Professor of History
My research focuses on American rural and agricultural history, as well as the history of childhood and youth, and the family. Although most of my work has been in the period from 1870-1945, my last project, and the current one, are more contemporary. I am the author of four books: Rooted in Dust: Surviving Drought and Depression in Southwestern Kansas (1994), Childhood on the Farm: Work, Play and Coming of Age in the Midwest (2005), Always Plenty to Do: Growing Up on Farm in the Long Ago (for young readers, 2011), and The Nature of Childhood: An Environmental History of Growing Up in America since 1865 (2014). I am also the editor of two books: Waiting on the Bounty: The Dust Bowl Diary of Mary Knackstedt Dyck (1999) and the Routledge History of Rural America (2016). I have published nearly forty articles and book chapters in a number of venues. My current research interest is in the history of the rural and small town Midwest, and particularly small town Iowa. That interest has led me to a book project, tentatively titled When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Identity, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s. I particularly enjoy consulting on historical projects. I have recently worked on the American Library Association’s project “Dust, Drought and Dreams Gone Dry: A Traveling Exhibition and Programs in Libraries about the Dust Bowl,” and Ken Burns’ documentary, “The Dust Bowl.” I am currently advising the developers of a project for WNET New York, “California or Dust,” a historically based computer game to be used in middle school classrooms.
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About Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
My research focuses on American rural and agricultural history, as well as the history of childhood and youth, and the family. Although most of my work has been in the period from 1870-1945, my last project, and the current one, are more contemporary. I am the author of four books: Rooted in Dust: Surviving Drought and Depression in Southwestern Kansas (1994), Childhood on the Farm: Work, Play and Coming of Age in the Midwest (2005), Always Plenty to Do: Growing Up on Farm in the Long Ago (for young readers, 2011), and The Nature of Childhood: An Environmental History of Growing Up in America since 1865 (2014). I am also the editor of two books: Waiting on the Bounty: The Dust Bowl Diary of Mary Knackstedt Dyck (1999) and the Routledge History of Rural America (2016). I have published nearly forty articles and book chapters in a number of venues. My current research interest is in the history of the rural and small town Midwest, and particularly small town Iowa. That interest has led me to a book project, tentatively titled When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Identity, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s. I particularly enjoy consulting on historical projects. I have recently worked on the American Library Association’s project “Dust, Drought and Dreams Gone Dry: A Traveling Exhibition and Programs in Libraries about the Dust Bowl,” and Ken Burns’ documentary, “The Dust Bowl.” I am currently advising the developers of a project for WNET New York, “California or Dust,” a historically based computer game to be used in middle school classrooms.
| Present | Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of History | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- Vice President/President Elect, Agricultural History Society, 2011-2012
- Chair, Publications Committee, Rural Women’s Studies Association, 2003-2006
Courses
Contact Information
653 Ross Hall
Dept. of History
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-1202
Phone: 515-294-1451
Fax: 515-294-6390
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