A professor of history at the University of Puget Sound, Douglas Sackman explores environmental, Native American, and Western and Pacific Northwestern history in his teaching and research. He is the author of "Wild Men: Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern America" and "Orange Empire: California and the Fruits of Eden," which won the Martin Ridge Award for the best book on post-1848 California history. He is currently working on a book entitled "American Panorama: Rediscovering the History of the North American West."