Current Graduate Students
|
STUDENT |
FIELD OF STUDY |
RESEARCH INTERESTS |
|---|---|---|
| Dustin Abnet | U.S. History | |
| Hallimeda Allinson | U.S. History | |
| Alexandra Anderson | U.S. History | |
| Michael Anklin | Modern European History | Advisor: Spang |
| Huseyin Arslan | Middle Eastern History | |
| Ayesha Athar | Jewish History | |
| Charles Aull | Ancient History | Advisor: Watts Research Interests: Roman History, Late Antiquity, Latin Literature, Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Culture under Roman rule, Social and Intellectual History, the Classical Tradition. |
| Richard Barrett | Ancient History | |
| Daniel Beben | Middle Eastern History | |
| Shannon Bennett | U.S. History | |
| hojom bir | Latin American History | |
| Miles Blizard | Medieval History | Advisor: Shopkow Research Interests: Medieval Historiography, Medieval Perceptions of Roman and Early Christian History, Western Europe in Late Antiquity, French Vernacular Chronicles, French Bishops in the 13th and 14th centuries, Medieval Cities (Rome, Paris, London), Medieval Latin |
| Jennifer Boles | Latin American History | Dissertation: "8 Millimeters Versus 8 Million": Superochero Cinema in Mexico City after 1968 Advisor: Guardino Research Interests: Latin America, Mexico, Film Studies, Third Cinema, Visual Culture, Oral History and Memory, Urban Studies, Social Movements |
| Brandon Bowen | Asian History | |
| Marlena Brown | Modern European History | |
| Siobhan Carter-David | African Diaspora History | Dissertation: Jump Clean: Sartorial Splendor in the Post-Civil Rights African American Worldview Advisor: Clegg Research Interests: Fashion, Beauty Culture, and the Politics of Presentation; Urban Life |
| Sandrine Catris | Asian History | |
| Jennifer Cavalli | Early Modern European History | |
| Drew Clark | History of Gender and Sexuality | Advisor: Allen |
| Dan Clasby | Modern European History | Dissertation: The Local Politics of Italianità : Veneto Political Culture and Jewish Identity in Liberal and Fascist Italy, 1870-1938 Advisor: Ipsen & Roseman Research Interests: Modern European history; modern Italian history; Jewish Studies; nationalism and identity; Jewish integration and segregation in modern Europe; Italian Fascism; postwar memory and Jewish identity; cultural history as methodology; scholarship of teaching and learning. |
| Chris Clements | U.S. History | Advisor: Christina Snyder Research Interests: Native North America, Environmental History, Borderlands |
| Rachel Coleman | U.S. History | Advisor: Grossberg Research Interests: Twentieth Century U.S., History of Religion in America, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, the Intersection of Religion with Politics, Education, Science, and Gender Roles. |
| Dan Combs | U.S. History | |
| Erin Corber | Modern European History | Advisor: Roseman Research Interests: Cultural history of the First World War, Modern France, Jews in France and North Africa, Jews in Modern Europe, history of Montréal. |
| Kalani Craig | Medieval History | Dissertation: Struck by a divine blow: Divine and human agency in representations of conflict resolution by early medieval bishops, 500-1100 C.E. Advisor: Deliyannis Research Interests: Carolingian Europe, episcopal power and authority, impact of religion on politics and social memory, world history before 1500. |
| Catalin Cristoloveanu | Eastern European History | |
| Brian Cwiek | Asian History | |
| Theresa Dazey | Middle Eastern History | |
| sara dikson | World History | |
| Aimee Dobbs | Russian History | |
| Erika Dowell | U.S. History | Advisor: Dierks |
| Susan Eckelmann | U.S. History | Advisor: McGerr Research Interests: Modern U.S. History, Social Movements, African Diaspora, Childhood and Family History, Race Theory |
| Rachel Edgren | U.S. History | |
| Christopher Eichstedt | Latin American History | Advisor: Gould Research Interests: The Social Democratic Left during the Cold War, Costa Rica, Neoliberalism |
| Justin Ellison | U.S. History | |
| Danielle Emerling | U.S. History | Advisor: Allen |
