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Faculty

Name Title(s) Research/Focus Email 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 Email Room
William White Associate Teaching Professor   white660@purdue.edu BRNG 2274G

Limited Term Lecturer

Name Research/Focus Email 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) Email 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 Email 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 Email 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 Email 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 Email Room
Adriana Harmeyer History Library Liaison   STEW 451
Kristin Leaman History Library Liaison   leamankb@purdue.edu Stewart Center, Room 253