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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 faculty. More information on full-time and adjunct faculty and staff, with photographs, contact details and links to websites, can be found further below.

Full-time Faculty

Girish Bhat, Professor (Russia, legal history, Soviet Union)

Laura Gathagan, Associate Professor (Medieval Europe, gender, and Anglo-Norman history)

Tyson A. Luneau, Assistant Professor (Social Studies teacher education, France, North Africa, environmental history)

Scott Moranda, Professor (Germany, central Europe, environmental history)

Anisha Saxena, Assistant Professor (South Asia, East Asia, religion, contested sacred geographies)

Kevin B. Sheets, Professor and Chair (American cultural history, 19th century U.S.)

Randi Storch, Distinguished Teaching Professor (American labor history, 20th century U.S.)

Bekeh Ukelina, Associate Professor (modern Africa, world history)

Emeritus Faculty

Sanford Gutman

Gigi A. Peterson

Amy Schutt

John Shedd

Judith Van Buskirk

Donald Wright

Luo Xu

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

Faculty/Staff

Randi Storch (she/her/hers)

Randi Storch (she/her/hers)
607-753-2054 (Office Phone)
Email Randi Storch (she/her/hers) (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Distinguished Teaching Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

Karl Alexander

Karl Alexander

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Patricia A Augostini

Patricia A Augostini

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Girish Bhat

Girish Bhat
607-753-2059 (Office Phone)
Email Girish Bhat (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Lynne R Cohen

Lynne R Cohen

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Arleen De Vera

Arleen De Vera
607-753-2459 (Office Phone)
Email Arleen De Vera (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Laura Gathagan

Laura Gathagan
607-753-5622 (Office Phone)
Email Laura Gathagan (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

Corrina Harvey

Corrina Harvey
607-753-2723 (Office Phone)
Email Corrina Harvey (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Administrative Assistant 1

Department(s):

  • History Department

Peter A Hyland

Peter A Hyland

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Kevin Kreiner

Kevin Kreiner
607-753-5483 (Office Phone)
Email Kevin Kreiner (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Tyson A Luneau

Tyson A Luneau
Email Tyson A Luneau (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

  • Bio: I am a historian of modern North Africa and Europe, focusing on the intersections among environment, colonialism, urbanism, and technology. My work examines environmental knowledge and spatial perceptions, analyzing how these abstract notions translate into attempts to remake built and natural environments. In addition to my work in French colonial history, I also have backgrounds in Russian and Central Asian history, as well as an interest in the environmental history of the American West. My current book project, expanding on my doctoral dissertation, examines French efforts to remake the urban and rural landscapes of its North African colonies through the implementation of large-scale development projects. For this project, have conducted archival and field work across France and the Maghreb. As a historian with many years of secondary teaching experience in both public and private school settings, I teach courses and oversee candidates in the department's social studies teacher preparation program. I'm also happy to work with students on projects related to environmental history, colonialism, or the Mediterranean World.
  • Email: tyson.luneau@cortland.edu
  • Areas of interest: environmental history, colonialism, urban history, North Africa, Europe, social studies teacher education, secondary curriculum
  • Education: PhD, University at Albany; MA, University at Albany; BA & BS, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
  • CV
  • Website

Joseph M McAnanama

Joseph M McAnanama

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

James Miller

James Miller
607-753-2723 (Office Phone)
Email James Miller (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer (10 Month)

Department(s):

  • History Department
  • Advisement and Transition

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
607-753-2052 (Office Phone)
Email Scott Moranda (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

  • CV
  • Scholarship: I am a historian of Germany and the German-speaking world, focusing on environmental history, the history of tourism, and ethnic/national identity formation. My current book project explores that transatlantic migration of conservation ideas among German-speakers. Subjects under investigation include German-American agricultural journalists and foresters whose promotion of land ethics contributed to the construction of a common German ethnic identity and offered opportunities to challenge Anglo-American cultural hegemony. In addition, travelers and scientific experts from Germany traveled to North America where they often collaborated with the aforementioned German-Americans. Together, their critiques of "Yankee plunder" also linked land ethics to nation building and imperialism in Germany. Even as these cultural exchanges proliferated, German-speaking conservationists, agronomists and foresters contributed to the intentional and unintentional exchange of plants, animals, fungi, and viruses that often disrupted their political and cultural projects.
  • Email: scott.moranda@cortland.edu
  • Areas of interest: environmental history, Germany, transatlantic migrations, Central Europe (19th and 20th centuries), history of nationalism, Modern Europe
  • Teaching: I teach courses such as World Environmental History, German History, The Holocaust, the history of tourism, 19th Century Central and Eastern Europe, and 20th Century Europe

Michael E Root

Michael E Root

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Philip Ruggiero

Philip Ruggiero

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Anisha Saxena (She/her)

Anisha Saxena (She/her)

Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Kevin B. Sheets

Kevin B. Sheets
607-753-2060 (Office Phone)
Email Kevin B. Sheets (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Chair
  • Professor

Department(s):

  • History Department

Additional Info:

  • Education: PhD and MA, University of Virginia BA, Gettysburg College
  • Email:: Kevin.sheets@cortland.edu

Charlene Siegelberg

Charlene Siegelberg

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Prof. Bekeh Ukelina (He, him)

Prof. Bekeh Ukelina (He, him)
607-753-5482 (Office Phone)
Email Prof. Bekeh Ukelina (He, him) (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Director, Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies
  • Professor

Department(s):

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

Additional Info:

Dr Susan Vickers

Dr Susan Vickers

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

Thomas Wirth

Thomas Wirth
607-753-5483 (Office Phone)
Email Thomas Wirth (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer

Department(s):

  • History Department

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