Professor Graber comes to Valparaiso University of Iowa, where he has completed his doctoral degree in American Studies. 

Professor Graber's research and teaching interests include nineteenth-century American literature and culture, transatlantic studies, national memory, and religion. His dissertation, "Twice-Divided Nation: the Civil War and National Memory in the Transatlantic World" explores how transatlantic communication and the special relationship affected the early cultural representation and commemoration of the American Civil War. 

Professor Graber earned a B.A. in English and American Studies from St. Olaf College, an M.A.R. from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.