| India Emporium | Asian History | |
| Xin Fan | Asian History | Advisor: Klaus Muehlhahn |
| Kyle Fernandez | U.S. History | Advisor: Allen |
| Angel G. Flores-Rodríguez | U.S. History | Advisor: Cullather Research Interests: Issues of imperialism, race, nationalism and popular culture in the U.S. and the Hispanic Caribbean. |
| Carmen Garcia-Prieto | Latin American History | |
| Nancy Germano | U.S. History | Advisor: Sandweiss Research Interests: Environmental History / Urban History / Public History; flood events and community relationships with rivers and streams |
| Brendan Gillis | British History | Advisor: Wahrman |
| Patrick Gilner | Modern European History | Dissertation: Atrocity Postwar: Understanding German Crimes and World War I Violence after the Peace Advisor: Roseman Research Interests: 19th & 20th Century Europe, Modern Germany, Modern Italy, Weimar Republic, Nazism, Fascism, Germany and Europe in the era of the World Wars, Atrocities/War Crimes, Violence, Press, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
| Erin Gorman | Medieval History | Advisor: Shopkow Research Interests: I am enrolled in graduate programs in both History and Library Science (MA/MLS) with the hope of becoming a subject librarian. I am most interested in Medieval social and cultural history. |
| Natalie Gwishiri | African History | |
| Michael Hancock-Parmer | Russian History | Advisor: Ron Sela, Ben Eklof Research Interests: Russian Central Asian History, Nomadic and Sedentary Populations in Russian Central Asia |
| Jennifer Hart | African History | Dissertation: "Moving the Nation: Citizen, State, and Urban Transportation in Postcolonial Ghana" Advisor: Hanson Research Interests: I am interested in late-colonial and postcolonial urban history in anglophone Africa. In particular, I am interested in African experiences of life in the city and the ways in which Africans interacted with the state during and after the transition to independence. I also have interests in the history of Christianity, the role of Christianity in the economic life of Africans, and market women. |
| Rafik Hasan | African Diaspora History | |
| Taylor Haydu | Eastern European History | Advisor: Veidlinger Research Interests: East European, Holocaust, Jewish, Nationalism/Right wing movements, communism |
| Kathleen Hiatt | Eastern European History | |
| Ramajana Hidic-Demirovic | Eastern European History | |
| Nicholas Hunot | Medieval History | Dissertation: The Damnation of Souls: The Vita Sancti Fructuosi and the Issue of Proprietary Monasteries in Late Visigothic Spain Advisor: Deliyannis Research Interests: Spain during the Roman, late antique, and Visigothic periods. Urban and rural topography; secular and non-secular authority in Christian Spain; the political role of the bishop in the Visigothic kingdom. |
| David Jamison | African Diaspora History | |
| Alex Kirven | Russian History | Advisor: Eklof Research Interests: Fin de siècle Russia, the Russian peasantry, rural professionals and the prospects of "modernizing" the Russian countryside through the use of agricultural machinery. |
| Amanda Koch | U.S. History | |
| Andrew Koke | British History | |
| Constanze kolbe | Middle Eastern History | |
| Grace Kong | U.S. History | Advisor: Stowe |
| Stephanie Koscak | British History | Dissertation: Multiplying Pictures for the Public: Reproducing the English Monarchy, c.1660-1780 Advisor: Wahrman Research Interests: Eighteenth-Century Britain, Visual Culture, Monarchy, Media, Consumer Culture, Gender |
| Elizabeth Harrington Lambert | Modern European History | Dissertation: Contested Memory: Divided Representations of Weimarer Klassik and KZ Buchenwald Advisor: Roseman Research Interests: East Germany, Public History, Cultural History, Urban Studies and Architecture, Transatlantic/Comparative History, Jewish Studies, Travel and Tourism |
| John Lary | Modern European History | Dissertation: Communitarian Belgium: From the Flemish Movement to Muslim Immigration, 1954-1991 Advisor: Ipsen Research Interests: Modern European History, immigration, nationalism, terrorism, History of the Middle East. Minor: African history. |
