The faculty and staff in the History Department at the University of Minnesota are deeply committed to instilling in students an appreciation for and understanding of the past. The approximately forty full-time faculty have varied academic backgrounds and possess diverse and interdisciplinary research interests.
The department also draws upon visiting lecturers and scholars who bring their expertise in many areas of study. Our graduate students come from all over the world and occupy a unique position as both students and graduate assistants/instructors who bring their diverse research interests to their teaching. Furthermore, the staff members in the department offer many years of experience at the University of Minnesota, provide professional support to faculty and students and keep the department running smoothly. Together faculty, graduate students, and staff are dedicated to providing students with the support they need to learn and excel in today's complex world.
Full-Time Faculty
| Name | Contact | Office Hour | Specialty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard S. Bachrach Professor |
1114 Heller Hall 612-624-3301 bachr001@umn.edu |
Renaissance and Medieval eras, Medieval Military | |
| Iraj Bashiri Professor |
1043 Heller Hall 612-624-3314 bashi001@umn.edu |
W 11:15-12:00 | Islamic World and Literature |
| Susanna Blumenthal Associate Professor |
436 Mondale Hall 612-626-5694 blume047@umn.edu |
On Leave | American Cultural and Intellectual History, Anglo-American Legal History, History of Human Sciences |
| Giancarlo Casale Associate Professor |
1214 Heller Hall 612-626-4265 casale@umn.edu |
On Leave |
Islamic World, Ottoman Empire, Pre-Modern and Early Modern World History |
| Sarah Chambers Professor Director of Graduate Studies |
1218 Heller Hall 612-625-6376 chambers@umn.edu |
Colonial Latin America; Gender, Cultural, and Legal History | |
| David Chang Professor |
1143 Heller Hall 612-624-9045 dchang@umn.edu |
M 2:30-3:00, or by appt. | Race and Nationalism, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, 19th and 20th Century United States |
| Anna Clark Professor |
1051 Heller Hall 612-624-8015 clark106@umn.edu |
On Leave | British, Irish, European, Women, Gender, Sexuality |
| Tracey Deutsch Associate Professor |
1045 Heller Hall 612-624-8547 tdeutsch@umn.edu |
United States, Women's History, Business | |
| Gail Dubrow Professor |
1016 Heller Hall 612-625-6191 dubrow@umn.edu |
United States, Urban, Women, Asian-American, Public History | |
| Kirsten Fischer Associate Professor |
1049 Heller Hall 612-626-4456 kfischer@umn.edu |
W 4:00-5:00, or by appt. | Colonial and Revolutionary America, United States, Social and Intellectual |
| Andrew Gallia Associate Professor Associate Chair |
1041 Heller Hall 612-626-4268 abgallia@umn.edu |
M 1:30-3:30, or by appt. | Ancient History |
| Katharine Gerbner Assistant Professor |
1239 Heller Hall 612-624-3507 kgerbner@umn.edu |
Contact professor for appointment | Atlantic World, Early America, Comparative Early Modern, Caribbean, Religion, Race |
| J. David Hacker Associate Professor |
1235 Heller Hall 612-624-9043 hacke010@umn.edu |
Tu 11:00-12:00, or by appt. | Demographic History, Quantitative History, American Civil War |
| Carol Hakim Associate Professor |
1216 Heller Hall 612-624-9043 hakimc@umn.edu |
W 1:00-2:00 | Modern Middle East |
| Allen F. Isaacman Regents Professor |
910 Heller Hall 612-624-0383 isaac001@umn.edu |
Central and Southern Africa | |
| Christopher M. Isett Associate Professor |
920 Heller Hall 612-624-1505 isett003@umn.edu |
Post-War East Asian Political Economies, Global and Post-War Capitalism, East Asia's Cold War, Comparative Economic History, Agrarian, 18th–20th Century China | |
| William P Jones Professor |
1118 Heller Hall 612-624-6418 wpjones@umn.edu |
Contact professor for appointment | 20th Century United States, Race, Labor History |
| Ruth Mazo Karras Professor |
1222 Heller Hall 612-625-8578 rmk@umn.edu |
On Sabbatical | Medieval Europe, Women and Gender History |
| Erika Lee Professor Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History Director of Immigration History Research Center |
Elmer L. Andersen Library, Suite 311 612-625-5573 612-624-9569 erikalee@umn.edu |
Tu 1:00-3:00 | 20th Century United States, Asian-American, Immigration, American West |
