Participant Info

First Name
Katherine
Last Name
Benton-Cohen
Country
United States
State
DC District of Columbia
Affiliation
Georgetown University
Website URL
https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014TvDjAAK/katherine-bentoncohen
Keywords
US history, immigration, immigration policy, Southwest, border, Progressive Era, women's history, Arizona,
Availability
Media Contact
Additional Contact Information
I prefer background but can be quoted on immigration policy history, border history, women's history and Arizona-related topics.
PhD
PhD

Personal Info

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About Me

Katherine Benton-Cohen is professor of history at Georgetown University.  Her most recent book is Inventing the Immigration Problem: The Dillingham Commission and Its Legacy (Harvard, 2018). She is also the author of Borderline Americans: Racial Division and Labor War in the Arizona Borderlands (Harvard 2009), which was the basis for her work as historical advisor for the much-acclaimed documentary feature film, Bisbee ’17. Her interests include the history of the American West, race and immigration, and women and gender in the United States. She is now working on a global history of the Phelps-Dodge family, whose capitalist and philanthropic links between New York, the US-Mexico Borderlands, and the Middle East profoundly changed each region.

 

Recent Publications

Inventing the Immigration Problem: The Dillingham Commission and its Legacy (Harvard UP, 2018).

Historical Adviser, Bisbee ’17 (2018).

Borderline Americans: Racial Division and Labor War in the Arizona Borderlands (Harvard UP, 2009, paperback 2011).

Media Coverage
Selected publicity: Podcast Interview, Innovation Hub, PRI-WGRB, June 25, 2018. Podcast Interview by Lori Flores, New Books Network-History, July 30, 2018. Interview, BYU Sirius Radio, August 29, 2018.Television interview with Soledad O’Brien, Matter of
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
19th century, 20th century
Expertise by Topic
Local & Regional, Migration & Immigration, Race, Women, World War I