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History Department Faculty


   Department Chair

Dr. Robert Blobaum


Eberly Family Professor Ph.D. University of Nebraska
Specialization: Central and Eastern European History
E-mail: Robert.Blobaum@mail.wvu.edu

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220 D Woodburn Hall (304)293-2421 Ext. 5241

  Graduate Director

Dr. Steven M. Zdatny


Associate Professor Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Specialization: Modern French History
E-Mail: Steve.Zdanty@mail.wvu.edu

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G 3 B Woodburn Hall   (304)293-2421 Ext. 5243

   Undergraduate Director

Dr. William S. Arnett


Associate Professor Ph.D. Ohio State University
Specialization: Ancient History
E-Mail:  William.Arnett@mail.wvu.edu

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302 B Woodburn Hall    (304)293-2421 Ext. 5224

   Faculty

Dr. Katherine B. Aaslestad


Associate Professor Ph.D. University of Illinois
Specialization: Modern German and European History
E-mail: Katherine.Aaslestad@mail.wvu.edu

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220 A Woodburn Hall   (304)293-2421 Ext. 5237

 

Dr. Katherine Bankole


Associate Professor  Ph.D. Temple University
Specialization: African-American History
E-Mail: Katherine.Bankole@mail.wvu.edu

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221 E Woodburn Hall  (304)293-2421 Ext. 5227

 

 

Dr. Elizabeth Fones-Wolf   


Associate Professor Ph.D. University of Massachusetts
Specialization: 20th C. U.S. Social and Economic History
E-Mail: Elizabeth.Fones-Wolf@mail.wvu.edu

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221 F Woodburn Hall   (304)293-2421 Ext. 5239

 

Dr. Ken Fones-Wolf


Associate Professor Ph.D. Temple
Specialization: 19th Century U.S., Labor & Migration, Gilded Age and Civil War History
E-Mail: Kenneth.Fones-Wolf@mail.wvu.edu

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202 C Woodburn Hall  (304)293-2421 Ext. 5240

 

Dr. Gregory A. Good


Associate Professor Ph.D. University of Toronto
Specialization: History of Science 

Dr. Good is on Sabbatical & Research Leave until January 2007

E-Mail:  Greg.Good@mail.wvu.edu

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202 A Woodburn Hall    (304)293-2421 Ext. 5247

 

Dr. Jack Hammersmith


Professor Ph.D. University of Virginia
Specialization: Modern U.S.; Modern East Asia History
E-Mail: Jack.Hammersmith@mail.wvu.edu

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220 B Woodburn Hall  (304)293-2421 Ext. 5235

 

Dr. Joseph Hodge


Assistant Professor  Ph.D. Queen's University
Specialization:  British History
E-Mail: Joseph.Hodge@mail.wvu.edu

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220 J  Woodburn Hall   (304)293-2421 Ext. 5249

 

Dr. Barbara Howe


Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Women's Studies Ph.D. Temple
Specialization: Modern U.S., U.S. urban and Women in American History.
E-Mail: Barbara.Howe@mail.wvu.edu

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218 Eiesland Hall  (304)293-2339 Ext. 1155

 

Dr. Ronald L. Lewis


Stuart and Joyce Robbins Chair Ph.D. University of Akron
Specialization: Appalachian and U.S. Social Labor History
E-Mail: Ronald.Lewis@mail.wvu.edu

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220 C Woodburn Hall   (304)293-2421 Ext. 5236

 

Dr. Tyler Boulware


Asst. Professor Ph.D. University of South Carolina
Specialization: Early America, Frontiers and Native Americans
E-Mail:  Tyler.Boulware@mail.wvu.edu

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G3A Woodburn Hall  (304)293-2421 Ext. 5230

 

Dr. Robert Maxon


Professor Ph.D. Syracuse
Specialization: East African History
E-Mail: Robert.Maxon@mail.wvu.edu

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202 B Woodburn Hall 293-2421 Ext. 5223

 

 

Dr. Kate Staples


Asst. Professor Ph.D. University Minnesota
Specialization: Medieval History
E-Mail: Kate.Staples@mail.wvu.edu

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302 D Woodburn Hall 293-2421 Ext. 5234

 

Dr. Michal McMahon


Associate Professor Ph.D. University of Texas
Specialization: History of Technology
E-Mail: Michal.McMahon@mail.wvu.edu

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G 3 C Woodburn Hall 293-2421 Ext. 5242

 

Dr. Jason Parker


Assistant Professor Ph.D. University of Florida
Specialization: U.S. and International Relations 
E-Mail: Jason.Parker@mail.wvu.edu

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G 3 A Woodburn Hall 293-2421 Ext. 5230

 

Dr. Priscilla Shilaro


Assistant Professor Ph.D. West Virginia University
Specialization: Africa and West Africa
E-Mail: Priscilla.Shilar0@mail.wvu.edu

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302 C Woodburn Hall 293-2421 Ext. 5238

 

Dr. Joe Super


Professor Ph.D. UCLA
Specialization: Latin American History
E-Mail: John.Super@mail.wvu.edu

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202 F Woodburn Hall 293-2421 Ext. 5222

 

Dr. Mark Tauger


Associate Professor Ph.D. UCLA
Specialization: Russian and Soviet History
E-Mail: Mark.Tauger@mail.wvu.edu

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202 E Woodburn Hall 293-2421 Ext. 5228

 

Dr. Matthew Vester


Assistant Professor Ph.D. UCLA
Specialization: Early Modern European History
E-Mail: Matt.Vester@mail.wvu.edu

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302 D Woodburn Hall 293-2421 Ext. 5232