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Professor Rachel Gross published her first book this spring, Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America, a Yale University Press publication. Congratulations! This achievement is the culmination of 13 years of research, writing, and tireless effort on Professor Gross’s part. The book...

Chris Agee Dr. Agee presented a panel Paper titled “Police Survival and Police Union Organizing in Philadelphia and Houston, 1970-1988” at the Urban History Association Conference. His paper discussed how a union leaders during the 1970s and 1980s began promoting a “survival ideology”: the notion that police officers should always...

The History Department congratulates Professor Dale Stahl on his recently-awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. The CU Board of Regents awarded Professor Stahl on April 15, 2024, a wonderful culmination of his years of study and dedication. Professor Stahl’s areas of expertise include Environmental History & Middle Eastern and...

The history department is thrilled to recognize Brianna Matson for her outstanding achievement in winning the CU Denver Graduate Student Leadership and Service Award. This award is bestowed upon students who demonstrate exceptional leadership and service, both within and beyond the university. Brianna's nomination by the director of graduate students,...

Always striving to enhance his students' educational experience, Matthew Fulford earned his MA in history at CU Denver in order to bring CU Denver Succeed classes, a program that allows students to take college-level transferable courses, to his students at Denver East High School. Throughout the MA program, Matthew was...

This spring, CU Denver students helped the Black American West Museum and Heritage Center (BAWMHC) take a major step toward accreditation. As part of Professor Bill Wagner’s Management of Material Culture and Museum Collections class, twenty-two undergraduates and graduate students created a digital catalog of more than 1,400 items—roughly three-quarters...

The History Department is proud to honor the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 graduates for completing their Senior Thesis projects and reaching the end of the BA program. Several students graduated with honors, displaying a great deal of ingenuity and professionalism during the challenges of COVID-19. The Department offers a...

The History Department congratulates Prof. Dale Stahl for winning the Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year Award at the 25 th Annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium! Prof. Stahl was recognized for his mentorship of three undergraduate students—Raphael Angoulvant (History), Khalid Mhareb (History), and Sukru Karaoglu (INTS)—who each worked as...

Since 1986, the History Department’s Historical Studies Journal has featured exceptional student papers with strong arguments and historical analysis. With the shift of this year’s journal to an entirely digital format, the expectations for excellence have not changed, but the ability to feature multimedia projects marks a profound evolution in...

What began as Jennifer Purcell’s UC Denver graduate research paper grew into an MA thesis, a doctoral dissertation, and a published book that earned Purcell a position and tenure as a Professor of History at Saint Michael’s College. Purcell’s interest in the mid-century British journal Mass Observation not only launched...