email: blh282@msstate.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
Ph.D. in Early U.S. history; secondary field in Modern U.S. History, minor fields in
Military history and International Security/ Internal Safety (ISIS) (August 2014)
Dissertation: “Some Chance to Distinguish Ourselves: Junior Officers and the Mexican
War”
Advisor: Dr. Jason Phillips West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
M.A. in History (May 2009)
University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
B.A. in History, Political Science Minor (August 2007)
Fellowships
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA
Andrew F. Mellon Fellowship (June 2013)
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
Smith Fellowship (June 2012)
Publications
Brady Holley, “Leading the Great Rabble: West Point Junior Officers in the Mexican-American
War,” Mexican War Journal. Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 2011), 8-22.
Papers Presented
UAB History Conference
“Leading the Great Rabble: American Junior Officers in the Mexican-American
War” (Spring 2011)
International Security/ Internal Safety Conference (ISIS)
“Professionals and Hirelings: Mexican War Junior Officers and the Impact of
Professionalization” (March 2013)
Teaching Experience
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS (As Instructor of Record)
U.S. History to 1877 (Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Fall 2013)
U.S. History since 1877 (Fall 2011, Spring 2011 Spring 2013)
Early World History (Summer 2013)
Mississippi State University (As Teaching Assistant)
U.S. History to 1877
U.S. History Since 1877
Early World History
Online Courses (Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS)
History of Science and Technology
Modern Western World
Issues in Women’s History
The Old South
Women in American History
Professional Experience
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
Archiving and Editing (2011)