Faculty
Click on the tabs below for a list of the Department of History's faculty members alphabetically and by discipline. Unless otherwise noted, all faculty offices are located on the fourth floor of Major Williams Hall.
Carmen Gitre is an associate professor of History.
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Danna Agmon , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: France; Europe; South Asia & Indian Ocean; Colonial & Imperial; Legal | dagmon@vt.edu
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Mark V. Barrow, Jr. , bioProfessor | Specialties: US; Environmental; Science; Wildlife | barrow@vt.edu
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Laura Belmonte , bioProfessor and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | 200 Stanger St., Blacksburg, VA 24061 | Specialties: U.S. foreign relations; Modern U.S.; Human Rights; LGBTQI | 540-231-6779 | belmonte@vt.edu
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Glenn Richard Bugh , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: Greece and Rome; Ancient Greek Military Institutions & Cavalry; Venetian studies; Classical studies; Byzantine & Modern Greek | gbugh@vt.edu
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Sam Cook , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: Indigenous Political Economies and Ecologies; American Indian Law and Policy; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Appalachian Cultures; Human Ecology and Sustainability | sacook2@vt.edu
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Amanda C. Demmer , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: US Foreign Relations, War & Society, Migration Studies, Human Rights; US | demmer@vt.edu
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A. Roger Ekirch , bioUniversity Distinguished Professor | Specialties: Early US; Atlantic; History of Sleep | arekirch@vt.edu
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E. Thomas Ewing , bioProfessor and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | 200 Stanger St., Blacksburg, VA 24061 | Specialties: Eurasia; Medicine; Public; Russian/Soviet; Empires | 540-231-3212 | etewing@vt.edu
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Debra Freas , bioCollegiate Assistant Professor | Specialties: gender and race in Greek and Latin literature; the ancient Mediterranean | dfreas@vt.edu
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Carmen Gitre , bioAssociate Professor and Associate Chair | Specialties: Egypt; Theater and Performance; Imperialism | cgitre@vt.edu
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Edward J. K. Gitre , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: War and Society; Digital; Modern Intellectual and Cultural; US/Transnational | egitre@vt.edu
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Josh Grace , bioAssociate Professor and Director of the Academy of Transdisciplinary Studies | Specialties: African History; History of Technology; History of Development; Mobility Studies; and Sport | joshgrace@vt.edu
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Dennis Halpin , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: Post 1865 US; African American; Labor; Social Movements | dphalpin@vt.edu
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Jennifer Hart , bioProfessor and Chair of the History Department | Specialties: Africa; Urban; Technology; Digital and Public | jenniferhart@vt.edu
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Matthew Heaton , bioProfessor | Specialties: Africa; Global/Transnational; Colonialism/Decolonization; Health, Illness, & Medicine | mheaton@vt.edu
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Richard F. Hirsh , bioProfessor | Specialties: Technology; Science; Research Methods | richards@vt.edu
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Melanie Kiechle , bioAssociate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies | Specialties: US; Environment; Health & Medicine; Senses | mkiechle@vt.edu
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Stuart Marshall , bioPostdoctoral Associate | Specialties: native South; Indigenous Civil War era; citizenship; Indian removal | marshall1@vt.edu
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Matt McDonough , bioAdvanced Instructor | Specialties: War and Peace; Colonialism and Imperialism; 19th and 20th century military history; military theory | mmcdonough@vt.edu
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Rachel Midura , bioAssistant Professor | Specialties: Early Modern Europe; Italy; Habsburg Empire; Digital History; History of Information/Communication | rmidura@vt.edu
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Marian Mollin , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: US Women & Gender; Social Movements; Religion & Politics | mmollin@vt.edu
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Edward Anthony Polanco , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: Latin America; Indigenous Studies; Mesoamerica; Settler Colonialism | polanco@vt.edu
