Rate My Professor Greg Brueck

Gregory Brueck is a Lecturer in the Department of History at California State University, East Bay, where he joined the faculty in 2011. He holds a B.A. from Reed College, an M.A. from San Francisco State University, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, completed in 2012. His doctoral dissertation, titled "Breaking the Plains: Indians, Settlers, and Reformers in the Oklahoma Land Rush," addresses key aspects of his scholarly focus on conflicting Indigenous and settler land uses in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century United States. As a specialist in these areas, Brueck teaches a broad array of courses supporting both the history major degree and General Education programs. His current instructional emphasis lies in modern U.S. history and western history, prominently featuring HIST 380, "The American West," and HIST 388, "U.S. and California Environmental History." He has earned Quality Matters certification for online and hybrid courses, including History of California in 2017.

Professor Brueck has made substantial contributions to the department beyond the classroom. He participated extensively in the design and ongoing support of the B.A. program in history. His professional development includes training in online and hybrid course delivery, as well as specialized support for first-generation college students. Brueck serves as Assistant Book Review Editor for California History, a scholarly journal produced with assistance from the California State University, East Bay Department of History, handling book review submissions via gregory.brueck@csueastbay.edu. Within the department, he has chaired sessions at the annual Wanda Washington Student History Conference and the Northern California Phi Alpha Theta Conference. Brueck has organized field trips for the Friends of History community group and commented on panels at graduation events. He contributed a book review of Sara Dant's Losing Eden: An Environmental History of the American West to the department's Fall 2018 newsletter, reflecting his engagement with environmental history scholarship.