Faculty/Staff

Here at the top of the page, you will find a simple listing of our full-time faculty members, with their teaching/research interests, followed by a list of our emeritus and adjunct faculty. More information, such as contact details and links to websites, can be found below in alphabetical order.

Full-time Faculty

Girish Bhat, Professor

(Russia, legal history, Soviet Union)

Danielle Candelora, Assistant Professor

       (ancient history, Egyptian history)

Evan Faulkenbury, Associate Professor

       (public history, U.S. history)

Laura Gathagan, Associate Professor

(Medieval Europe, gender, and Anglo-Norman history)

Jared McBrady, Assistant Professor

       (scholarship of teaching and learning, social studies education)

Celeste McNamara, Assistant Professor

       (early modern Europe, Italian history, religious culture)

Scott Moranda, Professor

(Germany, central Europe, environmental history)

Gigi A. Peterson, Associate Professor

(civil rights, U.S.-Latin American relations, social studies education)

Amy Schutt, Associate Professor

(Native Americans, history of children/youth, social studies education)

Kevin B. Sheets, Professor

(American cultural history, 19th century U.S.)

Randi Storch, Professor & Acting Chair

(American labor history, 20th century U.S.)

Brett Troyan, Professor

(modern Latin America, Colombia, ethnic identity)

Bekeh Ukelina, Associate Professor

       (modern Africa, world history)

Luo Xu, Professor

(modern China, Sino-American relations)

Emeritus Faculty

Sanford Gutman

John Shedd

Judith Van Buskirk

Donald Wright

*Check out a collection of oral history interviews with some of our emeritus faculty members here. 

Adjunct Faculty

Regina Eckert

Kevin Kreiner

James Miller

Ute Ritz-Deutch

P. Mike Rattanasengchanh

Arleen de Vera

Thomas Wirth

Melyssa Wrisley