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.
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.
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William Skuban, PhD Professor and Department Chair
Office: SS101 Office Hours: |
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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Brad Jones, PhD Professor & Graduate Coordinator for Spring 2023
Office: SS121 Office Hours:
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Colonial and Revolutionary America; The Atlantic World; 18th-century British Empire; Popular Politics |
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Lori Clune, PhD Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Office: SS128 Office Hours (Spring 2023): |
Global Cold War; U.S. Diplomatic History; Propaganda; Espionage; Video Game History Note: On sabbatical Spring 2023 |
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Mark Arvanigian, PhD Professor
Office: SS121 Office Hours: |
Medieval Europe; Britain to 1600 |
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Lecturer
Office: SS106 Office Hours: |
Early Modern Europe; Cultural History; U.S. History; Religion; Medieval Art History |
Stephen Bohigian, PhD Lecturer
Office: NG141F Office Hours: |
Policing; Race; Criminal Justice; Urban History; Surveillance | |
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Daniel Cady, PhD Associate Professor
Office: SS116 Office Hours: |
Twentieth-Century U.S.; American Music; Oral History |
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Allen Carden, PhD Lecturer
Office: SS129 Office Hours: |
Colonial America; Colonial Latin America; American Revolution; American Slavery; Licoln; American Civil War; American Presidency |
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Vernon Creviston Lecturer
Office: SS129 Office Hours: |
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John Farrell, PhD Lecturer
Office: SS117 Office Hours: |
Modern Europe/Russia; Social Memory; Historical Preservation; Racial/Social Equality; Human Rights |
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Jill Fields, PhD Professor
Office: SS123 Office Hours: |
Modern U.S.; U.S. Women's History; U.S. Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Jewish Studies |
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Lecturer
Office: SS129 Office Hours: |
U.S. History Civil Rights History; African-American History; Social Revolutions and the History of Marginalized Communities |
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Mildred Denise Jessie Lecturer
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Danny Kim, PhD Assistant Professor
Office: SS119 Office Hours (Spring 2023): |
Modern Korea; Modern Japan; Gender and Feminism; Literature |
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Ethan Kytle, PhD Professor
Office: SS127 Office Hours: |
Nineteenth-Century America; Intellectual and Cultural History; Civil War and Reconstruction; Slavery and Abolition; U.S. South; Historical Memory; Civil Rights Movement |
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Professor
Office: SS216 Office Hours: |
19th and 20th Century Latin America, Mexico, and Brazil |
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Maritere Lopez, PhD Professor and Director, Graduate Net Initiative
Office: SS120 Office Hours: |
Renaissance/Reformation; Early Modern Women/Gender; Friendship & Love in the Renaissance; Early Modern Manners and Conduct Manuals |
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Lars Maischak, PhD Lecturer
Office: SS129 Office Hours: |
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Victoria Malko, PhD Lecturer
Office: PB409 Office Hours: |
U.S. History; World History; Soviet and Post-Soviet History; Holodomor Genocide Studies |
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Joseph Orbock Lecturer
Office: SS129 Office Hours: |
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DeAnna Reese, PhD Professor
Office: SS125 Office Hours: |
Twentieth-Century U.S. African American Women; Social Urban History |
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Alicia Rivera, PhD Lecturer
Office: SS129 Office Hours: |
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Blain Roberts, PhD Professor
Office: SS118 Office Hours: |
Twentieth-Century U.S. Women's and Gender History; U.S. Cultural History; American South; Memory; Historical Tourism |
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Elvia Rodriguez, PhD Lecturer
Office: SS106 Office Hours: |
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Julia Shatz, PhD Assistant Professor
Office: SS126 Office Hours: |
The Modern Middle East; British Empire/History of colonialism; Transnational History; History of Childhood/Child Welfare; Global Humanitarianism |
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Robin Sischo Lecturer
Office: S162 Office Hours: |
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Sean Slusser Lecturer
Office: SS129 Office Hours: |
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