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Derek Everett
Senior Lecturer of History
History
[email protected]Office Hours
In Person by Appointment
Online/Virtually by Request
Biography
Dr. Everett is a Colorado native, born and raised in the Denver metropolitan area. He graduated from Arvada West High School, and holds a B.A. from Western State College of Colorado and an M.A. from Colorado State University. Dr. Everett earned his doctorate in history at the University of Arkansas.Dr. Everett specializes in Colorado and Western history, with an emphasis on geography and politics. He has published three books, including _The Colorado State Capitol: History, Politics, Preservation_ (2005), _Creating the American West: Boundaries and Borderlands_ (2014), and _Colorado Day by Day_ (2020).
Research Interests
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Colorado, American West, American immigration, public architecture
Teaching Interests
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Colorado history, US history, American West, American immigration history, Gilded Age/Progressive era, public architecture
Education
PhD in History
University of Arkansas
MA in History
Colorado State University
BA in History
Western State College of Colorado
Published Works
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Everett, D. . Review of "The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi" by Boyce Upholt. Arkansas Historical Review,
Everett, D. (2024). Review of "The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic: Policing Mobility in the Nineteenth-Century United States" by Kevin Kenny. Journal of American History,
Everett, D. (2023). Review of "Pleas and Petitions: Hispano Culture and Legislative Conflict in Territorial Colorado" by Virginia Sanchez. New Mexico Historical Review,