History Department Faculty

Three Year Appointment Eligibility List AY 2024-2025

Full-Time Faculty

Faculty Member	Contact Information	Areas of Expertise/ Specialities
	Dr. Margie Brown-Coronel Associate Professor Office: H710-E Phone: (657) 278-7036 Email	United States History Public History Borderlands and US West US Latinx History US Women's and Gender History
	Dr. Jochen Burgtorf Professor Office: H735-O Phone: (657) 278-3560 Email	Europe Mediterranean/Medieval and Early Modern/Religious Military Legal/Constitutional History Refugees/Displacement
	Dr. Kate Burlingham Associate Professor Office: H825-B Phone: (657) 278-3092 Email	US Diplomatic US in the World Global/International History African History African-American History US History Atlantic World
	Dr. Benjamin Cawthra Professor Office: H810-J Phone: (657) 278-7893 Email	United States US Cultural African American Public Visual Arts and Photography Jazz Cultural Studies
	Dr. Kristine Dennehy Professor Office: H735-A Phone: (657) 278-5253 Email	Japan Korea Historical Methodology World History Pedagogy
	Dr. Natalie Fousekis Professor Office: H810-M Phone: (657) 278-2763 Email	United States Oral History Women and Gender Politics Grassrooots Activism 20th Century
	Dr. Cora Granata Professor Office: H735-N Phone: (657) 278-3568 Email	Central Europe Modern Germany Holocaust Studies Cold War Studies Cultural Minorities in Europe Nationalism Oral History
	Dr. Aitana Guia Professor of History Office: H810-K Phone: (657) 278-7035 Email	Postwar Europe Modern Spain Nativism, Migration, Minorities, and Nationalism Social Movements Environmental Urban History Women and Gender
	Dr. Volker Janssen Professor Office: H810-L Phone: (657) 278-2360 Email	United States and California History/ Economic Constitutional Military History The History of Punishment
	Dr. Jonathan Markley Associate Professor Office: H825-K Phone: (657) 278-2257 Email	Ancient China Roman Republic & Empire History of Science Big History
	Dr. Robert McLain Professor Office: H735-M Phone: (657) 278-7196 Email	Modern Europe Modern Britain Gender History Early Modern England World War II American South
	Dr. Maged S.A. Mikhail Professor Office: H810-F Phone: (657) 278-2464 Email	Late Antiquity Early Islam Coptic Studies Abrahamic Religions in the Middle Ages
	Dr. Stephen Neufeld Professor Office: H735-L Phone: (657) 278-7463 Email	Mexico Latin America Military History Cultural History Gender Animal History Nationalism
	Dr. Stephen O'Connor Professor Office: H825-C Phone: (657) 278-4351 Email	Ancient Greece Economic History Military History Pre-Industrial World History
	Dr. Jasamin Rostam-Kolayi Professor Office: H810-O Phone: (657) 278-2949 Email	Modern Middle East Iran Iran-U.S. Relations Cold War Studies Women and Gender Oral History
	Dr. Jessica Stern Dean of HSS and Professor Office: H815-A Phone: (657) 278-3385 Email	United States prior to 1877 Early America Atlantic World Early Modern Native American Cultural, Race and Ethnicity
	Dr. Laichen Sun Professor Office: H720-B Phone: (657) 278-4613 Email	Southeast Asia Early Modern Military Foreign relations Trade Women
	Dr. Lisa Tran Professor Office: H810-I Phone: (657) 278-2625 Email	China after 1600 World/Global History after 1400 Gender Law Migration
	Dr. Allison Varzally Professor Office: H810-H Phone: (657) 278-4339 Email	United States Immigration and Migration Race and Ethnicity California American West Food Cultures Oral History
	Dr. Philippe Zacaïr Associate Professor Office: H710-D Phone: (657) 278-2685 Email	Hispanic Caribbean Haiti Latin America Race Migrations

Lecturers

Faculty	Contact	Specialities
Dr. Stefan Chrissanthos Lecturer	Office: H730-J Phone: (657) 278-8735 Email
Dr. Amy Essington Lecturer	Office: H730-K Phone: (657) 278-8735 Email
Dr. David Freeman Lecturer	Office: H825-G Phone: (657) 278-4374 Email
Dr. David Hall Lecturer	Office: H825-E Phone: (657) 278-7860 Email
Dr. Ea Madrigal Lecturer	Office: H815-C Phone: (657) 278-3474 Email
Dr. David Marley Lecturer	Office: H815-C Phone: (657) 278-3474 Email
Dr. William Myers Lecturer	Office: H720-C Phone: (657) 278-7821 Email	Technology Development of Infrastructure
Dr. Dimitri Papandreu Lecturer	Office: H725-J Phone: (657) 278-8358 Email
Dr. James Rietveld Lecturer	Office: H715-F Phone: (657) 278-7832 Email
Dr. Lisa Riggin Lecturer	Office: H730-J Phone: (657) 278-8735 Email
Dr. Steven Smith Lecturer	Office: H715-F Phone: (657) 278-7854 Email
Dr. Mariko Takahashi Lecturer	Office: H720-C Phone: (657)278-7851 Email
Dr. Jen Thompson Lecturer	Office: H730-K Phone: (657) 278-8729 Email	California animal shelters Urban animals and public policy California zoos and animal collections California biography (Harry T. Payne) African American settlement (late 19th/early 20th)
Dr. Mark Walia Lecturer	Office: H825-D Phone: (657) 278-8731 Email

Faculty

Contact

Specialities

Dr. Stefan Chrissanthos

Lecturer

Office: H730-J

Phone: (657) 278-8735

Dr. Amy Essington

Lecturer

Office: H730-K

Phone: (657) 278-8735

Dr. David Freeman

Lecturer

Office: H825-G

Phone: (657) 278-4374

Dr. David Hall

Lecturer

Office: H825-E

Phone: (657) 278-7860

Dr. Ea Madrigal

Lecturer

Office: H815-C

Phone: (657) 278-3474

Dr. David Marley

Lecturer

Office: H815-C

Phone: (657) 278-3474

Dr. William Myers

Lecturer

Office: H720-C

Phone: (657) 278-7821

Technology
Development of Infrastructure

Dr. Dimitri Papandreu

Lecturer

Office: H725-J

Phone: (657) 278-8358

Dr. James Rietveld

Lecturer

Office: H715-F

Phone: (657) 278-7832

Dr. Lisa Riggin

Lecturer

Office: H730-J

Phone: (657) 278-8735

Dr. Steven Smith

Lecturer

Office: H715-F

Phone: (657) 278-7854

Dr. Mariko Takahashi

Lecturer

Office: H720-C

Phone: (657)278-7851

Dr. Jen Thompson

Lecturer

Office: H730-K

Phone: (657) 278-8729

California animal shelters
Urban animals and public policy
California zoos and animal collections
California biography (Harry T. Payne)
African American settlement (late 19th/early 20th)

Dr. Mark Walia

Lecturer

Office: H825-D

Phone: (657) 278-8731

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