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The Department of History has twenty-three full-time faculty members, three part-time members, and eight affiliated faculty members. The faculty is listed below as a whole (with contact information) and alphabetically within broadly defined disciplines in European History, United States History, and World History.

Faculty and Staff


Name Title Speciality Phone Email
Andersen, Margaret Assistant Professor Modern France, European Imperialism 974-9896 mcookand@utk.edu
Bast, Robert Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies Late Middle Ages, Early Modern Germany, Renaissance (teaching), Reformation 974-7083 rbast@utk.edu
Black, Chad Assistant Professor Early Latin America, Gender and Sexuality, Spanish Legal Culture, 19th-Century Andes 974-0399 cblack6@utk.edu
Black, Monica Assistant Professor Modern Europe; modern Germany, especially post-1945 974-5424 mblack9@utk.edu
Brummett, Palmira Distinguished Professor of the Humanities Middle Eastern, Ottoman, and Islamic history of the early modern era 974-7093 palmira@utk.edu
Burman, Thomas Professor & Head Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations in the Middle Ages, Medieval Spain, Medieval Intellectual History, Manuscript Studies 974-7082 tburman@utk.edu
Candy, Christopher Lecturer Western Civilization 974-5787  
Carniello, Brian Lecturer World and Western Civilization 974-6414 bcarniel@utk.edu
Coker, Paul Lecturer US Civil War 974-5553 pcoker@utk.edu
Dessel, J.P. Associate Professor History and Archaeology of ancient Israel and the Near East Rise of Complex Societies, Ethnicity in the Ancient World 974-9872 jdessel@utk.edu
Feller, Daniel Professor, Editor/Director, The Papers of Andrew Jackson Jacksonian, Antebellum, and Civil War America 974-7077 dfeller@utk.edu
Fleming, Cynthia Professor Twentieth Century U.S., Social/Cultural History particularly the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, U.S. Race Relations, Black Educational History 974-7088 cfleming@utk.edu
Freeberg, Ernest Distinguished Professor of the Humanities American religious and cultural history, with an emphasis on the 19th century and early 20th century 974-7090 efreeber@utk.edu
Gomez, Miguel Lecturer Medieval Spain, Crusades 974-5787 mgomez3@utk.edu
Hardy, Travis Lecturer 20th Century American diplomatic & military history 974-5711 thardy@utk.edu
Higgs, Catherine Associate Professor Africa, South Africa, Women's History, Religion, British and Portuguese Colonialism 974-7095 chiggs@utk.edu
Hutton, Bob Lecturer American South and Appalachia, 19th and 20th century political history 974-5553 thutton2@utk.edu
Jefferson, Ann Lecturer Resistance, rebellion and revolution in Latin America; U.S.--Latin American relations; Central America 974-5424 ajeffer7@utk.edu
Lafferty, Maura Associate Professor, Classics & History Medieval Latin Language & Literature, Manuscript Studies 974-9896 mlaffert@utk.edu
Latham, Jacob Assistant Professor Roman History, Late Antiquity, Early Christianity, Ancient Roman Traditional Religions, & Rome in Late Antiquity 974-5406 spqr@utk.edu
Lee, Chang Wook Lecturer Medieval Chinese Political 974-7093 clee58@utk.edu
Liulevicius, Vejas Lindsay Young Professor Modern Germany and Europe, Eastern Europe, Nazi Germany, Cultural and Intellectual History, Nationalism and Ethnicity, World War I, Utopian Thought 974-7320 vliulevi@utk.edu
Maccari, Marina Lecturer Modern Europe, Migration History, Globalization, Italian History 974-5552 mmaccari@utk.edu
Magra, Christopher P. Assistant Professor Early America, Atlantic World 974-9868 cmagra@utk.edu
Mariner, Rosemary Lecturer U.S. Military History, Gender Intergration in the Armed Forces 974-5421 rmariner@utk.edu
McIntosh, Jeri L. Assistant Professor Late Medieval England, Tudor/Stuart Britain, Women and Gender in Late Medieval Europe 974-7081 jmcintos@utk.edu
Mercer, William D. Lecturer Legal and Constitutional History; Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early Republic America 974-7094 wmercer@utk.edu
Nenzi, Laura Associate Professor & Associate Head Social & Cultural History of Early Modern Japan 974-9867 lnenzi@utk.edu
Norrell, Robert Bernadotte Schmitt Professor Southern history, U.S. history in the 20th Century, American race relations 974-1130 rnorrell@utk.edu
Pardue, Brad Lecturer European History 974-5711 bpardue@utk.edu
Phillips, Denise Assistant Professor 18th- and 19th- century Germany, Modern European, Intellectual and Cultural History, History of Science 974-1473 aphill13@utk.edu
Piehler, G. Kurt Associate Professor War and Society, Oral History, World War II, History and Memory 974-7094 gpiehler@utk.edu
Reed, Julie L. Assistant Professor Cherokee History, Southeastern Indians & American Indian History 974-7078 jreed56@utk.edu
Roney, Scott Lecturer Modern Britain and History of Public Health 974-5711 sroney@utk.edu
Rubenstien, Jay Associate Professor Medieval England, Medieval France, Normans, Crusades , Cultural and Religious History 974-0399 jrubens1@utk.edu
Rutenberg, Pat Lecturer U.S. history in the 20th century; history of the federal courts 974-5787 pbrake@utk.edu
Sacco, Lynn Associate Professor Gender and Sexuality, Gilded Age and Progressive Era social and cultural history, U.S. Women's History, History of Medicine 974-7092 lsacco@utk.edu
Schurr, Nancy Lecturer Revolutionary, and Jacksonian History 974-5406 nschurr@utk.edu
Wu, Shellen Assistant Professor Modern Chinese History, History of Science 974-7085 swu5@utk.edu
Shepardson, Tina Associate Professor of Religious Studies & History Early Christian thought; Syriac 974-7083 cshepard@utk.edu

