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Miami University Department of History
 

Department Chair: Mary Kupiec Cayton

Director of Graduate Studies:Wietse de Boer

Chief Department Advisor (undergraduates):D. S. Chandler

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Stephen Norris

Department secretary: Jeri Schaner


Faculty

Miami's history faculty is noted for the scholarship and professional activities of its members. They regularly publish work of distinction with leading scholarly and trade presses, journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many of the faculty contribute to more than one graduate field.

Revolution and social movement in Latin America, World Childhoods
Cold War, Modern Eastern Europe, Sports History
Baernstein, P. Renée Early Modern Italy
Blaisdell, Muriel History of Science
Carrafiello, Michael England since 1485, Colonial America
Cayton, Andrew North America and British Empire 1700-1850
Cayton, Mary Kupiec U.S. cultural and Intellectual, Religion in the U.S., history of print
Chandler, D. S. Latin America
Cobb, Daniel American Indian History, 20th C. U.S.
de Boer, Wietse Early Modern Europe, Italian cultural history
Ellison, Curtis W. American regionalism
First, Sara U.S. print culture, history of celebrity
Foster, Carrie A. 20th C. U.S.
Frazier, Nishani African-American history, U.S. in the 1960s
Frederickson, Mary E. U.S. women's, labor, and social history
Goldy, Charlotte Newman Medieval Europe, social and women's history, Jewish Studies
Gordon, Matthew S. Middle East and Islam, pre-modern world history
Hamlin, Kimberly American Studies, gender, science
Jackson, W. Sherman American constitutional history
Jensen, Erik Modern Europe, 20th C. Germany; gender and sport
Johnson, Martin Civil War, Modern Europe
Liu, Wenxi Medieval English constitution and law
McVety, Amanda U.S. foreign policy
Meckley, Robert Colonial America ; Interim Director, Colligan History Project
Meier, William Modern Britain and Ireland, British Empire
Moyer, Johanna Early Modern Europe, medical history
Neumann, Caryn 20th century U.S., women, interdisciplinary
Norris, Stephen Russian cultural history since 1800, nationalism, visual history
Olumwullah, Osaak African history, environmental history
Osterloh, Kevin Ancient History, Jewish Studies, Classical Mediterranean
Pan, Yihong Tang history, China's Cultural Revolution
Pestana, Carla G. 17th and 18th C. Atlantic World
Prior, Daniel G. Inner Asian history, nomadic culture
Richards, Lawrence U.S. labor history
Rose, Anne Modern Europe, women's history, social history of medicine
Schorman, Rob American popular culture
Seijas, Tatiana Colonial Mexico, Early Modern Latin America
Shaffer, Marguerite S. Public culture; environmental history
Spellman, Susan V. 19th and 20th century U.S., business history, consumerism
Thurston, Robert W. Coffee, mass persecution, Russia
Vascik, George Modern Germany
Winkler, Allan M. 20th C. U.S.


Affiliate Faculty

We encourage students to add an interdisciplinary dimension to their studies in history. Affiliate faculty teach historically informed courses in other departments of the university which may, with departmental approval, be substituted for some degree requirements. These faculty are also available to serve as second readers on graduate committees.

Armitage, Kevin, visiting assistant professor, The Western Program
Environmental history, Gilded Age/Progressive Era, intellectual, cultural

Ettouney, Osama, professor, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
History of Technology

Kenworthy, Scott, assistant professor, Department of Comparative Religion
Eastern Christianity, Religions of Russia and Eurasia

Rousmaniere, Kate, professor, Department of Educational Leadership
History of Education

Sheumaker, Helen, Visiting Associate Professor of American Studies and John W. Altman Fellow for the Humanities Center
Public History, 19th century domestic life

Williams, Peter, distinguished professor, Department of Comparative Religion
American Religious History


Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct faculty members are professional historians formally associated with the Department of History. While they do not regularly teach graduate courses, they are an important resource for service on graduate committees.

Goldy, Robert
Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
20th C. Jewish and Christian Intellectual History

Kolbas, Judith
Ph.D, New York University
History of the Mongols, Numismatics

White, Jack
Senior Historian Emeritus, Smithsonian Institute
U.S. Transportation

 

Emeriti
Baird, Jay W.
Coakley, Thomas M.
Fahey, David
Jellison, Richard M.
Kaufman, Burton
Kimball, Jeffrey

Parsons, Edward (Bud)
Smith, Dwight L.
Welborn, Max
Yamauchi, Edwin M.
Zinsser, Judith P.