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Kathryn S. Olmsted <ksolmsted@ucdavis.edu> University of California, Davis My special interest is the political and cultural history of the United States in the twentieth century. I am currently writing a book called Governing Conspiracies: Conspiracy Theories about the U.S. Government from World War I to the present |
| Address: | History department One Shields Avenue Davis, California 95616 United States |
| Primary Phone: | 530-752-2118 |
| List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-HOAC Reviewer for H-Diplo |
| Reviews: | Spooks, Rats, and War Criminals |
| Interests: | American History / Studies |
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Bio: DEGREES Ph.D., History, University of California, Davis. June 1993. Dissertation: Challenging the Secret Government: Congress and the Press Investigate the Intelligence Community, 1974-1976. Master of Arts, History, University of California, Davis, March 1988. Bachelor of Arts with Honors and Distinction, History, Stanford University, June 1985. ACADEMIC POSITIONS Professor, history department, University of California, Davis, July 2005-present. Associate professor, history department, University of California, Davis, July 2003-present. Assistant professor, history department, University of California, Davis, July 2001-June 2003. Lecturer, history department, University of California, Davis, September 1993-December 2000. PUBLICATIONS -- BOOKS Red Spy Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth Bentley. University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Challenging the Secret Government: The Post- Watergate Investigations of the CIA and FBI. University of North Carolina Press, 1996. ARTICLES “Lapdogs or Rogue Elephants? Controversies and Conspiracy Theories about the CIA,” in Athan Theoharis, ed., The CIA. Forthcoming, Greenwood, 2005. “Blond Queens, Red Spiders, and Neurotic Old Maids: Gender and Espionage in the Early Cold War.” Intelligence and National Security 19:1 (Spring 2004). "Reclaiming Executive Power: The Ford Administration's Response to the Intelligence Investigations." Presidential Studies Quarterly 26:3 (Summer 1996): 725-37. "'An American Conspiracy': The Post-Watergate Press and the CIA." Journalism History, 19:2 (Summer 1993): 51-58. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Governing Conspiracies: Conspiracy Theories about the U.S. Government from World War I to September 11 Under contract with Oxford University Press. UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT United States since 1865 United States, 1877 to 1917 United States, 1917 to 1945 United States since 1945 Conspiracy Theories in U.S. History Social and Cultural History of the 20th Century United States California History Secrecy and Democracy in the United States GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT The Cold War Reform and Reaction in 20th Century America CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS “’I Think She Is One Hundred Percent Our Woman’: Elizabeth Bentley and Female Agency.” Presented at the Pacific Coast branch meeting of the American Historical Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 1, 2003. “Women’s Studies and Intelligence History.” Presented at the Southwest/Texas branch of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 15, 2002. “Red Spy Queens: Gender and Espionage in the Early Cold War.” Presented at the Western Association of Women Historians conference, Huntington Library, April 21, 2002. |
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