Our Faculty and Staff

Faculty by Regional Specialization

Faculty

Caylin Carbonell

Assistant Professor of History

Connie Y. Chiang

Rusack Professor of History and Environmental Studies and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Inclusion

Sakura Christmas

Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year

Javier Cikota

Assistant Professor of History

Dallas G. Denery

Professor of History and Associate Dean for Curriculum

David Gordon

Roger Howell, Jr. Professor of History

David K. Hecht

Associate Professor of History

Page Herrlinger

Frank A. Munsey Professor of History, Chair of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Guo Jue

Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies

Matthew Klingle

Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Director of Environmental Studies Program

Salar Mohandesi

Associate Professor of History, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year

Brian Purnell

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Chair of Africana Studies Department

Patrick Rael

Professor of History

Meghan Roberts

Associate Professor of History, Chair of History Department

Strother E. Roberts

Associate Professor of History

Rachel Sturman

Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, Director of Asian Studies Program

Jennifer Timmons

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Staff

Ernest Freeberg

Research Affiliate in History

Robert A. Karl

Research Affiliate in History

William Taylor

Research Affiliate in History

Faculty Emeriti

Daniel Levine
Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of History and Political Science Emeritus

Sarah McMahon
Associate Professor of History Emerita

Randolph Stakeman
Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies Emeritus

Susan L. Tananbaum
Professor of History Emerita

Allen Wells
Roger Howell, Jr. Professor of History Emeritus

Faculty by Regional Specialization 

Africa: David Gordon

Latin America: Javier Cikota

East Asia and South Asia: Sakura Christmas, Rachel Sturman, Guo Jue

Europe and Great Britain: Dallas Denery, Page Herrlinger, Meghan Roberts, Salar Mohandesi

United States: Connie Chiang, David Hecht, Matthew Klingle, Brian Purnell, Patrick Rael, Strother Roberts, Caylin Carbonell