Ken Stevens teaches, in addition to the U.S. history survey, courses in U.S. constitutional history, the Age of Jackson, and the American Presidency. He has published four books, including Border Diplomacy (a study of 19th century Anglo-American-Canadian relations), two volumes of the Diplomatic Papers of Daniel Webster, and an annotated bibliography of President William Henry Harrison. He has also published a number of articles, presented several papers at historical conferences, and served as a consultant for historical journals, book publishers, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is currently writing a diplomatic biography of Daniel Webster.

I spent the biggest part of my growing up years in Alaska, where I raced sled dogs, experienced the great earthquake of 1964, slung fish in a salmon cannery, and worked one summer for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the Aleutians. After a couple of years at the University of Alaska, my wife and I transferred to Indiana University where we finished our BA degrees.

I served four years in the Navy, spending time after boot camp in Pensacola, Florida, Washington, D.C., Sidi Yahia, Morocco, and some time on a destroyer in the Mediterranean. After the Navy I returned to Indiana University, where I specialized in U.S. history and worked as an editorial assistant at the American Historical Review. In 1978 I accepted a position with the Papers of Daniel Webster at Dartmouth College, a position that lasted until our move to Fort Worth in 1983. My son James and his family (wife Erika and daughters Morgan and Carmen) live in Gresham , Oregon and my daughter, Sally, lives in Germany.