Faculty
HistoryDepartment
The department educates students to be active historians and encourages them to engage the library’s rich collection of primary sources. Students take courses in African, Asian, European, Latin American, and United States history, as well as a course in pre-1800 history and two seminars. Student work culminates in a senior thesis incorporating analytical, writing, and research skills and often involving field work in local archives, such as the FDR Library and Museum in Hyde Park, or summer research in the US or abroad. The department also offers a correlate sequence.
Professor of History on the Shirley Ecker Boskey Chair
BA, SUNY College at Brockport; MA, University of Rhode Island; PhD, University of Kentucky
Professor and Chair of History on the Evalyn Clark Chair
BA, Haverford College; MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; PhD, Northwestern University
Professor of History on the Eloise Ellery Chair
BA, College of William and Mary; MA, PhD, University of Virginia-Main Campus
Head of Special Collections and College Historian, Adjunct Associate Professor of History on the Frederick Weyerhaeuser Chair
MLS, Simmons College; BA, Boston College; MA, University of Connecticut; PhD, Boston College
Associate Professor of History
BA, The Evergreen State College; MA, PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Professor of History on the Marion Musser Lloyd '32 Chair
BA, University of Ghana; MA, Wilfrid Laurier University; PhD, McGill University
Assistant Professor of History
BA, University of California-Berkeley; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Assistant Professor of History
BA, University of Iowa; MA, PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz