Kirsten Gardner (C’93)

Professor, University of Texas San Antonio

Kirsten E. Gardner, Professor of History, teaches in the Department of History and serves as affiliated faculty in Women’s Studies and Medical Humanities. She is co-PI of the Democratizing Racial Justice project, a multi-year Mellon-funded initiative. In 2022, she was named a UTSA Distinguished Teaching Professor, and her teaching awards have included the UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award and the President’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. Gardner has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in U.S. History, Women and Gender Studies, History of Medicine, Modern U.S. history, Gender and Technology, Research and Writing Practices, and Pedagogy for Historical Thinking. She also teaches study abroad in Urbino, Italy and study away in Big Bend National Park.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Healthcare | HR/Employees/Team Building | Leadership | Technology | Nonprofit