Department of History
Appalachian State University

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Current Faculty

Edward Behrend-Martínez, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois-Chicago
Early Modern Europe; Women's and Gender History; Spain
Old Library 1064
(828) 262-6020
E-Mail: behrendmarte@appstate.edu

Antonio T. Bly, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. College of William and Mary
Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century America, African American History, The
History of the Book, Popular Culture
Old Belk Library 1014
(828) 262-2284
E-Mail: blyat@appstate.edu

H. Lawrence Bond, Professor
Ph.D. Duke University
Medieval/Renaissance Intellectual History
Old Library 1077
(828) 262-6031
E-mail: bondhl@appstate.edu

Jeffrey Bortz
, Professor
Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles
Latin American and Mexican History
Old Library 1063
(828) 262-6030
E-mail: bortzjl@appstate.edu

Rennie W. Brantz, Professor
Ph.D. The Ohio State University
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European and German History
Old Library 1056
(828) 262-6001/ (828) 262-2028
E-mail: brantzrw@appstate.edu
Center for Judaic, Holocaust, & Peace Studies
Summer Study Abroad: The Holocaust

Judkin Browning, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Georgia
U.S. Military History, Civil War
Old Library 1055
(828) 262-6017
Email: browningjj@appstate.edu
 
Karl E. Campbell, Associate Professor
Ph.D. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina and Recent U.S. History
Old Library 1016
(828) 262-6009
E-mail: campbllke@appstate.edu

Jari Eloranta
, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. European University Institute
Business and Economic History
Old Library 1059
(828) 262-6006
E-mail: elorantaj@appstate.edu

Lynne M. Getz, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle
American West, US Family History, Race and Gender
Old Library 1058
(828) 262-6010
E-mail: getzlm@appstate.edu
 
James Goff, Professor
Ph.D. University of Arkansas
Graduate Program Advisor
History of the New South and American Religious History
Old Library 1086
(828) 262-6011
E-mail: goffjr@appstate.edu

Karen Greene, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Florida State University
French History, French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe
Old Library 1057
(828) 262-6021
E-mail: greeneka@appstate.edu


Lisa Holliday, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Kentucky
Ancient History, Late Antiquity, Early Christian History
Old Library 1089
(828) 262-6014
Email: hollidaylr@appstate.edu

René Harder Horst, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University
Latin American History, including Indigenous history of Latin and Native Americas and Latin American Church history
Old Library 1072
(828) 262-7066
E-mail: horstrh@appstate.edu
History Club

Anatoly Isaenko, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Moscow State University
Russian History, History of Ethnic Conflicts
Old Library 1053
(828) 262-6028
E-mail: isaenkoa@appstate.edu

Scott Jessee, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Medieval History, Crusades
Old Library 1078
(828) 262-6087
E-mail: jesseews@appstate.edu

David Johnson, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of California at Irvine
British India, History Education
Old Library 1091
(828) 262-6007
E-Mail: johnsonda@appstate.edu

Jeremiah Kitunda, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
African History
Old Library 1083
(828) 262-6008
E-Mail: kitundajm@appstate.edu

Michael Krenn, Professor
Department Chair
Ph.D. Rutgers University
US Diplomatic History
(828) 262-2284
E-Mail: :krennml@appstate.edu

Dorothea Martin, Professor
Ph.D. University of Hawaii-Manoa
History of China and Modern Japan
Old Library 1060
(828) 262-6022
E-mail: martinda@appstate.edu
Japan Center West

Michael J. Moore, Professor
Ph.D. University of Washington
History of Modern Britain and Canada, especially Social History
Old Library 1065
(828) 262-6004
E-mail: mooremj@appstate.edu

Deepa Nair, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. National University of Singapore
India, Nationalism, Religion and Identity building in 
Modern South Asia, Education
Old Belk Library 1053
(828) 262-6004
E-mail: naird@appstate.edu

Maria Del Mar Narbona
Modern Middle East
(828) 262-2282
E-mail: narbonam@appstate.edu

Myra L. Pennell, Associate Professor
Ed.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Social Studies Education
Old Library 1090
(828) 262-6002
E-mail: pennellml@appstate.edu

Sheila R. Phipps, Associate Professor
Ph.D. College of William and Mary
Women's History, U.S. Colonial and Early Republican History
Old Library 1015
(828) 262-6005
E-mail: phippssr@appstate.edu

David A. Reid, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
History of Science, The Relationship between Science and Religion
Old Library 1062
(828) 262-6876
E-mail: reidda@appstate.edu


Timothy H. Silver, Professor
Ph.D. College of William and Mary
Environmental and Colonial American History
Old Library 1085
(828) 262-6024
E-mail: silverth@appstate.edu

Stephen J. Simon, Professor
Ancient Roman and Greek History
Old Library 1075
(828) 262-6018
E-mail: simonsj@appstate.edu

Neva J. Specht, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Delaware
History of the Early Republic, Material Culture, Public History
Old Library 1076
(828) 262-6879
E-mail: spechtnj@appstate.edu

Bruce E. Stewart, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Georgia
US and Appalachian History
Old Library 1073
(828) 262-7325
E-mail: stewartbel@appstate.edu

Mary Valante, Associate Professor
Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University
Medieval History, Ireland and the Vikings
Old Library 1050
E-mail: valantema@appstate.edu
Black Death Class Website
 
Michael G. Wade, Professor
Ph.D. University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Recent US Oral History and History of Civil Rights
Old Library 1082
(828) 262-6003
E-mail: wademg@appstate.edu

Charles A. Watkins
Ph.D. University of Delaware
Public History
Old Library
(828) 262-3117
E-mail: watkinsca@appstate.edu

John Alexander Williams, Professor
Ph.D. Yale University
US and Appalachian History, Urban History
Old Library 1054
(828) 262-6012
E-mail: wiliamsja@appstate.edu

Marv Williamsen
Chinese History
Old Library 1052
(828) 262-6023
E-mail: williamsentm@appstate.edu

James A. Winders
, Professor
Ph.D. Duke University
I.G. Greer Distinguished Professor, 2003-2005
Modern European/French Cultural and Intellectual History
Old Library 1088
(828) 262-6019
E-mail: windersja@appstate.edu

 


 

 

 

 

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