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 Photo	Faculty Member	Field of Interest
	Blain Roberts, PhD Professor and Department Chair broberts@csufresno.edu Office: SS101 Fall 2026 Office Hours: MW: 1:00pm - 2:00pm	Twentieth-Century U.S. Women's and Gender History; U.S. Cultural History; American South; Memory; Historical Tourism
	Annamarie Vallis Department Administrator avallis@csufresno.edu Office: SS101 Fall 2026 Office Hours:: MTWTh 7:30am - 11:30am MTWTh 12:30pm - 4:30pm
	Lori Clune, PhD Professor and Graduate Coordinator lclune@csufresno.edu Office: SS128 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T 11:00am - 1:00pm W 1:00pm - 3:00pm	Global Cold War; U.S. Diplomatic History; Propaganda; Espionage; Video Game History
	Traci Arbios Lecturer tarbios@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 Office Hours: M 2:00pm - 3:00pm T 9:30am - 10:30am, 2:00pm - 3:00pm or by appointment
	Mark Arvanigian, PhD Professor marvanig@csufresno.edu Office: SS121 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T/Th 8:30am - 9:30am, 11:00am - 12:30pm or by appointment	Medieval Europe; Britain to 1600
	Rowena Bermio Lecturer rbermio@csufresno.edu Office: NG141E Fall 2026 Office Hours: T/Th 11:00am - 12:00pm or by appointment	Early Modern Europe; Cultural History; U.S. History; Religion; Medieval Art History
	Stephen Bohigian, PhD Lecturer stephenbohigian@csufresno.edu Office: NG141F Fall 2026 Office Hours: M/W 11:00am - 11:50am or by appointment (Zoom)	Policing and Crime; Mass Incarceration; Urban History; Race and Ethnicity
	Daniel Cady, PhD Professor dcady@csufresno.edu Office: SS116 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T/Th 11:00am - 12:30pm	California History; History of the American West; American Religious History; History of American Music
	Allen Carden, PhD Lecturer acarden@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 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: NG 141F Fall 2026 Office Hours: On sabbatical Fall 2026
	Rachel Dunston Lecturer rdunstan001@mail.fresnostate.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 Office Hours: W 5:00pm - 6:00pm by appointment
	John Farrell, PhD Lecturer jfarrell@csufresno.edu Office: NG 141A Fall 2026 Office Hours: M/W/F 10:00am - 11:30am or by appointment	Modern Europe/Russia; Social Memory; Historical Preservation; Racial/Social Equality; Human Rights
	Jill Fields, PhD Professor jfields@csufresno.edu Office: SS123 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T/Th 1:15pm - 1:45pm, 4:45pm - 5:45pm or by appointment	Modern U.S.; U.S. Women's History; U.S. Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Jewish Studies
	Matthew Ford, PhD Lecturer mford02@mail.fresnostate.edu Office: IT 262 Fall 2026 Office Hours: Th 11:30am - 12:30pm	Modern Latin America
	Jose Garza Lecturer josegarza@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 Office Hours:	U.S. History Civil Rights History; African-American History; Social Revolutions and the History of Marginalized Communities
	Brian Griffith, PhD Assistant Professor brianjgriffith@csufresno.edu Inquire via email regarding MA program mentorship availability. Office: SS118 Fall 2026 Office Hours: M/W 9:00am - 9:50am	Political / Cultural History of Italian Fascism; Food and Beverage History; History of (Trans)nationalism; Digital and Public History
	Brad Jones, PhD Professor brajones@csufresno.edu Office: SS124 Fall 2026 Office Hours: HIST11 Students: T 2:00pm - 3:00pm HIST171 Students: M 2:00pm - 3:00pm HIST220T Students: W 4:00pm - 5:00pm	Colonial and Revolutionary America; The Atlantic World; 18th-century British Empire; Popular Politics
	Danny Kim, PhD Associate Professor danielkim@csufresno.edu Office: SS119 Fall 2026 Office Hours: Th 2:00pm - 4:00pm F 2:00pm - 4:00pm or use booking app	Colonial Korean Feminism; Japanese Imperialism; Environmental History; Socialism in East Asia; Literature
	Robert Kutz Lecturer robkutz@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 Office Hours: M/T/W 11:00am - 12:00pm or by appointment	Modern U.S. History; U.S. Cultural History; History of Video Games; American Empire
	Ethan Kytle, PhD Professor ekytle@csufresno.edu Office: SS127 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T/Th 1:45pm - 2:45pm 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 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T/Th 1:00pm - 2:30pm	Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Latin America with a focus on Mexico and Brazil; Food History; Livestock and Meat Industries; Global Food Markets and Consumption
	Maritere Lopez, PhD Professor and Chair, University Graduate Committee mariterel@csufresno.edu Office: SS120 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T 3:00pm - 4:00pm Th 5:00pm - 6:00pm or by appointment	Renaissance/Reformation; Early Modern Women/Gender; Friendship & Love in the Renaissance; Early Modern Manners and Conduct Manuals
	Laura Mercer Lecturer lauramercer@mail.fresnostate.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 Office Hours: M/W/F 9:00am - 9:50am T 12:00pm - 12:50pm (Zoom)	US History, African American History, Women's History, History of Black Power
	Joseph Orbock Lecturer jorbock@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 Office Hours: W 2:00pm - 2:50pm or by appointment
	DeAnna Reese, PhD Professor dreese@csufresno.edu Office: SS125 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T/Th 11:30am - 1:00pm	Twentieth-Century U.S. African American Women; Social Urban History
	Michael Rettig Lecturer mrettig@mail.fresnostate.edu Office: SS 129 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T 12:00pm - 1:45pm W 1:45pm - 2:45pm
	Alicia Rivera, PhD Lecturer alrivera@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 Office Hours:
	Elvia Rodriguez, PhD Lecturer elviarodriguez@csufresno.edu Office: NG 141E Fall 2026 Office Hours: by appointment only
	Jacob Schmidt Lecturer jschmidt2@mail.fresnostate.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T 5:00pm - 6:00pm
	Heather Schotter Lecturer schotterhv@mail.fresnostate.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 Office Hours: W 5:00pm - 5:30pm	U.S. History; California History; Religion and Politics; Nudist History
	Julia Shatz, PhD Associate Professor jshatz@csufresno.edu Office: SS126 Fall 2026 Office Hours: T 12:30pm - 2:00pm W 2:00pm - 3:30pm	The Modern Middle East; British Empire/History of colonialism; Transnational History; History of Childhood/Child Welfare; Global Humanitarianism
	William Skuban, PhD Professor weskuban@csufresno.edu Office: SS117 Fall 2026 Office Hours:	Latin American History; U.S. Latin American Relations; Nationalism, National Identity, and Nation-State Formation; Church-State Relations in Latin America
	Sean Slusser Lecturer seslusser@csufresno.edu Office: SS129 Fall 2026 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