Don Buie
MAÂ Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Katherine Huntley
Research Interests: Roman Republic Navy 400-30 BCE
jessebuie@u.boisestate.edu

Zack Burfeindt
MAÂ Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Katherine Huntley
Research Interests: Roman Games and the Augustan Reforms 30 – 14 CE
zackburfeindt@u.boisestate.edu

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

Chris DeMarco
MA Public History
Supervisory Committee Chair:Â Katherine Huntley
Research Interests: Ancient History, Mediterranean Culture and Religion
Christopherdemar239@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

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
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

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

Autumn Liedkie
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: David Walker
Research Interests: Military History and Strategic Bombardment
autumnliedkie@u.boisestate.edu

Rebecca Mills
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA
Research Interests: American and British political cartoonists depiction of women during the American Revolution
rebeccamills@u.boisestate.edu

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
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

Eric Overzet
MAHR (Public History)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Ray Krohn
Research Interest: Western American History
ericoverzet@u.boisestate.edu

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

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

Mandee Snowden-Edmonds
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Lisa McClain
Research Interests: Sex Work, Victorian Era, Collective Memory and Imagination, Gender and Racial Identity
mandeeedmonds@u.boisestate.edu

Jacob Taylor
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Shaun Nichols
Research Interests: Labor History in the Pacific Northwest
jacobtaylor204@u.boisestate.edu

Michael Tuttle
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA
Research Interests: American Maritime History, The Second World War, American Pacific Policy
michaeltuttle@u.boisestate.edu

acobtaylor204@u.boisestate.edu
Darin Young
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: David Walker
Research Interests: Idaho Education and American Nationalism
darinyoung816@u.boisestate.edu
In This Section:
- Application Procedures
- Applying to the History Graduate Program — READ CAREFULLY
- Boise State History Graduate Students in Action
- Completed Graduate Projects and Theses
- Current Graduate Students and What They Are Researching
- Graduate Advising Information
- Graduate Course Offerings
- The Project
- Thesis Option
- Topics of Past MA Theses and Projects
- Admissions Procedures
- Funding and Fellowships