Laura Arata
Associate Professor
History
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BIO & RESEARCH INTERESTs
Associate Professor of History and Director of Public History.
Author: Race and the Wild West: Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes and the Tourism of Decline, 1870 - 1930 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020).
Research Interests:
Public History
19th Century United States
American West
Historic Preservation
Race and Ethnicity
Women and Gender
Tourism and Material Culture
Author: Race and the Wild West: Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes and the Tourism of Decline, 1870 - 1930 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020).
Research Interests:
Public History
19th Century United States
American West
Historic Preservation
Race and Ethnicity
Women and Gender
Tourism and Material Culture
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
- Associate ProfessorOklahoma State University, History, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States2021 - present
DEGREES
- Bachelor of Arts, History, English, American Indian StudiesUniversity of Washington, Seattle, United States2002 - 2005
- Master of Arts, Public HistoryWashington State University, Pullman, United States2007 - 2009
- PhD, United States History, Public History, Modern East AsiaWashington State University, Pullman, United States2009 - 2014
FACULTY/STAFF OR STUDENT
- Faculty/Staff
CAMPUS
- Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
DEPARTMENT
- History