| Hyon Ju Lee | U.S. History | |
| Michael Lemon | Latin American History | Advisor: Jeffrey Gould and Eden Medina Research Interests: 20th Century Chile; Political History; Cultural History; History of Technology |
| Arthur Ling | Asian History | |
| Kyle Liston | Modern European History | Dissertation: Colonialism Asunder: Being, Belonging and Hybridity in the Italo-Tunisian Communities of Tunis, 1881-1956 Advisor: Ipsen / Scalenghe Research Interests: Modern North African/Middle Eastern colonial/post-colonial history. Modern Italy, Tunisia and the Maghreb. Identity and state development, post-colonial theory Local power dynamics/deconstructionism |
| Richard Lockton | British History | |
| Elisabeth Marsh | U.S. History | Advisor: Bodnar |
| Maureen Maryanski | History of Gender and Sexuality | |
| Don Maxwell | U.S. History | Advisor: Clegg |
| Devi Mays | Jewish History | Dissertation: Komo el Pasharo Ke Bola, Like the Bird that Flies: The Migration of Sephardic Jews from the Ottoman Empire and Turkey to Mexico, 1908-1934 Advisor: Lehmann Research Interests: Sephardic Jews- particularly in the 19th and 20th centuries, Ottoman Empire and Turkey, Mexico, Middle Eastern and Latin American Jewries, Migration, Minorities, Prostitution, Psychoanalysis and History |
| Sean McKee | U.S. History | Advisor: McGerr Research Interests: US 20th Century Cultural History, principally the cultural history of alcohol in post-WW2 America. |
| Ilana McQuinn | Eastern European History | |
| Lauren Miller | British History | Advisor: Wahrman Research Interests: 18th-century Britain and Spain in the Atlantic World; empire, identity. Outside minor in Religious Studies. |
| Christopher Molnar | Modern European History | |
| Colleen Moore | Russian History | Dissertation: Harvesting Defeat: Russia's Peasantry and the Great War, 1914-1917 Advisor: Eklof Research Interests: late imperial Russia, peasants, social history, class, the Great War, late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Europe, and the Soviet Union under Stalin |
| Leone Musgrave | Russian History | Advisor: Ransel |
| José Najar | Latin American History | |
| Elizabeth Nelson | Modern European History | Dissertation: Madness, Esotericism, and the Human Sciences in France, c. 1900 Advisor: Spang Research Interests: The fringes of consciousness: madness and the subjective aspects of mystical, occult, and magical practices. Religious insanity. The human sciences at the turn of the twentieth century. Historical approaches to mental illness. Theories of temporality and periodization. |
| Daniela Nimmich | World History | Advisor: O'Bryan |
| Adam Olsen | Ancient History | |
| Katie Ottaway | Asian History | Advisor: Struve |
| Matthew Papai | Ancient History | |
| Betsy Pease | U.S. History | Advisor: McGerr Research Interests: Modern U.S.; cities, communities, and the rethinking of myths of social and national progress in the culture of the Great Depression |
| Eric Petenbrink | U.S. History | |
| Mark Plozay | British History | |
| Nathaniel J. Pockras | U.S. History | Advisor: Dierks Research Interests: Historic preservation |
| Frederick Pratt | African History | |
| Anya Quilitzsch | Jewish History | |
| Geoff Ralston | Modern European History | Advisor: Spang |
| Jose Alfredo Ramirez | Latin American History | |
| Liz Randall | U.S. History | Advisor: Michael Grossberg Research Interests: History of the Family; Role of nonprofits in the American Welfare State, specifically pertaining to single-father households. |
| Ruth Reichard | U.S. History | |
| Scott Reynolds | Early Modern European History | Advisor: Schneider |
| Heather Roberts | Ancient History | Advisor: Robinson Research Interests: Archaic and Classical Greek political and intellectual history, especially the intersection of intellectual culture and public affairs; Greek constitutional politics; transmission of intellectual tradition; Greek historiography; ancient history pedagogy. |
