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Hagen Historical Consulting                                                                                                                                         California & Montana
Principal Historian, 2003-present
  • Consulting scholar dedicated to public history, historic preservation, cultural resource management, historical research and litigation support.  Clients include architectural, engineering, and law firms; state agencies; federal agencies; Indian tribes, etc. Click here for details about historical consulting and public history experience.

WGM Group, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                       Missoula, MT
 Senior Project Manager, Historian, 2014-2016
  • Project manager at a multidisciplinary consulting firm. Historical, cultural, and preservation consulting..

University of California at Berkeley                                                                                                                                                      Berkeley, CA
 Graduate Student Instructor, 2003-2005, 2012
  • American History (pre-contact through the Civil War)
  • American History (Reconstruction to the present)
  • Latin American Women’s History.  

Historical Research Associates                                                                                                                                                             Missoula, MT
Research Historian, 1999-2002
  • Worked in both the Cultural Resources Management and History/Litigation Support divisions of a national consulting firm.

Population Research Center, University of Texas                                                                                                                                   Austin, TX
Graduate Research Assistant, The Great Plains Project, 1997-1999
  • Long-term, interdisciplinary research project on population, land use and the environment in ten Great Plains states, 1870 – present.

Skarshagen Holdings, LLC                                                                                                                                                       California & Montana
Owner/Manager, 1996-present
  • Real estate investment company focused on the restoration and adaptive re-use of historic buildings.  Properties in Berkeley, CA and seven Montana communities.

Northern Plains Resource Council                                                                                                                                                          Billings, MT
Rural Community Organizer, 1995-1996
  • Staffed local chapters and the State Agricultural Task Force for a non-profit working on western environmental and economic issues.

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