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Hakem Al-Rustom
Assistant Professor, Alex Manoogian Professor of Modern Armenian History

hakemaa@umich.edu 1642 Haven Hall

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

Kathryn Babayan
Professor

babayan@umich.edu 4012 Thayer Bldg. 734.763.1597

Middle East ; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Gender Studies & Sexuality; History

Pamela Ballinger
Professor; Fred Cuny Chair in the History of Human Rights

pballing@umich.edu 2509 Haven Hall 734.647.4888

Europe; Politics & Power; History

Stephen A. Berrey
Associate Professor

sberrey@umich.edu 3741 Haven Hall

Intellectual & Cultural History ; United States ; Race & Ethnicity; History

Hayley R. Bowman
PhD in History (2022), Eisenberg Institute of Historical Studies Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-23)

hrbow@umich.edu

Europe; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Religion; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; History

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

Pär Cassel
Associate Professor

cassel@umich.edu 313 Weiser Hall 734-936-3979

Asia; Law & Society; Nations & Nationalism; Politics & Power; History

Sueann Caulfield
Professor
Associate Director of Graduate Studies

scaul@umich.edu 2751 Haven Hall 734.647.7946

Latin America & Caribbean ; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Law & Society; Global & World ; History

Lorena Chambers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

History; Intellectual & Cultural History ; United States ; Race & Ethnicity; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Politics & Power; American West

Chun-shu Chang
Professor

cschang@umich.edu 1757 Haven Hall 734.763.2294

Asia; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Nations & Nationalism; Politics & Power; Science, Technology & Medicine; Ancient Studies; History

Rita Chin
Professor

rchin@umich.edu 1666 Haven Hall

Europe; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Race & Ethnicity; Politics & Power; History

Joshua H. Cole
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

joshcole@umich.edu 1672 Haven Hall 734.763.4159

Europe; Global & World ; Gender Studies & Sexuality; History

Juan Cole
Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History

jrcole@umich.edu 2527 Haven Hall 734.764.6305

Middle East ; Asia; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Religion; History

Jay Cook
Professor

jwcook@umich.edu 1759 Haven Hall

African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; Early America; United States ; Intellectual & Cultural History ; History

Matthew Countryman
Associate Professor of History, American Culture
On Leave 2023-2024

mcountry@umich.edu 2759 Haven Hall 734.647.2434

African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; United States ; Race & Ethnicity; History

Henry M. Cowles
Associate Professor

cowles@umich.edu 1658 Haven Hall

United States ; Europe; Science, Technology & Medicine; Intellectual & Cultural History ; History

Cevat Dargin
Manoogian Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Armenian Studies

darginc@umich.edu

Deborah Dash Moore
Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of History

ddmoore@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Building, 2016 734.615-8501

United States ; Religion; History

Deirdre de la Cruz
Associate Professor

ddelac@umich.edu 6167 South Thayer Building 734.615.8504

Asia; Global & World ; Religion; Science, Technology & Medicine; History

Christian de Pee
Professor

cdepee@umich.edu 2749 Haven Hall

Asia; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Global & World ; History

Angela Dillard
Department Chair
Richard A Meisler Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and in the Residential College

adillard@umich.edu

History; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Politics & Power; Race & Ethnicity; United States ; Religion

Gregory E. Dowd
Helen Hornbeck Tanner Collegiate Professor

dowdg@umich.edu 3672 Haven Hall 734.936.6872

United States ; Early America; American West; History

Anna Bonnell Freidin
Assistant Professor

freidin@umich.edu 1640 Haven Hall

Europe; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Science, Technology & Medicine; Ancient Studies; History

Katherine French
J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of History
Associate Chair

frenchk@umich.edu 1733 Haven Hall 734.647.4899

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

Dario Gaggio
Professor

dariog@umich.edu 2765 Haven Hall

Europe; Environmental History; Economic History, Social History, Quantitative Methods; Science, Technology & Medicine; History

William Glover
Associate Professor

wglover@umich.edu 2664 Haven

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

David John Hancock
Professor

hancockd@umich.edu 2767 Haven Hall 734.763.7589

United States ; African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; Early America; Economic History, Social History, Quantitative Methods; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; History

Clement Hawes
Professor

cchawes@umich.edu 3172 Angell Hall 734.936.2700

Europe; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; History

Joel D. Howell
Elizabeth Farrand Professor; Professor of History, Internal Medicine, and Health Management & Policy

jhowell@umich.edu 2512 Haven Hall 734.615.8341

United States ; Global & World ; Science, Technology & Medicine; History

Kali Israel
Associate Professor

kisrael@umich.edu 2511 Haven Hall 734.647.4898

Europe; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Gender Studies & Sexuality; History

Yanay Israeli
Assistant Professor of History and Judaic Studies

israeli@umich.edu 1707 Haven Hall

Raevin Jimenez
Assistant Professor

raevinj@umich.edu 2518 Haven Hall

Africa; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Politics & Power; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Ancient Studies; History

Paul C. Johnson
Professor

paulcjoh@umich.edu 4658 Haven Hall 734.764.5513

African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; Latin America & Caribbean ; Religion; History

Jennifer Dominique Jones
Assistant Professor in History and Women's and Gender Studies

jonejenn@umich.edu 2526 Haven Hall

United States ; Race & Ethnicity; Gender Studies & Sexuality; History

Powel H. Kazanjian
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School; Epidemiology, School of Public Health; History

pkazanji@umich.edu 3119 Taubman Center 734.936.5205

Science, Technology & Medicine; History

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

Victoria Langland
Associate Professor

langland@umich.edu 2666 Haven Hall 734.763.4624

Gender Studies & Sexuality; Latin America & Caribbean ; Politics & Power; History

