History

Chair: Valerie Garver

Graduate Faculty

Christina D. Abreu, associate professor, Ph.D., Purdue University
Stanley Arnold, associate professor, Ph.D., Temple University
E. Taylor Atkins, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Bradley Bond, associate professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Andy Bruno, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Sundiata Djata, professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Sean Farrell, professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Heide Fehrenbach, Distinguished Research Professor, Board of Trustees Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Damián Fernández, associate professor, Ph.D., Princeton University
Rosemary Feurer, associate professor, Ph.D., Washington University
Aaron S. Fogleman, Presidential Research Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Valerie L. Garver, professor, chair, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Eric Hall, associate professor, Ph.D., Purdue University
Anne G. Hanley, Board of Trustees Professor, Ph.D., Stanford University
Beatrix Hoffman, professor, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Kristin Huffine, associate professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Trude Jacobsen, professor, Ph.D., University of Queensland
Eric Jones, associate professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Natalie Joy, associate professor, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Emma Kuby, associate professor, Ph.D., Cornell University
Vera Lind, associate professor, D.Phil., Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel
Amanda Littauer, associate, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Eric W. Mogren, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Ismael Montana, associate professor, Ph.D., York University
Brian Sandberg, professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois

The Department of History offers programs leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. The department views historical study not only as a scholarly analysis of the past but also as a means of providing sophisticated learning that will be of practical significance to society and the individual. Traditionally graduate work in history, especially at the doctoral level, has led into the world of scholarship and teaching, but it has also led to many other successful careers in the private and public sectors. Historical training provides recognized skills in administration, management, research, writing, policy analysis, consulting, and editing; and trained historians have been successful in fields ranging from business, education, journalism, and law to government, publishing, and archival or museum work. Graduate study in history also is appropriate for individuals seeking self-fulfillment or a better understanding of the human experience and predicament.

Graduate courses in history are principally of three types: advanced lecture-discussion courses, reading seminars designed to acquaint the student with the literature and problems of a selected field, and research seminars in which intensive research on a particular historical topic provides experience in historical methodology and in the use of primary and secondary source materials.