Matthew A. Sutton
Assistant Professor of History
Wilson-Short Hall 320 – 509-335-8374
sutton@wsu.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005
Academic & Professional Interests
Sutton teaches courses in 20th century United States history, cultural history, and religious history.
Publications
Sutton’s current book project, tentatively entitled American Evangelicals and the Politics of Apocalypse (Harvard University Press) examines the relationships among American evangelicalism, apocalyptic thought, and political activism during times of national crisis and war. His first book, Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America (Harvard University Press, 2007), won the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize from Harvard University Press, awarded annually to the best book in any discipline by a first-time author. The book also served as the basis for the Public Broadcasting Service documentary Sister Aimee, part of PBS’s American Experience series. Sutton has been featured on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition among many other news shows. He has published articles in Church History, the Journal of Policy History, and the Public Historian, and he writes for the History News Network and the Christian Century. He has received research fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Louisville Institute.