| Tola Rodrick | Ancient History | Advisor: Watts Research Interests: Late Ancient Religious and Philosophical Traditions, Coptic Language and Literature, Egyptian Monasticism |
| Kristi Roelfs | U.S. History | |
| Sarah Rowley | U.S. History | Research Interests: Late 19th and 20th century history of race and gender in the U.S., first wave feminism, the race uplift movement |
| Tara Saunders | U.S. History | Advisor: Gamber Research Interests: Social and cultural American history (late 19th/early 20th c.); gender history. |
| abby sayers | British History | |
| Timo Schaefer | Latin American History | Advisor: Guardino Research Interests: Modern Mexico, Popular Political Culture, State Building, Violence, Agrarian History |
| Jim Seaver | U.S. History | Dissertation: Fighting for Souvenirs: Americans and the Material Culture of World War II Advisor: Bodnar Research Interests: Major: Mid-20th-century U.S. history, esp. World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. Inside Minor: Modern Europe, esp. 20th-century Germany. Outside Minor: Folklore, esp. material culture and museum studies. |
| Amy Simon | Modern European History | Advisor: Roseman |
| Sarah Anne Smith | Medieval History | Dissertation: The Eleventh Part of the Sciences: Natural Magic at the University of Paris in the Thirteenth Century. Advisor: Deliyannis Research Interests: Medieval natural philosophy, science and technology, folklore, occult protosciences (alchemy, astrology, magic, etc.). |
| Jennifer Sovde | Modern European History | Dissertation: Child Performers in the French Third Republic: A Social and Cultural History Advisor: Spang Research Interests: 19th & 20th century French social & cultural history, History of Children & Childhood, History of the Family |
| Ben Stellwagen | Russian History | Advisor: Veidlinger Research Interests: Ethno-religious history; German-Lutheran identity in the early Soviet Union; German diaspora communities; the Holocaust in German-occupied Soviet territories; interwar migration; the impact of Communist social manipulation on the self (observed through diaries and memoirs) |
| Carl Suddler | African Diaspora History | Advisor: Khalil Muhammad |
| Sam Sutherland | Ancient History | Advisor: Robinson Research Interests: The military and political history of the Roman Republic as well as Classical and Hellenistic Greece. |
| Maksymilian Szostalo | Medieval History | |
| Lucy Tambara | U.S. History | Advisor: Nick Cullather Research Interests: Twentieth Century U.S. international relations, development and modernization, global history, evangelical history, and non-state actors |
| M. Benjamin Thorne | Eastern European History | |
| Janeke Thumbran | African History | |
| Alex Tipei | Eastern European History | Advisor: Bucur and Spang Research Interests: Intellectual, political, and cultural exchange between France, Romania, Poland, and Greece. |
| Anjali Vithayathil | Russian History | Research Interests: Russian and Soviet Empire in Central Asia and the Caucasus; Frontiers and borders between Russia and Persia/Iran; Irredentism; Railroads |
| Heather Vrana | Latin American History | |
| Joan Waperi | Latin American History | |
| Jon Warner | Latin American History | Advisor: Gould |
| Bobby Wells | Early Modern European History | |
| Mary Werden | Eastern European History | Dissertation: Communicating Communism: Power and Ideology in the Polish Countryside, 1956-1980 Advisor: Kenney Research Interests: 20th Century Eastern Europe; Poland; communism; historical anthropology |
| Victoria Wheeler | Modern European History | Advisor: Roos Research Interests: Modern Germany between Weimar and post-WWII, gender with an emphasis on masculinity, Austria on the verge of WWI |
| Jeremy Young | U.S. History | Dissertation: "The Age of Charisma: Mass Movements and Democratic Change in America, 1870-1935" Advisor: McGerr Research Interests: Charismatic movements in the U.S. Progressive Era |
| Yanqiu Zheng | Asian History | Advisor: Muehlhahn Research Interests: Twentieth Century China; Nationalism; Sino-American Relations; Education |
| Fabio Zoia | African History |
