Cal Poly Experts Directory - History
California History • International History
California History
Robert L. Hoover, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
(805) 756-2260 e-mail: rhoover@calpoly.edu
Member, Archaeological Institute of America, Society for American Archaeology, American Society for Ethnohistory, California Mission Studies Association (past president), Society for California Archaeology, California Academy of Sciences, and Royal Anthropology Institute (United Kingdom).
Research on Spanish California, Brazil, and Mexico. Author of numerous articles, monographs, and books, including the Smithsonian Institution's Columbian Consequences. Recipient, Annual Award, California Council for the Promotion of History. Speaks Portuguese.
Areas of expertise:
* California Indians
* Hispanic period (pre-1850)
* Central Coast excavations
* excavations of Spanish missions and presidios
* historic preservation laws and administration
* Indians and colonial culture of Brazil
* prehistoric archaeology
* Spanish colonial archaeology
* Chumash Indians
* ethnobotany
* early technology
Daniel E. Krieger, Ph.D.
Professor of History
(805) 756-2641/2543 Fax: (805) 543-7122/
e-mail: dkrieger@calpoly.edu
Areas of expertise:
* California history
* San Luis Obispo County history
* history of land law, maps, surveys and land sales practices in California and the American West
* environmental history
* Russia and Eastern Europe since 1953
* modern Britain and Commonwealth history
* the home front in World War II
William Preston, Ph.D.
Professor of Geography
(805) 756-2210/2752 e-mail: wpreston@calpoly.edu
Special interest in environmental change in California. Current research on environmental history of California, Native Californians and colonial wildlife. Author of a book on the San Joaquin Valley and several articles on Native Californians.
Areas of expertise:
* human impact on the Earth: salinization, desertification, deforestation
* climate change and greenhouse warming
* historical geography of the San Joaquin Valley
* Native Californians: Yokuts, San Joaquin Valley
International History
John Snetsinger, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Director of International Education and Programs
(805) 756-5969/2543 / e-mail: jgsnetsi@calpoly.edu
Author of "Truman: The Jewish Vote and the Creation of Israel" (1974). Author of articles on U.S.-Israel relations, presidential decision-making in Mideast policy, and other articles and book reviews on recent presidents.
Areas of expertise:
* U.S. foreign policy in the Mideast
* internal process of decision-making in foreign policy
* Truman presidency
* Eisenhower presidency
* Israeli lobbying in U.S. foreign policy
* role of Congress in making foreign policy
* U.S. and Israeli history