• Teaching & advising

    "Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history."
    Abraham Lincoln, 1862
    Students studying in Suzzallo LIbrary, University of Washington, 1962

    Undergraduate

    I will be on sabbatical leave in 2023-24, returning to full-time teaching in 2024-25.

     

    For an archive of past course syllabi, click here.

     

    For useful links and worksheets on historical research and writing, visit my Resources page.

     

    If you are a current or former student and would like to ask for a confidential letter of recommendation for graduate school or scholarships, please contact me using this form.

     Al Ulbrickson, University of Washington crew coach, Seattle, 1937

    Graduate

    I will be on sabbatical leave in 2023-24, returning to full-time teaching in 2024-25. I currently am not accepting new graduate students as a first-field advisor.

     

    Here are links to some past graduate course syllabi, with reading lists that may be useful for field preparation:

    Full description of the graduate fields I supervise can be found here.

  • Video Lectures

    An archive of selected course lectures.

    Making sense of the moment

    January 2021

    Lecture prepared for students in HSTAA 213 and HSTAA 317 (Win 2021) on the events of January 6, 2021 and immediately after.