History Directory
Faculty
Name | Title(s) | Research/Focus | Room | |
David Atkinson | Associate Professor | American Foreign Relations, Global Migration History, International History, American and British Imperial History | atkinsod@purdue.edu | BRNG 6180 |
Ekaterina Babintseva | Assistant Professor | History of Science and Technology in the 20th Century | ebabints@purdue.edu | BRNG 6178 |
Andrew Bellisari | Assistant Professor | Modern France and Europe, Colonialism and Decolonization, Southeast Asia (Vietnam), North Africa (Algeria), Military History | ahbellis@purdue.edu | BRNG 6169 |
Tithi Bhattacharya | Associate Professor | South Asian History, Social Reproduction Theory, Feminism, Gender and Sexuality, Marxist theory, Empire | tbhattac@purdue.edu | BRNG 6176 |
Dorothee Bouquet | Senior Lecturer | Modern European History, History of Education, Western Diplomatic History | dbouquet@purdue.edu | |
Kathryn Cramer Brownell | Professor
Director of Graduate Education |
U.S. Political History | brownell@purdue.edu | BRNG 6174 |
Cornelius Bynum | Associate Professor | clbynum@purdue.edu | BRNG 6168 | |
Huiying Chen | Assistant Professor | Chinese History, Early Modern History | chenhy@purdue.edu | BRNG 6158 |
Austin Cooper | Assistant Professor | Contemporary International History, History of Science and Technology | cooperar@purdue.edu | BRNG 6132 |
Frederick Rowe Davis | Department Head
Professor R. Mark Lubbers Chair in the History of Science |
History of Science, Environmental History | frdavis@purdue.edu | BRNG 6104 |
Christopher Ewing | Assistant Professor | Modern European History/LGBTQ History | cbewing@purdue.edu | BRNG 6130 |
Deborah L. Fleetham | Clinical Associate Professor | Modern European History, German History, History of Religion | fleetham@purdue.edu | BRNG 6148 |
Ariel de la Fuente | Professor | delafuen@purdue.edu | BRNG 6164 | |
William G. Gray | Professor | Modern Germany, International History, History of Capitalism | wggray@purdue.edu | BRNG 6152 |
Stacy E. Holden | Associate Professor | Modern Middle East and North Africa, US Relations with the Arab World | sholden@purdue.edu | BRNG 6166 |
Tina Irvine | Assistant Professor | 20th US century; Cultural and Social History; History of Ideas | tirvine@purdue.edu | BRNG 6114 |
Kathryn Maxson Jones | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience, Biology, AI | kmaxson@purdue.edu | BRNG 6118 |
T. Cole Jones | Associate Professor | Early America, American Revolution | colejones@purdue.edu | BRNG 6160 |
Rebekah A. Klein-Pejšová | Associate Professor | Human Rights History, Modern Jewish History, Modern (East Central) European History | rkleinpe@purdue.edu | BRNG 6156 |
Wendy Kline | Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine
Professor |
History of Medicine in the U.S., History of Women's Health | wkline@purdue.edu | BRNG 6110 |
Michelle LaBonte | Assistant Professor | History of Medicine | mlabonte@purdue.edu | BRNG 6122 |
Jonathan Lande | Assistant Professor | Civil War Era, 19th Century African American History | jlande@purdue.edu | BRNG 6126 |
Zachary Loeb | Assistant Professor | Computing, Cybersecurity, Technology, Disasters | zloeb@purdue.edu | BRNG 6116 |
Dawn G. Marsh | Associate Professor | Native American and Indigenous History | dmarsh@purdue.edu | BRNG 6108 |
Aaron Mendon-Plasek | Assistant Professor | History of Science and Technology | amendonp@purdue.edu | BRNG 6171 |
Silvia Z. Mitchell | Associate Professor | Early Modern Europe, Spanish Monarchy | mitch131@purdue.edu | BRNG 6120 |
John Mulhall | Assistant Professor | jmulhall@purdue.edu | BRNG 6134 | |
Ellen Nye | Assistant Professor | emnye@purdue.edu | ||
Yvonne M. Pitts | Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies |
American Legal and Constitutional History, Citizenship, Sexual Regulation | ypitts@purdue.edu | BRNG 6128 |
Randy W. Roberts | 150th Anniversary Professor and Distinguished Professor | rroberts@purdue.edu | BRNG 6172 | |
Michael G. Smith | Professor | mgsmith@purdue.edu | BRNG 6170 | |
Spencer Stewart | Assistant Professor | Digital History, Modern China, Agricultural and Enviromental History | stewa443@purdue.edu | STEW 155 |
Margaret Mih Tillman | Associate Professor | mmtillman@purdue.edu | BRNG 6154 | |
Subodhana (Subo) Wijeyeratne | Assistant Professor | History of Science, History of East Asia | swijeyer@purdue.edu | BRNG 6124 |
Melinda S. Zook | Germaine Seelye Oesterle Professor
Assistant Department Head |
Early Modern European History, Tudor-Stuart England, Political Thought and Culture, Women and Gender | mzook@purdue.edu | BRNG 6162 |
Associate Teaching Professor
Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
