Sarah Keyes
History Department
University of Southern California
3520 Trousdale Pkwy., SOS 153
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0034
1402 Curtis St.
Berkeley, CA 94702
skeyes@usc.edu
(650) 387-8859
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, History, University of Southern California, degree anticipated 2012
B.A. Pomona College, 2004. Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and distinction in history.
Major: History with minors in Spanish and Politics.
Dissertation
Title: “Beyond the Plains: Migration to the Pacific and the Reconfiguration of America,
1820-1900”
Committee: William Deverell (Chair), Richard Fox, Peter Mancall, William Handley
Peer-Reviewed Publications
“‘Like a Roaring Lion’: The Overland Trail as a Sonic Conquest,” Journal of American
History, 96, no. 1 (June 2009): 19-43.
Other Publications
40 articles, in Peter C. Mancall, ed., Encyclopedia of Native American History (New
York: Facts on File, 2011)
Fellowships and Awards
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Southern California, 2011
Donald J. Sterling, Jr., Graduate Research Fellowship, Oregon Historical Society, 2011
Beveridge Grant, American Historical Association, 2011
Founders' Dissertation Fellowship, Western Association of Women Historians, 2011
Research Fellowship, Winterthur Museum & Library, 2010
Predoctoral Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, 2010
Newberry Library Short-Term Resident Fellowship, Newberry Library, 2010
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Wilbur R. Jacobs Fellowship, The Huntington Library, 2010
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2010
Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society, 2010
Los Angeles Westerners Fellowship, The Autry National Center, 2010
Gilder Lehrman Fellowship, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 2010
Charles Redd Fellowship Award, Brigham Young University, 2010
USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute Predoctoral Fellowship, 2009-2010
Louis Pelzer Memorial Award, Organization of American Historians, 2008
College Doctoral Fellow, USC College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences, 2006
University Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006-2007, declined
Selected Scholarly Presentations
"Remembering the Tramp to El Dorado in Gilded Age California," Western History
Association, October 2010.
"Grave Digging and Nation Building on the Overland Trail," Pacific Coast Branch of the
American Historical Association, August 2010.
"Mapping Death on the Overland Trail," Western History Dissertation Workshop, June
2010.
“‘Like a Roaring Lion’: The Overland Trail as a Sonic Conquest,” Autry Western History
Workshop, December 2008.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, Understanding Race and Sex Historically, University of Southern
California, Spring 2009
Teaching Assistant, History of California, University of Southern California, Fall 2008
Teaching Assistant, Film, Power, and American History, University of Southern
California, Spring 2008
Teaching Assistant, The American Experience from Colonial Times to the Present,
University of Southern California, Fall 2007
University Service
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Co-Chair, History Graduate Student Association, 2008-2009
Mentor, USC College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences Teaching Assistantship Training, 2008
Chair, USC College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences Inside the Academics Studio Speakers
Series Planning Committee, 2007-2008
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