We are delighted to welcome Kurt Piehler, the new director of the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience, to the FSU history department.  Dr. Piehler is a specialist in twentieth century American history, and has published widely.  He received his Ph.D. from Rutgers, where he was founding director (1994-1998) of the Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II.  He comes to us from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.