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Professor Steven Hackel is a historian specializing in American history, particularly the Spanish Borderlands, American West, and California Indians. He earned his B.A. at Stanford University and his Ph.D. in American History from Cornell University, with a focus on early America and the American West. Since 2007, he has been affiliated with the University of California, Riverside (UCR), where he continues his academic and research endeavors. Previously, he taught at Oregon State University from 1996 to 2007 and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture from 1994 to 1996.
Hackel's research delves into Native responses to colonialism, the effects of disease on colonial encounters, and digital history methodologies. He is the general editor of the Early California Population Project and founder of The Pobladores Database, a resource cataloging 15,000 immigrants who settled in California before 1850. His work has been internationally recognized, including curation of the Huntington Library’s exhibition Junípero Serra and the Legacy of the California Missions, and leadership of the Early Modern Studies Institute’s Seminar on the Spanish Borderlands.
Hackel has received numerous awards, including grants from the Haynes Foundation, Huntington Library, and National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as a Pew Program in Religion and American History Faculty Fellowship. His contributions to academia are further highlighted by his editorial board roles at CommonPlace and History Compass, and affiliations with the American Historical Association, Omohundro Institute, and Western History Association.
- Academic Appointments: Professor of History at UCR, Oregon State University (1996-2007), Postdoctoral Fellow at Omohundro Institute (1994-96)
- Research Projects: Early California Cultural Atlas, Pobladores Database, and co-curation of the Huntington Library’s California Missions exhibition
- Expertise: Digital history, colonial California, Native American history, and spatio-temporal analysis
