Dr. Patty Limerick is the Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she is also a professor of history. Limerick has dedicated her career to bridging the gap between academics and the general public and to demonstrating the benefits of applying historical perspective to contemporary dilemmas and conflicts. She has received a number of awards and honors recognizing the impact of her scholarship and her commitment to teaching, including the MacArthur Fellowship and the Hazel Barnes Prize (the University of Colorado’s highest award for teaching and research). She has served as president of several professional organizations, advised documentary and film projects, and done three tours as a Pulitzer Prize jurist. She also regularly engages the public on the op-ed pages of local and national newspapers.

Sponsored by the Department of History in honor of Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor, Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History