Department of History

History

History Building

(307) 766-5101

Website: www.uwyo.edu/history

E-mail: uwhistory@uwyo.edu

Department Chair: Jeffrey Means

Professor:

RENEE LAEGREID, B.A. Washington State University 1982; M.A.L.S. Wesleyan University 1994; Ph.D. University of Nebraska 2002; Professor of History 2015, 2012.

Associate Professor:

ISADORA A. HELFGOTT, B.A. Swarthmore College 1994; A.M. Harvard University 1997; Ph.D. 2006; Associate Professor of History 2015, 2009.

ALEXANDRA KELLY, B.A. University of Chicago 2004; M.A. 2005; Ph.D. Stanford University 2014; Assistant Professor of History and Anthropology 2014.

JEFFREY D. MEANS, B.A. Grand Canyon University 1995; M.A. University of Montana 2001; Ph.D. University of Oklahoma 2007; Associate Professor of History 2013, 2007.

Assistant Professor:

ADAM BLACKLER, B.A. Carroll College 2006; M.A. University of Wyoming 2009; Ph.D. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 2017; Assistant Professor of History 2018.

BARBARA E. LOGAN, B.A. Queens College, CUNY 1986; Ph.D. University of California-Santa Cruz 2002; Assistant Professor of History 2018, 2011.

MELISSA MORRIS, B.A. Miami University 2004; M.A. Miami University 2010; Ph.D. Columbia University 2017; Assistant Professor of History 2018.

PETER WALKER, B. A. University of Oxford 2008; M. Phil. University of Oxford 2010; Ph. D. Columbia University 2016; Visiting Assistant Professor of History 2019.

Adjunct Faculty:

MICHAEL J. DEVINE, B.A. Loras College 1967; M.A. Ohio State University 1968; Ph.D. 1974; Adjunct Professor of History, 2014, 1991.

Professors Emeriti:

Eric D. Kohler, William H. Moore, Phil Roberts

History Program

History is a foundational discipline that blends the methodologies and perspective of the humanities and social sciences in order to engage with the history of human culture on a global scale. UW’s History degree program emphasizes interdisciplinary teaching and research and provides course work, research experiences, and internships on both American and international topics. The History program offers a Bachelor of Arts degree major, minor, Public History Concentration, and a Master of Arts degree.

The study of History at the University of Wyoming provides students with the tools to comprehend the present in order to prepare for the future. Challenging courses are designed to facilitate critical thinking and the development of analytical skills. Each of our courses features the discussion of complex issues, the development of writing and reading skills, and is generally oriented toward promoting individual enrichment. The professional skills that the History program instills transcend our field and allow students to work toward a variety of career choices such as business, law, government service, public history, archives and museum work, education, management, writing, and graduate studies. The ability to develop perspective, render informed judgments, and function as productive citizens of the global community stand as hallmarks of our program.

Learning Outcomes

It is the goal of the History department that our graduates have the following skills and knowledge:

• Students shall be able to demonstrate thinking skills by analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating historical information from multiple sources.
• Students will develop the ability to distinguish between fact and fiction while understanding that there is no one historical truth.
• Students will produce well-researched written work that engages with both primary sources and the secondary literature.
• Students will develop an informed familiarity with multiple cultures.
• Students will employ a full range of techniques and methods used to gain historical knowledge.
• Students will develop an ability to convey verbally their historical knowledge.
• Students will demonstrate their understanding of cause and effect along with their knowledge of the general chronology of human experience.

Programs

• History, B.A.
• History, Public History Concentration, B.A.

• History Minor

• History, M.A.

