Fall 2021 Guidance/COVID-19 Information

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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)

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 and Chair

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

Randi Storch, Professor

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

Brett Troyan, Professor

(modern Latin America, Colombia, ethnic identity)

Bekeh Ukelina, Associate Professor

       (modern Africa, world history)

Emeritus Faculty

Sanford Gutman

John Shedd

Judith Van Buskirk

Donald Wright

Luo Xu

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

Adjunct Faculty

Kevin Kreiner

James Miller

Ute Ritz-Deutch

Arleen de Vera

Thomas Wirth

Melyssa Wrisley

Faculty/Staff

Randi Storch

Randi Storch Old Main, Room 211-C
607-753-2054 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Distinguished Teaching Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

Girish Bhat

Girish Bhat Old Main, Room 211-E
607-753-2059 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Danielle Candelora

Danielle Candelora Old Main, Room 212-B

Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Arleen de Vera

Arleen de Vera Old Main, Room 211-A
607-753-2459 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer (10 Month)

Department(s):

  • History Department

Evan Faulkenbury

Evan Faulkenbury Old Main, Room 210-C
607-753-2035 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

  • Website
  • Email: evan.faulkenbury@cortland.edu

Laura Gathagan

Laura Gathagan Old Main, Room 210-D
607-753-5622 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

Corrina Harvey

Corrina Harvey Old Main, Room 212
607-753-2723 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Administrative Assistant 1

Department(s):

  • History Department

Kevin Kreiner

Kevin Kreiner Old Main, Room 211-F
607-753-5483 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Jared McBrady

Jared McBrady Old Main, Room 214-B
607-753-2758 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

James Miller

James Miller Old Main, Room 214-C
607-753-2723 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

  • Bio info: I taught Social Studies in the Syracuse City Schools from 1972-2004 and have been working with Social Studies candidates at Cortland since.

Scott Moranda

Scott Moranda Old Main, Room 211-D
607-753-2052 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

Gigi A. Peterson

Gigi A. Peterson Off Campus Location, I am working remotely - the History Dept. Main Office is Old Main 212
607-753-2051 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Coordinator, Adolescence Education Social Studies
  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

Ute Ritz-Deutch

Ute Ritz-Deutch Old Main, Room B 18-A
607-753-2918 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Amy Schutt

Amy Schutt Old Main, Room 210-B
607-753-2055 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

Kevin B. Sheets

Kevin B. Sheets Old Main, Room 212-B
607-753-2060 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Chair
  • Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

Brett Troyan

Brett Troyan Old Main, Room 211-C
607-753-2062 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

Bekeh Ukelina

Bekeh Ukelina Old Main, Room 210-E
607-753-5482 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Associate Director, Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies
  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Africana Studies Department
  • Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS)
  • History Department

Additional Info:

Susan Vickers

Susan Vickers Old Main, Room 212-B

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Thomas Wirth

Thomas Wirth Old Main, Room 211-F
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer (10 Month)

Department(s):

  • History Department

Melyssa Wrisley

Melyssa Wrisley Old Main, Room 211-A
607-753-5627 (Office Phone)
Email Me (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer (10 Month)

Department(s):

  • History Department