Matthew Lassiter
Professor of History, Urban and Regional Planning, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

mlassite@umich.edu 2513 Haven Hall

United States ; History; Politics & Power; Race & Ethnicity

Earl Lewis
Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies and Public Policy

earlewis@umich.edu 2735 Haven Hall

Race & Ethnicity; United States ; History; Politics & Power

Xiaoyue Yasin Li
Ph.D. in History (2021)
Eisenberg Postdoctoral Fellow

yasinli@umich.edu

Middle East ; Africa; Economic History, Social History, Quantitative Methods; History

Victor B. Lieberman
Raoul Wallenberg Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Asian and Comparative History

eurasia@umich.edu 1741 Haven Hall

Asia; Global & World ; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; History

Jonathan Marwil
Lecturer

jmarwil@umich.edu 2632 Haven Hall 734.647.5418

Europe; History

Terrence J. McDonald
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

tmcd@umich.edu Bentley Historical Library 734.764.3482

United States ; Politics & Power; Historical Materials; History

Kenneth Mills
J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of History

millsken@umich.edu 2725 Haven Hall 734.764.5892

Europe; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Latin America & Caribbean ; Religion; Intellectual & Cultural History ; African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; History

Farina Mir
Associate Professor

fmir@umich.edu 2757 Haven Hall 734.647.5416

Asia; Global & World ; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Religion; History

Anthony P. Mora
Associate Professor

apmora@umich.edu 2510 Haven Hall 734.615.5766

United States ; American West; Environmental History; Race & Ethnicity; Gender Studies & Sexuality; History

Ian Moyer
Associate Professor

ianmoyer@umich.edu 2741 Haven Hall

Europe; Global & World ; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Race & Ethnicity; Religion; Ancient Studies; History

Ellen Muehlberger
Professor of History

emuehlbe@umich.edu 2658 Haven Hall

Middle East ; Global & World ; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Religion; Ancient Studies; History

Rafael Neis
Professor

rneis@umich.edu

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

Douglas Northrop
Professor

northrop@umich.edu 2519 Haven Hall 734.763.2289

Middle East ; Global & World ; Environmental History; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Religion; Science, Technology & Medicine; History

Derek Peterson
Ali Mazrui Collegiate Professor of History and African Studies

drpeters@umich.edu 2733 Haven Hall

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

Brian Porter-Szucs
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History

baporter@umich.edu 1751 Haven Hall

Europe; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Nations & Nationalism; Religion; Economic History, Social History, Quantitative Methods; History

Ellen Poteet
Lecturer

poteet@umich.edu 2645 Haven Hall 734.647.5410

Africa; Ancient Studies; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; 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

Sanne Ravensbergen

sravens@umich.edu

Carina Ray

ceray@umich.edu

Rebecca Scott
Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law

rjscott@umich.edu 1749 Haven Hall 734.763.4779

African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; Latin America & Caribbean ; Global & World ; Economic History, Social History, Quantitative Methods; Law & Society; History

Perrin Selcer
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

pselcer@umich.edu 2705 Haven Hall

Global & World ; Science, Technology & Medicine; Environmental History; History

Ian Shin
Assistant Professor

ianshin@umich.edu 2640 Haven Hall

Intellectual & Cultural History ; Race & Ethnicity; United States ; History

LaKisha Michelle Simmons
Associate Professor of History & Women's and Gender Studies Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Chair, Women's and Gender Studies

kisha@umich.edu Lane Hall

United States ; Race & Ethnicity; Gender Studies & Sexuality; African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; History

Mrinalini Sinha
Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History

sinha@umich.edu 1743 Haven Hall 734.615.3451

Asia; Global & World ; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Nations & Nationalism; Politics & Power; History

Scott Spector
Rudolf Mrazek Collegiate Professor of History and German Studies

spec@umich.edu 3204 MLB 734.647.0401

Europe; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Law & Society; Race & Ethnicity; Science, Technology & Medicine; History

Matthew Spooner
Assistant Professor

spoonerm@umich.edu 2508 Haven Hall

United States ; Race & Ethnicity; Politics & Power; Latin America & Caribbean ; Early America; African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; History

Paolo Squatriti
Professor

pasqua@umich.edu 2727 Haven Hall

Europe; Environmental History; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Science, Technology & Medicine; Ancient Studies; History

David Tamayo
LSA Collegiate Postdoctoral Fellow
Assistant Professor

tamayo@umich.edu 2520 Haven Hall

History; Global & World ; Politics & Power; Latin America & Caribbean

Melanie S. Tanielian
Associate Professor

meltan@umich.edu 1735 Haven Hall

Global & World ; History; Middle East

Heather Ann Thompson
Frank W. Thompson Collegiate Professor of History and African American Studies

hthompsn@umich.edu

United States ; Race & Ethnicity; Politics & Power; History

Kira Thurman
Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor of German Studies
Associate Professor of Musicology (School of Music, Theatre, and Dance)

thurmank@umich.edu 3136 MLB

Europe; African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; Global & World ; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Race & Ethnicity; Nations & Nationalism; History

Hitomi Tonomura
Professor

tomitono@umich.edu 1719 Haven Hall 734.647.7298

Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Global & World ; Asia; Religion; History; Gender Studies & Sexuality

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

Kate Wroblewski
Lecturer; Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies

mwroblew@umich.edu 1029M Tisch Hall 734.763-8905

Global & World ; Law & Society; Nations & Nationalism; History

Yi-Li Wu
Associate Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies

yiliwu@umich.edu 2203 Lane Hall

History; Science, Technology & Medicine; Asia; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Intellectual & Cultural History

Jason Young
Associate Professor

youngjr@umich.edu 1634 Haven Hall 734.647.3676

United States ; Race & Ethnicity; Intellectual & Cultural History ; African Diaspora, Atlantic Studies ; History

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