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Research Interests
Professor Kyle G. Volk's award-winning research and teaching focus on the broad history of the United States, with emphasis on political, intellectual, legal, and social history. He is especially interested in the history of American democracy; the problem and politics of dissent and difference in American society; capitalism, law, and the American state; civil rights, civil liberties, and the contested meaning of freedom in American life.
Teaching Experience
HSTA 101: American History I
HSTA 103: Honors American History I
HSTR 200: Introduction to Historical Methods
HSTA 201: History of American Democracy
HSTA 315: Early American Republic
HSTA 316: American Civil War Era
HSTA 377: Intoxication Nation: Alcohol in American History
HSTA 380: American Constitutional History
HSTA 382: United States Legal History
HSTA 391: Dissent, Disobedience, & U.S. Democracy
HSTR 400: Historical Research Seminar: Law & Society in Nineteenth-Century America
HSTA 405: Public Problems & U.S. Democracy
HSTR 500: History Pedagogy
HSTA 501: Readings in Early American History
HSTA 577: Law, Capitalism, & Democracy in U.S. History
HSTA 591: United States Legal History
HSTA 594: Graduate Research Seminar
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor, Boston College
Master, The University of Chicago
PhD, The University of Chicago
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Personal Liberty
Volk, K. G., Jan 1 2023, Democracies in America: Keywords for the Nineteenth Century and Today: Keywords for the Nineteenth Century and Today. Oxford University Press, p. 24-34 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Advancing equity in the promise of pharmacogenomics
Fohner, A. E., Killam, S. R., Volk, K. G. & Woodahl, E. L., Jan 1 2022, Clinical Decision Support for Pharmacogenomic Precision Medicine: Foundations and Implementation. Elsevier, p. 85-106 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Democratizing Precision Medicine Through Community Engagement
Fohner, A. E., Volk, K. G. & Woodahl, E. L., Sep 2019, In: Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 106, 3, p. 488-490 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond Reciprocity: Democracies of Vigilance and Empire
Volk, K. G., 2018, In: Politics, Religion and Ideology. 19, 3, p. 392-394 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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The Consequential State: Public Law and the Release of Energy in Nineteenth-Century America
Volk, K. G., Jun 2017, In: American Journal of Legal History. 57, 2, p. 232-237 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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