Dale J. Stahl

Dale J. Stahl serves as Associate Professor in the Department of History within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, specializing in environmental history with regional expertise in the modern Middle East and global historical frameworks.

Education:

• Ph.D. in History, Columbia University (2014)
• M.Phil. in History, Columbia University (2010)
• M.A. in History, Columbia University (2008)
• B.A. in History and Drama, Stanford University (2002)

His research critically examines intersections of environmental resource management, state formation, and international relations in the Middle East, with particular focus on transboundary water politics. Current work centers on the Tigris-Euphrates Basin's political ecology through his manuscript The Two Rivers: Water, Development and Politics in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin, 1920-1975, analyzing how water governance shaped national identities in Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. Teaching encompasses global environmental history, Middle Eastern political history, Islamic history, and history of science/technology.

Research has received significant support from the New York University Abu Dhabi Institute, Institute of Turkish Studies, Whiting Foundation, and American Academic Research Institute in Iraq. Courses taught include The Environmental History of North America, Islam in Modern History, and An International History of Oil and Water, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach to resource politics and historical development.