Faculty
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 Hours | Specialty |
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Susanna Blumenthal William Prosser Professor of Law and Professor of History | 436 Mondale Hall 612-626-5694 blume047@umn.edu |
Thursdays 3-5 p.m. Hybrid |
American Legal History |
Giancarlo Casale Associate Professor |
1214 Heller Hall 612-626-4265 casale@umn.edu |
Thursdays from 4:30PM to 6PM | Islamic World, Ottoman Empire, Pre-Modern and Early Modern World History |
Sarah Chambers History Department Chair and Professor |
1218 Heller Hall 612-625-6376 chambers@umn.edu |
1130 Heller: In person only, Or by appointment (virtual or in person):Mon. 1:30PM-2:30PM; Thurs. 11:00AM-12:00PM | Colonial Latin America; Gender, Cultural, and Legal History |
David Chang Distinguished McKnight Professor |
1143 Heller Hall 612-624-9045 dchang@umn.edu |
Hybrid: 9:30-11:30 Tues Contact me ahead of time to make a Zoom appointment. | Race and Nationalism, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and 19th- and 20th-Century United States |
Anna Clark Professor |
1051 Heller Hall 612-624-8015 clark106@umn.edu |
On Sabbatical By appointment only
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British, Irish, European, Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
Tracey Deutsch Associate Professor |
1045 Heller Hall 612-624-8547 tdeutsch@umn.edu |
Hybrid: Wednesday 9:00 - 11:00 AM, or by appointment | The United States, Women's History, and Business |
Gail Dubrow Professor |
1016 Heller Hall 612-625-6191 dubrow@umn.edu |
United States, Urban, Women, Asian-American, and Public History | |
Kirsten Fischer Professor |
1049 Heller Hall 612-626-4456 kfischer@umn.edu |
In person only, online available by appointment: Thurs, 1-2 pm | Colonial and Revolutionary America, United States, and Social and Intellectual |
Andrew Gallia Associate Professor |
1041 Heller Hall 612-626-4268 abgallia@umn.edu |
In-person only: Mondays 10:30-12:00 and by appointment | Ancient History |
Assistant Professor
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sganor@umn.edu | Virtually Only, Monday, 2-3pm, Wednesday, 4-5pm | German-Jewish, Displacement and forced migration, Memory Diaspora Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Modern Germany |
Therese Garstenauer Fulbright Visiting Professor | tgarsten@umn.edu | By appointment | |
Katharine Gerbner Professor McKnight Land Grant Professor |
1239 Heller Hall 612-624-3507 kgerbner@umn.edu |
By appointment only
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Atlantic World, Early America, Comparative Early Modern, Caribbean, Religion, and Race |
J. David Hacker Professor |
1235 Heller Hall 612-624-9043 hacke010@umn.edu |
In Office: Mon & Wed 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, and by appointment. | Demographic History, Quantitative History, and American Civil War |
Assistant Professor
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arhall@umn.edu | 2:00-3:30 on Thursdays (zoom) and by appointment (in person), Hybrid | American Legal and Constitutional, Civil War and Reconstruction, American Slavery |
Allen F. Isaacman Regents Professor |
910 Heller Hall 612-624-8037 isaac001@umn.edu |
Central and Southern Africa | |
Christopher M. Isett Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies |
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, and 18th–20th-Century China | |
William P Jones Professor |
1118 Heller Hall 612-625-6418 wpjones@umn.edu |
Hybrid: Monday and Wednesday, 12-2pm | 20th-Century United States, Race, and Labor History |
Oleksandr Komarenko Visiting Professor |
939 Heller Hall |
In person only, By appointment only, Hybrid: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
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Mai Na Lee
Associate Professor |
937 Heller Hall 612-625-6124 mainalee@umn.edu |
By appointment only | Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian American/Hmong communities, Highland Southeast Asian Studies |
Malinda Lindquist Associate Professor |
1139 Heller Hall 612-626-4263 lindqust@umn.edu |
African-American and United States | |
Howard Louthan
Professor |
1116 Heller Hall 612-624-7834 hlouthan@umn.edu |
By appointment | Early Modern Europe; Central Europe; Cultural, Intellectual, and Religious History |
Michael Lower Professor |
1220 Heller Hall 612-626-1796 mlower@umn.edu |
Crusades, Medieval Mediterranean, and Christian-Muslim relations | |
Saje Mathieu Associate Professor |
