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Faculty by Area




African American


Peter Garretson


Education: Ph.D., 1974, University of London
Research Interests: Middle East, North Africa


Maxine D. Jones


Education: Ph.D., 1982, Florida State University
Research Interests: 19th Century United States, African American History


Richard Mizelle


Education: Ph.D., 2006, Rutgers University
Research Interests: African American history, history of race and health, 20th century America


African History


Peter Garretson


Education: Ph.D., 1974, University of London
Research Interests: Middle East, North Africa


Heike Schmidt


Education: Ph.D., 1996, University of Oxford
Research Interests: Africa, Atlantic World, Women/Gender, Social History of Africa


Asian History


Jonathan Grant


Education: Ph.D., 1995, University of Wisconsin
Research Interests: Russia and Central Asia


Claudia Liebeskind


Education: Ph.D., 1995, University of London
Research Interests: Modern South Asia, Islam


Atlantic World


Rafe Blaufarb


Education: Ph.D., 1996, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, Latin American Independence


Edward Gray


Education: Ph.D., 1996, Brown University
Research Interests: Early America


Sally Hadden


Education: J.D., Ph.D., 1993, Harvard University
Research Interests: American Legal History, Colonial and Revolutionary America, Southern History, Social and Cultural History


Robinson Herrera


Education: Ph.D., 1997, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Latin America


Neil Jumonville


Education: Ph.D., 1986, Harvard University
Research Interests: United States Intellectual History, United States Since 1945, Historiography, American Studies


Heike Schmidt


Education: Ph.D., 1996, University of Oxford
Research Interests: Africa, Atlantic World, Women/Gender, Social History of Africa


Suzanne Sinke


Education: Ph.D., 1993, University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Immigration, Migration, Women's History


Charles Upchurch


Education: Ph.D., 2002, Rutgers University
Research Interests: Modern Britain, British Empire, Altantic World, Women/Gender


European History


Rafe Blaufarb


Education: Ph.D., 1996, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, Latin American Independence


Michael Creswell


Education: Ph.D., 1997, University of Chicago
Research Interests: Contempoary Europe (with an emphasis on France) International Politics, Cold War History, Military Affairs


Robert Gellately


Education: Ph.D., 1974, University of London
Research Interests: Modern European History, Germany, Russia, Holocaust and Comparative Genocide


Jonathan Grant


Education: Ph.D., 1995, University of Wisconsin
Research Interests: Russia and Central Asia


Darrin M. McMahon


Education: Ph.D. 1997, Yale University
Research Interests: Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History, Old Regime Europe, France and the French Revolution


Claudia Mineo


Education: Ph.D., 2006, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Early Modern Spain, Political culture, Law, Towns, and Women


William Oldson


Education: Ph.D., 1970, Indiana University
Research Interests: Balkans, Habsburg Monarchy, Russia, World War II


Nathan Stoltzfus


Education: Ph.D., 1993, Harvard University
Research Interests: Modern Europe, Modern Germany, the Holocaust, Political Violence and Resistance


Charles Upchurch


Education: Ph.D., 2002, Rutgers University
Research Interests: Modern Britain, British Empire, Altantic World, Women/Gender


Edward Wynot


Education: Ph.D., 1970, Indiana University
Research Interests: East-Central Europe, Poland, Russia


Latin American History


Robinson Herrera


Education: Ph.D., 1997, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Latin America


Gender/Women's History


Elna C. Green


Education: Ph.D., 1992, Tulane University
Research Interests: New South, Florida, Women, Social Welfare


Sally Hadden


Education: J.D., Ph.D., 1993, Harvard University
Research Interests: American Legal History, Colonial and Revolutionary America, Southern History, Social and Cultural History


Robinson Herrera


Education: Ph.D., 1997, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Latin America


Maxine D. Jones


Education: Ph.D., 1982, Florida State University
Research Interests: 19th Century United States, African American History


Jennifer Koslow


Education: Ph.D., 2001, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Public History, Urban History, Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Public Health, Women's History


Claudia Mineo


Education: Ph.D., 2006, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Early Modern Spain, Political culture, Law, Towns, and Women


