Dr. Kurt Kinbacher MA, PhD
Professor
| kkinbacher@csc.edu | Telephone | 308-432-6251 |
| Department | History/Social Sciences |
| Office Address | Old Admin 317 |
Education Background
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ph.D., History, May 2006
Fields of Study: North American West and Comparative World History
Dissertation: 鈥淚mmigration, the American West, and the Twentieth Century:
German from Russia, Omaha Indian, and Vietnamese-Urban
Villagers in Lincoln, Nebraska.鈥
Directed by Dr. John R. Wunder
University of Alabama at Birmingham, M.A., History, 2000
Thesis: 鈥淥ld-Time Music in the New South: The Birmingham Perspective, 1890-1950.鈥
Directed by Dr. Andre J. Millard
University of Minnesota, B.S., Secondary Education, 1992
Teaching certificate granted by the State of Minnesota
University of Nebraska--Lincoln, B.A., History, 1980
Job Responsibilities
Undergraduate Courses:
World History to 1500
United States to 1877
United States since 1877
Cultural Anthropology
Global and Identity
Belief and Culture
Ancient West
Ancient East Asia
Modern East Asia
Pacific Rim
Nebraska History
Native American History
Great Plains Capstone
Processes in World History
Social Science Seminar
Independent Study in the Four Fields of Anthropology
Biking USA Capstone
Graduate Courses:
Global and Identity
Ancient East Asia
Modern East Asia
Ancient West
Research Seminar
Campus Involvement
Faculty Advisor to Student Government
Member of Graduate Council
Chair of Rank Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Research & Professional Interests
Selected Bibliography
Books
Urban Villages and Local Identities: Germans from Russia, Omaha Indians, and Vietnamese in Lincoln, Nebraska. Texas Tech University Press, 2015. (e-book, 2020.)
Reconfigurations of Native North America: An Anthology of New Perspectives. John R. Wunder and Kurt E. Kinbacher, ed., Texas Tech University Press, 2009.
Articles
鈥淏ias on the Byways: An Indigenous Analysis of Nebraska Historical Markers,鈥 co-authored with Jerry Robinson and Jeff Mohr, Great Plains Quarterly, 41, nos. 3-4, (Summer-Fall 2022): 251-276.
鈥淐ontested Events and Conflicting Meanings: Mari Sandoz and the Sappa Creek Cheyenne Massacre of 1875.鈥 Great Plains Quarterly 36, no. 4 (Fall 2016): 309-26.
鈥淚ndians and Empires: Cultural Change among the Omaha and Pawnee, from Contact to 1808.鈥 Great Plains Quarterly 32 (Summer 2012): 207-221.
鈥淪haping Nebraska: An Analysis of Railroad and Land Sales, 1870-1880,鈥 coauthored with William G. Thomas III. Great Plains Quarterly 28 (Summer 2008): 191-207.
鈥淚magining Place: Nebraska Territory, 1854-1867.鈥 In Timothy R. Mahoney and Wendy Katz, ed., Regionalism and the Humanities. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008, 251-73.
Selected Bibliography:
Other
鈥淣orthwest Nebraska Gravel Grinding Adventures,鈥 Discover Northwest Nebraska,
Roads Less Traveled - Discover Northwest Nebraska (discovernwnebraska.com)
鈥淪hape Shifter,鈥 Adventure Cyclist, August/September 2020, 14-5.