1233 Heller Hall 612-625-7769 smathieu@umn.edu |
Virtual: by appointment only | African-American, American Social and Political History, and Comparative Immigration |
Mary Jo Maynes Professor |
1010 Heller Hall 612-624-9330 mayne001@umn.edu |
Hybrid: Tuesdays 11:15-12:15 and by appointment | Modern Germany, European Social, and Women |
Patrick McNamara Associate Professor |
1212 Heller Hall 612-624-6531 pjm@umn.edu |
Hybrid: Thursdays 3-4pm & by appointment | Latin America and Mexico |
Hiromi Mizuno Associate Professor |
941 Heller Hall 612-626-7597 mizuno@umn.edu |
Modern Japan, Science and Technology, Agriculture and Environment, Empires, Global WWII | |
Kevin Murphy Professor |
1047 Heller Hall 612-624-9021 kpmurphy@umn.edu |
Virtual only, By appointment onlyThursdays 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Urban, Gender and Sexuality, Political, and Cultural |
Jean O'Brien Distinguished McKnight Professor |
1014 Heller Hall 612-624-5794 obrie002@umn.edu |
Hybrid: By appointment only |
Colonial American and Native American
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Assistant Professor
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918 Heller Hall
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Environmental history, Middle East, Modern Muslim World, Ottoman Empire and Ottoman Kurdistan | |
Helena Pohlandt-McCormick Associate Professor |
935 Heller Hall 612-624-8079 pohla001@umn.edu |
M, 1:45-3:15 in person; Zoom by appointment, Virtual only. | Africa, South Africa, Social and Cultural History, and Comparative Women's History |
Kathryn L Reyerson Professor Paul Frenzel Land Grant Chair in the Liberal Art |
1120 Heller Hall 612-624-8569 reyer001@umn.edu |
Virtual: Mondays 1:00-3:00 | Medieval Europe, Mediterranean Europe, Medieval France, Social and Economic History, and Legal History |
Steven Ruggles Distinguished McKnight Professor Regents Professor |
945 Heller Hall 612-624-4081 ruggl001@umn.edu |
On Sabbatical Virtual only, By appointment only | 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 |
Hybrid: Wednesdays, 9:45-11:45 am or by appointment | Jewish, North African, and Mediterranean |
JB Shank Professor |
922 Heller Hall 612-624-7323 jbshank@umn.edu |
In Person Only: M 9:30-11am, Tu 11:15am -12 noon, and by appointment | Early Modern Europe, France, European Intellectual, and History of Science |
Ajay Skaria Professor and Director of Graduate Studies |
924 Heller Hall 612-624-7565 skari002@umn.edu |
M11:00-01:00 (pls email beforehand ideally), and by appointment if this does not work Hybrid |
South Asia and Environmental History |
Theofanis G. Stavrou Professor |
1224 Heller Hall 612-624-5734 stavr001@umn.edu |
By appointment only. | Russia, Modern Greek studies, and Eastern Orthodoxy |
Andrea Sterk Associate Professor and Associate Chair |
1237 Heller Hall 612-626-4265 sterk@umn.edu |
M, 1:45-3:15 in person; Zoom by appointment | Ancient and Medieval Christianity, Late Antiquity, and Byzantine History |
Yalile Suriel Assistant Professor |
1114 Heller Hall ysuriel@umn.edu. | Virtual: By appointment only | Universities and Power, Carceral State, Higher Education, African American, Latinx, 20th Century United States |
Assistant Professor
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943 Heller Hall 612-626-7598 itchouka@umn.edu |
Hybrid, on Zoom unless specified: W 10-11:30am and by appt | Modern Europe, Central, and Southeastern Europe, Travel and Tourism |
Ann Waltner Interim Dean of CLA |
912 Heller Hall 612-624-3810 cladean@umn.edu |
By appointment only in 215 Johnston Hall or on zoom. Please contact Stephanie Engel, enge0663@umn.edu to schedule. | Traditional China |
Barbara Y. Welke Distinguished McKnight Professor of History & Law |
1039 Heller Hall 612-624-7017 welke004@umn.edu |
Wed 3-4:30 and by appointment In person only, By appointment meetings may be by zoom |
American Legal and Constitutional, American Women's, and Modern American History |
Thomas Wolfe Associate Professor |
914 Heller Hall 612-624-1886 wolfe023@umn.edu |
In Office: Tues & Thurs 2:00 - 3:00 PM, and by appointment | European Union, Soviet Union, History of Media and Communications, and Pragmatism |
Post Doc
Name | Contact | Specialty |
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Post-Doctoral Associate
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adeckrow@umn.edu | Public History |
Affiliate Faculty
Name | Contact | Specialty |
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Jon Butler Adjunct Research Professor |
