Andrew Evans grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He received his B.A. in
history from the University of Virginia (1992) and his M.A. and Ph.D.
in modern European history and Germanic Studies from Indiana University
(2002), under the direction of James M. Diehl. Evans’ research
focuses on the history of physical anthropology in early-twentieth-century
Germany. He is currently revising his book manuscript, Anthropology at
War, which examines how the First World War altered the physical and
ideological spaces in which anthropologists conducted their work, thereby
facilitating a turn toward the virulently racist and nationalist “race
science” of the 1920s.
In addition to an introductory survey in modern European history, Professor Evans teaches courses on World War II, German history, 20th-century Europe, and European imperialism. In 2004/05, he received the New Paltz “teacher of the year” award.