Greg Wickenkamp is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of Iowa. Prior to attending the University of Iowa, Wickenkamp earned an MA in the Social Foundations of Education at Iowa State University, where he briefly served as a lecturer. He is currently studying the interactions between the FBI and the American Indian Movement.

Publications

• "Crawl Spaces to Productive Ruptures: A Reflection to Remember Speculative Futures” with Petra Lange and Erin Perry. Occasional Paper Series (2025): no. 53, 64–81

Commentary and Popular Writing

• "Rural History Teachers Choose Education Over Politics," Barn Raiser (Mar 5, 2026)
• "On soup, freedom, and heritage in the heartland," Bleeding Heartland (Dec 21, 2025)
• “A Person with No Sense of History Has a Paper-Thin Soul” Bleeding Heartland, (Aug 31, 2025)
• "I Taught My Students Slavery Was Wrong. Then MAGA Came After Me," Barn Raiser (May 1, 2025)
• "As GOP Moves to Cut Taxes for the Rich, Bernie Sanders Rallies Iowans to Fight Oligarchy" Barn Raiser (Feb 27, 2025)