Ryan Dearinger
Assistant Professor of History
Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Utah
M.A., Purdue University
B.A., George Fox University
Professor Dearinger joined the history department in 2009. His research and teaching interests include nineteenth and twentieth century U.S. history; immigration, race and ethnicity; the American West and the Pacific Northwest; labor and working-class history; masculinity; violence in American history; environmental history; and comparative history. Prof. Dearinger is the advisor of Alpha-Gamma-Xi, EOU’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society.
Teaching Schedule:
Spring 2013:
HIST 201: U.S. History to 1865 (on campus, Gen-Ed SSC, DPD)
HIST 202: U.S. History since 1865 (online, Gen-Ed SSC, DPD)
HIST 403: Thesis/Capstone (on campus) *Required for History majors
HIST 422: Violence in American History (online, UWR)
Summer 2013:
HIST 105: Slavery & Freedom in America (on campus, Summer Session II, Gen-Ed SSC, DPD)
HIST 201: U.S. History to 1865 (online, Gen-Ed SSC, DPD)
HIST 312: Cultural History of Sports (online, DPD)
Fall 2013:
HIST 202: U.S. History Since 1865 (on campus MTWRF 9-9:50, Gen-Ed SSC, DPD)
HIST 201: U.S. History to 1865 (online, Gen-Ed SSC, DPD)
HIST 333: Labor & The Working Class in American History (on campus, MWF 11-12:30, UWR)
Other Courses Offered:
HIST 303: Historical Research
HIST 310: Men & Masculinities in U.S. History
HIST 322: The West in Film
HIST 345: Environmental History
HIST 355: Colonial Americas: An Introduction to Comparative History
HIST 444: History of the Pacific Northwest
HIST 466: History of the American West

