Terry L. Beckenbaugh is an associate professor with the Department of Military History at the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas and worked previously at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana and for the United States Army Center for Military History prior to coming to Fort Leavenworth. His research focuses on Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis and the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi. He is currently working on a book focusing on the White River Campaign in Arkansas in 1862 tentatively titled Pragmatic Abolitionists.

Dr. Beckenbaugh has written numerous articles for the Kansas City Public Library's Civil War on the Western Border website.

Here's a link to a YouTube video of a talk Dr. Beckenbaugh gave in 2012 at the Kansas City Public Library entitled "The Politics of War."

Here's a link to a number of presentations (audio only) Dr. Beckenbaugh has given at the Kansas City Public Library.