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Paul Quigley , bioAssociate Professor and Director of Virginia Center for Civil War Studies | Specialties: US Civil War Era; US South | pquigley@vt.edu
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Helen Schneider , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: Modern China; Women; War & Society in Modern East Asia | hms@vt.edu
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Brett L. Shadle , bioProfessor | Specialties: East Africa and the Horn; Refugees; Colonialism | shadle@vt.edu
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Jessica Taylor , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: Public; Oral; Native History; Early US | jessicataylor@vt.edu
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Daniel B. Thorp , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: Early US; Slavery & Emancipation | wachau@vt.edu
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Peter Wallenstein , bioProfessor | Specialties: From Civil War to Civil Rights; US South; Virginia; US Higher Education; Legal & Constitutional | pwallens@vt.edu
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LaDale Winling , bioAssociate Professor | Specialties: U.S. Urban; U.S. Political; Higher Education; Architectural and Planning; Digital | lwinling@vt.edu
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Anna Zeide , bioProfessor, Director of the Food Studies Program, and Interim Director of Public History | Specialties: Food; Environment; US | zeide@vt.edu
| Name | Position | Office | Specialties | Email |
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| Kira A. Dietz | Assistant Director, Special Collections and University Archives |
University Libraries | Archives/Special Collections; Food/Drink History | kadietz@vt.edu | |
| Matthew Gabriele | Professor and Department Chair | 115A Major Williams | Medieval Studies; Religion; Violence | gabriele@vt.edu | |
| Victoria Ferguson | Program Director for Solitude/Fraction Presidential Ambassador to Native Nations | Solitude | History and Culture of the Eastern Siouan of Virginia's Interior; Public History Interpretation | victoriaperfer76@vt.edu | |
| Jason Higgins | Digital Scholarship Coordinator (Humanities) | Virginia Tech Publishing Office, 424 Newman | Modern US and the World; African American History; War and Society; Veterans Studies; Oral History; Digital Humanities | jasonhiggins@vt.edu | |
| Kurt Luther |
Associate Professor |
5-012 VTRC-Arlington |
Digital; Public; Military; US Civil War | kluther@vt.edu | |
| Aaron Purcell | Professor and Director of Special Collections & University Archives | University Libraries | Archives; 20th Century US History; Publishing & Editing | adp@vt.edu | |
| Peter L. Schmitthenner | Associate Professor | 103 Major Williams | Modern India & South Asia; Culture, Religion, & Technology; British Colonialism | pschmitt@vt.edu | |
| Matthew Wisnioski | Associate Professor - Blacksburg Campus |
331 Lane Hall | Science; Technology; Innovation; Education | mwisnios@vt.edu | |
| Name | Email |
| Linda Arnold | redtape@vt.edu |
| William C. “Jack” Davis | widavis6@vt.edu |
| Thomas Howard | tchoward@vt.edu |
| Kathy Jones | kjwj@vt.edu |
| William L. Ochsenwald | ochsen@vt.edu |
| J. Dean O’Donnell | odonnell@vt.edu |
| Amy Nelson | anelson@vt.edu |
| Crandall Shifflett | shifflet@vt.edu |
Faculty By Specialization
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Bio ItemMark V. Barrow, Jr. , bio
Professor | Specialties: US; Environmental; Science; Wildlife | barrow@vt.edu
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Bio ItemA. Roger Ekirch , bio
University Distinguished Professor | Specialties: Early US; Atlantic; History of Sleep | arekirch@vt.edu
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Bio ItemE. Thomas Ewing , bio
Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | 200 Stanger St., Blacksburg, VA 24061 | Specialties: Eurasia; Medicine; Public; Russian/Soviet; Empires | 540-231-3212 | etewing@vt.edu
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Bio ItemJennifer Hart , bio
Professor and Chair of the History Department | Specialties: Africa; Urban; Technology; Digital and Public | jenniferhart@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMatthew Heaton , bio
Professor | Specialties: Africa; Global/Transnational; Colonialism/Decolonization; Health, Illness, & Medicine | mheaton@vt.edu
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Bio ItemRichard F. Hirsh , bio
Professor | Specialties: Technology; Science; Research Methods | richards@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMelanie Kiechle , bio
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies | Specialties: US; Environment; Health & Medicine; Senses | mkiechle@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward Anthony Polanco , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Latin America; Indigenous Studies; Mesoamerica; Settler Colonialism | polanco@vt.edu
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Bio ItemE. Thomas Ewing , bio
Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | 200 Stanger St., Blacksburg, VA 24061 | Specialties: Eurasia; Medicine; Public; Russian/Soviet; Empires | 540-231-3212 | etewing@vt.edu
