History Department Alumni Newsletter - Fall 2025 & Spring 2026

Dear Alumni, Students, Colleagues, and Friends, I hope all of you are enjoying a wonderful start to the summer. Over the past academic year of 2023-2024, our department has seen great accomplishments and successes. From our critically acclaimed research to an acknowledgement from the university of our department’s student community,...

The History Department is proud to announce that both Associate Professor Dale Stahl and Professor Emerita Pamela Laird published books this academic year. Their books are wonderful contributions to their respective fields and will certainly remain valuable to the field of history for years to come. Pamela Laird’s research and...

The History Department would like to congratulate and commend undergraduate history student Ronnie Karanja for his stand-out work this year! This academic year, he served as Dr. Rachel Gross’ outstanding undergraduate research assistant and participated in CU Denver’s annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium (RaCAS) 2026. As a dedicated sophomore,...

The History Department is thrilled to announce that Indira Saha, an M.A. graduate in Public History, was awarded the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) Outstanding Graduate Student award in Fall 2025. This prestigious honor recognizes Indira’s exceptional scholarship and her impactful community-oriented work. Indira’s research interests are rooted...

The History Department would like to congratulate graduate student in Public History, Samantha Martinelli, on her graduation and on her new role as the Collections Care and Research Specialist at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Rhode Island. She started working there as a Collections Management Intern in 2025...