Department of History
History Faculty by Areas of Specialization
European History
- Emily Baran, Interim Department Chair, Russia
- Mark Doyle, Modern Britain and Ireland
- Michael Fletcher, Late Antique/Early Medieval History
- Stacey Graham, Ancient and Medieval History
- Kelly Kolar, Soviet Union, Russia
- Michael Paulauskas, Soviet Union
- Benjamin Sawyer, 20th Century Russia and the Soviet Union
- Suzanne Sutherland, Early Modern and Medieval Europe
- Ashley Valanzola, Modern France, Holocaust Studies
- Jillian Bjerke, Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean
Global History
- Pankhuree Dube
- Sean Foley, Middle East and Islamic History
- Derek Frisby, World War II in the Pacific
- Aliou Ly Director, Undergraduate Program, West African history
- Andrew Maginn, Caribbean and Atlantic History
- Christoph Rosenmüller, Latin American and Atlantic History
- Amy Sayward, Modern International History
- Lisa Swart, Ancient Egypt
Public History
- Cyrana Dowell, Oral History
- Andrew Fialka, Digital History (Geographic Information Systems)
- Torren Gatson, Associate Director, Center for Historic Preservation
- Stacey Graham, Material Culture
- Kelly Kolar, Archives
- Louis Kyriakoudes Director, Albert Gore Research Center, Oral History
- Andrew Maginn, Digital History (Including Digital History Studio)
- Kathryn Sikes, Historical Archaeology
- Carroll Van West, Director, Center for Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation
United States History
- Jordan Alexander, 19th & 20th Century African-American History
- Cyrana Dowell, Collective and Public Memory
- Michael Fletcher, Cemetery Studies
- Andrew Fialka, American Civil War & Reconstruction
- Derek Frisby, US Military History
- Mary Hoffschwelle, Associate Provost
- Brady Holley, Antebellum U.S.
- James V. Holton, Tennessee History
- David Justice, Post-1945 US, Popular Music
- Louis Kyriakoudes Director, Albert Gore Research Center, Economic History
- Kristine McCusker, 20th Century South, Ethnomusicology
- Rebecca McIntyre, Reading History Initiative
- Ann Youngblood Mulhearn, Southern U.S. History
- Lynn Nelson, American and Global Environmental History
- Jennifer Pettit, Pedagogy, Women & Gender Studies
- Andrew Polk, American Religious History
- Lisa Pruitt, Director, Public History Program, American medical history
- Josué Rey, Popular Culture
- Ashley Riley Sousa, Director, Graduate Program, Native American Studies
- Jessica Roseberry
- Amy Sayward, ADP & Honors College, 20th Century US History (post-1945)
- Kathryn Sikes, Historical Archaeology
- Aaron Miles Treadwell, African-American History, Black Spirituality
- Jae Turner, Women, Gender, & Sexuality
- Carroll Van West, Director, Center for Historic Preservation, American Architectural History
- Louis Woods, Civil Rights History
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