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Role: Career Diversity Team

Colton Adkisson

Graduate Student [HIST]

Area of research specialization: Internal Improvements, Environment, and Technology in the Antebellum South. Specifically focused on the usage of U.S. government snag boats on the western rivers and their economic and social impact. Conference Presentations: “Snags, Sawyers, and Shifting Opinion:...

Simon Cordery

Department Chair [HIST]

As Chair of the History Department I oversee the administration and management of our excellent faculty and outstanding programs. Before becoming Chair here at Iowa State University in 2016, I served as Department Chair for four years at Western Illinois...

Pamela Riney-Kehrberg

Distinguished Professor [HIST]

My research focuses on American rural and agricultural history, as well as the history of childhood and youth, and the family. Although most of my work has been in the period from 1875-1945, my last two projects are more contemporary....

Kathleen Hilliard

Associate Professor [HIST]

As a peripatetic Marine Corps “brat,” roving Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas, I grew up a natural observer of the politics, economy, and culture of southern rural life. After completing my doctorate at the University of South Carolina, I enjoyed...

Michael D. Bailey

Professor and Interim Department Chair [WLC]

I am a historian of the European Middle Ages, having received my PhD from Northwestern University in 1998. My research focuses on late medieval religious history, particularly the history of magic, witchcraft, and superstition, as well as heresy and religious...

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