Professor of History and Director of Archives, The History Center: Archives of the Baptist General Conference and Bethel University
Educational Background
B.A., Bethel College
M.A. and PhD, University of Minnesota
Courses Taught
- HIS200L American Civilization
- HIS245L History of Women in America
- HIS300 American Beginnings
- HIS301 A New Nation
- HIS307 The American Civil War
- HIS350 Modern America
Research Interests
Diana’s primary fields are the United States Census of Population (she contributed several articles to the second edition of the Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census, from Congressional Quarterly) and the history of women in America. She also directs The History Center: Archives of the BGC and Bethel University and has collaborated with colleague G.W. Carlson on two histories of Bethel: the 125th anniversary booklet Persevere, Läsare, and Clarion and a chapter in Five Decades of Growth and Change: The Baptist General Conference and Bethel College and Seminary, 1952-2002.
April 9th, 2012 → 7:24 am
[...] until seventy-two years after the census. The aggregate statistics can be found here.) My colleague Diana Magnuson happens to be a census historian and could tell you much more about the significance of this [...]