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Joel Orth

Joel J. Orth, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor of History & 

Liberal Studies Affiliated Faculty  

 

Email: jorth@calpoly.edu  

Office: 47-25-L 

Phone: 805-756-296

 

Education 

Ph.D. in History, Iowa State University  

M.A. in History, Iowa State University  

B.A. in History, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo  

Courses 

HIST 207: Freedom and Equality in American History 

HIST 322: Modern America (20th Century US) 

HIST 440: United States Environmental History 

HIST 424: Organizing and Teaching History  

HIST 425: Teaching Practicum 

HIST 505: Seminar: North American Environmental History 

HIST 510: Comparative World Environmental History  

EDUC 469: Part-time Student Teaching 

EDUC 470: Full-time Student Teaching 

 

Research & Interests 

Agricultural and Rural History 

Environmental History 

20th Century United States  

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