History
Dr. Lauren Araiza joined the history faculty at Denison in January 2007. She received her BA from Williams College and her MA and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. Her dissertation was entitled, "For Freedom of Other Men: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the United Farm Workers, 1965-1973." Dr. Araiza teaches courses on African-American history, the Civil Rights Movement, the American West and post-1865 U.S. history. Her research interests include the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther Party, comparative social movements, multi-racial coalitions, and oral history.
