Dr. Denson is an associate professor of history at WCU. He teaches courses on Native American and United States history, and participates in the WCU Cherokee Studies program. He is the author of Demanding the Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy and American Culture, as well as articles in various journals. His most recent publication is an essay in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal (2012) titled "Native Americans in Cold War Public Diplomacy: Indian Politics, American History, and the US Information Agency". He is currently writing a book about the commemoration and public memory of Cherokee removal in the modern South with the working title Monuments to Absence: Cherokee Removal and Southern Memory. He grew up near Chicago and earned degrees from the University of Illinois and Indiana University.
