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Faculty Officers

Few, Martha Associate Head, Department of History Liberal Arts Professor of Latin American History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies	(814) 865-2278	mzf52@psu.edu
Greenberg, Amy Head, Department of History George Winfree Professor of American History	(814) 863-0162	asg5@psu.edu
Lawrence, Thomas Director of Online Education Teaching Professor of History		tcl10@psu.edu
Merkel-Hess, Kate Director of Graduate Studies Associate Professor of History	(814) 865-0750	kxm81@psu.edu
Milligan, Mike Alumni Outreach and Internship Coordinator Head of Undergraduate History Intern Program Teaching Professor of History	(814) 863-6670	mjm61@psu.edu
Safran, Nina Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Minor Associate Professor of History	(814) 863-0186	jxs57@psu.edu
Salzer, Kathryn Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor of History & Gorman-McCourtney Early Career Professor in Medieval History	(814) 863-8950	kes30@psu.edu

Faculty

Adler, Eliyana Associate Professor in History and Jewish Studies	(814) 867-5908	era12@psu.edu
Andreson, Jamie Assistant Teaching Professor of History and Women's , Gender, and Sexuality Studies		jfa5461@psu.edu
Arian, Nasir Lecturer		nva5455@psu.edu
Balachandran, Jyoti Associate Professor of History Faculty Liaison, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum	(814) 865-3968	jzb461@psu.edu
Baldanza, Kathlene Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies	(814) 863-0131	ktb3@psu.edu
Beaver, Dan Professor of History and English	(814) 863-8948	dxb28@psu.edu
Boakyewa-Ansah, Abena Assistant Research Professor of History Associate Director of the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center		ajb8993@psu.edu
Brinkmann, Tobias Malvin and Lea Bank Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History	(814) 865-4690	thb10@psu.edu
Brockopp, Jonathan Professor of History, Religious Studies, and Philosophy	(814) 863-1338	brockopp@psu.edu
Cahill, Cathleen Professor of History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Walter L. Ferree and Helen P. Ferree Professor in Middle-American History Acting Director, George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center Schreyer Honors History Advisor	(814) 863-0086	czc335@psu.edu
Campos, Michelle Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History	(814)863-0146	muc5008@psu.edu
Coles, Sasha Assistant Teaching Professor of History	(814)865-1367	sfc5843@psu.edu
De Schaepdrijver, Sophie Walter L. and Helen P. Ferree Professor of Modern European History	(814) 865-3797	scd10@psu.edu
Edwards, J. Marlena Assistant Professor of History, African American Studies, and African Studies	(814) 863-4243	jue328@psu.edu
Eghigian, Greg Professor of History and Bioethics Former Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program (2007-2012)	(814) 865-9022	gae2@psu.edu
Few, Martha Associate Head, Department of History Liberal Arts Professor of Latin American History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies	(814) 865-2278	mzf52@psu.edu
Frazier, Tony Assistant Professor of History
Greenberg, Amy Head, Department of History George Winfree Professor of American History	(814) 863-0162	asg5@psu.edu
Hashami, Mohammad Lecturer		sph5949@psu.edu
Heaney, Christopher Assistant Professor of Latin American History	(814) 863-0091	cuh282@psu.edu
Holness, Lucien Assistant Professor of History		leh85@psu.edu
Hsia, Ronnie Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History	(814) 863-8942	rxh46@psu.edu
Hudson, Benjamin Professor of History and Medieval Studies	(814) 863-7454	bth1@psu.edu
Husain, Faisal Assistant Professor of History	(814) 863-7318	fhh102@psu.edu
Kulikowski, Michael Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Classics	(814) 863-2424	mek31@psu.edu
Kumar, Prakash Associate Professor of History	(814) 863-4923	puk15@psu.edu
Lawrence, Thomas Director of Online Education Teaching Professor of History		tcl10@psu.edu
Lee, Jacob Associate Professor of History	(814) 863-0184	jul782@psu.edu
Letwin, Daniel Associate Professor of History	(814) 863-0417	dll8@psu.edu
McDonald, Bryan Director of Interdisciplinary Programs, The College of the Liberal Arts Associate Professor, Department of History	(814) 863-8949	blm26@psu.edu
Mendoza, Mary E. Assistant Professor of History	(814) 863-8946	mxm2546@psu.edu
Merkel-Hess, Kate Director of Graduate Studies Associate Professor of History	(814) 865-0750	kxm81@psu.edu
Milligan, Mike Alumni Outreach and Internship Coordinator Head of Undergraduate History Intern Program Teaching Professor of History	(814) 863-6670	mjm61@psu.edu
Peek, Gregory Associate Teaching Professor of History	(814) 865-1367	gap156@psu.edu
Reed, Julie Associate Professor in History	(814) 863-0105	jlr6454@psu.edu
Restall, Matthew Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Colonial Latin American History Anthropology and Women's Studies Director of Latin American Studies	(814) 863-1121	restall@psu.edu
Robson, Laura William L. and Donna F. Oliver-McCourtney Professorship in History		lbr5287@psu.edu
Safran, Nina Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Minor Associate Professor of History	(814) 863-0186	jxs57@psu.edu
Salzer, Kathryn Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor of History & Gorman-McCourtney Early Career Professor in Medieval History	(814) 863-8950	kes30@psu.edu
Sandoval-Strausz, A. K. Professor of History	(814) 863-0106	sandoval@psu.edu
Scott, Amanda Associate Professor of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies	(814) 865-6097	als7146@psu.edu
Shelden, Rachel Director of the Richards Civil War Era Center Associate Professor of History	(814) 863-8947	rshelden@psu.edu
Smits, Gregory Professor of History and Asian Studies	(814) 863-0172	gjs4@psu.edu
Snyder, Christina McCabe Greer Professor of History	(814) 863-0181	czs398@psu.edu
Sorek, Tamir Liberal Arts Professor of History	(814) 865-1367	tjs6787@psu.edu
Sternfeld, Lior William J. and Charlotte K. Duddy University Endowed Fellow in the Humanities Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies	(814) 865-3348	lbs18@psu.edu
Stroud, Ellen Associate Professor of History	(814) 865-3796	estroud@psu.edu
Wanner, Catherine Professor of History, Anthropology and Religious Studies	(814) 865-6689	cew10@psu.edu

