Hailey Doucette

Hailey is a Ph.D. candidate at KU studying how post-World War II environmental groups in Colorado used legislation to help the mitigate issues, such as air pollution, nuclear waste, and open space access, by partnering with other movements, including the Chicano, Red Power, and the Women's Liberation movements. Hailey received grants and awards from the American Society for Environmental History, the Western History Association, the Charles Redd Center, and several programs and entities at the University of Kansas to support her research. Before coming to KU, she received her B.A. in History and M.A. in History from Colorado State University. As an undergraduate student, she researched wild horse history and management in Northwestern Colorado. As an M.A. student, Hailey studied the environmental and labor history of copper mining in twentieth-century Arizona.  She is currently serving as the Graduate Assistant for the Western History Association, President-Elect for the American Society for Environmental Historians- Early Career Caucus, and Vice Chair of the History Graduate Student Organization at KU. 

Advised by Dr. Isenberg