| Mai Na Lee Associate Professor |
937 Heller Hall 612-625-6124 mainalee@umn.edu |
MW 11:45-12:45 | Southeast Asia |
| Malinda Lindquist Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies |
1139 Heller Hall 612-626-4263 lindqust@umn.edu |
M 2:30-3:30, or by appt. | African-American, United States |
| Patricia Lorcin Professor |
1020 Heller Hall 612-626-4269 plorcin@umn.edu |
T 10:00-11:00, Th 1:00-2:00 | Modern France, Western Imperialism, Colonial and Postcolonial, Mediterranean |
| Howard Louthan Professor |
1116 Heller Hall 612-624-7834 hlouthan@umn.edu |
W 11:30-1:00, F 11:15-12:20, or by appt. |
Early Modern Europe; Central Europe; Cultural, Intellectual, and Religious History |
| Michael Lower Associate Professor |
1220 Heller Hall 612-626-1796 mlower@umn.edu |
Contact professor for appointment | Crusades, Medieval Mediterranean, Christian-Muslim relations |
| Saje Mathieu Associate Professor |
1233 Heller Hall 612-625-7769 smathieu@umn.edu |
Contact professor for appointment | African-American, American Social and Political History, Comparative Immigration |
| Elaine Tyler May Regents Professor |
207 Scott Hall 612-626-7847 1110 Heller Hall 612-624-2800 mayxx002@umn.edu |
Contact professor for appointment | United States, American Studies, American Women |
| Mary Jo Maynes Professor |
1010 Heller Hall 612-624-9330 mayne001@umn.edu |
W 12:30-2:00, Th 10:30-12:00 | Modern Germany, European Social, Women |
| Patrick McNamara Associate Professor |
1212 Heller Hall 612-624-6531 pjm@umn.edu |
M 1:00-3:00, or by appt. | Latin America, Mexico |
| Hiromi Mizuno Associate Professor |
941 Heller Hall 612-626-7597 mizuno@umn.edu |
Contact professor for appointment | Modern Japan, Gender and Sexuality, Cultural Studies of Science and Technology |
| Kevin Murphy Professor |
1047 Heller Hall 612-624-9021 kpmurphy@umn.edu |
Urban, Gender and Sexuality, Political and Cultural | |
| Lisa Norling Associate Professor |
1231 Heller Hall 612-624-4501 norli001@umn.edu |
American Revolution, 18th and 19th Century America, Women and Gender, Maritime | |
| Jean O'Brien Professor |
1014 Heller Hall 612-624-5794 obrie002@umn.edu |
W 3:00-4:30, or by appt. | Colonial American, Native American |
| Helena Pohlandt-McCormick Associate Professor |
935 Heller Hall 612-624-8079 pohla001@umn.edu |
Africa, South Africa, Social and Cultural history, Comparative Women's History | |
| Kathryn L Reyerson Professor |
1120 Heller Hall 612-624-8569 reyer001@umn.edu |
Tu 1:30-3:30 | Medieval Europe, Mediterranean Europe, Medieval France, Social and Economic History, Legal History |
| Steven Ruggles Distinguished McKnight Professor Regents Professor |
945 Heller Hall 612-624-4081 ruggl001@umn.edu |
W 11:00-12:00, or by appt. | American Demographic and Social History |
| Daniel Schroeter Professor Amos S. Deinard Memorial Chair in Jewish History |
1018 Heller Hall 612-624-9526 schro800@umn.edu |
On Sabbatical | Jewish, North African, Mediterranean |
| JB Shank Associate Professor |
922 Heller Hall 612-624-7323 jbshank@umn.edu |
MTu 11:00-12:00, or by appt. | Early Modern Europe, France, European Intellectual, History of Science |
| Ajay Skaria Professor |
924 Heller Hall 612-624-7565 skari002@umn.edu |
South Asia, Environmental History | |
| Theofanis G. Stavrou Professor |
1224 Heller Hall 612-624-5734 stavr001@umn.edu |
Russia, Modern Greek studies, Eastern Orthodoxy | |
| Andrea Sterk Associate Professor |
1237 Heller Hall 612-626-4265 sterk@umn.edu |
M 2:30-3:30, or by appt. | Ancient and Medieval Christianity, Late Antiquity, Byzantium History |
| Ann Waltner Professor |
912 Heller Hall 612-624-3810 waltn001@umn.edu |
Traditional China | |
| Liping Wang Associate Professor |
939 Heller Hall 612-624-4834 lipin003@umn.edu |
Contact professor for appointment | Modern Chinese Social and Cultural |
| Barbara Y. Welke Distinguished McKnight Professor of History & Law |
1039 Heller Hall 612-624-7017 welke004@umn.edu |
Contact professor for appointment | American Legal and Constitutional, American Women's, and Modern American history |
| Thomas Wolfe Associate Professor |
914 Heller Hall 612-624-1886 wolfe023@umn.edu |
W 9:30-11:30, or by appt. | European Union, Soviet Union, History of Media and Communications, Pragmatism |
Affiliate Faculty
