R. Douglas Hurt

Professor, Department of History

Department Head

Ph.D. Kansas State University, 1975

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Main Office Phone: 765-494-4122

University Hall

672 Oval Drive

West Lafayette, IN  47907-2087

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Specialization:

American Agricultural and West History.  Research interests include American Agricultural, Rural, West and Midwest History.

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Biography:

Professor Hurt received his Ph.D. from Kansas State University.  He came to Purdue in 2003 as Department Head for the Department of History.  Prior service included Director of the Graduate Program in Agricultural History and Rural Studies at Iowa State University for fifteen years and Associate Director for the State Historical Society of Missouri.  He has served as editor for Agricultural History from 1994 to 2003 and presently serves as editor for Ohio History.