William White | Associate Teaching Professor | white660@purdue.edu | BRNG 2274G |
Limited Term Lecturer
Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
Devan Lindey | Limited Term Lecturer | American Legal and Constitutional History, Political History, Educational History | dlindey@purdue.edu | |
Jonathan Soucek | Limited Term Lecturer | jsoucek@purdue.edu |
Staff
Name | Title(s) | Room | |
O.T. Ford | Academic Program Manager
Graduate Advisor Schedule Deputy |
otford@purdue.edu | BRNG 6175 |
Nina J. Haberer | Senior Academic Advisor | haberern@purdue.edu | BRNG 1114 |
Jennifer Merzdorf | Senior Administrative Assistant | jmerzdo@purdue.edu | BRNG 6104 |
Angie Teel | Lead Administrative Assistant | teel@purdue.edu | BRNG 6104 |
Graduate Student
Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
Ryan Barker | Graduate Student | barker75@purdue.edu | SCHM 401 | |
Vipanchika Sahasri Bhagyanagar | Graduate Student | vipanchi@purdue.edu | SCHM 405 | |
Keri Blair | Graduate Student | blair75@purdue.edu | SCHM 401 | |
Umme Bushra | Graduate Student | ubushra@purdue.edu | ||
Srishti Dutta Chowdhury | Graduate Student | sduttach@purdue.edu | SCHM 403 | |
Aline Coutinho | Graduate Student | acoutinh@purdue.edu | SCHM 420 | |
Shriya Dasgupta | Graduate Student | dasgup20@purdue.edu | ||
Caroline Fish | Graduate Student | fish9@purdue.edu | SCHM 402 | |
Ignatius Gyapong | Graduate Student | igyapong@purdue.edu | SCHM 405 | |
Nathan Halder | Graduate Student | nhalder@purdue.edu | ||
Tyler Herber | Graduate Student | herber0@purdue.edu | ||
John Huggins | Graduate Student | jhuggins@purdue.edu | SCHM 404 | |
Shelby Jones | Graduate Student | jones2354@purdue.edu | SCHM 421 | |
Anisha Kar | Graduate Student | kar7@purdue.edu | SCHM 419 | |
Cathy Kerton-Johnson | Graduate Student | ckertonj@purdue.edu | SCHM 404 | |
Xuening Kong | Graduate Student | kong58@purdue.edu | SCHM 402 | |
Samuel Leibovsky | Graduate Student | sleibovs@purdue.edu | SCHM 420 | |
Zach Logsdon | Graduate Student | zlogsdon@purdue.edu | SCHM 402 | |
Jacob Mach | Graduate Student | jmach@purdue.edu | SCHM 420 | |
Daniel Melbert | Graduate Student | dmelbert@purdue.edu | ||
Stefano Palermo | Graduate Student | palstef@purdue.edu | SCHM 419 | |
Secret Permenter | Graduate Student | sperment@purdue.edu | SCHM 404 | |
Angela Potter | Graduate Student | anbowen@purdue.edu | ||
Will Rater | Graduate Student | wrater@purdue.edu | ||
Abby Riehl | Graduate Student | riehla@purdue.edu | SCHM 405 | |
Amanda J. Rumba | Graduate Student | reason@purdue.edu | ||
Collin Schnakenberg | Graduate Student | cschnak@purdue.edu | ||
Adam Taylor | Graduate Student | taylo810@purdue.edu | SCHM 421 | |
Alicia Venchuk | Graduate Student | avenchuk@purdue.edu | SCHM 422 | |
Mindy Williams | Graduate Student | will2146@purdue.edu | SCHM 404 | |
Justin Wohlford | Graduate Student | jwohlfo@purdue.edu | ||
Alex Yates | Graduate Student | yates47@purdue.edu |
Emeriti Faculty
Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
John J. Contreni | European Middle Ages | contreni@purdue.edu | ||
Susan Curtis | curtis@purdue.edu | |||
Charles Cutter | cutter@purdue.edu | |||
Raymond E. Dumett | rdumett@purdue.edu | |||
James R. Farr | jrfarr@purdue.edu | |||
Nancy Gabin | ||||
Sally A. Hastings | sahnolte@purdue.edu | |||
Patrick J. Hearden | phearden@purdue.edu | |||
R. Douglas Hurt | doughurt@purdue.edu | |||
Charles W. Ingrao | ingrao@purdue.edu | |||
Franklin T. Lambert | flambert@purdue.edu | |||
John L. Larson | larsonjl@purdue.edu | |||
Lois N. Magner | magnerln@aol.com | |||
Robert E. May | Southern History, American Expansionism | mayr@purdue.edu | ||
Jon C. Teaford | teaford@purdue.edu | |||
A. Whitney Walton | awhitney@purdue.edu |
Administration
Name | Title(s) | Research/Focus | Room | |
Kathryn Cramer Brownell | Professor
Director of Graduate Education |
U.S. Political History | brownell@purdue.edu | BRNG 6174 |
Frederick Rowe Davis | Department Head
Professor R. Mark Lubbers Chair in the History of Science |
History of Science, Environmental History | frdavis@purdue.edu | BRNG 6104 |
Yvonne M. Pitts | Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies |
American Legal and Constitutional History, Citizenship, Sexual Regulation | ypitts@purdue.edu | BRNG 6128 |
Melinda S. Zook | Germaine Seelye Oesterle Professor
Assistant Department Head |
Early Modern European History, Tudor-Stuart England, Political Thought and Culture, Women and Gender | mzook@purdue.edu | BRNG 6162 |
History Library Liaison
Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
Adriana Harmeyer | History Library Liaison | STEW 451 | ||
Kristin Leaman | History Library Liaison | leamankb@purdue.edu | Stewart Center, Room 253 |