Faculty by Field

Early North American History
Christopher ClarkU.S. social history; 18th and 19th century North America
Cornelia H. DaytonEarly British North America; U.S. law, women and gender, history of mental disorders and disabilities
Robert Pierce ForbesSlavery and Abolition, 19th Century U.S. political and intellectual, American Studies
Lawrence B. GoodheartNineteenth-century social and intellectual
Robert A. GrossColonial, Revolution, and Early Republic; History of the Book; New England, American Studies
Matthew McKenzieMarine environmental history, 18th and 19th century American social history, maritime history
Nancy Shoemaker American Indian History
Catherine ThompsonHistory of medicine, patient expectations, and childrens' health in early America
Walter Woodward Early American history, History of Connecticut
Modern United States History
Peter C. BaldwinAmerican Urban History; U.S. social history
Michael D. BlumenthalU.S. Foreign Relations
Eduardo CanedoPolitical and economic history; 20th century United States
Jason Oliver ChangModern Mexico, Asian Americans, Transnationalism
Christopher ClarkU.S. social history; 18th and 19th century North America
William Jelani CobbAssociate Professor of History and Director, Institute for African American Studies
Frank CostigliolaForeign Relations, Twentieth Century
Mary E. CyganEthnic and Racial Minorities; Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Lawrence B. GoodheartNineteenth-century social and intellectual
Micki McElya20th & 21st Century U.S., Histories of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Cultural History
Matthew McKenzieMarine environmental history, 18th and 19th century American social history, maritime history
Jeffrey O.G. OgbarTwentieth Century, African-American
Helen M. RozwadowskiHistory of science, environmental history, oceans, U.S. and Britain
Nancy Shoemaker American Indian History
Latin American & Caribbean History
Jason Oliver ChangModern Mexico, Asian Americans, Transnationalism
Anne EllerDominican Republic, Haiti, African Diaspora, Caribbean and Latin America
Mark HealeyModern Latin America, Environment, Cities and Citizenship
Mark Overmyer-Velazquez Modern Mexico; transnational migration; U.S. Latinos
Melina PappademosTwentieth-century Cuba, African Diaspora, Caribbean, Latin America
Blanca G. SilvestriniLate 19th and 20th Century Caribbean; Puerto Rico; Gender History; Latinos in U.S.; Law and Society
Luis van IsschotModern Colombia, Andean Region, Politcial Violence, Human Rights
European History
Joel BlattPolitics and International Relations of France, Italy, and Europe, 1914-1945
Paul M. CanningModern Britain and Ireland
John A. DavisModern Italy; Comparative European Social and Economic History since 1750
Michael DintenfassEuropean Cultural History; Historiography; Economic and Business History
Emma GilliganSoviet History, Humans Rights and Genocide
Kenneth GouwensEuropean Cultural and Intellectual History, 1300-1600; Italian Renaissance
Brendan Kane Early modern Britain and Ireland; Reformation; early modern Atlantic World
Charles B. LansingModern Germany; Holocaust
Judith P. MeyerRenaissance and Reformation; Early Modern France
Sherri Olson Medieval Europe
Shirley A. RoeHistory of Science; Early Modern European Intellectual
Sylvia SchaferModern France; sexuality; feminist theory; gender
Janet S.K. WatsonTwentieth-century European cultural; modern Britain; gender
Ancient & Medieval History
Daniel F. CanerLate Antique & Early Church History; Greek & Latin
Sherri Olson Medieval Europe
Islamic & Middle Eastern History
Fakhreddin AzimiModern Middle East; Iran
African History
William Jelani CobbAssociate Professor of History and Director, Institute for African American Studies
Amii Omara-OtunnuEast Africa; 19th and 20th Century Africa
Fiona VernalAfrica; 19th century South African history; Christianity in South Africa; slavery
Asian History
Roger N. BuckleyWar and Society; India
Jason Oliver ChangModern Mexico, Asian Americans, Transnationalism
Alexis Dudden Modern Japan, imperialism, Korea
Roger Shih-Chieh LoReligion and politics in modern China
Guanhua Wang20th-century Chinese social and cultural; popular movements; communication