Diana Ahmad, Ph.D.

Dr. Ahmad is a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita of American history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. She specializes in history of the American West, including animals on the overland trails and the expansion of the U.S. into the Pacific. Ahmad received her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in 1997. Originally from Milwaukee, Diana attended UWM (BA, 1974; MA, 1979) where she studied American History with Dr. Reginald Horsman.