Susan Schulten, professor of history at the University of Denver, was recently named the Colorado State Historian. In this role, she will lead History Colorado’s State Historian’s Council, which consists of a team of interdisciplinary scholars who aid in the interpretation of the history of Colorado and the American West.
As a historian, Dr. Schulten is an expert in American history, the Civil War, President Lincoln, and the history of maps, particularly how they mattered in American history, defining what people knew and also what they thought they knew. Notably, her research illuminated how the creation of the Colorado territory was tied to the descent into the Civil War. Dr. Schulten is the author of numerous scholarly publications, including A History of America in 100 Maps (University of Chicago Press, 2018).
A University of California graduate, Dr. Schulten earned her master’s degree and Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania.