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
	William Skuban, PhD Professor and Department Chair weskuban@csufresno.edu Office: SS101 Office Hours: TTh 2:00 - 3:00	Latin American History; U.S. Latin American Relations; Nationalism, National Identity, and Nation-State Formation; Church-State Relations in Latin America
	Brad Jones, PhD Professor & Graduate Coordinator for Spring 2023 brajones@csufresno.edu Office: SS121 Office Hours:	Colonial and Revolutionary America; The Atlantic World; 18th-century British Empire; Popular Politics
	Lori Clune, PhD Professor & Graduate Coordinator lclune@csufresno.edu Office: SS128 Office Hours (Spring 2023): On Sabbatical	Global Cold War; U.S. Diplomatic History; Propaganda; Espionage; Video Game History Note: On sabbatical Spring 2023
	Mark Arvanigian, PhD Professor marvanig@csufresno.edu Office: SS121 Office Hours: On leave academic year 2022-2023	Medieval Europe; Britain to 1600
	Rowena Bermio Lecturer rbermio@csufresno.edu Office: SS106 Office Hours: by appointment	Early Modern Europe; Cultural History; U.S. History; Religion; Medieval Art History
	Stephen Bohigian, PhD Lecturer stephenbohigian@csufresno.edu Office: NG141F Office Hours: M 9:00 - 9:50 T 2:30 - 3:20 or by appointment	Policing; Race; Criminal Justice; Urban History; Surveillance
	Daniel Cady, PhD Associate Professor dcady@csufresno.edu Office: SS116 Office Hours: TTh 2:00 - 4:00 W 4:00 - 5:00 or by appointment	Twentieth-Century U.S.; American Music; Oral History
	Allen Carden, PhD Lecturer acarden@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Office Hours: by appointment	Colonial America; Colonial Latin America; American Revolution; American Slavery; Licoln; American Civil War; American Presidency
	Vernon Creviston Lecturer vcreviston@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Office Hours: T 11:00 - 12:00 MW 2:00 - 3:00
	John Farrell, PhD Lecturer jfarrell@csufresno.edu Office: SS117 Office Hours: MWF 11:00 - 11:45 TTh 1:00 - 1:45 or by appointment	Modern Europe/Russia; Social Memory; Historical Preservation; Racial/Social Equality; Human Rights
	Jill Fields, PhD Professor jfields@csufresno.edu Office: SS123 Office Hours: Th 1:00 - 1:45, 3:30 - 4:30 or by appointment	Modern U.S.; U.S. Women's History; U.S. Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Jewish Studies
	Jose Garza Lecturer josegarza@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Office Hours: W 5:00 - 6:00 or by appointment	U.S. History Civil Rights History; African-American History; Social Revolutions and the History of Marginalized Communities
	Mildred Denise Jessie Lecturer mjessie@csufresno.edu
	Danny Kim, PhD Assistant Professor danielkim@csufresno.edu Office: SS119 Office Hours (Spring 2023): T/W/Th 11:00 - 1:00 or by appointment	Modern Korea; Modern Japan; Gender and Feminism; Literature
	Ethan Kytle, PhD Professor ekytle@csufresno.edu Office: SS127 Office Hours: TTh 11:00 - 12:15 or by appointment	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, PhD Professor mlopes@csufresno.edu Office: SS216 Office Hours: MW 11:00 - 12:00 or by appointment	19th and 20th Century Latin America, Mexico, and Brazil
	Maritere Lopez, PhD Professor and Director, Graduate Net Initiative mariterel@csufresno.edu Office: SS120 Office Hours: T 5:00 - 6:00 W 11:00 - 12:00 or by appointment	Renaissance/Reformation; Early Modern Women/Gender; Friendship & Love in the Renaissance; Early Modern Manners and Conduct Manuals
	Lars Maischak, PhD Lecturer lars_maischak@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Office Hours: by appointment
	Victoria Malko, PhD Lecturer vmalko@csufresno.edu Office: PB409 Office Hours: W 2:00 - 3:00	U.S. History; World History; Soviet and Post-Soviet History; Holodomor Genocide Studies
	Joseph Orbock Lecturer jorbock@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Office Hours: by appointment
	DeAnna Reese, PhD Professor dreese@csufresno.edu Office: SS125 Office Hours: T 2:00 - 3:00 or by appointment	Twentieth-Century U.S. African American Women; Social Urban History
	Alicia Rivera, PhD Lecturer alrivera@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Office Hours: M 10:00 - 11:00 T 2:00 - 3:00 W 10:00 - 11:00
	Blain Roberts, PhD Professor broberts@csufresno.edu Office: SS118 Office Hours: MW 2:00 - 2:50 or by appointment	Twentieth-Century U.S. Women's and Gender History; U.S. Cultural History; American South; Memory; Historical Tourism
	Elvia Rodriguez, PhD Lecturer elviarodriguez@csufresno.edu Office: SS106 Office Hours: TH 9:30 - 10:30 or by appointment
	Julia Shatz, PhD Assistant Professor jshatz@csufresno.edu Office: SS126 Office Hours: On leave Fall 2022	The Modern Middle East; British Empire/History of colonialism; Transnational History; History of Childhood/Child Welfare; Global Humanitarianism
	Robin Sischo Lecturer rsischo@csufresno.edu Office: S162 Office Hours: by appointment
	Sean Slusser Lecturer seslusser@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Office Hours: T 11:30 - 1:00 W 12:30 - 1:30 or by appointment

Faculty Emeritus

Malik Simba 2020

Malik Simba, PhD
University of Minnesota

Area of Expertise:

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