Jay Buckley

Specialty Areas: American West/American Indian Contact Info: Dr. Jay H. Buckley 2141 JFSB, Dept of History Brigham Young University Provo UT 84602-6707 (801) 422-5327; fax: (801) 422-0275 jay_buckley@byu.edu Consultation Hours: Student Relations Coordinator will be Dr. Mark Choate after 15 August 2008 Current Classes: Fall 2008/Winter 2009 Professional Development Leave (Fall 2008) American Studies 390 R "The World of Lewis and Clark." T/Th 9:30-10:45 a.m. (Winter 2009) History 387 "American Indians in the Twentieth Century." T/Th 1:35-2:50 p.m. (Winter 2009) Classes Taught: Hist 220. United States Through 1877 Hist 221. United States Since 1877 Hist 360. American West to 1900 Hist 386. 19th C American Indian History Hist 387. 20th C American Indian History Hist 485. Lewis & Clark (Junior Tutorial) Hist 490. Historical Research & Writing Seminar Hist 564. Sources & Problems in Western U.S. History American Studies 390 R. The World of Lewis and Clark

	Associate Professor Buckley is the author of William Clark: Indian Diplomat (Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 2008), co-author of By His Own Hand?: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis (Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 2006), and co-author/co-editor (w/ Matthew L. Harris) of Building an "Empire of Liberty": Zebulon Pike, thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (peer review in process). His next book is A Fur Trade History of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies (Plains Histories series, Texas Tech Univ. Press). Recipient of the Charles Redd Center's Mollie & Karl G. Butler Young Scholar Award in Western Studies, Buckley serves on the national Board of Directors of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, which provides national leadership on scholarship, education, and conservation pertaining to the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. He and his wife, Becky, are the parents of three children. Click here for Vita BYU Native American Studies Program
Biography: Teaching, Scholarship, and Citizenship
Jay H. Buckley (PhD, Nebraska) joined the BYU history faculty in Fall 2001. He teaches American West and American Indian history courses and directs the Native American Studies minor. His specialties include Lewis & Clark, exploration & migration, Indian-white relations, the fur trade, and other western themes.