Linda J. Borish (Maryland) Associate Professor

• American Studies; women, sport and health history; rural history
• E-mail: linda.borish@wmich.edu

José António Brandão (York) Associate Professor

• American Indian; Canada; Comparative Colonial
• E-mail: jose.brandao@wmich.edu

Michael Chiarappa (Pennsylvania) Assistant Professor

• Maritime; Historic Preservation; Cultural Resource Management
• E-mail: michael.chiarappa@wmich.edu

Janet Coryell (William and Mary) Professor

• 19th-century U.S.; Documentary Editing
• E-mail: janet.coryell@wmich.edu

Nora Faires (PhD University of Pittsburgh): Associate Professor

• United States19th/20th c.; Migration and Ethnicity; Gender; K-12 and community collaborations
• E-mail: nfaires@wmich.edu

Catherine Julien (California- Berkeley) Associate Professor

• Latin America; Archaeology; Ethnohistory
• E-mail: catherine.julien@wmich.edu

Mitch Kachun (PhD Cornell University): Assistant Professor

• African American History; 19th-century United States
• E-mail: mitch.kachun@wmich.edu

R. Patrick Norris (Minnesota) Director, Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Adjunct Professor

• American History; American Political Thought; Intellectual History; Museum Studies; Local History
• E-mail: pnorris@kvcc.edu

Peter Schmitt (Minnesota) Professor

• 19th-20th century U.S.; historic preservation; local /regional history; popular art and architecture
• E-mail: peter.schmitt@wmich.edu

Kristin Szylvian (Carnegie Mellon) Associate Professor

• Late 19th-20th century U.S. History, public history; policy studies
• E-mail: kristin.szylvian@wmich.edu

Lewis Carlson (Michigan State) Professor Emeritus

• Recent U.S.; popular culture and sport; oral history
• E-mail: lewis.carlson@wmich.edu

Other Scholars for Training in Public History at Western

Sharon Carlson (Western Michigan) Director, WMU Archives and Regional History Collection

• Archives; U.S. Women's History
• E-mail: sharon.carlson@wmich.edu

David Dickason (Indiana) Professor, Geography

• Population Geography
• E-mail: david.dickason@wmich.edu

David Lemberg (California-Santa Barbara) Associate Professor, Geography

• Urban and Regional Planning Techniques
• E-mail: david.lemberg@wmich.edu

Michael S. Nassaney (UMass.-Amherst) Associate Professor, Anthropology

• Social Archaeology, ethnohistory, material analysis
• E-mail: michael.nassaney@wmich.edu