Staff + administration

Department Staff

Leah Shopkow

Chair, Department of History; Professor, Department of History

shopkowl@iu.edu
(812) 855-1938

Medieval intellectual and cultural history; Historiography; History Pedagogy

500 to 1350 Western European History Historical Teaching and Practice Religion and Society

Nick Roberts

Administrative Services Program Manager

nirobert@iu.edu
(812) 855-3236

Deana Hutchins

Part-Time Receptionist

dhutchin@iu.edu
(812) 855-7581

Claire Cumberland

Assistant to the Chair; Scheduling Officer

histca@iu.edu
812-855-7582

Shaina Sanders

Financial Administration Coordinator

shaisand@iu.edu
(812) 856-0309

Kalani Craig

Associate Professor, Department of History; Associate Chair, Department of History; Co-Director, Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities; Affiliated Faculty, Learning Sciences; Affiliated Faculty, Cognitive Science

craigkl@iu.edu
(812) 856-5721; (812) 855-0829 (IDAH)

Digital history, including spatial history, natural language processing and network analysis; History pedagogy; Medieval historiography; Conflict resolution in late Antique and medieval Europe.

500 to 1350 Western European History Digital History Historical Teaching and Practice Public History and Memory Religion and Society

Graduate Staff

Amrita Chakrabarti Myers

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History; Ruth N. Halls Professor, Departments of History and Gender Studies; Affiliate Faculty, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies; Affiliate Faculty, Department of American Studies

Black Women; African American History; Nineteenth-Century U.S.; The Old South; Slavery; Social History; Race, Gender, Interracial Sex, and Sexuality; Freedom, Citizenship, and Power

19th century U.S. History African Diaspora History Gender and Sexuality Race and Ethnicity Slavery and Postemancipation

Alexia Bock

Graduate Records Secretary

gradsec@iu.edu
(812) 855-8234

Elizabeth Wilson

Graduate Admissions & Placement Secretary

histadm@iu.edu
(812) 855-8233

Undergraduate Staff

Eric Robinson

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of History; Professor, Department of History; Adjunct Professor, Department of Classical Studies

ewr@iu.edu

Archaic and Classical Greece; Democracy; Political and military history

To 500 Western European History Historical Teaching and Practice Military History and Warfare Politics and Constitutional History

Jonathan Schlesinger

Associate Professor, Department of History; Director, History Honors Program

joschles@iu.edu
(812) 855-6882

China and Inner Asia; Environmental history; Early modern empires; Race and ethnicity; Commodities and consumption

1350 to 1800 19th century East Asian History Borderlands Environment and Society Race and Ethnicity

Amanda Lueck

Primary Academic Advisor, Department of History

histadv@iu.edu

George Andrei

Academic Advisor, Department of History

histadv@iu.edu

Dale Spicer

Academic Advisor, Department of History

histadv@iu.edu

Indiana Magazine of History

David Nichols

Professor of History and Native American and Indigenous Studies and Carmony Chair, Department of History; Editor, Indiana Magazine of History

davinich@iu.edu
(812) 855-6298

1350 to 1800 19th century Indiana History U.S. History Empire and Colonialism

Dawn Bakken

Associate Editor, Indiana Magazine of History

imaghist@iu.edu
(812) 855-4139

Justin Hawkins

Graduate Assistant Editor, Indiana Magazine of History

imaghist@iu.edu

Department Affiliates

Susan Ferentinos

Graduate Career Coordinator; Public History Consultant

Dr. Susan Ferentinos provides graduate-career and professionalization services for the Department of History. As a public-history consultant, Dr. Ferentinos collaborates with the National Park Service, gives public presentations and tours of local historic sites, curates exhibits and other collections in libraries and archives, and advocates for a larger understanding of the public potential of historian's work. Her book, Interpreting LGBT History at Museums and Historic Sites (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), was awarded the National Council on Public History's 2016 book prize.

20th century Gender and Sexuality Historical Teaching and Practice Public History and Memory

Meg Galasso

History Librarian

galasso@iu.edu
(812) 856-3175

Meg Galasso supports the teaching, learning, and research of faculty and students in History, Jewish Studies, and Religious Studies. This work includes selecting and purchasing relevant materials, collaborating with faculty to provide engaging workshops for their students, hosting research consultations, and connecting researchers with the tools and services available to provoke and explore new and compelling questions.