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Prestigious Dissertation Fellowship Validates Doctoral Candidate’s Borderlands History Research

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. US History
  2. Southwestern History
  3. Public History
  4. Indigenous Histories
  5. Environmental history.
  6. Borderlands History

Featured Researcher(s):

Shepherd, Jeffrey
College: Liberal Arts
Department: History
Prestigious Dissertation Fellowship Validates Doctoral Candidate’s Borderlands History Research
Date: May 04, 2022



As a youngster growing up in El Paso, Ligia Arguilez saw how her mother would harvest the plentiful creosote bush for medicinal purposes. Her research into the historical significance of that plant earned her a prestigious honor usually awarded to peers from Ivy League institutions.


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