Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

A Distinguished Faculty

full time faculty

 

Cynthia Whittaker, Department Chair
Professor Russian and Soviet history; Modern European history

  • Ervand Abrahamian
    Distinguished Professor Iranian and Middle Eastern history and politics
  • Carol Berkin
    Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History; women's history

  • Charlotte Brooks
    Assistant Professor
    20th century U.S., Asian American, urban, race, immigration, politics and policy

  • Thomas Desch-Obi
    Associate Professor
    African and African Diaspora history

  • Julie Des Jardins
    Assistant Professor
    Modern American history, gender and American women

  • Vincent DiGirolamo
    Assistant Professor
    19th, 20th century history, focus on immigration, labor, New York City, childhood

  • Johanna Fernandez
    Assistant Professor
    20th-Century U.S. History, history of social movements, political economy of American cities, African-American history
  • Bert Hansen
    Professor
    History of science and medicine; American history
  • Thomas R. Heinrich
    Associate Professor
    American business and industrial history
  • Brian Murphy
    Assistant Professor
    Early American economic and political history
  • Veena Oldenburg
    Professor
    History of India; Third-World women
  • Katherine Pence
    Associate Professor
    German and women’s history
  • Alfonso Quiroz
    Professor
    Latin American history; Caribbean history
  • Murray Rubinstein
    Professor
    Asian history; Sino-American studies
  • Tansen Sen
    Associate Professor                                                Asian history; China, Japan,
    India; Buddhism
  • Clarence Taylor
    Professor
    Modern African American, Religion, Civil Rights
  • Randolph Trumbach
    Professor
    18th century England; social history; history of sexuality
  • Faculty Emeriti
  • In addition to a number of valued adjunct faculty members, the department also benefits from continue association with its retired faculty members, designated emeriti.
  • Selma Berrol
    Professor Emerita
    History of Education; Urban History
  • Jane Bond
    Professor Emerita
    20th Century Europe; Modern France
  • Stanley Buder
    Professor
    American urban history; history of housing and planning; American business
  • Henry L. Feingold
    Professor Emeritus
    American Jewish History; Holocaust Studies
  • Pamela Sheingorn
    Professor
    Medieval culture; Medieval history; women's history

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