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Charlotte
Newman Goldy, associate
professor
Ph.D. (1978) SUNY Binghamton
goldycn@muohio.edu
248 Upham Hall; 513-529-5121
Office hours:
European Middle Ages, Jewish History,
Women and Gender
Charlotte Newman Goldy specializes in the
social history of medieval England. She is the
author of The Anglo-Norman Nobility in the
Reign of Henry I: The Second Generation,
and is currently working on Rereadings:
Women of High Medieval England. She
teaches the range of medieval European
history, is an affiliate of the women's studies
program, and is active in the medieval studies
and Jewish studies programs.
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Matthew
S. Gordon, associate professor
Ph.D. (1993) Columbia University
gordonms@muohio.edu
Luxembourg Campus, 2006-07 and
2007-08 academic years
Medieval Islamic History, Modern Middle East
History and Politics, Medieval World History
Matthew S. Gordon specializes in the socio-
political history of the early Islamic world. His
book, The Breaking of a Thousand Swords:
A History of the Turkish Military of Samarra
(A.H. 200-275/815-889 C.E.), appeared in
2001. He co-edited Franco-Arab Encounters
with L. Carl Brown. He teaches modern
Middle East, Islamic studies and early world
and comparative history.
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Kimberly Hamlin, assistant professor
PhD (2007) University of Texas at Austin
hamlinka@muohio.edu
http://www.users.muohio.edu/hamlinka/index.html
125 MacMillan Hall, 513-529-5978
19th and 20th C. U.S. Cultural History, Women's History, History of Science, Women's and Gender Studies
Kimberly Hamlin's work focuses on the
intersections of science, religion, and
gender. Her current project, Beyond
Adam's Rib, examines the ways in
which Darwinian evolution altered
popular understandings of gender and
influenced U.S. feminist thought, 1870-
1920. She has also worked on the
history of the Girl Scouts and served as
historical consultant on the PBS
documentary "Troop 1500." Her
teaching interests include encouraging
undergraduates to engage with local
history, their communities, and public
culture; science and technology in
American culture; and women's history
and gender studies.
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W.
Sherman Jackson, associate professor
Ph.D. (1969) Ohio State University
jacksows@muohio.edu
272 Upham Hall; 513-529-5137
Office hours:
American Constitutional History and Law,
Presidential Studies, Civil War and
Reconstruction
W. Sherman Jackson's current projects are
"LBJ and the Age of Segregation" and "The
Civil War Amendments: An Era of
Constitutional Reform." He is the author of
Reconstruction: the Lost Promise and co-
editor of Black Scientists and Inventors. He
has served on the advisory committee for the
National Underground Railroad Museum and
history consultant to the National Park
Service.
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Erik Jensen, assistant professor
Ph.D. (2003) University of Wisconsin-Madison
jensenen@muohio.edu
266 Upham Hall; 513-529-9297
Office hours:
Modern Germany; Gender and Sport
Erik Jensen taught at Colby College
and DePauw University before joining
Miami's faculty. His dissertation,
entitled "Images of the Ideal: Sports,
Gender, and the Emergence of the
Modern Body in Weimar Germany,"
was awarded the 2004 Fritz Stern
Dissertation Prize by the Friends of the
German Historical Institute. He is
currently revising this study for
publication as a monograph.
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Martin Johnson, visiting assistant professor
Ph.D. (1993), Brown University
MartinJohnson@muohio.edu
573 Mosler Hall, Hamilton Campus, 785-3273
United States History
Martin Johnson received his PhD from
Brown University in 1993 and teaches
mainly World Civilization and American
history. He is the author of a
monograph on the Paris Commune of
1871 and a general history of the
Dreyfus Affair. His current research
focuses on the Gettysburg Address, a
project that developed from his interest
in modern political history and theory.
He also is the Director of two multi-year
U.S. Department of Education grants
designed to enhance the teaching of
history and enrich the intellectual life of
the communities served by the
university: "Beacon of Liberty, A
Teaching American History Seminar"
for public school teachers, and "Camp
Journey to Freedom, A Congressional
Academy in History and Civics" for high
school students.
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Jeffrey P. Kimball, professor emeritus
Ph.D. (1969) Louisiana State University
jpkimball@muohio.edu
254 Upham Hall; 513-529-5121
U.S. Foreign Relations; U.S.-Vietnam War; War, Peace, and Society; Presidents
Jeffrey Kimball has taught courses on
the history of diplomacy, peace, war,
imperialism, popular culture, the United
States, American presidents, and
Western civilization since 1968. His
books include To Reason Why: The
Debate About the Causes of American
Involvement in the Vietnam War (1990),
Nixon's Vietnam War (1998), and The
Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the
Secret History of Nixon-Era Strategy
(2004). Nixon's Vietnam War won the
Ohio Academy of History Book Award
and the Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize
(awarded by the Society for Historians
of American Foreign Relations). In
addition, it was a History Book Club
selection and nominated for the Pulitzer
Prize. The Vietnam War Files won the
Arthur S. Link - Warren F. Kuehl Prize
(SHAFR). Kimball is also the author of
many articles and book chapters on
diplomacy, war, peace, historiography,
and nuclear history. He has served as
visiting professor at the University of
New Orleans, History Department
Graduate Director at Miami University,
and president of the Peace History
Society, and he has held fellowships
from the Nobel Institute, the Woodrow
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Wenxi
Liu, associate professor
Ph.D. (1992) University of Iowa
liuw@muohio.edu
211 Johnston Hall, Middletown Campus;
513-727-3255
Medieval English Constitution and Law
Wenxi Liu's "Competing for Justice beyond
the Law between Croyland and Spalding:
1189-1202" appeared in Anglo-American Law
Review. He continues work on a book project
tentatively titled Dynamics of Cross-Cultural
Encounters. His teaching assignment
includes world history courses and a range of
European history courses.
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Amanda McVety, assistant professor
Ph.D. (2006) UCLA
mcvetyak@muohio.edu
246 Upham Hall, 513-529-5128
Office hours:
U.S. Foreign Relations
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Robert Meckley, visiting assistant professor
Ph.D. (1999) Miami University
mecklerc@muohio.edu
559 Mosler Hall, Hamilton Campus
513-785-3275
Colonial America
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