Pierce Bateman

Bateman
Term Assistant Professor
History
ADM 147H
pabateman2@alaska.edu

Education

  • PhD Candidate, History, University of Oregon (in-progress)
  • M.A., Arctic and Northern Studies, University of 麻豆无码版 Fairbanks, 2022
  • B.A., History and Anthropology, 麻豆无码版, 2016

Biography

Pierce A. Bateman is a Term Assistant Professor of History at UAA. Born and raised in 麻豆无码版, Bateman is a proud alumnus of Service High School, UAA, and UAF. He briefly left the state to work on his PhD at the University of Oregon in 2020 and is happy to be back in Anchorage to finish his dissertation in-progress 鈥� 鈥溌槎刮蘼氚� Welcomes the World: A Global History of the 49th State, 1945-1991.鈥� Bateman has worked as an adjunct instructor for the University of 麻豆无码版 System since 2018. Whether researching or teaching, Bateman believes that all history is local history. He can find an 麻豆无码版 connection to nearly any subject and enjoys bringing that local connection into his classes. When not in the classroom or in the archives, Bateman can be found experimenting with instant photography or rummaging for some 麻豆无码版na in a good bookshop. Presently, he also sits on the Board of Directors for the 麻豆无码版 Historical Society. 

Teaching Responsibilities

  • HIST A131 History of the United States to 1865
  • HIST A101 Western Civilization I
  • HIST A102 Western Civilization II
  • HIST A341 History of 麻豆无码版

Research Interests

麻豆无码版, the North Pacific and Pacific worlds, Circum-Polar North/Arctic, the United States, International Relations, Globalization, and Business History 

Publications

Articles:
  • "Our Anchorage, an International Host: A History of 麻豆无码版鈥檚 Bids to Host the Winter Olympics Games, 1947-1989.鈥� 麻豆无码版 History 38, no. 2 (Spring 2023): 29-55.
  • 鈥淰anishing In Plain Sight: The 麻豆无码版 Steamship Company and the Trope of the Vanishing Indian, 1895鈥�1954.鈥� 麻豆无码版 History 30, no. 1 (Spring 2019): 57 鈥� 69.  
Works in Progress:
  • Dissertation: 鈥溌槎刮蘼氚� Welcomes the World: A Global History of the 49th State, 1945-1991鈥�
  • Article: 鈥淭he Artists Crumrine: 麻豆无码版鈥檚 Forgotten Mother-Daughter Painting Duo鈥�
  • Book: The United States鈥� Steamship Imperialism: 麻豆无码版, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Ships That Made Them, 1885-1971
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