CROXTON, (Charles) Derek 1969-

PERSONAL: Born January 2, 1969, in Fairfax, VA; son of Robert Donald and Brenda (Weakley) Croxton; married June 15, 1991; wife's name Tanya Alison; children: Alexander. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Virginia, B.A., 1990, M.A., 1991; University of Illinois, Ph.D., 1996.

ADDRESSES: Home—26744 Golfview St., Dearborn Heights, MI 48127. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Instructor in history at Columbus State College, 1998, Modonna University, and 1999, Ohio State University, 1999. Yale University, New Haven, CT, visiting assistant in research in Department of History, 1994-95; presenter at conferences.

AWARDS, HONORS: MacArthur Foundation fellowship and history department fellowship, University of Illinois/Program for Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security, 1991-92; Smith-Richardson fellowship, Yale University, 1995-96; Mershon Center postdoctoral fellow, Ohio State University, 1997-99.

WRITINGS:

Peacemaking in Early Modern Europe: Cardinal Mazarin and the Congress of Westphalia, 1643-1648, Susquehanna University Press (Selinsgrove, NJ), 1999.

(With Anuschka Tischer) The Peace of Westphalia: A Historical Dictionary, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2002.

Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Journal of Military History, International History Review, Essays in History, and Sixteenth Century Journal.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

English Journal, June, 2003, David Parrott, review of The Peace of Westphalia: A Historical Dictionary, pp. 792-793.