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American History 512
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European History Courses (510)
American History Courses (512)
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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2024 Programs of Study and Courses for Liberal Arts and Sciences Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses History  

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: Melissa Feinberg

Associate Chairs: Jennifer Jones and Samantha Kelly

Undergraduate Vice Chair: James Delbourgo

Distinguished Professors:

James Delbourgo, B.A., East Anglia (UK); M.Phil., Cambridge; Ph.D., Columbia
 
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, B.A., Pennsylvania, M.A., Ph.D., Columbia
 
Jochen Hellbeck, B.A., Free University of Berlin; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia

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

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

Louis Masur, B.A., SUNY (Buffalo); M.A., Ph.D., Princeton
 
Richard L. McCormick, B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Yale

Gary A. Rendsburg, B.A., North Carolina (Chapel Hill); M.A., Ph.D., New York
 
Camilla Townsend, B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers
 
Deborah Gray White, B.A., SUNY (Binghamton); M.A., Columbia; Ph.D., Illinois

Professors:

Leslie Alexander, B.A., Stanford; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell

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

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

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

Belinda Davis, B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan
 
Rachel Devlin, B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale

Leah DeVun, B.A., Washington; M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D., Columbia
 
Melissa Feinberg, B.A., 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

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

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

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

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

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

Jennifer Mittelstadt, B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan

Johanna Schoen, B.A., Universität Hamburg (Germany); M.A., Ph.D., North Carolina

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

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

Associate Professors:

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

Marissa J. Fuentes, B.A., California (Santa Cruz); Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
 
Tiffany Gill, B.A., Georgetown; Ph.D., Rutgers

Chie Ikeya, B.A., Ph.D., Cornell

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

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

Sukhee Lee, B.A., M.A., Yonsei (Korea); Ph.D., Harvard

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

Kathleen López, B.A., Virginia; M.A., Cornell; Ph.D., Michigan
 
Norman Markowitz, B.A., CUNY (City College); A.M., Ph.D., Michigan
 
Johan Mathew, B.A., Princeton; Ph.D., Harvard
 
Donna Murch, B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
 
Jamie Pietruska, B.A., Brown; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
Stephen Reinert, B.A., Western Washington; M.A., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
 
Tatiana Seijas, B.A., M.A., Columbia; Ph.D., Yale

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

Julia Stephens, B.A., Harvard; M.Phil., Cambridge; Ph.D., Harvard

Andrew T. Urban, B.A., Middlebury; M.A., Ph.D., Minnesota

Assistant Professors:

Tuna Artun, B.A., New York; M.A., Bo¿aziçi (Turkey); Ph.D., Princeton
 
Yesenia Barragan, B.A., Brown; Ph.D., Columbia
 
Jack Bouchard, B.A., Brandeis; M.A. McGill; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
 
Nicole Burrowes, B.A., NYU; M.A., Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
 
Elaine LaFay, B.A., Michigan; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Research Professor:

Paul Israel, B.A., California Polytechnic (San Luis Obispo); Ph.D., Rutgers
 
Associate Teaching Professor:
 
Sandra Russell-Jones, B.A., Dickinson College; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Assistant Teaching Professors:

Mark Bray, B.A. Wesleyan; Ph.D., Rutgers
 
Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan, B.A., Millersville; M.A., Queen's (UK); Ph.D., Leicester (UK)

Faculty Emeriti:
 
Michael Adas
 
Samuel Baily
 
Jack Cargill
 
John Chambers
 
Dorothy Sue Cobble

Ann Fabian
 
Ziva Galili
 
Lloyd Gardner
 
William Gillette
 
Ann Gordon
 
Nicholas Greenberg
 
Philip Grevin
 
Nancy Hewitt
 
Allen Howard

Reese Jenkins
 
Temma Kaplan
 
Donald Kelley
 
Steven Lawson
 
Suzanne Lebsock
 
Phyllis Mack
 
Karl Morrison
 
James Reed
 
Donald Roden
 
Bonnie Smith
 
Gail Triner
 
Mark Wasserman
 
Virginia Yans
 
Yael Zerubavel

The study of history allows students to understand the past as well as the present--how and why our world became the way it is today. The Department of History offers an array of two hundred course offerings and many research opportunities. The courses are designed to (1) provide the student with an understanding of the social, political, and cultural forces that have shaped the course of history and our present world; and (2) teach the student the important skills of critical reading and research, logical analysis, and effective written and oral communication.

Students should begin with introductory-level courses (100 or 200), 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.
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, etc.) to interested students, in consultation with departmental advisers.

For additional information, visit the department's website.
 
For additional information, contact RU-info at 732/932-info (4636) or colonelhenry.rutgers.edu.
Comments and corrections to: Campus Information Services.

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