Christopher M. MacMahon

I am a PhD student studying history at the Univeristy of California, Santa Barbara. My research emphasis is on the nineteenth century American West where I exmaine the community building process within multi-ethnic settlements. My research also incporporates elements of borderlands, environmental, and public history. 

• PhD History - In Progress, University of California, Santa Barbara
• MA History - University of California, Santa Barbara, 2018
• BA History - California State Univeristy Channel Islands, 2015
• AA Criminal Justice - Western Nevada College, 2013

I am a United States Navy veteran, and spent six years working in law enforcement with the Carson City Sheriff's Office. I am a long-tme member of the Friends Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City where I served as Secretary of the Board of Trustees. I also pushed for the creation of the museum's youth program that mentors and provides volunteer opportunities for young adults interested in railroad history. I continue to volunteer at the museum in various capacities including steam train operations. The museum is just one of the organizations to which I belong. 

• Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum
• Nevada Historical Society
• California Historical Society
• American Historical Association
• Organization of American Historians
• Western History Association
• National Council on Public History
• Sequoia Parks Conservancy
• Yosemite Conservancy
• Channel Islands Park Foundation
• National Park Foundation