Faculty

Alphabetical Listing
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History Department Faculty Listing

Alphabetical Listing 
Please make a selection from the list below. Last updated 6/25/09.

Abou-El-Haj, Rifa'at A. Professor, PhD, 1963, Princeton University: Modern Near East, Europe, Arab, Ottoman, Historiography, Psychohistory.

Appelbaum, Nancy Associate Professor, PhD, 1997, University of Wisconsin: Latin America, Colombia, Race, Gender.

Arkush, Allan Professor (joint with Judaic Studies), PhD, 1988, Brandeis University: Modern Jewish Intellectual History.

Bailey, Anne C. Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, PhD, 1998, University of Pennsylvania: African-American, African, African Diaspora.

Bix, Herbert P. Professor, PhD, 1972, Harvard University: 20th-Century Japan, Japan-U.S. Relations, Monarchical Studies.

Bradburn, Douglas. Associate Professor, PhD, 2003, University of Chicago: Early American, Early Modern Britain, Comparative Slavery/Emancipation.

Bragg, Susan. Visiting Assistant Professor, PhD, 2007, University of Washington: 19th and 20th C. U.S. history

Brown, Howard G. Professor, PhD, 1990, Oxford University: Early Modern Europe, France, Politicized Violence.

Camiscioli, Elisa Associate Professor, PhD, 2000, University of Chicago: Modern France, Race and Gender History/Theory, Colonial Culture.

Chaffee, John Professor and Director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Program, PhD, 1979, University of Chicago: East Asia, Chinese Social History. 

Cheney, Charise Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, PhD, 1999, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: African American, America since 1815, Feminist Theory.

DeHaan, Heather. Assistant Professor, PhD, 2005, University of Toronto: Russia and the Soviet Union, East Central Europe, Urban.

de Vera, Arleen Assistant Professor of History and Asian and Asian American Studies, PhD, 2002, UCLA: Asian American History; U.S. 19th and 20th Century History; Race, Gender, and Sexuality; Comparative Empires and Nationalism.

Dublin, Thomas Professor, PhD, 1975, Columbia University: U.S. Labor and Social History, Women.

Effros, Bonnie Professor, PhD, 1994, UCLA: Early Medieval European History and Archaeology, Gender History, History of Archaeology and Museums.

Fan, Fa-ti Associate Professor, PhD, 1999, University of Wisconsin: East Asia, History of Science, Environmental History, Nation and Empire.

Hacker, J. David Associate Professor, PhD, 1999, University of Minnesota: U.S. Demographic and Family History, American Civil War.

Hanson, R. Scott Visiting Assistant Professor, PhD, 2002, University of Chicago: 19th-20th Century U.S., religion, immigration, urban history, oral history, ethnography, folklore/music.

Kadish, Gerald E. Distinguished Teaching Professor, PhD, 1964, University of Chicago: Ancient History, Egypt.

Kansteiner, Wulf Associate Professor, PhD, 1997, UCLA: Modern Germany, Holocaust Studies, Media History, Historiography. 

Karp, Jonathan Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies, PhD, 2000, Columbia University: Jewish Economic and Cultural History, Christian-Jewish Relations.

Kutcher, Gerald J. Associate Professor and Chair, PhD, 1973, City University of New York (Physics); PhD, 2002, University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science): History of Medicine, 20th-Century American Medical Research, Biomedical Ethics.

Lal, Maneesha Assistant Professor of History and Asian and Asian American Studies, PhD, 1996, University of Pennsylvania: Modern South Asia; Comparative History of Medicine; Women, Gender, and Feminism; Colonial/Postcolonial Studies and Historiography.

Lothian, James Visiting Assistant Professor, Ph.D., 2006, University of Chicago: Modern Britain and Ireland; Early Modern Britain; Intellectual History.

Mackenney, Richard S. Professor, PhD, 1982, University of Cambridge: Italian Renaissance, Early Modern Venice, Shakespeare.

Muhammad, Akbar Associate Professor, PhD, 1974, Edinburgh University: Africa, Islam.

Quataert, Donald State University of New York Distinguished Professor, PhD, 1973, UCLA: Ottoman Empire, Modern Middle Eastern History, Labor and Economic History, World History. 

Quataert, Jean H. Professor, PhD, 1974, UCLA: German History, Women's and Gender History, Comparative and Global History, Human Rights. 

Sklar, Kathryn Kish Distinguished Bartle Professor, PhD, 1969, University of Michigan: U.S. and Comparative Women's History, Public Culture. 

Sommerville, Diane Miller Associate Professor, PhD, 1995, Rutgers University: Early America, American South, Civil War & Reconstruction, Race, Class, Gender, Family.

Stoner, JohngAssistant Professor, PhD, 2001, Columbia University: 20th-century U.S. Political and Labor History, 20th-century South African History.

Tomich, Dale Professor (joint with Sociology), PhD, 1976, University of Wisconsin: Latin America and the Caribbean, World-Systems, Political Economy, Social Movements.

West, Michael Professor (joint with Sociology and Africana), PhD, 1990, Harvard University: African diaspora, Africa, Social.

Wheeler, Leigh Ann Associate Professor, PhD, 1998, University of Minnesota: U. S. Women, Sexuality, Reform, Law, and the Grassroots of Public Policy

Barbara Abou-El-Haj, Art History: Medieval Art and Architecture.
Gisela Brinker-Gabler, Comparative Literature: European and Comparative Literature.
Ali Mazrui, Political Science: World Politics.
Isidor Okpewho, Africana Studies: Comparative Literature.
Benita Roth, Sociology and Women's Studies.

Thomas W. Africa, Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1959, UCLA: Ancient History, Greece and Rome. 

Melvyn Dubofsky, Distinguished Professor Emeritus , PhD, 1960, University of Rochester: U.S. Labor and Social History.

Sarah Elbert, Professor Emerita, PhD, 1973, Cornell University: U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History, Women's History, 19th and 20th Centuries. 

Sidney S. Harcave, Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1943, University of Chicago: Modern Europe, Russia.

Adalberto Lopez, Associate Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1972, Harvard University: Hispanic America, Spain.

Bernard Mason, Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1958, Columbia University: Colonial America, Early 19th Century U.S.

Robin S. Oggins, Associate Professor Emeritus, PhD, 1967, University of Chicago: Medieval History, England. 

Helen B. Rivlin, Professor Emerita, DPhil, 1953, Oxford University: Middle East.