butle115@umn.edu | |
Brenda Child Associate Professor |
104 Scott Hall 612-624-4190 child011@umn.edu |
American Studies |
Kirsten Delegard Project Director, Mapping Prejudice Project |
deleg008@umn.edu | |
Christine DeLisle Assistant Professor |
19 Scott Hall 612-625-3821 cdelisle@umn.edu |
American Indian Studies |
Vincente Diaz Associate Professor |
19 Scott Hall 612-625-2376 vmdiaz@umn.edu |
American Indian Studies |
Nick Estes Assistant Professor |
19 Scott Hall nestes@umn.edu |
American Indian Studies |
Anne Good | agood@umn.edu 612-624-7040 |
University of Minnesota Libraries |
Assistant Professor
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266 Nicholson Hall
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Classical & Near Eastern Religions & Cultures
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Sally Kohlstedt Professor |
123 Pillsbury Hall 612-624-9368 sgk@umn.edu |
Science and Nature Study Movement |
Alice Lovejoy | 235C Nicholson Hall 612-626-1552 alovejoy@umn.edu | Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature |
Nabil Matar Professor |
330C Lind Hall 612-626-8320 matar010@umn.edu |
Modern Arabic Literature and 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 and Demography |
Karen Painter Associate Professor |
132 Ferguson Hall 612-624-7512 kpainter@umn.edu |
Germany Musicology |
Associate Professor |
210 Scott Hall
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Chicano & Latino Studies |
Librarian
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15 Anderson Library
612-624-6895
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Eva von Dassow Associate Professor |
245 Nicholson Hall Office Hours In Person: Wednesdays 3-4 pm or by appointment |
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, and Classical and Medieval Origins of the Renaissance |
Melanie Yazzie Assistant Professor |
308 Scott Hall yazzi014@umn.edu |
American Indian Studies |
Faculty Emeriti
Name | Contact | Specialty |
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Iraj Bashiri
Professor Emeritus |
Islamic World and Literature
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Gary Cohen
Professor Emeritus |
Austria and Germany, Central and Eastern Europe, and Modern European Social and Political History
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John K. Evans
Professor Emeritus |
Ancient and Ancient Rome
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20th-Century US Social and American Women
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Edward L. Farmer
Professor Emeritus |
Modern China, Comparative Early Modern, and World
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David Good
Professor Emeritus |
European Economic and Austria
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George D. Green
Professor Emeritus |
American Economic and Business
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Professor Emerita
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hakimc@umn.edu | Modern Middle East |
Thomas Kelly
Professor Emeritus |
Ancient and Ancient Greece
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Patricia Lorcin Professor Emerita |
plorcin@umn.edu | Modern France, Western Imperialism, Colonial and Postcolonial, and Mediterranean |
Byron K. Marshall
Professor Emeritus |
Japan
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Elaine Tyler May Professor Emerita |
mayxx002@umn.edu | United States, American Studies, and American Women |
Lary May
Professor Emeritus |
American Studies and United States
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Michael F. Metcalf
Professor Emeritus |
Scandinavia
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Lisa Norling
Professor Emerita |
American Revolution, 18th and 19th Century America, Women and Gender, and Maritime
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Carla Rahn Phillips
Professor Emerita |
Early Modern Europe, Social & Economic, and Spain
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William D Phillips
Professor Emeritus |
Medieval & Early Modern Europe, Mediterranean, and Spain
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John A. Thayer
Professor Emeritus |
European Intellectual and Italy
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James Tracy
Professor Emeritus |
Renaissance & Reformation and 16th-century Europe
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Liping Wang Professor Emeritus |
lipin003@umn.edu | Modern Chinese Social and Cultural |