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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		mjm61@psu.edu
Safran, Nina Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Minor Associate Professor of History		jxs57@psu.edu
Salzer, Kathryn Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor of History & Gorman-McCourtney Early Career Professor in Medieval History		kes30@psu.edu

Faculty

Balachandran, Jyoti Associate Professor of History	(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
Brinkmann, Tobias Malvin and Lea Bank Professor of Jewish Studies and History	(814) 865-4690	thb10@psu.edu
Brockopp, Jonathan Professor of History, Religious Studies, and Philosophy		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		tbf5288@psu.edu
Greenberg, Amy Head, Department of History George Winfree Professor of American History	(814) 863-0162	asg5@psu.edu
Heaney, Christopher Associate Professor of Latin American History Associate Director of Graduate Studies	(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 Helena Rubenstein University Endowed Fellow in the Humanities and Associate Professor of History	(814) 863-7318	fhh102@psu.edu
Kulikowski, Michael Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Classics		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		dll8@psu.edu
Mares, Nicole Assistant Teaching Professor		nmm6501@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		mjm61@psu.edu
Peek, Gregory Associate Teaching Professor of History	(814) 865-1367	gap156@psu.edu
Restall, Matthew Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Colonial Latin American History, Anthropology, and Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies Director of Latin American Studies	(814) 863-1121	restall@psu.edu
Safran, Nina Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Minor Associate Professor of History		jxs57@psu.edu
Salzer, Kathryn Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor of History & Gorman-McCourtney Early Career Professor in Medieval History		kes30@psu.edu
Sandoval-Strausz, A. K. Professor of History		sandoval@psu.edu
Scott, Amanda Associate Professor of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies		als7146@psu.edu
Shelden, Rachel Director of the Richards Civil War Era Center Associate Professor of History		rshelden@psu.edu
Smits, Gregory Professor of History and Asian Studies		gjs4@psu.edu
Snyder, Christina McCabe Greer Professor of History		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 Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History, Anthropology, and Religious Studies		cew10@psu.edu

Joint Appointments

Abel, Jessamyn Professor in Asian Studies and History		jessamyn.abel@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
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
Zwigenberg, Ran Professor of Asian Studies, History and Jewish Studies		ruz12@psu.edu

Senior Teaching Faculty

Non-Departmental Historians

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		mxm20@psu.edu
Rubio, Gonzalo Associate Professor of Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies		gxr18@psu.edu
Sikes, Michelle Assistant Professor of History	(814) 865-8697	mxs1600@psu.edu
Walker, Dara Assistant Professor of AFAM		duw482@psu.edu

Postdoctoral

Clark, Zachary	(814) 865-1367	zac5055@psu.edu
Green, Edward		epg5260@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

Abdellatif, Malakeh		mja6833@psu.edu
Bienko, Joseph	(814) 865-1367	jpb6617@psu.edu
Burns, Keon	(814)865-1367	kqb5728@psu.edu
Croft, Erica		eac6163@psu.edu
Douthitt, Matthew	(814) 865-1367	mjd6551@psu.edu
Earle, Nathan	(814) 865-1367	nae5143@psu.edu
Eaton, Moyra	(814) 865-1367	mws6252@psu.edu
Elif Isler, Ozlem		oei5018@psu.edu
Florian, Cassandra	(814) 865-1367	cmf6200@psu.edu
Henton, Jamie	(814) 865-1367	jdh6097@psu.edu
Hidrovo-Lupera, Ana	(814) 865-1367	akh5911@psu.edu
King, Kellianne PhD Candidate	(814) 865-1367	kzk223@psu.edu
Kossowska, Julia		jvk6402@psu.edu
Levy, Asaf Department of History Graduate Student		afl5812@psu.edu
Lillo, Patricia Department of History Graduate Student		pil5142@psu.edu
Liu, Xiangyi	(814) 865-1367	xfl5194@psu.edu
Luo, Yilan		yul788@psu.edu
Luo, Xinyi	(814)865-1367	xbl5331@psu.edu
McKeller-Peoples, Victoria		vam5477@psu.edu
Meyer, Travis		tqm5673@psu.edu
Namgyal, Tashi	(814) 865-1367	tbn5139@psu.edu
Ovando, Cesar	(562) 333-5968	cjo5421@psu.edu
Robinson, Morgan		mar6932@psu.edu
Sauers, Cameron PhD student in History and African American studies		cts5575@psu.edu
Shonu, Jamphel
Smouse, Ashley Department of History Graduate Student		ams10781@psu.edu
Thrasher, Christopher		null
Ulutas, Mete		mju5153@psu.edu
Urrutia-Smith, Frankie	(814) 865-1367	fks5119@psu.edu
Walker, Annelise
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
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
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	(814) 863-6433	klb776@psu.edu
Carey, Lynn Administrative Assistant - Senior Support	(814) 865-6224	lmc5897@psu.edu
Contreras, Jennifer Undergraduate Academic Program Coordinator	(814) 865-0019	jmc7497@psu.edu
Gallaher, Kaycie Front Desk Coordinator	(814) 865-1369	kfh5329@psu.edu
Horner, David Information Technology Specialist	(814) 865-3594	dkh107@psu.edu
McDonald, Sarah Academic Adviser	(814) 863-4505	sam5519@psu.edu
Monoski, Lynn Administrative Coordinator	(814) 865-6203	lrd131@psu.edu
Poorman, Denise Liberal Arts Financial Assistant, Regional Support Supervisor		dap33@psu.edu
Singer, Barby Assistant to the Director, Richards Center		bqs6@psu.edu
Zuckerman, Anna Events Coordinator	(814) 863-1908	acz5079@psu.edu

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