Dr. Richard Zuczek
Humanities Department, Department Head
Professor
Professor

Education
- Ph.D. History, The Ohio State University, 1993
- M.A., History, The Ohio State University, 1989
- B.A., History, The Pennsylvania State University, 1986
- B.A., Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1986
Courses Taught
- History of the U.S. Coast Guard
- Leaders in U.S. History
- U.S. Military Policy
- Modern Europe
- The Era of the American Civil War
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Zuczek, Richard. Reconstruction: An Historical Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: ABC-Clio/Greenwood Press, 2016
- Zuczek, Richard. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction Era. 2 Volumes. Westport, CT: The Greenwood Press, 2006
- Schroeder-Lien, Glenna, and Richard Zuczek. Andrew Johnson: A Biographical Companion. Los Angeles, CA: ABC-Clio, 2001
- Bergeron, Paul H., Glenna Schroeder-Lien, Marion Smith, and Richard Zuczek, eds., The Papers of Andrew Johnson, vols. 12-16. Knoxville TN: The University of Tennessee Press, 1995-2000
- Zuczek, Richard. “I Stand Here the Equal of Any Man: The Life of Robert Smalls,” in Steven E. Woodworth, ed., The Human Tradition in the Civil War and Reconstruction Era,. New York: Scholarly Resources Press, 1999
- Zuczek, Richard. State of Rebellion: Reconstruction in South Carolina. Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 1996
- Zuczek, Richard. “Southern Occupation: A Review of the Literature,” in Steven E. Woodworth, ed., The American Civil War: A Handbook of Research and Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996
- Zuczek, Richard. “The Last Campaign of the Civil War: South Carolina and the Revolution of 1876,” in Civil War History 42 (March 1996)
- Zuczek, Richard. “The Government’s Attack on the Ku Klux Klan: A Reassessment,” in South Carolina Historical Magazine, 97 (January 1996)
Honors
- The 2016 Recipient of the Coast Guard Academy’s Alumni Association’s Distinguished Faculty Award
- Elected President, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Faculty Senate, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Professional Memberships
- The American Political Science Association