Faculty
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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 ItemRoxana Aras , bio
Visiting Assistant Professor | Specialties: Christian theology, Christian communities in the Middle East, ethnographies | aroxana@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 ItemLaura Belmonte , bio
Professor 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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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 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 ItemNicholas Copeland , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Political Anthropology; Development; Indigenous and Peasant Politics; Water; Guatemala | ncopel@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 ItemMonique Dufour , bio
Collegiate Associate Professor | Specialties: Historians as Writers; Medicine & the Body; History of Reading | msdufour@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 ItemDebra Freas , bio
Collegiate Assistant Professor | Specialties: gender and race in Greek and Latin literature; the ancient Mediterranean | dfreas@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 ItemHeather L. Gumbert , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Modern Germany; Television Studies; Cold War; Cultural; Media | hgumbert@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 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 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 ItemAnndal Narayanan , bio
Instructor | Specialties: Modern Europe; Decolonization; Counterinsurgency; Veterans; Extremism & Political Violence | anarayanan@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward Anthony Polanco , bio
Assistant 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 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 ItemRobert P. Stephens , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Drugs & Alcohol; Cultural; Media | rosteph2@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
Associate Professor and Director of the Food Studies Program | 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 | |
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 |
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James I. Robertson, Jr. (1930-2019) |
Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History |
Neil Larry Shumsky (1944-2020) | Associate Professor Emeritus |
Trudy Harrington Becker (1961-2022) | Senior Instructor of History |
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 ItemMonique Dufour , bio
Collegiate Associate Professor | Specialties: Historians as Writers; Medicine & the Body; History of Reading | msdufour@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 ItemHeather L. Gumbert , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Modern Germany; Television Studies; Cold War; Cultural; Media | hgumbert@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
Assistant Professor | Specialties: Latin America; Indigenous Studies; Mesoamerica; Settler Colonialism | polanco@vt.edu
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Bio ItemRobert P. Stephens , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Drugs & Alcohol; Cultural; Media | rosteph2@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 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
Assistant 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 ItemMonique Dufour , bio
Collegiate Associate Professor | Specialties: Historians as Writers; Medicine & the Body; History of Reading | msdufour@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 ItemHeather L. Gumbert , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Modern Germany; Television Studies; Cold War; Cultural; Media | hgumbert@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 ItemRobert P. Stephens , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Drugs & Alcohol; Cultural; Media | rosteph2@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
Assistant 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 ItemMonique Dufour , bio
Collegiate Associate Professor | Specialties: Historians as Writers; Medicine & the Body; History of Reading | msdufour@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 ItemHeather L. Gumbert , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Modern Germany; Television Studies; Cold War; Cultural; Media | hgumbert@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
Assistant 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 ItemNicholas Copeland , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Political Anthropology; Development; Indigenous and Peasant Politics; Water; Guatemala | ncopel@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward Anthony Polanco , bio
Assistant 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 ItemHeather L. Gumbert , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Modern Germany; Television Studies; Cold War; Cultural; Media | hgumbert@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 ItemAnndal Narayanan , bio
Instructor | Specialties: Modern Europe; Decolonization; Counterinsurgency; Veterans; Extremism & Political Violence | anarayanan@vt.edu
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Bio ItemRobert P. Stephens , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Drugs & Alcohol; Cultural; Media | rosteph2@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 ItemMonique Dufour , bio
Collegiate Associate Professor | Specialties: Historians as Writers; Medicine & the Body; History of Reading | msdufour@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
Assistant 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
Associate Professor and Director of the Food Studies Program | Specialties: Food; Environment; US | zeide@vt.edu
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Bio ItemNicholas Copeland , bio
Associate Professor | Specialties: Political Anthropology; Development; Indigenous and Peasant Politics; Water; Guatemala | ncopel@vt.edu
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Bio ItemEdward Anthony Polanco , bio
Assistant Professor | Specialties: Latin America; Indigenous Studies; Mesoamerica; Settler Colonialism | polanco@vt.edu