Monica Rico specializes in the history of early and nineteenth-century America. Her interests include transatlantic history, the American West, gender and environmental history. She is the author of Nature鈥檚 Noblemen: Transatlantic Masculinities and the Nineteenth-Century American West (Yale, 2013) and 鈥溾楧on鈥檛 Forget This鈥: Annie Oakley and the 鈥楴ew Girl鈥 in Anglo-American Culture,鈥 in Buffalo Bill鈥檚 Wild West and the Frontiers of Transnational Mass Culture, edited by Frank Christensen (University of Oklahoma, 2017).听 She is the recent recipient of fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, George Washington鈥檚 Mount Vernon, and the Bright Institute for American History at Knox College. She serves on the board of the Outagamie County Historical Society and is the recipient of several awards for community service and leadership. Professor Rico's courses include "Women in Early America," "American Environmental History," and "Introduction to Public History" as well as advanced seminars in American history.
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