Dr. Nicki Gonzales is the official Colorado State Historian, the first Latino person to hold that distinction. She is a professor of History, Politics, and Political Economy and Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion at Regis University. Dr. Gonzales is a member of History Colorado’s State Historian’s Council and in July 2020 was named by Gov. Jared Polis to the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board. She is a native of Denver and her family has deep roots in Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Dr. Gonzales specializes in the history of the American West, with a focus on race relations and social and political movements in the Southwest, including the land grant movements of Southern Colorado. She will speak on the historical context and diversity of Colorado’s Latino population.

Nicki received her BA from Yale University and her PhD from CU Boulder, and is the mom of two boys, Danny and Teddy.

Co-sponsored by the CB Mountain Heritage Museum