Hayden L. Nelson 🌲🐺
@haydenlnelson.bsky.social
PhD, University of Kansas | Writing an Environmental History of the North Woods | Research Historian @ the Minnesota Historical Society | Adjunct @ the University of Central Missouri | WI➡️MT➡️KS➡️MN
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Family weekend in Milwaukee with a tour of the Miller Brewing Company and a Bucks game!
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Family weekend in Milwaukee with a tour of the Miller Brewing Company and a Bucks game!
Jazzy appreciates the love.
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Jazzy appreciates the love.
Had a great time at the WHA in Albuquerque presenting some of my research and seeing friends, old and new!
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Had a great time at the WHA in Albuquerque presenting some of my research and seeing friends, old and new!
I saw this and immediately thought of John Wesley Powell.
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I saw this and immediately thought of John Wesley Powell.
Research trip up to Duluth turned into a nice little weekend getaway.
September 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Research trip up to Duluth turned into a nice little weekend getaway.
One of the many reasons I love my job is because I can go look at cool things like this whenever I want.
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
One of the many reasons I love my job is because I can go look at cool things like this whenever I want.
Officially official 🎓
August 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Officially official 🎓
First, I defended my dissertation, “The North Woods: An Environmental History from the Pleistocene to the Pyrocene,” on April 28. Thanks to my committee members: Drew Isenberg, Kent Blansett, Elaine Nelson, Rob Schwaller, Joe Brewer, and Daniel Immerwahr for all of their help and insight.
May 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
First, I defended my dissertation, “The North Woods: An Environmental History from the Pleistocene to the Pyrocene,” on April 28. Thanks to my committee members: Drew Isenberg, Kent Blansett, Elaine Nelson, Rob Schwaller, Joe Brewer, and Daniel Immerwahr for all of their help and insight.
Some photos from the past ten days of travels.
Left: Angel Oak tree in Charleston, South Carolina. Right: a photo of Drew Isenberg (3rd from right) and some of his past and present advisees at ASEH 2025 in Pittsburgh.
Left: Angel Oak tree in Charleston, South Carolina. Right: a photo of Drew Isenberg (3rd from right) and some of his past and present advisees at ASEH 2025 in Pittsburgh.
April 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Some photos from the past ten days of travels.
Left: Angel Oak tree in Charleston, South Carolina. Right: a photo of Drew Isenberg (3rd from right) and some of his past and present advisees at ASEH 2025 in Pittsburgh.
Left: Angel Oak tree in Charleston, South Carolina. Right: a photo of Drew Isenberg (3rd from right) and some of his past and present advisees at ASEH 2025 in Pittsburgh.
Sent my dissertation out to my committee on Friday!
March 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Sent my dissertation out to my committee on Friday!
Back at UW-Eau Claire for some last-minute research. I miss this old place. It’s wild how much smaller the city and campus seems now. It still feels like home.
March 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Back at UW-Eau Claire for some last-minute research. I miss this old place. It’s wild how much smaller the city and campus seems now. It still feels like home.
Good mail day
March 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Good mail day
Sic semper tyrannis
February 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Sic semper tyrannis
Quite the successful haul from the Lawrence Public Library’s book sale!
February 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Quite the successful haul from the Lawrence Public Library’s book sale!
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