| Name | Contact | Office Hour | Specialty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keletso Atkins Associate Professor |
852 Social Sciences Building 612-624-9847 atkin013@umn.edu |
Afro-American & African Studies | |
| Jon Butler Adjunct Research Professor |
butle115@umn.edu | ||
| Brenda Child Associate Professor |
104 Scott Hall 612-624-4190 child011@umn.edu |
American Studies | |
| Victoria Coifman Assistant Professor |
825 Social Sciences Building 612-624-5709 coifm001@umn.edu |
Comparative Tropical | |
| Sally Kohlstedt Professor |
123 Pillsbury Hall 612-624-9368 sgk@umn.edu |
Science, Nature Study Movement | |
| Nabil Matar Professor |
330C Lind Hall 612-626-8320 matar010@umn.edu |
W 10:00-12:00, or by appt. | Modern Arabic Literature; Arab-Islamic Civilization |
| Keith A. Mayes Assistant Professor |
827 Social Sciences Building 612-624-5202 mayes@umn.edu |
African American | |
| Stuart McLean Professor |
523 Social Sciences Building 612-624-3507 mclea070@umn.edu |
Latin America, Demography | |
| Karen Painter Associate Professor |
132 Ferguson Hall 612-624-7512 kpainter@umn.edu |
Germany Musicology | |
| Paul Stone Assistant Professor |
152 Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs 612-626-0728 stone069@umn.edu |
Tu 11:00-12:30 | United States Trans-Mississippi Western & North American frontier; American Church & Religious; 20th Century Southwestern |
| Eva von Dassow Associate Professor |
245 Nicholson Hall 612-626-4787 vonda001@umn.edu |
Near East | |
| John Watkins Professor |
312 Lind Hall 612-624-8879 watki005@umn.edu |
Sovereignty and Queenship, Medieval and Early Modern Diplomacy, Premodern Political Culture, Classical and Medieval Origins of the Renaissance |
Visiting Faculty
| Name | Contact | Office Hour | Specialty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Carlyle Contract Assistant Professor |
916 Heller Hall 612-624-7301 mcarlyle@umn.edu |
Tu 1:30-3:00, or by appt. | Early Modern Europe, France, Women, Science and Medicine |
| Igor Tchoukarine Post Doctoral Associate |
943 Heller Hall 612-626-7598 itchouka@umn.edu |
Tu 10:00-11:00, Th 2:00-3:30, or by appt. | 20th Century Europe, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, History of Tourism |
Emeriti Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Clarke Chambers Professor Emeritus |
US, Social | |
| Gary Cohen Professor |
gcohen@umn.edu | Austria and Germany, Central and Eastern Europe, Modern European Social and Political History |
| John K. Evans Professor Emeritus |
evans002@umn.edu | Ancient, Rome |
| Sara M. Evans Regents Professor Emerita |
s-evan@umn.edu | 20th-Century US Social, American Women |
| Edward L. Farmer Professor Emeritus |
efarmer@umn.edu | Modern China, Comparative Early Modern, World |
| David Good Professor Emeritus |
goodx001@umn.edu | European Economic, Austria |
| George D. Green Professor Emeritus |
green007@umn.edu | American Economic & Business |
| John Howe Professor Emeritus |
howex002@umn.edu | Political, 18th- & 19th-Century American |
| Thomas Kelly Professor Emeritus |
kelly004@umn.edu | Ancient, Greece |
| David O. Kieft Associate Professor Emeritus |
kieft001@umn.edu | European Diplomatic |
| David Kopf Professor Emeritus |
kopfx001@umn.edu | India, Comparative World |
| Byron K. Marshall Professor Emeritus |
marsh004@umn.edu | Japan |
| Lary May Professor Emeritus |
mayxx001@umn.edu | American Studies, US |
| Russell R. Menard Professor |
menar001@umn.edu | Colonial America |
| Michael F. Metcalf Professor Emeritus |
Scandinavia | |
| John Kim Munholland Professor Emeritus |
munho001@umn.edu | Contemporary Europe, 20th-Century France |
| Carla Rahn Phillips Professor Emerita |
phill002@umn.edu | Early Modern Europe, Social & Economic, Spain |
| William D Phillips Professor Emeritus |
phill004@umn.edu | Medieval & Early Modern Europe, Mediterranean, Spain |
| Richard L. Rudolph Professor Emeritus |
rrudolph@umn.edu | Modern European Social & Economic, Eastern Europe |
| Romeyn Taylor Professor Emeritus |
taylo0017@aol.com | Asia, China |
| John A. Thayer Professor Emeritus |
thaye001@umn.edu | European Intellectual, Italy |
| James Tracy Professor Emeritus |
tracy001@umn.edu | Renaissance & Reformation, 16th-century Europe |
| William Wright Professor Emeritus |
wrigh001@umn.edu | Austria |