Kris Alexanderson

Kris Alexanderson is an Associate Professor of History at the University of the Pacific, teaching in the Department of History. She specializes in global maritime networks, colonialism, and environmental history. Her research focuses on anti-colonial movements across the Dutch Empire, particularly through oceanic connections between Indonesia, East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Education:

• PhD, Rutgers University, 2011
• BA, Bard College, 1999

Research Interests:

• Subversive maritime networks and anti-imperial resistance
• Intersections of empires, environments, and economies
• Colonial port cities and transnational movements

Publications:

• Book: Subversive Seas (Cambridge UP, 2019)
• Articles in Journal of Social History, Journal of Pacific History, and others

Awards:

• Fulbright IIE Scholarship (2011)
• Arnold L. Graves Award (ACLS, 2019)

Teaching emphasizes critical analysis of primary sources, oral communication, and connecting historical studies to contemporary issues. Current research explores 20th-century imperial-environmental intersections with ACLS funding.