Dr. Kendra DeHart was born and raised in Alpine, Texas. She received her BA in History and Communication from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and her MA, specializing in Public History, from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas where she defended her thesis on home demonstration work in Texas with distinction. She was also designated Texas State University’s Outstanding Graduate Student in History. A recipient of the Provost Fellowship at Texas Christian University, Kendra completed her Ph.D. at TCU and currently is an Associate Professor of History as well as Chair of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Departmentat Sul Ross State University where she teaches courses on US History, the American West, Women’s History, and Texas History. She was also a recent finalist for SRSU’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Kendra has presented at numerous conferences and received several awards, including the Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. Award for the best published article in The Sound Historian: Journal of the Texas Oral History Association. Currently, she is completing a manuscript on West Texas women’s clubs in the post-WWII period.
