The Harvey Girls
May 15, 2026
Dr. Sandra Mathews, Nebraska Wesleyan
The Harvey Girls

BIO

Education
Ph.D.: U.S. West and Latin American History, University of New Mexico, 1998
M.A.: Latin American Studies (History and Political Science), University of New Mexico, 1988

Professional and community affiliations, certifications and awards  [Recent only]
Dr. Margaret J. Prouty Faculty Teaching Award, 2024 
Ameritas Faculty Fellowship, 2024-2025 (and four other times)
John Topham and Susan Redd Butler Off-Campus Faculty Research Award (Brigham Young University), 2021-2022, 2017-2018, and 2010-2011 
Nebraska Wesleyan Advisor of the Year Award, 2016
Nebraska Wesleyan Scholar Award, 2015-2016
Scholar Award, 2010-2011, New Mexico State Historian/Historical Society of New Mexico
Student Organization Advisor of the Year, 2009

When Not Teaching:
I love to triathlon (swim, bike, run), gravel cycle, travel, visit family, camp, hike/walk, kayak, photograph, research and write, golf, carve, draw--anything outside.