Chair, Department of History; Paul V. McNutt Professor, Department of History; Adjunct Professor, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Modern American history; American political, cultural, and social history
Associate Chair, Department of History; Professor, Department of History
Late antique and early medieval Europe; Medieval historiography; Urban change in Late Antiquity; Material culture and archaeology
Provost Professor, Department of History; Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History
Mexico; Latin America; political culture, war
Professor, Department of History; Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of History
Medieval intellectual and cultural history; Historiography; History Pedagogy
Professor, Department of History; Director, History Honors Program
Formation of centralized European state; Europe, Renaissance to the Revolution; Intellectual history of "absolutism"
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.
History & Religious Studies Librarian
Dr. Scott Libson supports the teaching and research needs of students and faculty in the Department of History and the Department of Religious Studies, as well other scholars working in those fields. His scholarship questions the boundaries between religious and secular philanthropy in the United States during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Scott holds a Ph.D. in history from Emory University, a master’s degree in church history from Yale University, and a bachelor’s degree in archaeology from Columbia University.
The College of Arts + Sciences
