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Protecting Denver’s African American History: History Students Create Emergency Response Plan at Denver’s Black American West Museum This past spring, Professor Bill Wagner’s Museum Collections Management Class partnered with the Black American West Museum and Heritage Center (BAWMHC) to gain hands-on experience while making impactful changes for the future success...

Each year, the History Department honors various exceptional students with awards to celebrate and support their scholarship. These were the Spring 2025 recipients of each award: Mark Foster Scholarship - Britney Berlin Koch Fellowship - David Allen and Colin Hayward Ward Family Prize - Kira Boatright and Jolie Diepenhorst The...

Twenty-Five Years of Greatness: Reflecting and Honoring Three Faculty Members on Twenty-Five Years with the History Department The 2024-2025 school year marked an exciting milestone for three of our lovely history faculty members. This spring, the history Program Assistant, Tabitha Fitzpatrick, and two of our associate professors, Gabriel Finkelstein and...

In 2025, National History Day in Colorado (NHDC) reached a milestone, engaging over 20,000 students statewide through the University of Colorado Denver. Operating under the theme of "Rights & Responsibilities in History," the program successfully sent a 58-student delegation to the National Contest in Maryland to compete among 3,000 global...

Dear Friends, Greetings from the History Department at the University of Colorado, Denver. We are excited to share our annual newsletter, which caps off the great achievements of our community of scholars and supporters. More than ever, our community is committed to free inquiry, debate, and critical memory of the...

The History Department is proud to announce that Professor Rachel Gross has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor, following approval by the University of Colorado Board of Regents this spring. Dr. Gross currently serves as the Co-Director of Public History and will also be the Director of Graduate...

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,...