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History

 

History Faculty

The History Department consists of full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and an administrative staff. Our dynamic community of scholars engages in a wide range of research pursuits that currently stretches from the medieval period to the twenty-first century.  They utilize distinct thematic orientations and theoretical approaches to explore geographic regions that include Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, and the United States.

 
 

Faculty Member

Field of Interest

Blain Roberts

Blain Roberts, PhD

Professor and Department Chair

broberts@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS101

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

T 1:00 - 2:00p (Zoom)
W 4:30-5:30p (In Person)

Twentieth-Century U.S. Women's and Gender History; U.S. Cultural History; American South; Memory; Historical Tourism
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Annamarie Vallis

Department Administrator

avallis@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS101

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

MTWTh 7:30-11:30am
MTWTh 12:30-4:30pm

 
Lori Clune

Lori Clune, PhD

Professor and Graduate Coordinator

lclune@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS128

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

T 10:00a - 12:00p, 1:00 - 3:00p

 

Global Cold War; U.S. Diplomatic History; Propaganda; Espionage; Video Game History
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Traci Arbios

Lecturer

tarbios@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

M 12:00 - 1:00p
T 2:00 - 3:00p
and by appointment

 
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Mark Arvanigian, PhD

Professor

marvanig@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS121

 

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

TTh 11:00a - 12:00p, 1:00 - 2:00p
and by appointment

Medieval Europe; Britain to 1600
Rowena Bermio

Rowena Bermio

Lecturer

rbermio@csufresno.edu

 

Office: NG141E

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

MW 12:30 - 1:30p
and by appointment

Early Modern Europe; Cultural History; U.S. History; Religion; Medieval Art History
Stephen Bohigian

Stephen Bohigian, PhD

Lecturer

stephenbohigian@csufresno.edu

 

Office: NG141F

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

MW 10:00 - 10:50a

Policing and Crime; Mass Incarceration; Urban History; Race and Ethnicity
Daniel Cady

Daniel Cady, PhD

Associate Professor

dcady@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS116

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

MWF 10:00 - 11:00a, 2:00 - 3:00p
TTh 1:00 - 2:00p

Twentieth-Century U.S.; American Music; Oral History
Allen Carden

Allen Carden, PhD

Lecturer

acarden@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

by appointment

Colonial America; Colonial Latin America; American Revolution; American Slavery; Licoln; American Civil War; American Presidency
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Vernon Creviston

Lecturer

vcreviston@csufresno.edu

 

Office: NG 141F

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

MW 2:00 - 3:00p
TTh 11:00a - 12:00p
and by appointment

 
John Farrell

John Farrell, PhD

Lecturer

jfarrell@csufresno.edu

 

Office: NG 141A

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

MWF 11:00a - 12:30p
and by appointment

Modern Europe/Russia; Social Memory; Historical Preservation; Racial/Social Equality; Human Rights
Jill Fields

Jill Fields, PhD

Professor

jfields@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS123

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

MW 1:00 - 1:45p, 5:15 - 6:00p
and by appointment

Modern U.S.; U.S. Women's History; U.S. Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Jewish Studies
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Matthew Ford, PhD

Lecturer

mford02@mail.fresnostate.edu

 

Office: IT 262

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

TTh 3:15 - 4:15p

Modern Latin America
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Jose Garza

Lecturer

josegarza@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

 

U.S. History Civil Rights History; African-American History; Social Revolutions and the History of Marginalized Communities
Brian Griffith

Brian Griffith, PhD

Assistant Professor

brianjgriffith@csufresno.edu

Not currently accepting graduate students.

Office: SS118

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

MW 9:00 - 9:50a

Political / Cultural History of Italian Fascism; Food and Beverage History; History of (Trans)nationalism; Digital and Public History
Brad Jones

Brad Jones, PhD

Professor

brajones@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS124

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

M 2:00 - 3:00p
T 12:00 - 3:00p

Colonial and Revolutionary America; The Atlantic World; 18th-century British Empire; Popular Politics
Danny Kim

Danny Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor

danielkim@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS119

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

M 4:00 - 6:00p*
W 10:00a - 12:00p

*Except when faculty senate meets

 

Colonial Korean Feminism; Japanese Imperialism; Environmental History; Socialism in East Asia; Literature
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Robert Kutz

Lecturer

robkutz@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

M 11:00a - 12:00p
TTh 1:00 - 2:00p

Modern U.S. History; U.S. Cultural History; History of Video Games; American Empire
Ethan Kytle

Ethan Kytle, PhD

Professor

ekytle@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS127

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

TTh 1:45 - 2:45p

Nineteenth-Century America; Intellectual and Cultural History; Civil War and Reconstruction; Slavery and Abolition; U.S. South; Historical Memory; Civil Rights Movement
Maria-Aparecida Lopes

Maria-Aparecida Lopes, PhD

Professor

mlopes@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS216

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

MW 12:00 - 2:00p

19th and 20th Century Latin America, Mexico, and Brazil
Maritere Lopez

Maritere Lopez, PhD

Professor and Chair, University Graduate Committee

mariterel@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS120

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

T 5:00 - 5:50p
W 11:00 - 11:50a

Renaissance/Reformation; Early Modern Women/Gender; Friendship & Love in the Renaissance; Early Modern Manners and Conduct Manuals
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Laura Mercer

Lecturer

Lauramercer@mail.fresnostate.edu 

 

Office: SS129

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

MWF 3:00 - 3:50p

US History, African American History, Women's History, History of Black Power 
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Joseph Orbock

Lecturer

jorbock@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

W 3:00 - 3:50p
and by appointment

 
DeAnna Reese

DeAnna Reese, PhD

Professor

dreese@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS125

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

TTh 12:00 - 1:30p

Twentieth-Century U.S. African American Women; Social Urban History
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Alicia Rivera, PhD

Lecturer

alrivera@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

 

 
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Elvia Rodriguez, PhD

Lecturer

elviarodriguez@csufresno.edu

 

Office: NG 141E

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

by appointment

 
Julia Shatz

Julia Shatz, PhD

Associate Professor

jshatz@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS126

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

On sabbatical Fall 2025

The Modern Middle East; British Empire/History of colonialism; Transnational History; History of Childhood/Child Welfare; Global Humanitarianism
Bill Skuban

William Skuban, PhD

Professor

weskuban@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS117

Fall 2025 Office Hours:

TTh 12:30 - 1:30p

Latin American History; U.S. Latin American Relations; Nationalism, National Identity, and Nation-State Formation; Church-State Relations in Latin America
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Sean Slusser

Lecturer

seslusser@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Fall2025 Office Hours:

T 1:00 - 2:00pm (Zoom)
W 4:30 - 5:30p in person

 

 


 

Faculty Emeritus 

Malik Simba 2020

Malik Simba

Malik Simba, PhD
University of Minnesota

Area of Expertise:

Constitutional History, African-American History, History in Film. Professor's Web Page