Current Graduate Students and What They Are Researching
![Erik Cordes](https://www.boisestate.edu/history/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2019/02/BSU-profile-Erik-Cordes-e1549403249534-150x135.jpg)
Erik Cordes
MAÂ 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:Â Katherine Huntley
Research Interests: Roman and Celtic interactions in the Western Roman Republic and Early Roman Empire
Krystianfichat@u.boisestate.edu
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Nolan Gillies
MAÂ Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: TBA
Research Interests: Ancient and Modern Macedonia, Nationalism, Identity Construction
nolangillies@u.boisestate.edu
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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](https://www.boisestate.edu/history/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2021/08/IMG-7679-Amaya-Herrera.jpg)
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](https://www.boisestate.edu/history/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2018/02/being-neat-Jeremiah-Hilbish-e1518028961960-150x150.jpg)
Jeremiah Hilbish
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair:Â Ray Krohn
Research Interests: Minority communities in Early modern south Central Europe
jeremiahhilbish@u.boisestate.edu
![Calista Houdek](https://www.boisestate.edu/history/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2021/08/65FE8F8F-499A-4333-983E-E864489C0E10_1_201_a-Calista-Houdek.jpeg)
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
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Monica LangeÂ
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair:Â TBA
Research Interests: Indigenous and Refugee Studies
monicalange@u.boisestate.edu
![Autumn Liedkie](https://www.boisestate.edu/history/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2021/04/20200730_124343.jpg)
Autumn Liedkie
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair:Â David Walker
Research Interests: Strategic Bombardment and the Pacific Theater of the Second World War
autumnliedkie@u.boisestate.edu
![Nate Muir](https://www.boisestate.edu/history/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2019/10/NateMuirGradPhoto-Nate-Muir.jpg)
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](https://www.boisestate.edu/history/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2021/04/IMG_4145.jpg)
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](https://www.boisestate.edu/history/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2021/04/RenkAbra-1.jpeg)
Abra Renk
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: Erik Hadley
Research Interests: The Development & Secularization of the University
abrarenk@u.boisestate.com
![Chuck Rumpf](https://www.boisestate.edu/history/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2021/08/Chuck-Rumpf.jpg)
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
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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](https://www.boisestate.edu/history/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2018/02/unnamed-e1518555412610-150x150.jpg)
Erin Winterhalter
MA Academic (Thesis)
Supervisory Committee Chair: David Walker
Research Interests: Masculinity, US West, American Identity
erinwinterhalter@u.boisestate.edu