Dr. Iris Engstrand Professor PhD, University of Southern California, 1962 Research and teaching specialties: Spain, Mexico, Spanish Southwest, California History, Museum Studies Editor, The Journal of San Diego History

Selected publications:

• San Diego: California's Cornerstone (San Diego: Sunbelt Publications, 2005)
• Harley Knox: San Diego's Mayor for the People (San Diego: San Diego Historical Society)
• The San Diego Yacht Club: A History, 1886-2000, co-author with Cynthia Davalos (San Diego: San Diego Yacht Club Sailing Foundation, 2000)

• Inspired by Nature: the San Diego Natural History Musueum after 125 Years, co-author with Anne Bullard (San Diego: San Diego Natural History Musuem, 1999)

• Building Communities: the Pardee Construction Company and its Founding Family (San Diego: Pardee Construction Company 1997)

• Quest for Empire: Spanish Settlement in the Southwest, co-author with Donald Cutter (Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996)

• Spanish Scientists in the New World: the Eighteenth-Century Expeditions (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1981)

Office:   Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ) 265
Phone: (619) 260-4038
Email:   iris@sandiego.edu