Overview
Katlin Risen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History. She is a first-generation college and graduate school student with a drive for making academia accessible and collaborative. She graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a BA in History, a minor in English, and a minor in Space. Her current research interests include 20th century United States history with a focus on cultural history in the fields of space history, children's history, women's history, and Cold War history. She is currently working on her dissertation covering United States' space culture prior to the Space Race.