Faculty by Area of Study
| Africa | Asia | Latin America | Public History |
| America | Education | Medieval | Women/Gender |
| Ancient | Europe | Middle East | World |
Africa
Jeremiah Kitunda, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
African History
Anne Belk Hall 1083
(828) 262-6008
e-mail: kitundajm@appstate.edu
America
Lucinda McCray Beier, Professor and Chairperson
Ph.D. Lancaster University (United Kingdom)
History of Medicine and Public Health in Britain and the U.S.
Anne Belk Hall 1096
(828) 262-2284
e-mail: lmbeier@appstate.edu
Judkin Browning, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Georgia
U.S. Military History, Civil War
Anne Belk Hall 1055
(828) 262-6017
e-mail: browningjj@appstate.edu
Andrea Burns, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
20th century African American History; Public History
Anne Belk Hall 1072
(828) 262-7066
e-mail: burnsaa@appstate.edu
Karl E. Campbell, Associate Professor
Ph.D. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina and Recent U.S. History
Anne Belk Hall 1065
(828) 262-6009
e-mail: campbllke@appstate.edu
Lynne M. Getz, Professor
Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle
American West, US Family History, Race and Gender
Anne Belk Hall 1054
(828) 262-6010
e-mail: getzlm@appstate.edu
James Goff, Professor
Ph.D. University of Arkansas
History of the New South and American Religious History
Anne Belk Hall 1086
(828) 262-6011
e-mail: goffjr@appstate.edu
Michael Krenn, Professor
Ph.D. Rutgers University
US Diplomatic History
Anne Belk Hall 1077
(828) 262-2284
e-mail: :krennml@appstate.edu
Sheila R. Phipps, Associate Professor
Ph.D. College of William and Mary
Women's History, U.S. Colonial and Early Republican History
Anne Belk Hall 1015
(828) 262-6005
e-mail: phippssr@appstate.edu
Timothy H. Silver, Professor
Ph.D. College of William and Mary
Environmental and Colonial American History
Anne Belk Hall 1085
(828) 262-6024
e-mail: silverth@appstate.edu
Neva J. Specht, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Delaware
History of the Early Republic, Material Culture, Public History
Anne Belk Hall 1076
(828) 262-6879
e-mail: spechtnj@appstate.edu
Bruce E. Stewart, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Georgia
US and Appalachian History
Anne Belk Hall 1073
(828) 262-2284
e-mail: stewartbel@appstate.edu
Michael G. Wade, Professor
Ph.D. University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Recent US Oral History and History of Civil Rights
Anne Belk Hall 1082
(828) 262-6003
e-mail: wademg@appstate.edu
Ancient
Lisa Holliday, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Kentucky
Graduate Program Advisor
Ancient History, Late Antiquity, Early Christian History
Anne Belk Hall 1075
(828) 262-6014
e-mail: hollidaylr@appstate.edu
Asian
Dorothea Martin, Professor
Ph.D. University of Hawaii-Manoa
History of China and Modern Japan
Anne Belk Hall 1060
(828) 262-6022
e-mail: martinda@appstate.edu
Japan Center West
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
Marv Williamsen
Chinese History
Anne Belk Hall 1052
(828) 262-6023
e-mail: williamsentm@appstate.edu
Education
Myra L. Pennell, Professor
Ed.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Social Studies Education
Anne Belk Hall 1090
(828) 262-6002
e-mail: pennellml@appstate.edu
Europe
Edward Behrend-Martínez, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois-Chicago
Early Modern Europe; Women's and Gender History; Spain
Anne Belk Hall 1064
(828) 262-6020
e-mail: behrendmarte@appstate.edu
Michael C. Behrent, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. New York University
European Intellectual History; Modern France
Anne Belk Hall 1089
(828) 262-6018
e-mail: behrentmc@appstate.edu
Lucinda McCray Beier, Professor and Chairperson
Ph.D. Lancaster University (United Kingdom)
History of Medicine and Public Health in Britain and the U.S.
