The Department of History’s faculty has a wide range of expertise covering various world areas and has garnered acclaim for outstanding achievements in scholarship and teaching.  Additionally, the department also houses faculty who have specializations in the history of media and in applying new media technology to preserving and delivering history.

Peter Arnade:  Early Modern Europe, Low Countries, Urban

Jeffrey Charles: United States Urban, Social, Cultural, Food Studies, California

Darel Engen:  Ancient World, Ancient Greece and Rome, Film, Social, Economic

Anne Lombard:  Colonial/Revolutionary America, Atlantic World, Gender, Law

Reuben Mekenye:  Southern and Modern Africa

Carmen Nava:  Latin America, Brazil, Gender, Chicana/o

E. A. Schwartz:  American Indian, American West, California

Patricia Seleski:  Modern Europe, British Isles, International

Alyssa Sepinwall:  Atlantic World, Colonialism, France, Jewish, Haiti, Gender

Jill Watts:  Modern U.S. Social/Cultural, African American, Gender, Film

Zhiwei Xiao:  Asia, Modern China, Chinese Film