Jon Coleman
Associate Professor
Field
American History
Profile
I grew up in Boulder, Colorado where I received both my B.A. and M.A. in history from the University of Colorado. I went on to receive my Ph.D. from Yale University in 2003. My home pack includes my partner, Annie, our kids, Harry and Louise, our basset hounds, Oscar and Jesse, and Bug the cat, who rules her own self.
Current Project
I am currently writing a biography of Hugh Glass, an American mountain man famous for nearly being eaten by a grizzly bear in 1823.
Teaching Interests
I teach early American history, environmental history, and the history of the American West.
Recent Publications
Vicious: Wolves and Men in America. (Yale University Press, 2004). Awarded the W. Turrentine Jackson Prize and John H. Dunning Prize.
“Give Me Your Home: Animals in the American West,” in Benjamin Haber Johnson, ed., Making of the American West: People and Perspectives (ABC-CLIO, 2007), 1-18.
“Two by Two: Animals in American History,” Reviews in American History, 33 (4): 481-92.
“Animal Last Stands: Empathy and Extinction in the American West,” Montana, The Magazine of Western History, 55 (Autumn 2005): 2-13.
“The Men in McArthur’s Bar: The Cultural Significance of the Margins,” Western Historical Quarterly 31 (Spring 2000): 47-65.
Contact
Office: 458 Decio Faculty Hall
Phone: (574) 631-5071
Email: jcolema2@nd.edu
Office Hours: M-W 1:00 - 3:00