Dr. Kristin Hoganson

Biography

Kristin Hoganson is a Professor in the Department of History at Illinois University. Her research primarily focuses on U.S. foreign relations history, examining themes of U.S. empire throughout the long nineteenth century and into the period of World War I. Her recent publication, 'Heartland: American History', explores the American heartland as a lens through which to track border histories, human mobility, and issues of imperialism. Currently, she is investigating the development of imperialist infrastructure during the dawn of the carbon era and its implications for militarism, war, colonialism, globalization, and agriculture-environment interactions. Hoganson has a longstanding interest in gender, sexuality, and the entanglements of empires. She teaches a variety of courses including historical methods and writing, U.S. foreign relations, local history in a global context, food history, and the dynamics of U.S. nation-building since 1877.

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