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Category: Department of History

Thomas Bourne: History, Class of 2018

edb242 | February 6, 2025

Thomas Bourne graduated from NAU in 2018 with a master’s in history. He was a director at Canoe Technologies, which is an electric vehicle startup company, and has experience working in politics. We asked him about his career path, his NAU experience, and the advice he has for prospective history students… Read more
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Letter from the History Department Interim Chair: Dr. Derek Heng

edb242 | January 10, 2025

Fall 2024, and the History Department has been off to a wonderful start! We welcomed a new cohort of students, many of which, we hope, would be inspired to read history as a significant part of their undergraduate education. We also enrolled eight new students into our MA History program, and look forward to mentoring them through the next two years here at NAU… Read more
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History Department Fall 2024 Faculty Highlights

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Professor Derek Heng was recently appointed by the Ministry of Education (Singapore) to the Social Science and Humanities Expert Panel. The panel comprises internationally prominent academics and is responsible for assisting the Ministry of Education and the Social Science Research Council in identifying and funding high-quality social science and humanities research that has the potential to contribute to Singapore’s society and economy… Read more
Two people talking to each other in history class.

The Secondary History and Social Studies Ed Program Updates

edb242 | December 19, 2024

The Secondary History and Social Studies Ed program is wrapping up a busy and productive Fall. We hosted several professional development events to serve current teacher candidates and practicing educators. In September Dr. Laura Muñoz gave an excellent talk based on her book Desert Dreams: Mexican Arizona and the Politics of Educational Equality to a packed auditorium. In October, we co-hosted a Saturday workshop on National History Day with the Arizona Historical Society… Read more
A teacher speaking in a history class.

Alexandra Williams and the Curation of “Timber! Northern Arizona’s Logging Legacy”

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Alexandra Williams, a senior majoring in History and Comparative Cultural Studies, led the curation of The Cline Library Special Collections and Archives (SCA) first 2024-25 exhibition entitled “Timber! Northern Arizona’s Logging Legacy”. The SCA chose to encapsulate more than a century of this history in an exhibition using photographs, documents and diary entries from the 19th and 20th centuries, the exhibition outlines northern Arizona’s evolving relationship with its forests. … Read more
Alex Williams standing with a vintage book in front of her.