Dr. Erik Loomis
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of New Mexico, 2008
M.A. University of Tennessee, 1999
B.A. University of Oregon, 1996
Research Interests:
Environmental History, Labor History, Late 19th-Early 20th Century U.S. History, U.S. West
Courses Taught:
- HIS 141 - History of the United States to 1877
- HIS 339 - Emergence of Industrial America, 1877-1914
- HIS 364 - U.S. Environmental History
- HIS 365 - Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIS 441 - Topics in U.S. History (U.S. West)
- HIS 495 - Senior Seminar
Publications:
"Lives Under the Canopy: Spotted Owls and Loggers in Western Forests," to be published in Natural Resources, Law Journal, Summer 2012
"Preserving Nature to Preserve the Republic: Laurens Bolles, New Mexico's Cold War Conservatonist," to be published in New Mexico Historical Review, 2013"
Book-in-Progress:
"Empire of Timber: Work and Nature in the Pacific Northwest Forests"
Contact Information:
Department of History
University of Rhode Island
80 Upper College Road, Suite 3
Kingston, RI 02881
Office: 217B Washburn
Phone: 401.874.4079
Email: eloomis@mail.uri.edu
News and Events
URI History Student and Cithara: here
Watch interview of WWII veteran of the Battle of the Bulge created by Gregory Gentile here
Students interested in joining Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honor Society, please click here
New report finds U.S. History majors Highest Earners in Humanities
'Historian' Among Top Ten Jobs
The job historian is ranked as one of the top 10 careers in a recent survey discussed in the Wall Street Journal. See the story here