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Bio ItemJennifer Hart , bio
Professor and Chair of the History Department | Specialties: Africa; Urban; Technology; Digital and Public | jenniferhart@vt.edu
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Bio ItemRachel Midura , bio
Assistant Professor | Specialties: Early Modern Europe; Italy; Habsburg Empire; Digital History; History of Information/Communication | rmidura@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMarian Mollin , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: US Women & Gender; Social Movements; Religion & Politics | mmollin@vt.edu
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Bio ItemPaul Quigley , bio
Associate Professor and Director of Virginia Center for Civil War Studies | Specialties: US Civil War Era; US South | pquigley@vt.edu
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Bio ItemJessica Taylor , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Public; Oral; Native History; Early US | jessicataylor@vt.edu
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Bio ItemLaDale Winling , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: U.S. Urban; U.S. Political; Higher Education; Architectural and Planning; Digital | lwinling@vt.edu
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Bio ItemAnna Zeide , bio
Professor, Director of the Food Studies Program, and Interim Director of Public History | Specialties: Food; Environment; US | zeide@vt.edu
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Bio ItemDanna Agmon , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: France; Europe; South Asia & Indian Ocean; Colonial & Imperial; Legal | dagmon@vt.edu
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Bio ItemCarmen Gitre , bio
Associate Professor and Associate Chair | Specialties: Egypt; Theater and Performance; Imperialism | cgitre@vt.edu
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Bio ItemJennifer Hart , bio
Professor and Chair of the History Department | Specialties: Africa; Urban; Technology; Digital and Public | jenniferhart@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMatthew Heaton , bio
Professor | Specialties: Africa; Global/Transnational; Colonialism/Decolonization; Health, Illness, & Medicine | mheaton@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward Anthony Polanco , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Latin America; Indigenous Studies; Mesoamerica; Settler Colonialism | polanco@vt.edu
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Bio ItemHelen Schneider , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Modern China; Women; War & Society in Modern East Asia | hms@vt.edu
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Bio ItemBrett L. Shadle , bio
Professor | Specialties: East Africa and the Horn; Refugees; Colonialism | shadle@vt.edu
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Bio ItemDaniel B. Thorp , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Early US; Slavery & Emancipation | wachau@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMark V. Barrow, Jr. , bio
Professor | Specialties: US; Environmental; Science; Wildlife | barrow@vt.edu
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Bio ItemCarmen Gitre , bio
Associate Professor and Associate Chair | Specialties: Egypt; Theater and Performance; Imperialism | cgitre@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward J. K. Gitre , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: War and Society; Digital; Modern Intellectual and Cultural; US/Transnational | egitre@vt.edu
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Bio ItemJennifer Hart , bio
Professor and Chair of the History Department | Specialties: Africa; Urban; Technology; Digital and Public | jenniferhart@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMelanie Kiechle , bio
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies | Specialties: US; Environment; Health & Medicine; Senses | mkiechle@vt.edu
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Bio ItemDennis Halpin , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Post 1865 US; African American; Labor; Social Movements | dphalpin@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMatthew Heaton , bio
Professor | Specialties: Africa; Global/Transnational; Colonialism/Decolonization; Health, Illness, & Medicine | mheaton@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMarian Mollin , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: US Women & Gender; Social Movements; Religion & Politics | mmollin@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward Anthony Polanco , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Latin America; Indigenous Studies; Mesoamerica; Settler Colonialism | polanco@vt.edu
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Bio ItemPaul Quigley , bio
Associate Professor and Director of Virginia Center for Civil War Studies | Specialties: US Civil War Era; US South | pquigley@vt.edu