Heike Schmidt


Education: Ph.D., 1996, University of Oxford
Research Interests: Africa, Atlantic World, Women/Gender, Social History of Africa


Suzanne Sinke


Education: Ph.D., 1993, University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Immigration, Migration, Women's History


Charles Upchurch


Education: Ph.D., 2002, Rutgers University
Research Interests: Modern Britain, British Empire, Altantic World, Women/Gender


Historical Administration & Public History


Jennifer Koslow


Education: Ph.D., 2001, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Public History, Urban History, Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Public Health, Women's History


William Oldson


Education: Ph.D., 1970, Indiana University
Research Interests: Balkans, Habsburg Monarchy, Russia, World War II


Robin Sellers


Education: Ph.D., 1995, Florida State University
Research Interests: U.S. History, Oral History


History of Science, Medicine and the Environment


Frederick R. Davis


Education: Ph.D., 2001, Yale University
Research Interests: History of Science and Medicine, Environmental History


Ronald E. Doel


Education: Ph.D., 1990, Princeton University
Research Interests: History of Recent Science; Environmental History; International Relations; Circumpolar Arctic


Kristine C. Harper


Education: Ph.D., 2003, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Research Interests: Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences, Science and Technology, Environmental History


Jennifer Koslow


Education: Ph.D., 2001, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Public History, Urban History, Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Public Health, Women's History


Claudia Liebeskind


Education: Ph.D., 1995, University of London
Research Interests: Modern South Asia, Islam


Richard Mizelle


Education: Ph.D., 2006, Rutgers University
Research Interests: African American history, history of race and health, 20th century America


Nathan Stoltzfus


Education: Ph.D., 1993, Harvard University
Research Interests: Modern Europe, Modern Germany, the Holocaust, Political Violence and Resistance


Intellectual and Cultural


Frederick R. Davis


Education: Ph.D., 2001, Yale University
Research Interests: History of Science and Medicine, Environmental History


Edward Gray


Education: Ph.D., 1996, Brown University
Research Interests: Early America


Robert Gellately


Education: Ph.D., 1974, University of London
Research Interests: Modern European History, Germany, Russia, Holocaust and Comparative Genocide


Neil Jumonville


Education: Ph.D., 1986, Harvard University
Research Interests: United States Intellectual History, United States Since 1945, Historiography, American Studies


Darrin M. McMahon


Education: Ph.D. 1997, Yale University
Research Interests: Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History, Old Regime Europe, France and the French Revolution


William Oldson


Education: Ph.D., 1970, Indiana University
Research Interests: Balkans, Habsburg Monarchy, Russia, World War II


Laura Isabel Serna


Education: Ph.D., 2006, Harvard University
Research Interests: History of Cinema, U.S. and Mexican Cultural History, Consumer Culture


Middle East and Islam


Peter Garretson


Education: Ph.D., 1974, University of London
Research Interests: Middle East, North Africa


Jonathan Grant


Education: Ph.D., 1995, University of Wisconsin
Research Interests: Russia and Central Asia


Will Hanley


Education: Ph.D., 2007, Princeton University
Research Interests: Middle East Empire


Claudia Liebeskind


Education: Ph.D., 1995, University of London
Research Interests: Modern South Asia, Islam


Claudia Mineo


Education: Ph.D., 2006, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Early Modern Spain, Political culture, Law, Towns, and Women


Heike Schmidt


Education: Ph.D., 1996, University of Oxford
Research Interests: Africa, Atlantic World, Women/Gender, Social History of Africa


Native American


Andrew K. Frank


Education: Ph.D., 1998 University of Florida
Research Interests: Native American, Florida History, Early U.S.


