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Brigham Young University
Department of History Department of History

Richard Kimball

Field: US Social & Cultural

Contact Info:

richard_kimball@byu.edu
2139 JFSB
(801) 422-9277

Consultation Hours (Winter 2007):
M, W 11:00 – 11:50
Current Classes:
  • History 221. U.S. since 1877
  • History 368. Sport, Society, and American Culture
Biography

Dr. Kimball received his PhD from Purdue University in 1999. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Sport History, Utah Historical Quarterly, and Mid-America, among others. Sports in Zion, his first book, was published by the University of Illinois Press in 2003. He is currently working on a book that examines the deaths of American athletes and how society "uses" those deaths.

Classes Taught:

  • History 200. The Historian's Craft
  • History 221. U.S. since 1877
  • History 368. Sport, Society, and American Culture
  • History 377. American Social History
  • History 390R. Sports, Society, and American Culture
  • History 490. Historical Research and Writing
  • AH 100. American Heritage

Last modified: April 10, 2008. Maintained by Andy Ivie.

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