Kevin R. Marsh
Associate Professor
History
Idaho State University
United States of America
Biography
Kevin Marsh photo Dr. Kevin Marsh joined the faculty at Idaho State University in August 2003. He teaches Environmental History, Idaho History, U.S. History and Culture, Modern United States, and the History Seminar. He serves as chair of the History Department and as editor of Idaho Yesterdays, the peer-reviewed journal of the Idaho State Historical Society. Dr. Marsh received his Ph.D. in history from Washington State University, focusing his research on public land debates in the Pacific Northwest. His 2007 book from the University of Washington Press analyzes the changing patterns of public debates over the designation of wilderness areas on federal land in the Northwest since World War II. Dr. Marsh has also written a variety of articles on the history of mountain regions of the West and the history of climbing and conservation.
Research Interest
Debates over public resources in the American West. Current work focuses on groundwater development in the American West and on urban water management in Idaho. Dr. Marsh has twice been awarded for ISU Outstanding Public Service.
Publications
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“The Ups and Downs of Mountain Life: Historical Patterns of Adaptation in the Cascade Mountains,†Western Historical Quarterly 25, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 193-213.
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Idaho: The Heroic Journey (Boise: Idaho State Historical Society, 2006). Co-author with Katherine Aiken and Laura Woodworth-Ney.
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Drawing Lines in the Forest: Creating Wilderness Areas in the Pacific Northwest. Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books, ed. William Cronon. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2007.
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“Rooting for the Home Team, Wherever Home Might Be: Community and Identity in Sports.†Idaho Humanities, Fall 2014.
