Alicia Barber

Alicia Barber, Ph.D., is a historian, writer, and consultant whose interests range from the American West and urban history to historic preservation and tourism. She has written and taught on such subjects as tourism, cities, museum studies, memory and place, and oral history, and directed the University of Nevada Oral History Program from 2009-2013. A member of the Nevada State Board of Museums and History, Alicia writes for a wide range of publications, curates and consults on public history projects, and appears regularly in public forums as an expert on history and cultural tourism in Northern Nevada. Alicia earned her doctorate in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and lives in Reno with her husband and daughter.