Clara Keyt
Department of History
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
970.491.3255 {Office}
850.221.8712 {Cell}
clara.keyt@colostate.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. U.S. History, Arizona State University, 2010
Fields of Study: Public History, American South, Environmental, African-American
M.A. U.S. History, University of West Florida, 2004
B.A.
University of West Florida, 1997, Psychology
SCHOLARSHIP IN PROGRESS
* “Comin’ Up, I Thought We Were All Kinsfolk: Cultural Identity, Emotional Landscapes, and
Political Negotiations in Pensacola.” Requested by Florida Historical
Quarterly
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
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Instructor, Dept of History, Colorado State University, 2013- Present
Courses Taught: 20th Century American Indian Renaissance (HIST 362)
U.S. Since 1945 (HIST 349)
U.S. Since 1877 (HIST 150)
The American South (HIST 368)
U.S. To 1877(HIST 150)
African-American History Since 1865
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Visiting Lecturer, American Indian Studies, University of Wyoming, 2013- Spr 2014
Courses Taught: Traditional Ecological Knowledge (AIST 3400)
Native Americans and Their Environments (AIST-3200)
PUBLIC HISTORY POSITIONS
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Research Associate, Public Lands History Center, Colorado State University,
2014- Present
Interpreted properties within Theodore Roosevelt National Park, identified sites during a
Historic Resource Survey, and currently produced 3 chapters for a 10-chapter report.
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Historian/ Cultural Resource Specialist, Historic Preservation Office, City of
Phoenix, Arizona, 2010 – 2012
Developed and implemented educational programming for students, public tours, and
other learning groups visiting historical sites, related to the City’s General Plan for
increasing national, regional and local interest in historic preservation and regional
history.
Products included museum exhibits, articles, locally televised oral history programs,
way-finding signs, historic photo art, and pamphlets. Assignments also included public
speaking engagements, lectures, educational neighborhood meetings, writing press
releases, and interviews with metropolitan media sources.
Researched, analyzed, and interpreted archival materials for community land-use, historic
context, and architectural development reports on City-owned properties. Assessed
cultural and physical land-use changes to determine historical significance of properties.
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Research Assistant, Dept. of History, Arizona State University, 2006-2010
Collaborated with senior historians to conduct research, interpret findings, and identify
patterns of natural and cultural resource use, such as mining, oil, and radium, historical
and modern issues related to trust relationships and Federal Indian Policy for the
following manuscripts:
o Treaties with American Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts and
Sovereignty, 3 Vols. Ed. Donald Fixico (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2007)
o A History of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Donald Fixico, (Westport, CN:
Greenwood Press, 2012)
o The American Indian Experience from Prehistory to the Present: Themes,
Perspectives, and Relationships, Donald Fixico, (NY: Oxford University Press,
scheduled 2013)
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Scholar-Associate, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship,
Arizona State University, Fall 2006
Recipient of a National Science Foundation Scholarship. Collaborated with
interdisciplinary scholars in (Geography, Ecology, Life and Human Sciences, and
Anthropology) to research and study contemporary and historical urban ecology issues in
Arizona and the Southwest.
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Historian, Enviro-Pro-Tech, Inc., Pensacola, Florida, 2004-2006
Conducted research at local, state, and national repositories, libraries, and archives to
determine the historical land use of and industrial histories on various properties, for use
in Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. Guest Educator at University of West
Florida in 3000-level courses: Introduction to Environmental History, Introduction to
Public History. Instructed undergraduate students on research and project techniques
needed in writing land-use and environmental histories.
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Teaching Assistant, Dept. of History, University of West Florida, 2002-2004
Developed, administered, and graded exams, course assignments, lectures, and online
study sessions. Assisted students, including students of color, first- generation college
students and those with special needs, in understanding course material.
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Intern Historian, Impact Assessment, Inc., La Jolla, California, 2003
Researched and collected data on historic land and water-use patterns for an
Environmental Impact Statement to determine the economic and cultural impacts
on 19 communities during the shift from commercial fishing to petroleum drilling
and tourism-based land- and water-use. Topics included economic, demographic,
and infrastructure histories.
Internship with a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and
Minerals Management Service-sponsored research team focusing on Gulf Coast
commercial fishing communities. Results used to determine NOAA and MMS’
compliance with NEPA, regarding Gulf of Mexico commercial fishing infrastructure.
CONSULTATION SERVICES
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David J. Spencer CDC Museum Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia, Fall 2012
Contributed direction for locating resources that reflect historical issues of environmental
and health disparities in the United States; related to a new health equity and social
justice museum exhibit, (opened November 2013).
PUBLICATIONS
- Biographical entry on American Indian Movement Leader Russell Means, Treaties with
American Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts and Sovereignty, 3 Vols. Ed.
Donald Fixico (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2007)
- Biographical entry on American Indian Movement Leader Dennis Banks, Treaties with
American Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts and Sovereignty, 3 Vols. Ed.
Donald Fixico (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2007)
PRESENTATIONS
- “The Lower Duwamish Waterways and Tribal Story Poles,” University of Wyoming, 2013.
- “Partners in Preservation: The City of Phoenix and Owners of Historically Designated
Buildings”, Arizona Statehood Centennial Commemoration, Phoenix, Arizona, 2012.
- “A Place Called Home: Race, Cultural Identity, Toxic Waste, and Political Negotiations in
Pensacola, Florida,” National Council on Public History, Pensacola, Florida, 2011.
- “Teaching Environmental History Research Techniques,” Gulf South History and
Humanities Conference, Mobile, Alabama, 2007.
- “From Food to Fun: Fishing Rights and Waterfront Land- Use in Northwest Florida,”
American Association of State and Local History Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
2005.
- “Irish Immigrant Community Building in Pensacola Naval Yard: 1820-1861,” Gulf South
History and Humanities Conference, Mobile, Alabama. 2004.
- “An Introduction to Environmental History,” and “Using Historical Sources to Write
Environmental Histories,” Department of History, Introduction to Public History, University of
West Florida, Guest Instructor, 2003-06.