History Department, Ballantine 830
Indiana University, 1020 East Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-7103 USA
Phone: 812-855-6288 · Email: kdierks@iu.edu
“The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.” Ida B. Wells (1892)
“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” H.G. Wells (1920)
“Americans are addicted to innocence.” Imani Perry (2019)
Teaching: | Research: | |
Fall 2024: | ||
H105:5786 | American History I Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:45 - 11:00 a.m., Woodburn Hall 101 |
|
J425:31171 | History Capstone Seminar Thursdays, 1:15 - 3:45 p.m., Ballantine Hall 219 |
|
office hours: | Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Ballantine 830 | |
Spring 2024: | ||
A200:30118 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:45 - 11:00 a.m., Ballantine Hall 243 |
|
J300:4602 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 1:15 - 2:30 p.m., Ballantine Hall 241 |
|
office hours: | Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Ballantine 830 | |
Fall 2023: | ||
H105:5997 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:45 - 11:00 a.m., Woodburn Hall 101 |
|
H750:31451 | Tuesdays, 4:45 - 6:45 p.m., Ballantine Hall 016 |
|
office hours: | Tuesdays, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., Ballantine 830 | |
Spring 2023: | ||
A235:30589 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 1:15 - 2:30 p.m., Ballantine Hall 110 |
|
J300:4768 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:45 - 11:00 a.m., Ballantine Hall 105 |
|
K499:mentor | Senior Honors Thesis: “Virginia Penny (1826-1913), First American Woman Economist” Anna Pohl |
|
office hours: | by virtual appointment only during ongoing pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis | |
Fall 2022: | ||
H105:6246 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 4:45 - 6:00 p.m., Myers Hall 130 |
|
H601:2139 | Mondays, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Ballantine 012 |
|
H575:10432 | American Slavery and the Black Freedom Struggle William Morgan Wednesdays, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
|
K499:mentor | Senior Honors Thesis: “Virginia Penny (1826-1913), First American Woman Economist” Anna Pohl |
|
J425:mentor | History Capstone Seminar: “Family Correspondence in the War of 1812” Sarah Hensler |
|
H000 | Women in Globalizing 19th-Century America Hazel Stringer, Bloomington High School South |
|
office hours: | by virtual appointment only during ongoing pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis | |
Spring 2022: | ||
J300:5031 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:45 - 11:00 a.m., Ballantine 221 |
|
J425:12135 | Tuesdays, 12:30 - 3:00 p.m., Lindley 120 |
|
H575:2452 | Slavery, Resistance, Abolition, Freedom II William Morgan Wednesdays, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
|
J425:mentor | History Capstone Seminar: “American Exceptionalism in the Debate Over United States Imperialism” Kyle Bokota |
|
office hours: | by virtual appointment only during ongoing pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis | |
College Policy Committee: | Mondays, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. | |
Fall 2021: | ||
H105:15514 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 1:10 - 2:25 p.m., Biology Building A100 |
|
H601:11055 | Tuesdays, 4:55 - 6:55 p.m., Ballantine 012 |
|
H575: | Slavery, Resistance, Abolition, Freedom I William Morgan Mondays, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
|
office hours: | by virtual appointment only during ongoing pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis | |
College Policy Committee: | Mondays, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. | |
Summer 2021: | ||
mentoring | ||
Spring 2021: | ||
A302:30900 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 1:10 - 2:25 p.m. [synchronous online during pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis] |
|
A235:33819 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. [synchronous online during pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis] |
|
H575: | Rethinking Early American Thought William Morgan Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. |
|
office hours: | by virtual appointment only during ongoing pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis | |
College Policy Committee: | Mondays, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. | |
Fall 2020: | ||
J300:13597 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. [synchronous online during pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis] |
|
H601:2285 | Tuesdays, 4:55 - 6:55 p.m. [synchronous online during pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis] |
|
J425:mentor | History Capstone Research Project: “The States United: Discrepancies of Opinion between The Federalist Papers and Personal Correspondence on the Unity of States under the Constitution” Myranda Knepp |
|
office hours: | by virtual appointment only during ongoing pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis | |
College Policy Committee: | Mondays, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. | |
Summer 2020: | ||
mentoring | ||
College Policy Committee: | Mondays, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. | |
Spring 2020: | ||
A235:30800 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m., Swain East 140 |
|
H750:6865 | Tuesdays, 6:15 - 8:15 p.m., Lindley 016 |
|
K499:mentor | Senior Honors Thesis: “Indiana, Tennessee, and the Creation of State Identity in the Early United States” Walter Guardino |
|
office hours: | Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Weatherly 225 | |
College Policy Committee: | Mondays, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Owen Hall 101 | |
Fall 2019: | ||
A200:10281 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m., Swain East 140 |
|
J400:2360 | Tuesdays, 3:35 - 6:05 p.m., Ballantine 246 |
|
K499:mentor | Senior Honors Thesis: “Indiana, Tennessee, and the Creation of State Identity in the Early United States” Walter Guardino |
