Lucas Burke

Instructor

Contact

Email

burkel9@wwu.edu

Phone

360-650-2282

Research Interests

• 20th Century United States Environmental, Political, and Social History; American West and Pacific Northwest; The Sixties Era; U.S. Cities; African American History; Modern Conservatism

Selected Publications

• "The Cascadian Divide: Nature, Modern Conservatism, and the Republican Party in the Emerald City's Empire," Ph.D Dissertation, University of Oregon (forthcoming, 2024)
• The Portland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City, co-authored with Judson L. Jeffries (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2016)