Douglas Biggs

Dynamic professional with extensive experience at the University of Nebraska Kearney, excelling in administrative leadership, research, teaching, and relationship building. Proven track record in securing grant funding and fostering international partnerships. Adept at managing teams and budgets, demonstrating adaptability and excellent communication skills to enhance collaboration and drive successful outcomes.

2025 Dobrovsky/Palacky Medal, from the Rector of Palacky University for years of development of mutual relations between UNK and Palacky University, 9 April.

2022  Dean’s Medal, for years of developing and maintaining collaboration between UNK and the Faculty of Arts, Palacky University, 9 November.

2021  J. William Fulbright Distinguished Chair, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

2020 Faculty Mentoring of Student Research Award, Graduate College

2017 Pratt-Heins Foundation Faculty Award for Scholarship/Research

2015  Gene Hamaker Scholarship Award for excellence in scholarship

2006 Alpha Chi, Professor of the Year, Waldorf College

2006 Faculty Development Grant, Title III Funding, Waldorf College

2003 Holmen Award for Professional Excellence, Waldorf College

2003 Council of Independent Colleges/ Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Seminar: The Political History of the Early Republic, Columbia University

2002 Iowa College Foundation, Grant for the Integration of Technology and

Education in the Classroom

2001  Elected as Fellow, Royal Historical Society (UK), Jan.

2000 University of York (UK), Fellow, the Borthwick Institute and Visiting Professor of Medieval History, Centre for Medieval Studies, Sept.-Dec.

Eight books (monographs, edited collections, edition and translation of primary sources) on Medieval and Iowa topics

Twenty-four articles in some of the leading refereed journals in the fields of Medieval and Iowa History.