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Current Graduate Students and What They Are Researching

 

Erik Cordes

Erik Cordes
MA  Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Ray Krohn
Research Interests: United States Expansion and Civil War
erikcordes@u.boisestate.edu


Krystian Fichat
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair:  Katherine Huntley
Research Interests: Roman and Celtic interactions in the Western Roman Republic and Early Roman Empire
Krystianfichat@u.boisestate.edu

 


 

Nolan Gillies
MA  Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA
Research Interests: Ancient and Modern Macedonia, Nationalism, Identity Construction
nolangillies@u.boisestate.edu

 


 

Kyle Hand
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA
Research Interests: Affects of insurgencies have on their local populations.
kylehand@u.boisestate.edu


Amaya Herrera

Amaya Herrera
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA
Research Interests: Basque Studies, the Basque Diaspora, the Public History
amayaherrera@u.boisestate.edu


Micah Hetherington
MA Public History
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA

Research Interests: Queer history in America, death and funerary practices
Micah.hetheringto@u.boisestate.edu

 


Jeremiah Hilbish on a boat

Jeremiah Hilbish
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair:  Ray Krohn
Research Interests: Minority communities in Early modern south Central Europe
jeremiahhilbish@u.boisestate.edu


Calista Houdek

Calista Houdek
MA Public History
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA
Research Interests: Early Twentieth Century Textiles and Artifact Preservation
Thesis: Western Women: Idaho Garments and Dress
calistahoudek@u.boisestate.edu

 


Kate Howk
MA Public History
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA

Research Interests: American TV/Film history, history of public health
catherinehowk@gmail.com


Monica Lange 
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair:  TBA
Research Interests: Indigenous and Refugee Studies
monicalange@u.boisestate.edu

 


Autumn Liedkie

Autumn Liedkie
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair:  David Walker
Research Interests: Strategic Bombardment and the Pacific Theater of the Second World War
autumnliedkie@u.boisestate.edu


Nate Muir

Nate Muir
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Ray Krohn
Research Interests: US History and Civil Rights, Cold War Eastern Europe
davidmuir@u.boisestate.edu


Megan Nelson

Megan Nelson
MAHR (Public History)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Shaun Nichols
Research Interest: US Labor History, the American West, Public History, and Early Modern British history
megannelson250@u.boisestate.edu


Abra Renk

Abra Renk
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Erik Hadley
Research Interests: The Development & Secularization of the University
abrarenk@u.boisestate.com


Chuck Rumpf

Chuck Rumpf
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Bob Reinhardt
Research Interests: US Immigration History, Japanese Incarceration WWII, Minidoka Draft Resisters
chuckrumpf@u.boisestate.edu


Jacob Taylor
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA

Research Interests: Labor History in the Pacific Northwest
jacobtaylor204@u.boisestate.edu


Jack Warner
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA
Research Interests: Cold War and United States Diplomatic history
jackwarner@u.boisestate.edu


Erin Winterhalter posing with hands on her hips

Erin Winterhalter
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: David Walker
Research Interests: Masculinity, US West, American Identity
erinwinterhalter@u.boisestate.edu