Christophe Boucher

Associate Professor

Christophe Boucher received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 2001. His research and teaching interests are Native American History, History of the American West, Atlantic World History and French Colonial America. He is currently revising a book manuscript on the early history of the Wyandots, a Northern Iroquoian people who deeply influenced the history of the Great Lakes region until Removal.

Education

Ph.D. University of Kansas, 2001

Research Interests

Native American History

History of the American West

Atlantic World History

French Colonial America

Early Modern Western Representation of Otherness

Courses Taught

Conquests of the West

Native American History

The Indians of the Southeast to Removal

The Iroquois

Native Americans in Film

France in North America

Western Representations of Native Americans from the Renaissance to the Present

Honors and Awards

Dr. Boucher has received research grants from the American Philosophical Society and the Newberry Library.