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Meet the History Faculty
Michael Schneider, Chair
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1996
Stephen BaileyProfessor of History and Associate Dean of the College
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1966
"I find myself talking with my students about the British poets who fought in World War I or about how great novels teach us about the past (indeed, make the past part of our present)."
Penny GoldProfessor of History
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1977
"My love of research has had a pervasive impact on my teaching. One of the joys of teaching is to inspire students to ask their own questions, and to see them through the process of finding answers."
George SteckleyRobert M. & Katherine Arnold Seeley Distinguished Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972
"My research involves sea stories told in English court rooms. I have found a fascinating mixture of history, law and the art of storytelling in Admiralty Court cases of the 17th Century."
Konrad HamiltonAssociate Professor of History
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1998
Catherine Denial
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2005
"My most recent research is on early nineteenth century Minnesota and the rules and responsibilities associated with gender identity in different communities in the years before the Civil War."
Emre SencerAssistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2008
Cooperating faculty from other programs
Eric EdiAssistant Professor of
Integrated International Studies Ph.D., Temple University, 2004
"With the rise of globalization and the transformations triggered in the cultures and the economies of Black people, my work has consisted in finding and explicating the ways in which masses and leadership have coped with pressing issues such as poverty, conflicts, democracy, unity, and equality."
Brenda FinebergProfessor of
Classics Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1991
"Just as a question asked in the classroom often contributes a nuanced perspective to my research, I find that my research continually energizes what happens in the classroom."
Stephen FinebergSzold Distinguished Service Professor of
Classics Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1975
"I am working on a book on the god Dionysos. The evidence I draw upon comes from literary and visual sources, especially the Athenian vase paintings."
Frederick HordProfessor of
Black Studies Ph.D., Union Graduate School, 1987
"My most immediate projects are in the areas of Black Studies theory, African American literary criticism, Black psychology traditions, and the status of Blacks in Latin America."Emeriti faculty
Rodney Davis
Szold Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History
Co-Director of the Lincoln Studies Center
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