Faculty


History Department faculty are eager to help with academic and career advising, including plans for graduate study or law school.  Please contact a faculty member below or the department if you have any questions.

Dean:  Joshua Hochschild, Ph.D., College of Liberal Arts
Chair:  Curtis Johnson, Ph.D.
Professors:  Sue Goliber, Ph.D. and Steven White, Ph.D.
Associate Professors:  James Krysiek, Ph.D., Michelle Patterson, Ph.D., Teresa Rupp, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor:  Gregory Murry, Ph.D. and Timothy Sullivan, Ph.D.

  

   Curtis Johnson



Chair and Associate Professor

B.S., Minnesota State University-Moorhead;  
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Areas of Interest:  19th Century U.S. History; U.S. Religion History; U.S.Sports History; Gender Studies


   Sue Goliber


Professor

B.A., Calvin College; Ph.D., Kent State University
Areas of Interest:  Women's History, British and French History; Women of Faith 


   James Krysiek

Associate Professor

B.A., Ph.D., Marquette University; M.A. York University (Ontario)
Areas of Interest:  19th Century European Diplomacy; Islamic Civilization; Canadian History and Culture; Arctic Inuit.


   Gregory Murry


Assistant Professor

B.A., University of St. Thomas; M.A. and Ph.D., Penn State University
Areas of Interest:  Renaissance Florence; Early Modern Italy; Politics, religion and missionary world.


   Michelle Patterson


Associate Professor

B.A., Westminster College; M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University
Areas of Interest:  20th Century U.S. Women's History and Native Americans.


   Teresa Rupp


Associate Professor

B.A., Santa Clara University; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Areas of Interest:  Ancient Greece and Rome; Medieval Europe - Medieval Italy; Medieval Political Thought


   Tim Sullivan

Assistant Professor

B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Georgetown University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Areas of Interest:  Rise of Political Conservatism in Post World War II America



   Steven White


Professor

B.A., University of Oregon; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Areas of Interest:  Italian History; Russian History; Modern Europe; 20th Century Decolonization



 

 
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