Michelle Lorimer
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Education
Ph.D. in History - University of California, Riverside (2013)
M.A. in Public History - University of California, Riverside (2010)
B.A. in History - California State University, San Bernardino (2008)
Courses/Teaching
HIST 1460 - History of the United States: Pre-Colonization to Present
HIST 2700 - History of California (lecture)
HIST 3700 - History of California (seminar)
HIST 3570 - The United States, 1917-1945
HIST 3450 - Women in U.S. History, 1607-Present
HIST 5700 - Teaching History in the Field
HIST 5850 - Research Seminar in History
Specialization
Publications:
Resurrecting the Past: The California Mission Myth. Pechanga, CA: Great Oak Press. 2016.
Select Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters
“Dancing Activist: Maria Tallchief '' in Medicine, Education, and the Arts in Contemporary Native American: Strong Women, Resilient Nations. Edited by Clifford E. Trafzer, Donna L. Akers, and Amanda K. Wixon. Washington D.C.: Lexington Books. 2022.
“Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee Activist: Suzan Shown Harjo,” in Indigenous Activism: Profiles of Native Women in Contemporary America. Edited by Clifford E. Trafzer, Donna L. Akers, and Amanda K. Wixon. Washington D.C.: Lexington Books, 2021.
“California Indian Women, Wisdom, and Preservation” co-authored with Clifford E. Trafzer. In Wisdom Spirits: American Indian Prophets, Healers, and Medicine People. Edited by Clifford E. Trafzer. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 2017.
“Silencing California Indian Genocide in Social Studies Texts” co-authored with Clifford E. Trafzer. American Behavioral Scientist 20 (2014): 1-19. 2013.
Research and Teaching Interests
Dr. Michelle Lorimer is a historian who focuses on the History of the U.S., California, and Native America, as well as Public History and Teaching History. She is the author of Resurrecting the Past: The California Mission Myth (2016) as well as several book chapters and articles that focus on the intersections of Native American History and Public History. Her book traces the marginalization of Native Californians within mission history and critiques the romanticized narrative still presented today at many mission sites. Dr. Lorimer is actively engaged with local and statewide education initiatives. She has worked with the California Historical Society and the California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP) to develop content for Teaching California: Bringing Archives into the Classroom, has supported the implementation of teacher instruction guidelines from the California History-Social Science Framework. Dr. Lorimer also serves on the Committee on Teaching and Public Education for the Western Historical Association.