Joint Appointments

Boittin, Jennifer Associate Professor of French, Francophone Studies, and History		jab808@psu.edu
Casey, Jim Assistant Professor of African American Studies, History, and English		jzc6406@psu.edu
Foreman, Gabrielle Professor of History, English and AFAM		pgf5052@psu.edu
Guettel, Jens-Uwe Associate Professor of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures and History		jug17@psu.edu
Lubin, Alex Professor of African American Studies and History		alubin@psu.edu
Walker, Dara Assistant Professor of African American Studies, History, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies		duw482@psu.edu
West, Michael Professor of AFAM and History		mow5397@psu.edu

Senior Teaching Faculty

Non-Departmental Historians

Abel, Jessamyn Associate Professor in Asian Studies and History	(814) 865-3931	jessamyn.abel@psu.edu
Brindley, Erica Professor of Asian Studies, History and Philosophy	(814) 867-3261	efb12@psu.edu
Decker, Alicia C. Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, African Studies, and History	(814) 867-3561	acd207@psu.edu
Dyreson, Mark Professor of Kinesiology and Director of Research and Educational Programs for the PSU Center for the Study of Sports in Society	(814) 863-3683	mxd52@psu.edu
Munn, Mark Head of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies Professor of Ancient Greek History and Greek Archaeology, Departments of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, and History	(814) 863-0052	mxm20@psu.edu
Sikes, Michelle Assistant Professor of History	(814) 865-8697	mxs1600@psu.edu
Walker, Dara Assistant Professor of AFAM		duw482@psu.edu
Zwigenberg, Ran Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, History and Jewish Studies	(814) 867-3260	ruz12@psu.edu

Postdoctoral

Godfrey, Katherine		kag51@psu.edu
Thomas, Brooke Postdoctoral Scholar in the Richards Civil War Era Center and Africana Research Center
Viglini, Nicole Postdoctoral Scholar in the Richards Civil War Era Center		nbv5116@psu.edu

