Dr. Ryan Booth is a Postdoctoral Teaching Associate and Adjunct Faculty Member in History at WSU Vancouver. Dr. Booth specializes in the history of the U.S. in the nineteenth century and early twentieth up to World War I. His two primary interests are in Indigenous and military history. He teaches the early U.S. history survey to 1877, Civil War & Reconstruction, US military history survey, and courses for history majors. He is also part of the WSU Native Programs faculty and teaches a special course for the Tribal Nation Building Program, which focuses on the training of future tribal leaders. In 2019-2020, Dr. Booth served as a Fulbright-Nehru Fellow based in Kolkata, India. Dr. Booth (Keahu) is a member of the Upper Skagit Tribe in NW Washington.