Associate Faculty


Name Title Speciality Phone Email
Black, Winston Post-Doctoral Research Associate, MARCO Institute Medieval Canon Law & Medicine 974-8650 wblack3@utk.edu
Friend, John Associated Faculty: Assistant Professor, Classics Greek History 974-5404 jfriend@utk.edu
Hulsether, Mark Associated Faculty: Professor, Religious Studies Religion, culture, and politics in U.S. history, Twentieth Century Protestant Social Thought 974-2466 mhulseth@utk.edu
Magilow, Daniel Associated Faculty: Assistant Professor, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures German, Holocaust Studies, Photography 974-7163 dmagilow@utk.edu
Van de Moortel, Aleydis Associated Faculty: Associate Professor, Classics Bronze age archaeology, Ancient seafaring 974-8279 avdm@utk.edu

Emeritus


Name Title Speciality Phone Email
Ash, Stephen Emeritus Professor U. S. Civil War and Reconstruction, Southern History, Tennessee History 974-5421 sash@utk.edu
Bergeron, Paul Emeritus Professor United States 19th Century antebellum period, Tennessee history , Southern history N/A N/A
Bohstedt, John Emeritus Professor Modern Britain, Ireland, European Social and Economic History, Riots & Revolutions 974-5424 john-bohstedt@utk.edu
Wheeler, William Bruce Emeritus Professor U.S. Early Nation, 1780-1820, U.S. New South, East Tennessee Regional History 974-7089 wwheele1@utk.edu

Research Professors


Name Title Speciality Phone Email
Chaffin, Tom Editor of Polk Papers Antebellum and Civil War-era U.S. history, the American South, the American West, environmental history, U.S. expansionism, American literature, as well as 19th-century British and Irish history 974-0662 tchaffi1@utk.edu
Coens, Tom Research Associate Professor  Early Republic, Jacksonian and Civil War America 974-0660 tcoens@utk.edu
Cohen, Michael Research Assistant Professor U.S. antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras; history of education; political history; documentary editing; women’s and gender history. 974-2069 mdcohen@utk.edu