(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: Mark Wasserman
Undergraduate Director: Jennifer M. Jones
Professors:
Michael P. Adas, B.A., Western Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin
Mia Bay, B.A., Toronto; M.A., Ph.D., Yale
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
Belinda Davis, B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan
Ann V. Fabian, B.A., California (Santa Cruz); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
David S. Fogelsong, B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Ziva Galili, B.A., Hebrew (Israel); M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia
William Gillette, B.S.F.S., Georgetown; A.M., Columbia; Ph.D., Princeton
Douglas Greenberg, B.A., Rutgers; Ph.D., Cornell
Sumit Guha, B.A., Delhi; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford
Nancy A. Hewitt, B.A., SUNY (Brockport); Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Temma Kaplan, B.A., Brandeis; M.A., Ph.D., HarvardSamantha Kelly, B.A., Yale; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern
Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago, B.A., Princeton; M.A., New York; Ph.D., Chicago
T.J. Jackson Lears, B.A., Virginia; M.A., North Carolina (Chapel Hill); M.A., Ph.D., Yale
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; M.A., Ph.D., Toronto
Louis Masur, B.A., New York (Buffalo); M.A., Ph.D.,
Princeton
Matt K. Matsuda, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Richard L. McCormick, B.A., Amherst; Ph.D., Yale
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
Camilla Townsend, B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers
Gail Triner, B.A., Michigan; M.A., Maryland; Ph.D., Columbia
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; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Associate Professors:
Alastair J. Bellany, B.A., Oxford; 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; Ph.D., London
James Delbourgo, B.A., East Anglia (UK); M.Phil., Cambridge; Ph.D., Columbia
Rachel Devlin, A.B., Barnard College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale
Leah Devun, B.A., Washington; M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D., Columbia
Melissa Feinberg, A.B., Stanford; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
David Greenberg, B.A., Yale: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., ColumbiaPaul Hanebrink, B.A., Columbia; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
Jochen Hellbeck, B.A., Free University of Berlin; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia
Jennifer M. Jones, B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton
Toby C. Jones, B.A., M.A., Auburn; Ph.D., Stanford
Seth Koven, B.A., Swarthmore; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard
Xun Liu, B.A., Huazhong Normal (China); M.A., California (Long Beach);
Ph.D., Southern California
Julie Livingston, B.A., Tufts; Ph.D., Emory
Norman Markowitz, A.B., CUNY (City College); A.M., Ph.D., Michigan
Jennifer
Mittelstadt, B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan
Donna Murch, B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., California
(Berkeley)
Stephen Reinert, B.A., Western Washington; M.A., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Donald T. Roden, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin
Johanna
Schoen, B.A., Universität
Hamburg (Germany); M.A., Ph.D. North Carolina
Peter Silver, A.B., Harvard; M.A., Ph.D., Yale
Nancy Sinkoff, B.A., Harvard; M.A., Columbia and Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Ph.D., ColumbiaJudith Surkis, B.A., Brown; Ph.D., Cornell
Assistant Professors:
Tuna Artun, B.A., New York; M.A., Bagozici (Istanbul);
Ph.D., Princeton
Marissa
Fuentes, B.A., California (Santa Cruz); Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Jonathan Marc Gribetz, A.B., Harvard; M.St., Oxford; Ph.D.,
Columbia
Chie Ikeya, B.A., Ph.D., Cornell
Tarek Kahlaoui, B.A., M.A., Tunis (Tunisia); Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Sukhee
Lee, B.A., M.A., Yonsei (Korea); Ph.D., Harvard
Kathleen
Lopez, B.A., Virginia; M.A.,
Cornell; Ph.D., Michigan
Minkah Makalani, B.A., Missouri (Columbia);
M.A., Southern Illinois (Edwardsville); Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Jamie Pietruska, A.B., Brown; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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.
