Samuel Stalcup received a B.S. in Zoology and a B.A. in History in 2003, and an M.A. in History in 2005 all from the University of Oklahoma.  His M.A. thesis examined the effects of court ordered school desegregation on the Oklahoma City public schools between 1954 and 1973. He has presented conference papers at the Phi Alpha Theta conference and the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society.  His dissertation research is focused the development of soil and water conservation policy between 1933 and 1994. He is employed as an historian by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. He lives in Washington, D.C.