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History

(General/Comparative History 506; African, Asian, and Latin American History 508; European History 510; American History 512)

Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences

Website: http://history.rutgers.edu

Chair: James P. Masschaele

Undergraduate Director: Jennifer M. Jones

Professors:

Michael P. Adas, B.A., Western Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin

Rudolph M. Bell, B.A., CUNY (Queens College); Ph.D., CUNY

John W. Chambers II, B.S., Temple; M.A., San Francisco State; Ph.D., Columbia

Paul G.E. Clemens, B.S., Maryland; Ph.D., Wisconsin

Dorothy Sue Cobble, B.A., California (Berkeley); M.A., San Francisco State; Ph.D., Stanford

Barbara Cooper, B.A., St. John's (Maryland); M.A., Ph.D., Boston

Ann V. Fabian, B.A., California (Santa Cruz); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale

Ziva Galili, B.A., Hebrew (Israel); M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia

William Gillette, B.S.F.S., Georgetown; A.M., Columbia; Ph.D., Princeton

Sumit Guha, B.A., Delhi (India); M.A., Ph.D., Stanford

Nancy A. Hewitt, B.A., SUNY (Brockport); Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Allen Howard, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Wisconsin

Temma Kaplan, B.A., Brandeis; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard

Steven F. Lawson, B.A., CUNY (City College); M.A., Ph.D., Columbia

T.J. Jackson Lears, B.A., Virginia; M.A., North Carolina (Chapel Hill); M.A., Ph.D., Yale

Suzanne Lebsock, B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., Virginia

James Livingston, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Northern Illinois

Phyllis Mack, A.B., Barnard College; A.M., San Francisco State; Ph.D., Cornell

James P. Masschaele, B.A., Western Ontario (Canada); M.A., Ph.D., Toronto (Canada)

Matt K. Matsuda, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)

Karl F. Morrison, B.A., Mississippi; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell

James W. Reed, B.A., Louisiana State; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard

Gary A. Rendsburg, B.A., North Carolina (Chapel Hill); M.A., Ph.D., New York

Susan R. Schrepfer, A.B., California (Santa Barbara); A.M., Ph.D., New York

Bonnie G. Smith, A.B., Smith College; Ph.D., Rochester

Sarolta Tak�cs, B.A., California (Irvine); Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)

Camilla Townsend, B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

Keith Wailoo, B.A., Yale; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Mark Wasserman, A.B., Duke; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago

Deborah G. White, B.A., SUNY (Binghamton); M.A., Columbia; Ph.D., Illinois

Virginia Yans, B.A., Skidmore College; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)

Yael Zerubavel, B.A., Tel Aviv (Israel); M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Associate Professors:

Mia Bay, B.A., Toronto (Canada); M.A., Ph.D., Yale

Alastair J. Bellany, B.A., Oxford (UK) M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

Carolyn A. Brown, B.A., Hiram College; M.I.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia

Kim D. Butler, B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.A. Howard; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins

Indrani Chatterjee, B.A., M.A., Delhi (India); Ph.D., London

Belinda Davis, B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan

James Delbourgo, B.A., East Anglia (UK); M.Phil., Cambridge (UK); Ph.D., Columbia

Melissa Feinberg, A.B., Stanford; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago

David S. Foglesong, B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

David Greenberg, B.A., Yale: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia

Paul Hanebrink, B.A., Columbia; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago

Jochen Hellbeck, B.A., Free University of Berlin (Germany); M.A., Ph.D., Columbia
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Alison Isenberg, B.A., Yale; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Jennifer M. Jones, B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

Samantha Kelly, B.A., Yale; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern

Seth Koven, B.A., Swarthmore; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard

Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago, B.A., Princeton; M.A., New York; Ph.D., Chicago

Julie Livingston, B.A., Tufts; Ph.D., Emory

Norman Markowitz, A.B., CUNY (City College); A.M., Ph.D., Michigan

Stephen Reinert, B.A., Western Washington; M.A., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)

Donald T. Roden, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin

Peter Silver, A.B., Harvard; M.A., Yale; Ph.D., Yale

Nancy Sinkoff, B.A., Harvard; M.A., Columbia and Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Ph.D., Columbia

Gail Triner, B.A., Michigan; M.A., Maryland; Ph.D., Columbia

Assistant Professors:

Toby C. Jones, B.A., M.A., Auburn; Ph.D., Stanford

Tarek Kahlaoui, B.A., M.A., Tunis (Tunisia); Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Xun Liu, B.A., Huazhong Normal (China); M.A., California (Long Beach); Ph.D., Southern California

Minkah Makalani, B.A., Missouri (Columbia); M.A., Southern Illinois (Edwardsville); Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Donna Murch, B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Paola Tartakoff, B.A., Harvard; Ph.D., Columbia

The study of history provides students with a perspective on events that have shaped the contemporary world. The Department of History offers an array of two hundred course offerings and many research opportunities. The courses are designed to (1) teach the student the important skills of critical reading, logical analysis, and effective essay writing, and (2) provide the student with an understanding of the historical context in which contemporary men and women have developed.

Students should begin with introductory-level courses (100), proceed to the upper-level courses that are at the center of the history major (300), and finally to the advanced courses (400), which usually require significant research. First-year students may not take 300- or 400-level courses without departmental approval.

The history major is designed to expose students to the histories of various civilizations over time and place. However, it also affords specialization in one area, time, or theme (e.g., African history, medieval Europe, or women in history) to interested students, in consultation with departmental advisers.

For additional information, visit the department's website: http://history.rutgers.edu.