Dr. Thomas Mach serves as Vice President for Academics and Professor of History. He teaches courses in United States History and worldview integration. His area of research interest is 19th century America, specifically focused on the political history of the American Civil War and the Gilded Age. He has researched the role of Ohio and Ohio's politicians in national politics during the 19th century and the history of Cedarville University. He was selected to attend the American History Seminar on the Gilded Age sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Council of Independent Colleges hosted by Stanford University. Dr. Mach's published works include Gentleman George' Hunt Pendleton: A Political Biography of George Hunt Pendleton (Kent State University Press, 2007), Cedarville University: Inspiring Greatness for 125 Years (co-authored with J. Murray Murdoch, Donning Co. Pub., 2012), and numerous articles and submissions.