Anne Belk Hall 1096
(828) 262-2284
e-mail: lmbeier@appstate.edu
Rennie W. Brantz, Professor
Ph.D. The Ohio State University
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European and German History
Anne Belk Hall 1056
(828) 262-6001/ (828) 262-2028
e-mail: brantzrw@appstate.edu
Center for Judaic, Holocaust, & Peace Studies
Summer Study Abroad: The Holocaust
Jari Eloranta, Associate Professor
Ph.D. European University Institute
Business and Economic History
Anne Belk Hall 1059
(828) 262-6006
e-mail: elorantaj@appstate.edu
Karen Greene-Reid, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Florida State University
French History, French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe
Anne Belk Hall 1057
(828) 262-6021
e-mail: greeneka@appstate.edu
Scott Jessee, Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Medieval History, Crusades
Anne Belk Hall 1078
(828) 262-6087
e-mail: jesseews@appstate.edu
David A. Reid, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
History of Science, The Relationship between Science and Religion
Anne Belk Hall 1062
(828) 262-6876
e-mail: reidda@appstate.edu
Michael J. Turner
Roy Carroll Distinguished Professor of British History
D.Phil. University of Oxford
Modern British political history and foreign policy
Anne Belk Hall 1011/12
(828) 262-8102
e-mail: turnermj@appstate.edu
Mary Valante, Associate Professor
Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University
Medieval History, Ireland and the Vikings
Anne Belk Hall 1088
e-mail: valantema@appstate.edu
Black Death Class Website
Latin America
Jeffrey Bortz, Professor
Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles
Latin American and Mexican History
Anne Belk Hall 1063
(828) 262-6030
e-mail: bortzjl@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
Anne Belk Hall 1072
(828) 262-7066
e-mail: horstrh@appstate.edu
History Club
Medieval
Scott Jessee, Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Medieval History, Crusades
Anne Belk Hall 1078
(828) 262-6087
e-mail: jesseews@appstate.edu
Mary Valante, Associate Professor
Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University
Medieval History, Ireland and the Vikings
Anne Belk Hall 1088
e-mail: valantema@appstate.edu
Black Death Class Website
Middle East
Birsen Bulmus, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Georgetown University
Modern Middle Eastern History
Anne Belk Hall 1091
(828) 262-7691
e-mail: bulmusb@appstate.edu
Public History
Lucinda McCray Beier, Professor and Chairperson
Ph.D. Lancaster University (United Kingdom)
History of Medicine and Public Health in Britain and the U.S.
Anne Belk Hall 1096
(828) 262-2284
e-mail: lmbeier@appstate.edu
Andrea Burns, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
20th century African American History; Public History
Anne Belk Hall 1072
(828) 262-7066
e-mail: burnsaa@appstate.edu
Neva J. Specht, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Delaware
History of the Early Republic, Material Culture, Public History
Anne Belk Hall 1076
(828) 262-6879
e-mail: spechtnj@appstate.edu
Charles A. Watkins
Ph.D. University of Delaware
Public History
Anne Belk Hall 1013
(828) 262-3117
e-mail: watkinsca@appstate.edu
Women/Gender
Edward Behrend-Martínez, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois-Chicago
Early Modern Europe; Women's and Gender History; Spain
Anne Belk Hall 1064
(828) 262-6020
e-mail: behrendmarte@appstate.edu
Sheila R. Phipps, Associate Professor
Ph.D. College of William and Mary
Women's History, U.S. Colonial and Early Republican History
Anne Belk Hall 1015
(828) 262-6005
e-mail: phippssr@appstate.edu
World
Anatoly Isaenko, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Moscow State University
Russian History, History of Ethnic Conflicts
Anne Belk Hall 1053
(828) 262-6028
e-mail: isaenkoa@appstate.edu
Jari Eloranta, Associate Professor
Ph.D. European University Institute
Business and Economic History
Anne Belk Hall 1059
(828) 262-6006
e-mail: elorantaj@appstate.edu
