Iris Engstrand
American academic
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Iris Higbie Wilson Engstrand (born January 9, 1935) is a retired American academic. She was professor of history at University of San Diego from 1968 until 2017; she joined the faculty of the San Diego College for Men before it and other colleges joined to form the university in 1972.[1]
Iris Higbie Wilson Engstrand | |
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Iris H. Wilson in 1963 | |
| Born | January 9, 1935 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Known for | Scholarship on California history and 18th-century Spanish exploration |
| Awards | Order of Isabella the Catholic (2007) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Southern California (BA, 1956; MA, 1957; PhD, 1962) |
| Thesis | Scientific Aspects of Spanish Exploration in New Spain during the Late Eighteenth Century (1962) |
| Donald C. Cutter | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | History of California; Spanish exploration; History of New Spain |
| Institutions | University of San Diego; University of Southern California; Long Beach City College |
She specialized in the history of California and Spanish exploration during the 1700s,[2] and as of 2017 had written about twenty books on those subjects.[1]
She serves on the board of directors of the Maritime Museum of San Diego.[3] She served as co-editor of the Journal of San Diego History, 2004-2014; president of the Western History Association, 2004-2005; and in 2007 was awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic by the government of Spain for her contributions to the field of Spanish history.[2]
She was born in 1935 in Los Angeles and earned her B.A. (1956), M.A. (1957), and Ph.D. (1962) in history from the University of Southern California.[2] Her dissertation topic was "Scientific Aspects of Spanish Exploration in New Spain during the Late Eighteenth Century," and was supervised by Donald C. Cutter.[4] She began her teaching career in the Huntington Beach High School from 1957 to 1959, and then worked as a translator of Spanish manuscripts for the Los Angeles County Museum, 1959-60.[5] She became a lecturer at the University of Southern California in 1962, and an instructor at Long Beach City College in 1962.[5]
Selected works
- Engstrand, Iris Wilson (2016). San Diego: California's Cornerstone (2nd ed.). Sunbelt Publications. ISBN 9781941384244.
- Engstrand, Iris H.W. (1981). Spanish scientists in the New World : the eighteenth-century expeditions. Seattle: Univ. of Washington P. ISBN 978-0295957647.
- Engstrand, Iris H. W. (11 December 2015). "The Enlightenment in Spain: Influences Upon New World Policy". The Americas. 41 (4): 436–444. doi:10.2307/1007350. JSTOR 1007350.
- Engstrand, Iris H.W. (Fall 2014). "WD-40: San Diego's Marketing Miracle" (PDF). The Journal of San Diego History. 60 (4): 253–270.
- Engstrand, Iris H. W., & Bullard, Anne. (1999). Inspired by nature: The San Diego Natural History Museum After 125 years. San Diego Natural History Museum.[6]
- Engstrand, Iris H. W (February 2000). "Of Fish and Men: Spanish Marine Science during the Late Eighteenth Century". Pacific Historical Review. 69 (1): 3–30. doi:10.2307/3641236. JSTOR 3641236.
