Betty K. Koed is an American historian who was the third Historian of the United States Senate and the first woman to hold that position.[1] Upon her retirement, the US Senate designated her as Historian Emerita of the United States Senate.[2]
Koed graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1983 and received a bachelor's in English. She went on to earn her master's and PhD in history, also from University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1991 and 1999 respectively, after beginning her career as a technical writer.[3][4][5] While pursuing her PhD, Koed studied with Otis L. Graham Jr. and Robert Kelley at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[6]
She later went on to teach American History at the University of California, Santa Barbara before joining the Senate Historical Office in 1998.[3]
Koed won the Distinguished Alumni Award from UC Santa Barbara in 2016.[7]
In 2022, Koed authored the book Scenes: People, places, and events that shaped the United States Senate, which "presents a collection of 150 scenes from Senate history."[8]
^Koed, Betty K; et al. (Prepared under the direction Sonceria Ann Berry) (2022). Scenes : people, places, and events that shaped the United States Senate. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office. ISBN9780160959370.
