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Department of History
University of Michigan
1029 Tisch Hall, 435 S. State Street
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1003

Department of History: People

Hakem Al-Rustom
Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (by courtesy), Alex Manoogian Professor of Modern Armenian History

hakemaa@umich.edu 1725 Haven Hall

Europe; Historical Materials; Middle East ; Nations & Nationalism; Politics & Power; History

Ismael Biyashev
Assistant Professor; Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows

biyashev@umich.edu 1634 Haven Hall

History; Global & World ; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Historical Materials; Nations & Nationalism; Race & Ethnicity; Europe; Asia

John Carson
Associate Professor

jscarson@umich.edu 1765 Haven Hall 734.647.7378

Early America; United States ; Historical Materials; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Law & Society; Science, Technology & Medicine; History

Bethany Donovan
Doctoral Candidate in History

donobeth@umich.edu

Europe; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Historical Materials; History

Will Glover
Professor
Department Chair

history.department.chair@umich.edu 1029G Tisch Hall
2664 Haven

For appointments, please get in touch with executive assistant Teresa Stokes hist.executiveassistant@umich.edu

Asia; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Historical Materials; Science, Technology & Medicine; History

Gabrielle Ione Hickmon
Doctoral Student in History

hickmon@umich.edu

History; United States ; African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; Early America; American West; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Environmental History; Historical Materials

Valerie A. Kivelson
Thomas N. Tentler Collegiate Professor; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History

vkivelso@umich.edu 2743 Haven Hall

Europe; Global & World ; Religion; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Historical Materials; History

Terrence J. McDonald
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

tmcd@umich.edu 2634 Haven 734.764.3482

United States ; Politics & Power; Historical Materials; History

Rafael Neis
Professor

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Europe; Middle East ; Global & World ; Religion; Law & Society; Historical Materials; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Science, Technology & Medicine; Ancient Studies; History

Derek Peterson
Ali Mazrui Collegiate Professor of History and African Studies
Associate Chair

drpeters@umich.edu 2733 Haven Hall

Africa; Global & World ; Religion; Historical Materials; History

Helmut Puff
Elizabeth L. Eisenstein Collegiate Professor of History and Germanic Languages

puffh@umich.edu 3142 MLB

Intellectual & Cultural History ; Europe; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Historical Materials; History

Carina Ray
A.M. and H.P. Bentley Chair in African History and Associate Professor of History

ceray@umich.edu 2719 Haven Hall

History; African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Historical Materials; Race & Ethnicity; Africa

Alexander Stephens
PhD in History (2025)

amstep@umich.edu

United States ; Race & Ethnicity; Historical Materials; Latin America & Caribbean ; History

Jeffrey Veidlinger
Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies

jveidlin@umich.edu 2529 Haven Hall

Europe; Global & World ; Historical Materials; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Nations & Nationalism; Race & Ethnicity; Religion; History

Department of History

1029 Tisch Hall
435 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003

umhistory@umich.edu

734.764.6305

734.647.4881