Kristen Epps
@historyenthusiast.bsky.social
History professor at KSU, specializing in nineteenth century America. Author of Slavery on the Periphery (UGA), editor of the journal Kansas History. She/her. INFJ. Ideas and opinions my own. 💜 🦋
This is Big Foot’s band of Lakota, taken a few months before the massacre.
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This is Big Foot’s band of Lakota, taken a few months before the massacre.
Manhattan, Kansas, is nicknamed “The Little Apple.” Not a terrible flag.
August 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Manhattan, Kansas, is nicknamed “The Little Apple.” Not a terrible flag.
My #AHAReads book #3: history of a protest movement. Aloha Betrayed explores anti-colonial resistance in Hawai’i using Hawai’ian language sources. Fascinating!
July 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My #AHAReads book #3: history of a protest movement. Aloha Betrayed explores anti-colonial resistance in Hawai’i using Hawai’ian language sources. Fascinating!
Up next for #AHAreads: a book on material culture. This, by my friend @shaesmithcox.bsky.social!
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Up next for #AHAreads: a book on material culture. This, by my friend @shaesmithcox.bsky.social!
That I do not know.
Apparently that same study (Pesta et al.) was also published in Intelligence, vol. 78. It is still available in PDF! Unless this is a different article on heritability of intelligence.
Apparently that same study (Pesta et al.) was also published in Intelligence, vol. 78. It is still available in PDF! Unless this is a different article on heritability of intelligence.
July 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
That I do not know.
Apparently that same study (Pesta et al.) was also published in Intelligence, vol. 78. It is still available in PDF! Unless this is a different article on heritability of intelligence.
Apparently that same study (Pesta et al.) was also published in Intelligence, vol. 78. It is still available in PDF! Unless this is a different article on heritability of intelligence.
Also, co-authored a 2022 article analyzing “empowerment and job satisfaction” among faculty, from the International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership.
July 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Also, co-authored a 2022 article analyzing “empowerment and job satisfaction” among faculty, from the International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership.
He is co-author on an article published last year titled “Cognitive, affective and sociological predictors of school performance in mathematics.” In Scientific Reports on ProQuest.
July 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
He is co-author on an article published last year titled “Cognitive, affective and sociological predictors of school performance in mathematics.” In Scientific Reports on ProQuest.
I thought this congratulatory note after my Duolingo lesson was sweet!
June 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I thought this congratulatory note after my Duolingo lesson was sweet!
Adorable! Here’s my Frankie…
May 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Adorable! Here’s my Frankie…
This was my closest match, but I barely remember anything about her character. Many of the top names in my list I’d never heard of, but close to the top were Beverly Crusher, Willow from Buffy, Bonnie from Vampire Diaries, Lisa Simpson, and Clarice Starling.
May 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This was my closest match, but I barely remember anything about her character. Many of the top names in my list I’d never heard of, but close to the top were Beverly Crusher, Willow from Buffy, Bonnie from Vampire Diaries, Lisa Simpson, and Clarice Starling.
Here is our sweet rescue!
April 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Here is our sweet rescue!
Was chatting with a student after class in 2014 about how I feared Russia’s invasion of Crimea would launch World War III. Pundits didn’t seem convinced, but historians happen to know just a little about such matters. #slavaukraini
March 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Was chatting with a student after class in 2014 about how I feared Russia’s invasion of Crimea would launch World War III. Pundits didn’t seem convinced, but historians happen to know just a little about such matters. #slavaukraini
I’m using Google Chrome on my iPhone.
February 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I’m using Google Chrome on my iPhone.
Trying DESPERATELY to be productive.
December 19, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Trying DESPERATELY to be productive.
Frankie says hi!
December 2, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Frankie says hi!
Wow, I’m over 1,000 followers, well on my way to matching my Twitter following of 4k. THANK YOU!!!
For new folks, I teach at Kansas State University and study Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War.
I have a rescue named Frankie, and outside of my work as a professor and editor, I enjoy crocheting.
For new folks, I teach at Kansas State University and study Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War.
I have a rescue named Frankie, and outside of my work as a professor and editor, I enjoy crocheting.
November 19, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Wow, I’m over 1,000 followers, well on my way to matching my Twitter following of 4k. THANK YOU!!!
For new folks, I teach at Kansas State University and study Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War.
I have a rescue named Frankie, and outside of my work as a professor and editor, I enjoy crocheting.
For new folks, I teach at Kansas State University and study Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War.
I have a rescue named Frankie, and outside of my work as a professor and editor, I enjoy crocheting.
Please add us! This is Frankie 🥰
November 18, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Please add us! This is Frankie 🥰
Jimmy Carter wrote the Encyclopedia Britannica article on the Camp David Accords. 😯
December 8, 2023 at 12:51 AM
Jimmy Carter wrote the Encyclopedia Britannica article on the Camp David Accords. 😯
Spoke earlier this week at the Civil War Roundtable of Kansas City, about slavery and the Underground Railroad on the border. Great crowd, and great questions!
November 17, 2023 at 9:19 PM
Spoke earlier this week at the Civil War Roundtable of Kansas City, about slavery and the Underground Railroad on the border. Great crowd, and great questions!
I guess more accurately a mini-series? Someone gave it to me, but I’ve been too scared to watch it. I’m afraid it will ruin the books for me.


November 17, 2023 at 7:03 PM
I guess more accurately a mini-series? Someone gave it to me, but I’ve been too scared to watch it. I’m afraid it will ruin the books for me.


Spent time this weekend out on the prairie, talking about the NEEAC and early Manhattan, as part of a “Humanities Hike.” Public history rocks. #kansashistory
October 18, 2023 at 3:36 AM
Spent time this weekend out on the prairie, talking about the NEEAC and early Manhattan, as part of a “Humanities Hike.” Public history rocks. #kansashistory