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Alkimi University Academics

Department of History

Dr. Dana Underwood

Associate Teaching Professor of History

Faculty profile

About Dr. Dana Underwood

Portrait of Dr. Dana Underwood

Dana Underwood coordinates the introductory history curriculum and teaches Historical Methods and Historiography as well as Western and World Civilizations II. Her scholarly work evaluates how undergraduate students develop evidence-based historical reasoning through scaffolded document analysis. Before her appointment at Alkimi, she managed academic writing programs in history at Stonecroft College.

Dr. Dana Underwood is a member of the Department of History in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Areas of expertise

  • History pedagogy
  • Historiographical writing
  • Curriculum design
  • Primary source analysis

Fall 2026 office hours

Dr. Dana Underwood isn't teaching in Fall 2026. Email to arrange a meeting.

2026–27

Teaching

Dr. Dana Underwood has no undergraduate teaching assignment in the 2026–27 catalog. For the department's courses, see the Department of History.

Meeting with faculty

At least 3 hours per week during the semester, across at least 2 days, with at least 1 hour available virtually. Times are on each course syllabus in Canvas.