Courses

• HIST 4470 - The Birth of Modern America, 1890 to 1929
• HIST 4475 - American Environmental History
• HIST 4480 - Growth of Modern America, 1929 to 1960
• HIST 4485 - U.S. Latino Diaspora
• HIST 4490 - Modern America, 1960 to Present
• HIST 4492 - Revolutions in Latin America
• HIST 4494 - The U.S. in Latin America
• HIST 4495 - Borderlands in Latin America
• HIST 4496 - History of Mexico
• HIST 4505 - The Old South, 1820 to 1861
• HIST 4510 - Modern East Asia
• HIST 4515 - American Legal History
• HIST 4530 - 19th Century American West
• HIST 4535 - History of Oil
• HIST 4540 - 20th Century American West
• HIST 4545 - The Multicultural West
• HIST 4560 - American Social History in the 20th Century
• HIST 4582 - 20th Century U.S. Foreign Relations
• HIST 4610 - Seminar Topics in the History of Wyoming I
• HIST 4620 - Seminar Topics in the History of Wyoming II
• HIST 4965 - Senior Thesis
• HIST 4990 - Topics in _____
• HIST 5000 - Indians of Wyoming
• HIST 5055 - Archival Research Methods
• HIST 5077 - Book History: Topics
• HIST 5100 - Early Medieval Europe
• HIST 5110 - The High Middle Ages
• HIST 5112 - History of the Medieval City
• HIST 5113 - Medieval Religious Dissent
• HIST 5170 - Europe in the 19th Century
• HIST 5180 - Europe in the 20th Century
• HIST 5270 - France: Old Regime and Revolution
• HIST 5290 - History of the Soviet Union
• HIST 5305 - Global History
• HIST 5310 - World War II in Europe
• HIST 5315 - History, Politics and Memory of the Holocaust in Europe
• HIST 5320 - Memory and National Identity in 20th Century Europe
• HIST 5340 - The Social History of American Women
• HIST 5380 - International History of Human Rights
• HIST 5381 - Seminar in Recent United States History
• HIST 5400 - Graduate Topics in History
• HIST 5405 - American Encounters to 1850
• HIST 5406 - American Encounters from 1850
• HIST 5410 - America in an Early Modern World
• HIST 5412 - Global Environment History
• HIST 5415 - Entangled Worlds, Entangled Lives: Indigenous People and Colonizers Before 1850
• HIST 5425 - Britain’s Global Empires: 1558 to the Present
• HIST 5450 - The Civil War and Reconstruction
• HIST 5460 - Post-Civil War America: The Gilded Age
• HIST 5462 - American Indian History to 1783
• HIST 5463 - American Indian History to 1890
• HIST 5464 - American Indians in the 20th Century
• HIST 5470 - The Birth of Modern America, 1890 to 1929
• HIST 5475 - American Environmental History
• HIST 5480 - Growth of Modern America, 1929 to 1960
• HIST 5490 - Modern America, 1960 to Present
• HIST 5492 - Revolutions in Latin America
• HIST 5494 - The U.S. in Latin America
• HIST 5495 - Borderlands in Latin America
• HIST 5496 - History of Mexico
• HIST 5500 - Readings in Women’s Studies
• HIST 5505 - The Old South, 1820 to 1861
• HIST 5510 - Modern East Asia
• HIST 5515 - American Legal History
• HIST 5530 - 19th Century American West
• HIST 5535 - History of Oil
• HIST 5540 - 20th Century American West
• HIST 5555 - American Encounters
• HIST 5560 - American Social History in the 20th Century
• HIST 5582 - 20th Century U.S. Foreign Relations
• HIST 5585 - Conference on U.S. History
• HIST 5600 - Graduate Readings
• HIST 5605 - Conference on Wyoming and the West
• HIST 5620 - Conference on Middle-Period and United States History
• HIST 5630 - Seminar on Western American History
• HIST 5645 - Seminar on American Indian History
• HIST 5660 - Conference on Early Modern Europe
• HIST 5670 - Seminar on Early American History
• HIST 5675 - Seminar on Middle-Period U.S. History
• HIST 5685 - Conference on European 19th and 20th Century History
• HIST 5810 - Seminar on Latin American History
• HIST 5880 - History Theory
• HIST 5900 - Practicum in College Teaching
• HIST 5910 - Seminar in History Profession
• HIST 5920 - Continuing Registration: On Campus
• HIST 5940 - Continuing Registration: Off Campus
• HIST 5959 - Enrichment Studies
• HIST 5960 - Thesis Research
• HIST 5990 - Internship