Katherine Sinclair

Katherine Sinclair, PhD, is a Term Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Alaska. She earned her doctorate from Rutgers University in 2024, with research focusing on the history of the modern French empire and environmental history. Her dissertation examined French sovereignty claims over the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean.

Her current research interests include:

• French colonial geographies and territorial claims
• Environmental impacts of space programs
• Historical development of rocketry programs
• Antarctic exploration history
• Postcolonial studies of technology