Faculty

Berkhofer, Robert Ph.D., Harvard University (1997). Medieval Europe, France; Social History

Berto, Luigi Andrea Ph.D., University of Venice (2001). Medieval History, Early Middle Ages, Italy and the Mediterranean

Beyan, Amos J. Ph.D., West Virginia University (1985). African; African American History

Borish, Linda J. Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Maryland College Park (1990). 19th-Century American Social and Cultural History; American Sport History; Women’s History; American Studies; Material Culture

Brandão, José António Department Associate Chair. Ph.D., York University (1994). North American First Nations; Canada; Comparative Colonial

Chiarappa, Michael Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (1992). American Cultural/Environmental; Maritime; Folklife; Upper Midwest/Great Lakes; Public History

Coryell, Janet L. Ph.D., College of William and Mary (1986). Antebellum and Civil War; Women's History; Biography

Dobney, Fred Ph.D., Rice University (1970). Twentieth Century American History, American Technology

Dooley, Howard Ph.D., Notre Dame. Modern Middle East; Contemporary Europe; Global History

Elder, E. Rozanne Ph.D., University of Toronto (1973). Medieval Intellectual History; Monastic Studies. Director: Institute of Cistercian Studies. Editorial Director, Cistercian Publications Inc.

Faires, Nora Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1981). 19th and 20th-Century US; Gender, Migration, Race, and Ethnicity. On sabbatical, 2006-07.

Gray, Marion W. (Buddy) Department Chair. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison (1971). Modern Germany; Gender History; Agricultural and Environmental History

Haight, Bruce M. Ph.D., Northwestern University. West African History: Focus on Islam and Artistic Traditions

Havira, Barbara Ph.D., Michigan State University. 19th and 20th Century United States with an Emphasis on Economic and Labor History, Local History, and History of Women, and History of Education

Heasley, Lynne Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (2000). Environmental History, Cultural Geography

Julien, Catherine Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley (1978). South American History and Archaeology; Early Modern Spain; Paleography; Visual Arts

Kachun, Mitch Ph.D., Cornell University (1997). African American; 19th Century; Historical Memory; Public Commemorations

Lyon-Jenness, Cheryl Director of Undergraduate Studies. Ph.D., Western Michigan University (1998).Nineteenth Century U.S.; Material Culture Studies; Environmental History

Maier, Paul Ph.D., University of Basel (1957). Ancient Near East; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Christianity and the Roman Empire; Reformation Era

Martini, Edwin Ph.D., University of Maryland (2004). 20th Century United States, Political, Diplomatic, Cultural

Murray, James M. Ph.D., Northwestern University. Urban and economic history of the Low Countries in the later Middle Ages

Norman, John Ph.D., Indiana University. Russian and Soviet Cultural History; Art History and Patronage

Palmitessa, James R. Ph.D., New York University (1995): History of Europe, ca. 1400-1800, especially Society and Religion, Urban History, Material Culture, Central Europe

Rubin, Eli. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison (2004). Modern Europe, Germany

Saliant, John. Ph.D in American Civilization, Brown University (1989), Brown University. African American literature, early American Literature, colonial American history, the American Revolution and the Constitution, and the story of American religion

Schmitt, Peter J. Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Minnesota (1966). 19th and 20th Century American Cultural History; Local and Regional History; Popular Art and Architecture; Environmental History and Cultural Attitudes

Simon, Larry J. Ph.D., UCLA. Medieval History, Especially Spain, Italy and the Mediterranean; Islamic and Jewish History

Szylvian, Kristin M. Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University (1988). Late 19th and 20th Century United States History; Public History

Warren, Wilson J. Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, (1992). History Education; 20th Century United States; U.S. Labor

Xiong, Victor C. Ph.D., Australian National University (1989). Chinese History and Archaeology (especially the Sui Tang period)

Yoshida, Takashi Ph.D., Columbia University (2001). Early Modern / Modern East Asia, Japan; War and Memory. On research leave, 2006-2008.