Robinson Herrera


Education: Ph.D., 1997, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Latin America


Religion


Elna C. Green


Education: Ph.D., 1992, Tulane University
Research Interests: New South, Florida, Women, Social Welfare


Claudia Liebeskind


Education: Ph.D., 1995, University of London
Research Interests: Modern South Asia, Islam


Darrin M. McMahon


Education: Ph.D. 1997, Yale University
Research Interests: Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History, Old Regime Europe, France and the French Revolution


William Oldson


Education: Ph.D., 1970, Indiana University
Research Interests: Balkans, Habsburg Monarchy, Russia, World War II


Molly Oshatz


Education: Ph.D., 2007, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Nineteenth Century America, Religion, Liberalism, Antislavery Reform


Heike Schmidt


Education: Ph.D., 1996, University of Oxford
Research Interests: Africa, Atlantic World, Women/Gender, Social History of Africa


Edward Wynot


Education: Ph.D., 1970, Indiana University
Research Interests: East-Central Europe, Poland, Russia


U.S. History Pre 1865


Andrew K. Frank


Education: Ph.D., 1998 University of Florida
Research Interests: Native American, Florida History, Early U.S.


Edward Gray


Education: Ph.D., 1996, Brown University
Research Interests: Early America


Sally Hadden


Education: J.D., Ph.D., 1993, Harvard University
Research Interests: American Legal History, Colonial and Revolutionary America, Southern History, Social and Cultural History


James P. Jones


Education: Ph.D., 1960, University of Florida
Research Interests: United States, Civil War


Molly Oshatz


Education: Ph.D., 2007, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Nineteenth Century America, Religion, Liberalism, Antislavery Reform


U.S. History Post 1865


Frederick R. Davis


Education: Ph.D., 2001, Yale University
Research Interests: History of Science and Medicine, Environmental History


Elna C. Green


Education: Ph.D., 1992, Tulane University
Research Interests: New South, Florida, Women, Social Welfare


James P. Jones


Education: Ph.D., 1960, University of Florida
Research Interests: United States, Civil War


Maxine D. Jones


Education: Ph.D., 1982, Florida State University
Research Interests: 19th Century United States, African American History


Neil Jumonville


Education: Ph.D., 1986, Harvard University
Research Interests: United States Intellectual History, United States Since 1945, Historiography, American Studies


Jennifer Koslow


Education: Ph.D., 2001, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Public History, Urban History, Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Public Health, Women's History


Richard Mizelle


Education: Ph.D., 2006, Rutgers University
Research Interests: African American history, history of race and health, 20th century America


Robin Sellers


Education: Ph.D., 1995, Florida State University
Research Interests: U.S. History, Oral History


Suzanne Sinke


Education: Ph.D., 1993, University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Immigration, Migration, Women's History


Laura Isabel Serna


Education: Ph.D., 2006, Harvard University
Research Interests: History of Cinema, U.S. and Mexican Cultural History, Consumer Culture


U.S. South


Andrew K. Frank


Education: Ph.D., 1998 University of Florida
Research Interests: Native American, Florida History, Early U.S.


Elna C. Green


Education: Ph.D., 1992, Tulane University
Research Interests: New South, Florida, Women, Social Welfare


Sally Hadden


Education: J.D., Ph.D., 1993, Harvard University
Research Interests: American Legal History, Colonial and Revolutionary America, Southern History, Social and Cultural History


Maxine D. Jones


Education: Ph.D., 1982, Florida State University
Research Interests: 19th Century United States, African American History


Richard Mizelle


Education: Ph.D., 2006, Rutgers University
Research Interests: African American history, history of race and health, 20th century America


War and Society


Rafe Blaufarb


Education: Ph.D., 1996, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, Latin American Independence


Michael Creswell


Education: Ph.D., 1997, University of Chicago
Research Interests: Contempoary Europe (with an emphasis on France) International Politics, Cold War History, Military Affairs


Jonathan Grant


Education: Ph.D., 1995, University of Wisconsin
Research Interests: Russia and Central Asia


James P. Jones


Education: Ph.D., 1960, University of Florida
Research Interests: United States, Civil War


William Oldson


Education: Ph.D., 1970, Indiana University
Research Interests: Balkans, Habsburg Monarchy, Russia, World War II


Heike Schmidt


Education: Ph.D., 1996, University of Oxford
Research Interests: Africa, Atlantic World, Women/Gender, Social History of Africa


Edward Wynot


Education: Ph.D., 1970, Indiana University
Research Interests: East-Central Europe, Poland, Russia