History Department Faculty
Department Chair
Dr. Steven M. Zdatny
Professor
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Specialization: Modern French History
E-Mail: Steve.Zdatny@mail.wvu.edu
G 3 B Woodburn Hall
(304) 293-2421 Ext. 5243
Graduate Director
Dr. Gregory A. Good
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Toronto
Specialization: History of Science
E-Mail: Greg.Good@mail.wvu.edu
202 A Woodburn Hall
(304) 293-2421 Ext. 5247
Undergraduate Director
Dr. William S. Arnett
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Specialization: Ancient History
E-Mail: William.Arnett@mail.wvu.edu
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
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
221 E Woodburn Hall
(304) 293-2421 Ext. 5227
Dr. Robert Blobaum
Eberly Family Professor
Ph.D. University of Nebraska
Specialization: Central and Eastern European History
E-mail: Robert.Blobaum@mail.wvu.edu
220 D Woodburn Hall
(304) 293-2421 Ext. 5241
Dr. Tyler Boulware
Assistant Professor
Ph. D. University of South Carolina
Specialization: Early America, frontiers and Native Americans
E-Mail: Tyler.Boulware@mail.wvu.edu
G 3A Woodburn Hall
293-2421 x5230
Dr. Peter S. Carmichael
Eberly Professor of Civil War Studies
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
E-Mail: Peter.Carmichael@mail.wvu.edu
Specialization: Civil War
202 C Woodburn Hall
(304)293-2421 x5222
Dr. Elizabeth Fones-Wolf
Professor
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts
Specialization: 20th C. U.S. Social and Economic History
E-Mail: Elizabeth.Fones-Wolf@mail.wvu.edu
221 F Woodburn Hall
(304) 293-2421 Ext. 5239
Dr. Ken Fones-Wolf
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
202 C Woodburn Hall
(304) 293-2421 Ext. 5240
Dr. Jack Hammersmith
Professor
Ph.D. University of Virginia
Specialization: Modern U.S.; Modern East Asia History
E-Mail: Jack.Hammersmith@mail.wvu.edu
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
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
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
220 C Woodburn Hall
(304) 293-2421 Ext. 5236
Dr. Robert Maxon
Professor
Ph.D. Syracuse
Specialization: East African History
E-Mail: Robert.Maxon@mail.wvu.edu
202 B Woodburn Hall
293-2421 Ext. 5223
Dr. Michal McMahon
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas
Specialization: History of Technology
E-Mail: Michal.McMahon@mail.wvu.edu
G 3 C Woodburn Hall
293-2421 Ext. 5242
Dr. Barbara Rasmussen
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. West Virginia Univeristy
Specialization:
220E Woodburn Hall
E-Mail: Barbara.Rasmussen@mail.wvu.edu
(304)293-2421 x5226
Dr. James Siekmeier
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Specialization: U.S. Diplomatic History
202J Woodburn Hall
E-Mail: James.Siekmeier@mail.wvu.edu
(304)293-2421 x5225
Dr. Kate Staples
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Specialization: Medieval History
E-Mail: Kate.Staples@mail.wvu.edu
302D Woodburn Hall
293-2421 x5234
Dr. Joe Super
Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Specialization: Latin American History
E-Mail: John.Super@mail.wvu.edu
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
202 E Woodburn Hall
293-2421 Ext. 5228
Dr. Matthew Vester
Associate Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Specialization: Early Modern European History
E-Mail: Matt.Vester@mail.wvu.edu
302 D Woodburn Hall
293-2421 Ext. 5232
