Jennifer Thigpen
Assistant Professor of History
Wilson-Short Hall 311 – 509-335-8375
jthigpen@wsu.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2007
Academic & Professional Interests
Thigpen teaches courses 19th century U.S. History, Women and Gender, Colonialism, and the West.
Honors and Awards
2008 Lerner-Scott Dissertation Prize Finalist; Chancellor's Club Dissertation Fellowship(2006); Mayers Fellowship, The Huntington Library (2005)
Publications
" 'Something Wonderful is About to Happen': Americans and the Open Frontier" ABC-CLIO's Analyze Project (August 2008).
"Looking 'West'--Perspectives on a Changing Nation, HOT Themes in American History Humanities Out There, UCI California History-Social Science Project and the Santa Ana Partnership (2007).