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Bio ItemBrett L. Shadle , bio
Professor | Specialties: East Africa and the Horn; Refugees; Colonialism | shadle@vt.edu
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Bio ItemDaniel B. Thorp , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Early US; Slavery & Emancipation | wachau@vt.edu
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Bio ItemPeter Wallenstein , bio
Professor | Specialties: From Civil War to Civil Rights; US South; Virginia; US Higher Education; Legal & Constitutional | pwallens@vt.edu
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Bio ItemLaDale Winling , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: U.S. Urban; U.S. Political; Higher Education; Architectural and Planning; Digital | lwinling@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMark V. Barrow, Jr. , bio
Professor | Specialties: US; Environmental; Science; Wildlife | barrow@vt.edu
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Bio ItemGlenn Richard Bugh , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Greece and Rome; Ancient Greek Military Institutions & Cavalry; Venetian studies; Classical studies; Byzantine & Modern Greek | gbugh@vt.edu
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Bio ItemAmanda C. Demmer , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: US Foreign Relations, War & Society, Migration Studies, Human Rights; US | demmer@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward J. K. Gitre , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: War and Society; Digital; Modern Intellectual and Cultural; US/Transnational | egitre@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMarian Mollin , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: US Women & Gender; Social Movements; Religion & Politics | mmollin@vt.edu
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Bio ItemPaul Quigley , bio
Associate Professor and Director of Virginia Center for Civil War Studies | Specialties: US Civil War Era; US South | pquigley@vt.edu
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Bio ItemHelen Schneider , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Modern China; Women; War & Society in Modern East Asia | hms@vt.edu
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Bio ItemBrett L. Shadle , bio
Professor | Specialties: East Africa and the Horn; Refugees; Colonialism | shadle@vt.edu
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Bio ItemDanna Agmon , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: France; Europe; South Asia & Indian Ocean; Colonial & Imperial; Legal | dagmon@vt.edu
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Bio ItemE. Thomas Ewing , bio
Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | 200 Stanger St., Blacksburg, VA 24061 | Specialties: Eurasia; Medicine; Public; Russian/Soviet; Empires | 540-231-3212 | etewing@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMarian Mollin , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: US Women & Gender; Social Movements; Religion & Politics | mmollin@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward Anthony Polanco , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Latin America; Indigenous Studies; Mesoamerica; Settler Colonialism | polanco@vt.edu
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Bio ItemHelen Schneider , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Modern China; Women; War & Society in Modern East Asia | hms@vt.edu
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Bio ItemBrett L. Shadle , bio
Professor | Specialties: East Africa and the Horn; Refugees; Colonialism | shadle@vt.edu
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Bio ItemSam Cook , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Indigenous Political Economies and Ecologies; American Indian Law and Policy; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Appalachian Cultures; Human Ecology and Sustainability | sacook2@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward Anthony Polanco , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Latin America; Indigenous Studies; Mesoamerica; Settler Colonialism | polanco@vt.edu
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Bio ItemJessica Taylor , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Public; Oral; Native History; Early US | jessicataylor@vt.edu
Faculty By Geographic Region
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Bio ItemCarmen Gitre , bio
Associate Professor and Associate Chair | Specialties: Egypt; Theater and Performance; Imperialism | cgitre@vt.edu
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Bio ItemJennifer Hart , bio
Professor and Chair of the History Department | Specialties: Africa; Urban; Technology; Digital and Public | jenniferhart@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMatthew Heaton , bio
Professor | Specialties: Africa; Global/Transnational; Colonialism/Decolonization; Health, Illness, & Medicine | mheaton@vt.edu
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Bio ItemBrett L. Shadle , bio
Professor | Specialties: East Africa and the Horn; Refugees; Colonialism | shadle@vt.edu
