Dr. Paul Conrad earns tenure and promotion The Department of History is proud to announce that Dr. Paul Conrad has been awarded tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of History effective at the start of the 2021-22 academic year. An expert in Native American history and the history of the North American West, Dr. Conrad is author of the forthcoming monograph, The Apache Diaspora: Four Centuries of Displacement and Survival scheduled for release by the University of Pennsylvania Press on May 28, 2021. Employing a broad chronological and geographical scope, Dr. Conrad's work sheds light on topics including genocide and Indigenous survival, the intersection of Native and African diasporas, and the rise of deportation and incarceration as key strategies of state control. The book reveals how centuries of enslavement, warfare, and forced migrations failed to bring a final solution to the supposed problem of Apache independence and mobility as Spain, Mexico, and the United States all overestimated their own power and underestimated Apache resistance and creativity.