Graduate Students

Bienko, Joseph	(814) 865-1367	jpb6617@psu.edu
Burns, Keon	(814)865-1367	kqb5728@psu.edu
Casement, Steven		sjc5535@psu.edu
Choedup, Ugyan	(814) 865-1367	uxc18@psu.edu
Clark, Zachary	(814) 865-1367	zac5055@psu.edu
Daily, Richard	(814) 865-1367	rdd25@psu.edu
Davis, Samantha		sld78@psu.edu
Douthitt, Matthew	(814) 865-1367	mjd6551@psu.edu
Earle, Nathan	(814) 865-1367	nae5143@psu.edu
Florian, Cassandra	(814) 865-1367	cmf6200@psu.edu
Green, Edward		epg5260@psu.edu
Henton, Jamie	(814) 865-1367	jdh6097@psu.edu
Herrera, Alexandria		akh43@psu.edu
Hidrovo-Lupera, Ana	(814) 865-1367	akh5911@psu.edu
Kang, Seonghek	(814) 865-1367	szk467@psu.edu
King, Kellianne PhD Candidate	(814) 865-1367	kzk223@psu.edu
Kossowska, Julia		jvk6402@psu.edu
Lacopo, Frank		frank.lacopo@psu.edu
Levy, Asaf Department of History Graduate Student		afl5812@psu.edu
Lillo, Patricia Department of History Graduate Student		pil5142@psu.edu
Linares , Héctor	(814)865-1367	hjl5431@psu.edu
Liu, Xiangyi	(814) 865-1367	xfl5194@psu.edu
Luo, Yilan		yul788@psu.edu
Luo, Xinyi	(814)865-1367	xbl5331@psu.edu
Meyer, Travis
Namgyal, Tashi	(814) 865-1367	tbn5139@psu.edu
Perez, A.J.		ajp595@psu.edu
Robinson, Morgan		mar6932@psu.edu
Sauers, Cameron PhD student in History and African American studies		cts5575@psu.edu
Schauffler, Moyra	(814) 865-1367	mws6252@psu.edu
Serrano, Paulina	(814) 865-1367	par43@psu.edu
Shen, Sam Department of History Graduate Student		rks6126@psu.edu
Shonu, Jamphel
Smouse, Ashley Department of History Graduate Student		ams10781@psu.edu
Thrasher, Christopher		null
Urrutia-Smith, Frankie	(814) 865-1367	fks5119@psu.edu
Walker, Austen
Walser, Heather PhD Candidate	(814) 865-1367	hcw5103@psu.edu
Watson, Norma		jnw99@psu.edu
Wiehe, Micaela	814-865-1367	maw6571@psu.edu Twitter: @Micaela_phd2b
Yoder, Richard	(814) 865-1367	rty5025@psu.edu
Zhou, Shelley		sqz5362@psu.edu
Zu, Beichen Department of History Graduate Student		bfz5136@psu.edu

Emeriti

Blair, William Walter L. and Helen P. Ferree Professor Emeritus of Middle American History Director Emeritus of the Richards Civil War Era Center	(814) 863-6356	wab120@psu.edu
Cross, Gary Distinguished Professor of Modern History		gsc2@psu.edu
Duiker, William Asian History		wjd2@psu.edu
Enteen, George Russian History		gxe1@psu.edu
Frantz, John American History		jbf2@psu.edu
Ginzberg, Lori Professor Emeritus of History and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies		ldg1@psu.edu
Goldschmidt, Arthur Middle Eastern History		axg2@psu.edu
Jenkins, Philip Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of the Humanities		jpj1@psu.edu
Knight, Isabel History		ifk@psu.edu
Landes, Joan Ferree Professor of Early Modern History and Women's Studies		jbl5@psu.edu
McMurry, Sally Emerita Professor of American History		sam9@psu.edu
Moses, Wilson Ferree Professor of American History		wjm12@psu.edu
Neely, Mark McCabe Greer Professor in the American Civil War Era		mxn10@psu.edu
Neely, Sylvia Associate Professor of History		sxn13@psu.edu
Prebish, Charles Religious Studies		csp1@psu.edu
Reardon, Carol George Winfree Professor of American History	(814) 863-2658	car9@psu.edu
Roeber, Gregg Professor of Early Modern History and Religious Studies Co-Director of Max Kade German-American Research Institute	(814) 863-8943	agr2@psu.edu
Rose, Anne Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies	(814) 863-0105	acr5@psu.edu
Spielvogel, Jackson European History		jxs12@psu.edu
Stebbins, Phillip American History		pes3@psu.edu
Van Herik, Judith		jxv4@psu.edu

Staff

Brinker, Kristi Graduate Staff Assistant		klb776@psu.edu
Carey, Lynn Undergraduate Staff Assistant	(814) 865-6224	lmc5897@psu.edu
Contreras, Jennifer Administrative Assistant Support Front Desk Coordinator	(814)865-0019	jmc7497@psu.edu
Horner, David Information Technology Specialist	(814) 865-3594	dkh107@psu.edu
Kennelley, Keshia Assistant to the Department Head	(814) 865-1369	kak43@psu.edu
Monoski, Lynn Administrative Coordinator	(814) 865-6203	lrd131@psu.edu
Poorman, Denise Financial Assistant 3	(814) 865-6244	dap33@psu.edu
Singer, Barby Assistant to the Director, Richards Center	(814) 863-0151	bqs6@psu.edu
Thomas, Amber Events Coordinator	(814) 863-6433	asg5500@psu.edu
Whitesell, Ben Academic Adviser	(814) 867-4121	bdw150@psu.edu

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