Rachel Moore

Rachel Moore specializes in thematic violence and trauma, specifically within the sub-disciplines of Latin American, Medieval European, and veterans of war histories. Holding a Masters in both History and the Humanities, she infuses her curricula with a broad range of sources from all disciplines within the Humanities and social sciences in order to help students develop a rich understanding of both history and current affairs. Her most recent publications include scholarship on the social history of medicine during the Black Death and the effects of sound on veterans of the Gulf Wars.

• History and humanities

• Colonial Latin American history
• Epistemology
• Thematic violence
• Gulf Wars

• San Francisco State University, MA in History, 2023
• San Francisco State University, MA in Humanities, 2022
• San Francisco State University, BA in Anthropology, 2005

• Professor, De Anza College, History Department and International and Intercultural Studies
• Professor, Foothill College, Humanities Department
• Adjunct Professor, San Francisco State University,  History Department
• Professor, San Francisco State University, Humanities Department

• Moore, Rachel A. “Was the Black Death a Watershed Moment in Medical History?” Ex Post Facto 31 (2023). 
• Moore, Rachel A. “Over There and Over Here: PTSD and the Sounds of War Amidst Everyday Life .” Ex Post Facto 30 (2021): 111–32.