Faculty Office Hours

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 for Fall 2025	Specialty
Llana Barber Associate Professor Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair of Immigration History Director of the IHRC	311 Andersen Library [email protected]	Tuesday and Thursday 2:15 - 3:00, and by appointment	Immigration, Latine History, Black Migrations, Caribbean diaspora, Modern US, and Urban History
Susanna Blumenthal William Prosser Professor of Law and Professor of History	436 Mondale Hall 612-626-5694 [email protected]	TBD	American Legal History
Sarah Chambers Professor and History Department Chair	1130 Heller Hall 612-625-6376 [email protected]	Monday 1:30 - 3:00 and Thursday 11:00 - 12:00, and by appointment In person only	Colonial Latin America; Gender, Cultural, and Legal History
David Chang Distinguished McKnight Professor	1143 Heller Hall 612-624-9045 [email protected]	TBD	Race and Nationalism, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and 19th- and 20th-Century United States
Anna Clark Professor	1051 Heller Hall 612-624-8015 [email protected]	Tuesdays 10-11 AM (virtual only), Wednesday 1-2 PM in Heller 1051 or by appointment for Zoom. Hybrid	British, Irish, European, Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Andre Deckrow Assistant Professor	1110 Heller Hall [email protected]	TBD	Public History, Global Migration
Tracey Deutsch Associate Professor	1045 Heller Hall 612-624-8547 [email protected]	TBD	The United States, Women's History, and Business
Gail Dubrow Professor	1016 Heller Hall 612-625-6191 [email protected]	TBD	United States, Urban, Women, Asian-American, and Public History
Kirsten Fischer Professor	1049 Heller Hall 612-626-4456 [email protected]	Thursdays 1-2 PM, and by appointment	Colonial and Revolutionary America, United States, and Social and Intellectual
Andrew Gallia Professor	1041 Heller Hall 612-626-4268 [email protected]	Mondays 2:00-3:30 PM, and by appointment In person only	Ancient History
Sheer Ganor Assistant Professor	[email protected]	Mondays 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM, virtual only - email for Zoom link	German-Jewish, Displacement and forced migration, Memory Diaspora Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Modern Germany
Katharine Gerbner Associate Professor McKnight Land Grant Professor	1239 Heller Hall 612-624-3507 [email protected]	By appointment only	Atlantic World, Early America, Comparative Early Modern, Caribbean, Religion, and Race
J. David Hacker Professor	1235 Heller Hall 612-624-9043 [email protected]	TBD	Demographic History, Quantitative History, and American Civil War
Aaron Hall Assistant Professor	[email protected]	TBD	American Legal and Constitutional, Civil War and Reconstruction, American Slavery
Allen F. Isaacman Regents Professor	910 Heller Hall 612-624-8037 [email protected]	On Leave	Central and Southern Africa
Christopher M. Isett Professor	920 Heller Hall 612-624-1505 [email protected]	On exchange fall semester	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 and Associate Chair	1118 Heller Hall 612-625-6418 [email protected]	TBD	20th-Century United States, Race, and Labor History
Oleksandr Komarenko Visiting Professor	939 Heller Hall [email protected]	Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 - 2 PM or by appointment
Mai Na Lee Associate Professor	937 Heller Hall 612-625-6124 [email protected]	TBD	Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian American/Hmong communities, Highland Southeast Asian Studies
Malinda Lindquist Associate Professor	1139 Heller Hall 612-626-4263 [email protected]	TBD	African-American and United States
Howard Louthan Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies	1116 Heller Hall 612-624-7834 [email protected]	By appointment only	Early Modern Europe; Central Europe; Cultural, Intellectual, and Religious History
Patrick McNamara Associate Professor	1212 Heller Hall 612-624-6531 [email protected]	Tuesdays 12 - 1 PM or by appointment Hybrid	Latin America and Mexico
Hiromi Mizuno Associate Professor	941 Heller Hall 612-626-7597 [email protected]	TBD	Modern Japan, Science and Technology, Agriculture and Environment, Empires, Global WWII
Kevin Murphy Professor	1047 Heller Hall 612-624-9021 [email protected]	TBD	Urban, Gender and Sexuality, Political, and Cultural
Jean O'Brien Distinguished McKnight Professor	1014 Heller Hall 612-624-5794 [email protected]	On Sabbatical	Colonial American and Native American
Zozan Pehlivan Associate Professor	918 Heller Hall 612-624-5712 [email protected]	TBD	Environmental history, Middle East, Modern Muslim World, Ottoman Empire and Ottoman Kurdistan
Helena Pohlandt-McCormick Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies	935 Heller Hall 612-624-8079 [email protected]	Tuesday and Wednesdays 11:00 - 12:00 and by appointment Hybrid	Africa, South Africa, Social and Cultural History, and Comparative Women's History
Kathryn L Reyerson Professor Paul Frenzel Land Grant Chair in the Liberal Arts	1120 Heller Hall 612-624-8569 [email protected]	Tuesdays and Thursdays 3 - 4 PM Virtual only, or virtually by appointment	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 [email protected]	Tuesday and Thursday 3:45 - 4:30 PM in 50 Willey Hall	American Demographic and Social History
JB Shank Professor	922 Heller Hall 612-624-7323 [email protected]	TBD	Early Modern Europe, France, European Intellectual, and History of Science
Ajay Skaria Professor	924 Heller Hall 612-624-7565 [email protected]	TBD	South Asia and Environmental History
Theofanis G. Stavrou Professor	327 Social Sciences 612-624-5734 [email protected]	Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM in person in 327 Social Sciences, and by appointment on Zoom	Russia, Modern Greek studies, and Eastern Orthodoxy
Andrea Sterk Associate Professor	1237 Heller Hall 612-626-4265 [email protected]	Wednesdays 2:30 - 3:30 PM in person, or virtually by appointment	Ancient and Medieval Christianity, Late Antiquity, and Byzantine History
Yalile Suriel Assistant Professor	1114 Heller Hall [email protected].	By appointment only	Universities and Power, Carceral State, Higher Education, African American, Latinx, 20th Century United States
Igor Tchoukarine Assistant Professor	943 Heller Hall 612-626-7598 [email protected]	TBD	Modern Europe, Central, and Southeastern Europe, Travel and Tourism
Ann Waltner Professor	912 Heller Hall 612-624-3810 [email protected]	Thursdays 10:00 - 12:00 Hybrid, and by appointment	Traditional China
Barbara Y. Welke Distinguished McKnight Professor of History & Law	1039 Heller Hall 612-624-7017 [email protected]	Th. 2:30-3:30 Mondale Hall 328 and by appointment In person, virtual via zoom during regular office hours or by appointment	American Legal and Constitutional, American Women's, and Modern American History
Thomas Wolfe Associate Professor	914 Heller Hall 612-624-1886 [email protected]	Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 and by appointment	European Union, Soviet Union, History of Media and Communications, and Pragmatism

Visiting Faculty, Associated Faculty and Post-Docs

Name	Contact	Office Hours for Fall 2025	Specialty
Oleksandr Komarenko Visiting Faculty	939 Heller Hall [email protected]	Tuesday & Thursday, in person 1:30pm - 2:30 pm or by appointment	Eastern Europe
Eva von Dassow Classical & Near Eastern Religions & Cultures Professor	150D Nicholson Hall [email protected]	Wednesdays 1 - 2 PM in person, or hybrid by appointment	History of the Ancient Near East, Hurrian language and literature, Syro-Mesopotamian society and politics