Instructor Info

Let me introduce myself. My name is Kristen Epps and I am a fourth year Ph.D. student at the University of Kansas. I earned my master’s degree at The College of William and Mary in 2005.  You’ve found your way to my course website for HIST128: U.S. History Through the Civil War for the fall 2008 semester. This site serves as a repository of knowledge for students in these courses, including links to my syllabus, posts about “history in the news,” and any other history-related topics that strike my fancy.

My research interests include society in antebellum America, focusing particularly on slavery, abolition, and Bleeding Kansas (though I also have a soft spot in my heart for colonial history). In addition to my experience as a TA and as an instructor, I have had the opportunity to work at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture as an editorial assistant and as a project archivist for the Territorial Kansas Online project and the Kansas Memory project, both created by the Kansas State Historical Society. For further information, see my graduate student profile here.

I can be contacted at kkeppsATkuDOTedu.