Amanda Tewes

Professional Overview

Amanda Tewes's fields of study are US history, California history, public history, and oral history. Her work includes the history of social movements, electoral politics, and land-use politics; gender; the politics of place, identity, community, and memory; as well as historical tourism.

She has previously written about California women in politics. Her current research is about Old West theme parks and tourism in California. 

Previously, she worked as an interviewer at the Oral History Center at UC Berkeley, the San Diego History Center, and the Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History at CSU Fullerton. 

Education

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., California State University, Fullerton; and Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst