Kyle Livie

Kyle Livie (he/him) is Professor of History and Co-Director of the Lytton Center for History and the Public Good at Ohlone College. A first-generation college graduate, Kyle holds an Associate of Arts from Santa Rosa Junior College, a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of California (UC) Berkeley, a Master of Arts in History from San Francisco State University, and a Doctor of Philosphy in history from UC Los Angeles. Kyle has worked with high school and college students for over twenty-five years, teaching a range of courses from American history and California history to queer studies and research methods. Kyle’s research explores community development in rural California in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on how different groups of people in small towns shaped shared identity, racial landscapes, collective memory, and economic production as they made California an American place. As a member of the Ohlone College community, Kyle has held several roles including President of the Faculty Senate but is most dedicated to working with queer and trans community members. As a young, closeted queer person, Kyle struggled finding his footing in his own community college and knows how tenuous such spaces can be for many students. At Ohlone, Kyle established and currently runs the campus LGBTQ+ Safe Zone Program, advises Ohlone’s Genders and Sexualities Alliance, serves as the campus LGBTQ+ Liaison, and most recently helped lead the LGBTQ+ Task Force charged with planning a new LGBTQ+ learning community and Pride Center. Kyle spends much of his time outside of work baking, gardening, and spending time with his amazing husband and incredible daughter.