Brent M. Rogers
Research Assistant
William F. Cody Papers Project
Contact Information:
612 Oldfather Hall
Department of History
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Phone: (402) 472-9702
Fax: (402) 472-8839
E-mail:
Joined the Department:
August 2007
Brent Rogers is a Ph.D. student studying Nineteenth Century United States and Western American history. Brent's current research focuses on the occupation of Utah Territory by United States federal troops in 1857. He seeks to understand this event in a broader context of national expansion, the creation of an American West, imperial ideology, and colonial/post-colonial struggles. Brent's minor field covers comparative world history with emphasis in colonial and post-colonial experiences. Additionally, Brent is highly interested in the tools and techniques of digital history and the ways that it can help inform his research and engage readers of his future scholarship.
Expertise:
- U.S. Nineteenth Century
- North American West
- Digital History
- Great Plains
- Colonialism and Decolonization
Education:
Ph.D., History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, In Progress
M.A., History (Public History), California State University, Sacramento, May 2007
B.A., History, Magna Cum Laude, San Diego State University, May 2005
"Unbounded History: Technology, Tools, Scholarship, and Preservation in the Digital Age." Hindsight 3 (May 2009): 108-130.
"The Elusive Truth: Historical Debate and the Mountain Meadows Massacre." Clio 17 (2007): 56-78.
Academic Positions Held
Research Assistant, National Digital Newspapers Project, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, 2008-2009.
Teaching Assistant, History Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007-2008
Research Assistant, Digital History, William G. Thomas, III and Douglas Seefeldt, editors, 2007-2008
