History Department Alumni Newsletter - Fall 2020 & Spring 2021

Dear Students, Colleagues, Alumni, and Friends, This last year the History Department was thrilled to welcome two new professors--Xiaofei Gao and Cameron Blevins--into our ranks. For years the Department has been looking to address its coverage in China History and Digital Studies, and it is quite exciting to have found...

At the end of the Fall 2020 semester, Senior Instructor Jay Fell retired after thirty years with the University of Colorado Denver. Fell specializes in American West, Colorado, and Economic and Business History, and he taught a range of classes within those subjects during his time at CU Denver. Outside...

At the end of the 2020-2021 year, the History Department will be bidding farewell to Senior Instructor Richard Smith. Richard specializes in the history of Tudor/Stuart-era England and has taught courses ranging from Ancient Greece to Modern Europe in his years in the Department. Richard will be missed for his...

The History Department welcomes Professor Xiaofei Gao to the faculty! Professor Gao is an historian of modern China with teaching specializations in global history and modern East Asian history. Her research interests, she explains, gravitate toward the "intersections between society, environment, and gender relations." Professor Gao is currently working on...

This Spring Dr. Cameron Blevins published his first book, Paper Trails: The US Post and the Making of the American West, Oxford University Press. The book explores how the American state expanded its domestic influence through the U.S. Postal Service. Blevins digitally mapped 166,140 post offices constructed between 1639 and...

This past October Dr. Brandon Mills celebrated the publication of his book The World Colonization Made: The Racial Geography of Early American Empire . Mills's first monograph presents a new perspective on the colonization movement in the United States. His work expands the standard view of colonization--the proposal to send...

Since 1986 the University of Colorado Denver Historical Studies Journal has celebrated the scholarship of History students. Each year students and faculty submit student papers for consideration, and the journal's senior and assistant student editors select a handful of outstanding papers for publication. The process allows students to gain essential...

The History Department is proud to honor the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 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...