Professional Credentials
B.A. History, State University of New York at Albany
Personal Statement
My professional interest is using research and writing – primarily history and journalism – to enhance awareness of political and cultural forces that shape, enrich, and often limit people’s lives. I am drawn to telling the stories of controversial individuals and events “hidden from history.” I am a Portland native, now living in San Francisco.
Areas of Specialization
- Biography
- Civil rights, free speech, and labor history
- Economic and social justice
- GLBT history, including HIV/AIDS history
- Health communication and social marketing
- Reproductive justice
- Resilience in crisis management
- Transportation sustainability
- Western US history
- Women’s history
Professional Associations
- Oregon Historical Society
- Gay Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest
- GLBT Historical Society of San Francisco
- Northwest Independent Scholars
- Northwest History Network
Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications
- Marie Equi, Radical Politics and Outlaw Passions, Oregon State University Press, 2015 (publication in September 2015)
- “The First Fifty Years of Abortion Trials in Portland, Oregon, 1870-1920,” Oregon Historical Quarterly, 116 (no. 1), Spring 2015.
- “Portland to the Rescue: The Rose City’s Response to the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906,” Oregon Historical Quarterly, 108 (no.3), Fall 2007.
- Director, AIDS Communication Project, funded by US government for work in developing countries
- Journalist, various publications
Website and History Blog
www.michaelhelquist.com
Contact Information
415 218 7937
Facebook: Michael Helquist
