About
Raised between northern California and western Montana, Delia Hagen received her Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley, her M.A. from the University of Texas, and her A.B. from Dartmouth College. She works as an historian in diverse capacities, combining academic research, writing and teaching with public history and heritage preservation. In the process, she explores the transnational history of the North American West through in-depth interdisciplinary scholarship on subjects ranging from global structural processes like settler colonialism to local developments at single historic sites.
Dr. Hagen’s “innovative and exhaustive work” has won awards across the spectrum of historical practice. These include academic awards for teaching, research, and writing, as well as awards from public history, architecture, and historic preservation organizations, among them the National Council on Public History—which has twice awarded Hagen its Excellence in Consulting Award, “recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of public history." In 2025, she is in residence in Cassis, France as a fellow of the Camargo Foundation, which awards its international residency fellowship to "artists, scholars, and thinkers . . . as part of its mission to support groundbreaking research, experimentation, and interdisciplinary approaches in the Arts and Humanities."
In 2026, Dr. Hagen will be a residential fellow of the Getty Scholars Program. Celebrating its 40th anniversary of “supporting pioneering scholarship," the Getty awards "scholars whose work not only deepens our understanding of the past but also envisions new ways forward for preservation, justice, and renewal through the arts.”
Dr. Hagen’s “innovative and exhaustive work” has won awards across the spectrum of historical practice. These include academic awards for teaching, research, and writing, as well as awards from public history, architecture, and historic preservation organizations, among them the National Council on Public History—which has twice awarded Hagen its Excellence in Consulting Award, “recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of public history." In 2025, she is in residence in Cassis, France as a fellow of the Camargo Foundation, which awards its international residency fellowship to "artists, scholars, and thinkers . . . as part of its mission to support groundbreaking research, experimentation, and interdisciplinary approaches in the Arts and Humanities."
In 2026, Dr. Hagen will be a residential fellow of the Getty Scholars Program. Celebrating its 40th anniversary of “supporting pioneering scholarship," the Getty awards "scholars whose work not only deepens our understanding of the past but also envisions new ways forward for preservation, justice, and renewal through the arts.”
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