Rate My Professor Daniel Feller

Daniel Feller is Professor Emeritus of History and Distinguished Professor in the Humanities Emeritus at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He joined the university in 2003 as Professor of History and Director and Editor of The Papers of Andrew Jackson, positions he held until his retirement in 2020. Feller earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1981. Before arriving at the University of Tennessee, he taught at Northland College. His academic career has focused on early and mid-19th-century American history, with particular emphasis on Jacksonian politics, public lands policy, and the life and presidency of Andrew Jackson.

Feller authored two influential books: The Public Lands in Jacksonian Politics (University of Wisconsin Press, 1984) and The Jacksonian Promise: America, 1815-1840 (Yale University Press, 1995). As editor of The Papers of Andrew Jackson, he oversaw the production of multiple volumes, including Volume IX (1831, 2013), Volume X (1832, 2016), Volume XI (1833, 2021), and Volume XII (1834, 2024), which provide comprehensive documentation of Andrew Jackson's correspondence and have profoundly shaped scholarly interpretations of the Jacksonian era. His editorial work received support from National Endowment for the Humanities grants and earned him recognition, including the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Distinguished Service Award in 2018 and University of Tennessee research excellence honors. Feller has delivered public lectures, appeared on C-SPAN, and contributed expert analysis to media outlets such as CNN and The Conversation, illuminating historical parallels to contemporary events. He held the Betty Lynn Hendrickson Professorship in History during his tenure.