Dr. George Ellenberg joined the University of West Florida (UWF) history faculty in the fall of 1994. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Clemson University and his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. He teaches courses in southern history and military history. Dr. Ellenberg has won numerous teaching awards while at UWF. Since 2000, he has served in various administrative positions on the college level. Currently, Dr. Ellenberg serves as an Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Ellenberg's research area is southern agriculture, especially draft animal use and mechanization. His book, Mule South to Tractor South: Mules, Machines, and the Transformation of the Cotton South (2007), was published by The University of Alabama Press. The book was selected by the press as the recipient of the Anne B. and James B. McMillan Prize for the manuscript chosen "as most deserving in Alabama or Southern history or culture."

Dr. Ellenberg also teaches as a Fleet Professor of Strategy and Policy for the Naval War College at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

Dr. Ellenberg spent the 2007-2008 academic year at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia, studying higher education administration, policy, and leadership as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow .

Dr. Ellenberg and his wife Karen are parents of three sons, Bolton, Easton, and Henry.