Astor, Aaron

Aaron Astor is associate professor of history at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, where he has lived and taught since 2007. Astor earned his PhD in history at Northwestern University (Illinois) in 2006 and his BA in philosophy from Hamilton College (NY) in 1995. He is currently the president of the East Tennessee Civil War Alliance. He serves on the board of the Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association, Blount County Historical Museum and the Blount Historic Trust.