Dr. Tom Arnold
Dr. Tom Arnold
Associate Teaching Professor of History
Ph.D. – Ohio State University
B.A. – Oberlin College
Office: EL 008 F
Phone: 765-285-7460
E-mail: tfarnold
Dr. Thomas F. Arnold has taught history at the Academy since 2004. He received his B.A. with High Honors from Oberlin College in 1985, and earned his Ph.D. in early modern and military history at the Ohio State University in 1993. Following his Ph.D. work, from 1993 to 1994 he held a post-doctoral research position in International Security Studies at Yale University. From 1994 to 2001 he was an Assistant Professor of History at Yale University. In 2001 he became Program Manager for Teaching at the Alliance for Lifelong Learning in New York City, an online consortium of Oxford, Stanford, and Yale Universities. He is the author of several articles on aspects of early modern military history, and the book The Renaissance at War (2001 and later editions), currently published by HarperCollins/Smithsonian press.
He enjoys teaching at the Academy, and the chance to work with motivated, gifted and talented young people who are just realizing their opportunities. Most May Terms Dr. Arnold leads a small group of students on a “history and hiking” trip to Europe. Past destinations have included Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, and Germany.
Tom Arnold News
- Dr. Tom Arnold, Candy Manship, and Sharon Johnson Celebrated for Combined 70 Years of Service
- Dr. Tom Arnold Receives Lilly Grant
- Academy Faculty Recognized by Alumni’s Colleges
- Dr. Tom Arnold Selected as University of Chicago Outstanding Educator
- Dr. Tom Arnold Awarded Robert P. Bell Creative Teaching Award
- Academy Instructors Receive Bell Education Grants
- Two Indiana Academy Teachers Awarded Grants
- Plato on Trial