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Bio ItemDanna Agmon , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: France; Europe; South Asia & Indian Ocean; Colonial & Imperial; Legal | dagmon@vt.edu
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Bio ItemHelen Schneider , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Modern China; Women; War & Society in Modern East Asia | hms@vt.edu
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Bio ItemDanna Agmon , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: France; Europe; South Asia & Indian Ocean; Colonial & Imperial; Legal | dagmon@vt.edu
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Bio ItemGlenn Richard Bugh , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Greece and Rome; Ancient Greek Military Institutions & Cavalry; Venetian studies; Classical studies; Byzantine & Modern Greek | gbugh@vt.edu
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Bio ItemA. Roger Ekirch , bio
University Distinguished Professor | Specialties: Early US; Atlantic; History of Sleep | arekirch@vt.edu
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Bio ItemE. Thomas Ewing , bio
Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | 200 Stanger St., Blacksburg, VA 24061 | Specialties: Eurasia; Medicine; Public; Russian/Soviet; Empires | 540-231-3212 | etewing@vt.edu
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Bio ItemRachel Midura , bio
Assistant Professor | Specialties: Early Modern Europe; Italy; Habsburg Empire; Digital History; History of Information/Communication | rmidura@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMark V. Barrow, Jr. , bio
Professor | Specialties: US; Environmental; Science; Wildlife | barrow@vt.edu
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Bio ItemSam Cook , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Indigenous Political Economies and Ecologies; American Indian Law and Policy; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Appalachian Cultures; Human Ecology and Sustainability | sacook2@vt.edu
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Bio ItemAmanda C. Demmer , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: US Foreign Relations, War & Society, Migration Studies, Human Rights; US | demmer@vt.edu
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Bio ItemA. Roger Ekirch , bio
University Distinguished Professor | Specialties: Early US; Atlantic; History of Sleep | arekirch@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward J. K. Gitre , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: War and Society; Digital; Modern Intellectual and Cultural; US/Transnational | egitre@vt.edu
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Bio ItemDennis Halpin , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Post 1865 US; African American; Labor; Social Movements | dphalpin@vt.edu
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Bio ItemRichard F. Hirsh , bio
Professor | Specialties: Technology; Science; Research Methods | richards@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMelanie Kiechle , bio
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies | Specialties: US; Environment; Health & Medicine; Senses | mkiechle@vt.edu
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Bio ItemMarian Mollin , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: US Women & Gender; Social Movements; Religion & Politics | mmollin@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward Anthony Polanco , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Latin America; Indigenous Studies; Mesoamerica; Settler Colonialism | polanco@vt.edu
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Bio ItemPaul Quigley , bio
Associate Professor and Director of Virginia Center for Civil War Studies | Specialties: US Civil War Era; US South | pquigley@vt.edu
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Bio ItemJessica Taylor , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Public; Oral; Native History; Early US | jessicataylor@vt.edu
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Bio ItemDaniel B. Thorp , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Early US; Slavery & Emancipation | wachau@vt.edu
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Bio ItemPeter Wallenstein , bio
Professor | Specialties: From Civil War to Civil Rights; US South; Virginia; US Higher Education; Legal & Constitutional | pwallens@vt.edu
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Bio ItemLaDale Winling , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: U.S. Urban; U.S. Political; Higher Education; Architectural and Planning; Digital | lwinling@vt.edu
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Bio ItemAnna Zeide , bio
Professor, Director of the Food Studies Program, and Interim Director of Public History | Specialties: Food; Environment; US | zeide@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward Anthony Polanco , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Latin America; Indigenous Studies; Mesoamerica; Settler Colonialism | polanco@vt.edu