People
Directors
Faculty Director
David M. Kennedy is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus. Professor Kennedy received the Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1988. He was … Read More »
Faculty Director Designate
The distinguished political scientist Bruce E. Cain will join the Bill Lane Center for the American West as its next faculty director and Charles Louis Ducommun Professor … Read More »
Associate Director
Kathy Zonana is the Associate Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West. Kathy has a wealth of experience in law, journalism and academic administration. Most recently, she managed spe … Read More »
Researchers
Visiting Scholar
Kevin Hearle received his A.B. in English from Stanford in 1980 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Writers' Workshop of the University of Iowa in 1983 in poetry, and received a Masters (19 … Read More »
Researcher, California Constitutional Reform
Thad Kousser is an Associate Professor of Political Science at University of California, San Diego. He was a visiting Associate Professor of Political Science at the Center, and a National Fello … Read More »
Visiting Fellow
Edward (“Ted”) Melillo is an Assistant Professor in the History Department and the Environmental Studies Program at Amherst College, where he teaches cour … Read More »
Visiting Scholar
Ruth Morgan is a Lecturer in Australian History at Monash University whose work focuses on the environmental history and history of science of water resources and the … Read More »
Research Fellow
Rebecca Solnit is the author of fifteen books, including Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, a sequel to her bestselling Infinite City: A San Francis … Read More »
Thomas D. Dee II Graduate Dissertation Fellow
Kathryne M. Young is the Center’s first Dee Fellow. Her dissertation is based on her ethnographic study of Hawaiian cockfighting. She is particularly intereste … Read More »
Postdoctoral Fellows
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Sarah Keyes is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with a joint appointment at the Bill Lane Center for the American West and the Huntington-USC Institute on California a … Read More »
Postdoctoral scholar
Maria J. Santos received a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of California Davis in 2010. She came to the Lane Center in 2012, after a year as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Museum of Ver … Read More »
Research Assistants
Research Assistant
Isabella Akker is a rising senior studying sustainable development and agricultural adaptation in the Earth Systems program. Having spent the last year moving between Stanford, Washington, DC, New … Read More »
Research Assistant
Alice Avery is a recent graduate from Stanford in History. She is working with Maria Santos on the project "Reconstructing California Conservation History," and is excited to explore … Read More »
Research Assistant
Julia will be a Junior in the fall and is interested in History as well as Communications, particularly journalism. This is her second year doing research with the Bill Lane Center and this summer, … Read More »
Research Assistant
Nicholas Biddle is a rising Junior pursuing and individually designed major in Energy and Materials Engineering with a minor in Urban Studies. He grew up in center city Philadelphia where his inter … Read More »
Research Assistant
Monica is a rising senior in the Urban Studies program, concentrating in Urban Society and Social Change. Her interests include public art, community development and empowerment, education, a … Read More »
Research Assistant
Jennifer Farman is a History major from Davis, California. As one of twelve students in the Water in the West Sophomore College Program sponsored by Bill Lane last summer, she developed an interest … Read More »
Research Assistant
Annie is one of the few (and the proud) studying Architectural Design at Stanford, and she hails from the beautiful bluegrass of Lexington, Kentucky. In fall 2012, she will be s … Read More »
Research Assistant
Anna received her B.A. in Linguistics from Stanford in 2012. As a member of Stanford’s rowing team, Anna saw the sun rise over the San Francisco Bay more often than not during her four years … Read More »
Research Assistant
Alex Kindel is a junior majoring in Symbolic Systems with a concentration in Learning. At the Bill Lane Center, Alex studies spatial cognition in city parks, focusing on how spatial arrangemen … Read More »
Research Assistant
Christopher Kremer is a sophomore from Stamford, Connecticut. His interest in data visualization, conservation, and water resources in the American West led him to work for the Bill Lane Center. Th … Read More »