|
H575:14334 | Violence in 19th-Century American History Justin Hawkins |
|
office hours: | Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Weatherly 225 | |
College Policy Committee: | Mondays, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Owen Hall 101 | |
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019: | ON RESEARCH LEAVE | |
Senior Visiting Research Fellow, |
||
Spring 2018: | ||
Associate Editor | ||
J400:2997 | Tuesdays, 10:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m., Ballantine 321 |
|
office hours: | Tuesdays, 12:15-1:15 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
Fall 2017: | ||
Associate Editor | ||
H105:8752 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Wylie Hall 005 |
|
office hours: | Tuesdays, 12:45-1:45 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
X490:13046 | History of Political Economies in the United States Stephen Browne |
|
Summer 2017: | ||
.... | Jennifer Kucharski (Indiana University, South Bend) “French Jesuits in the Upper Country: A Look at Catholicism, Colonization, and Native Americans Relations in the 17th and 18th Centuries” |
|
Spring 2017: | ||
Associate Editor | ||
J300:10642 | Mondays, 10:10 a.m. - 12:40 p.m., Lindley Hall 019 |
|
office hours: | Tuesdays, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
Fall 2016: | ||
Associate Editor | ||
H105:11026 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 1:00-2:15 p.m., Myers Hall 130 |
|
office hours: | Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
T495 | History of Statistics in the United States Jeremy Rolsky |
|
Spring 2016: | ||
Associate Editor | ||
A235:29792 | Mondays/Wednesdays, 1:00-2:15 p.m., Ballantine 347 |
|
office hours: | Wednesdays, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Ballantine 734 | |
.... | Grace Boya Shen |
|
Fall 2015: | ||
Associate Editor | ||
T495 | Liang Qichao in America, 1903: Global Economy and Community Businesses Yisheng (Crystal) Lu |
|
T495 | Liang Qichao in America, 1903: Race and Gender Politics Grace Boya Shen |
|
H575:4356 | Inhabitants, Settlers, and Slaves in Colonial America Amy Ransford |
|
Spring 2015: | ||
A300:33628 A399:25940 |
Mondays/Wednesdays, 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Ballantine 347 |
|
J400:18283 | Mondays/Wednesdays, 1:00-2:15 p.m., Woodburn 118 |
|
office hours: | Mondays/Wednesdays, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Ballantine 734 | |
H575:18279 | Exploitation, Expansion, Emancipation: The Early American Republic Jacob Hagstrom |
|
Fall 2014: | ||
H105:8809 | Mondays/Wednesdays, 1:25-2:15 p.m., Morrison 007 |
|
Honors credit project Leigh Eubanks “Religious Gatherings of Enslaved Peoples in the Antebellum American South” |
||
AI weekly meeting: | Mondays, 12:45-1:15 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
office hours: | Wednesdays, 11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
H650:30608 | Early American History in a Global Context Wednesdays, 6:15-8:15 p.m., Woodburn 204 |
|
∙∙∙∙ | Simon Willard |
|
Spring 2014: | ||
A300:28223 A300:33338 |
Tuesdays/Thursdays, 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Swain East 105 |
|
office hours: | Tuesdays, 1:45-3:45 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
H750:28472 | The Geographic as a Category of Historical Analysis Tuesdays, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Ballantine 235 |
|
H575:18494 | Russian Empire Building in the North Pacific Alexander Herbert |
|
∙∙∙∙ | Simon Willard |
|
Fall 2013: | ||
H105:3308 | Mondays/Wednesdays, 1:25-2:15 p.m., Swain West 119 |
|
Honors credit project Stephanie Edelen “Elementary Education in 1850s Indiana” |
||
AI weekly meeting: | Mondays, 12:00-12:45 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
office hours: | Mondays, 10:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
J400:12603 | Wednesdays, 10:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m., Ballantine 209 Olivia Pietrantoni “America Enters the Canton Trade” |
|
∙∙∙∙ | Simon Willard |
|
Spring 2013: | ||
H575:17681 | U.S. History, 1789-1861 Jordan Taylor |
|
Fall 2012: | ||
H105:18156 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 11:15 a.m. - 12:05 p.m., Morrison Hall 007 |
|
Honors credit projects Lyndi Hollis “American Missionaries to Africa in the Mid Nineteenth Century” Katie McMillen “Slave Songs and Minstrelsy Music in the Mid Nineteenth Century” Lexy Parrill “Modern American Film Representations of Early American History” |
||
AI weekly meeting: | Tuesdays, 12:15-1:00 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
office hours: | Tuesdays, 10:15-11:15 a.m., 1:00-2:00 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
H650:18177 | Early American History in a Global Context Thursdays, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Ballantine 335 |
|
Fall 2011 - Spring 2012: | ON RESEARCH LEAVE | |
Senior Visiting Research Fellow, |
||
Visiting Research Fellow, |
||
Spring 2011: | ||
Acting Co-Editor | ||
H650:8370 | Globalizing American History Tuesdays, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Wylie 111 |
|
I460 |
|
|
K498 |
|
|
office hours: | Tuesdays, 2:45-3:45 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
Fall 2010: | ||
Acting Co-Editor | ||
H105:13429 | Tuesdays/Thursdays, 11:15 a.m. - 12:05 p.m., Fine Arts 015 |
|
H105:283699 | Honors Discussion Section Tuesdays, 2:30-3:20 p.m., Sycamore 137 |
|
AI weekly meeting: | Tuesdays, 12:15-1:00 p.m., Ballantine 734 | |
office hours: | Thursdays, 9:15-11:15 a.m., Ballantine 734 | |
Spring 2010: |
|
|
Associate Editor | ||
I460 |
|
|
Fall 2009: | ||
Associate Editor | ||
K499:mentor |
|
|
I460 | Modern Political Thought and Action Christian Hines |
|
∙∙∙∙ | Alex Hearn |
|
Spring 2009: | ||
Associate Editor |
||
J400:12049 | Tuesdays, 3:35-5:30 p.m., Ballantine 137 |
|
K499:mentor | Drew Patterson “Mexico Without the Mexicans: How 19th-Century Anglo-Americans Separated a Land from a People” |