Faculty & Staff
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Jeffry M. Diefendorf
Pamela Shulman Professor in European and Holocaust Studies
Senior Faculty Fellow, College of Liberal Arts
407 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3013 (History) and 862-2062 (Liberal Arts)
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jeffryd@unh.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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Education:
A.B., Stanford University, 1967
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1968
Ph.D., ibid., 1975
Courses Taught:
HIST 444H: Collective Guilt and Collective Responsibility in History
HIST 602/802: Holocaust: The War on Europe's Jews
HIST 669/869: Germany since 1918
HIST 775/875: Historical Methods
Fields of Research:
modern Germany, urban history, Holocaust studies
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Ellen Fitzpatrick, Carpenter Professor of History, winner of the Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Public Service.
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Ellen Fitzpatrick
Carpenter Professor of History
411Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3017
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: eff@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Hampshire College, 1974
Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1981
Courses Taught:
HIST 406: History of the Modern U.S.
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking
HIST 621: History of American Thought
graduate-level seminars and directed readings on twentieth century history
Fields of Research:
modern American intellectual and political History, Historiography, Women's History
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David Frankfurter
Professor of Religious Studies and History
436 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3015
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: davidTf@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1983
M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School, 1986
M.A., Princeton University, 1988
Ph.D., ibid., 1990
Courses Taught:
RS/HIST 483: History of World Religions
RS/HIST 484: Patterns in World Religions
RS/HIST 576: Hebrew Bible in Historical Context
RS/HIST 689/889: New Testament in Historical Context
RS 699: Senior Seminar in Religious Studies
Fields of Research:
Christianization of the ancient Mediterranean world, apocalyptic literature, magic and ritual, religion and social theory
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Cathy A. Frierson
Professor of History
406 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3011
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: cathy.frierson@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1975
A.M., Harvard University, 1978
Ph.D., ibid., 1985
Courses Taught:
HIST 563: Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization
HIST 664: Russia and the Soviet Union in the Twentieth Century
HIST 595: Soviet Dreamers, Despots, and Dissidents
HIST 797: Senior Colloquium in History
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking
Fields of Research:
Modern Russia, intellectual history, oral history, history of natural disasters
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Jan Golinski
Professor of History and Humanities
404 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3789
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jan.golinski@unh.edu
Website
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Education:
B.A., Cambridge University, England, 1979
Ph.D., The University of Leeds, England, 1983
Courses Taught:
HIST 521: Origins of Modern Science
HIST 522: Science in the Modern World
HIST 654/854: Topics in History of Science
HIST 774/874: Historiography
Fields of Research:
history of science, intellectual history, historiography
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J. William Harris
Professor of History
Chair of the Department of History
301D Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3019
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jwharris@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1976
Ph.D., ibid., 1982
Courses Taught:
HIST 506: African American History
HIST 611/811: Civil War Era
HIST 625: Southern History and Literature
HIST 787: Quantitative Methods and Computers for Historians
Fields of Research:
history of the American South, civil war, African American history
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Janet Polasky
Professor of History and Women's Studies
301C Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3027
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: Janet.Polasky@unh.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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Education:
B.A., Carleton College, 1973
M.A., Stanford University, 1974
Ph.D., ibid., 1978
Courses Taught:
HIST 436: Western Civilization
HIST 648/848: Modern France
HIST 665/865: Themes in Women's History
HIST 875: Historical Methods
Fields of Research:
Routes to the City, Roots in the Country: Reforming Urban Labor in Brussels and London
Revolution Without Borders: "Le Cri Universel" of the Eighteenth Century Atlantic World
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Harvard Sitkoff
Professor of History
403 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3024
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: his@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
A.B., Queens College, City University of New York, 1961
M.A., Columbia University, 1962
Ph.D., ibid., 1975
Courses Taught:
HIST 406: History of Modern U.S.
HIST 616/816: U.S. Since WWII
HIST 617/817: Vietnam War
Fields of Research:
Twentieth-century U.S. history, African-American history, history and film
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Funso Afolayan
Associate Professor of History
415 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3026
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: fsa@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Ife, Nigeria, 1980
M.A., Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, 1984
Ph.D., ibid., 1991
Courses Taught:
HIST 422: World History
HIST 588: History of Africa South of Sahara
HIST 684/884: History of South Africa since 1652
Fields of Research:
African history, African religions, Atlantic history, world/non-Western history
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W. Jeffrey Bolster, Associate Professor of History, winner of the University Award for Excellence in Public Service.
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W. Jeffrey Bolster
Associate Professor of History
James H. Hayes and Claire Short Chair in the Humanities (2002-2007)
301B Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3016
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jeff.bolster@unh.edu
curriculum vitae
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Education:
B.A., Trinity College, 1976
M.A., Brown University, 1984
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1991
Courses Taught:
HIST 405: History of Early America
HIST 505: African American History to 1865
HIST 511: History of New Hampshire
HIST 666: Environmental History of Northwest Atlantic Commercial Fisheries
HIST 939: Readings in Early American History (graduate level)
HIST 989: Research Seminar in Early American History (graduate level)
Fields of Research:
maritime history, African-American history, environmental history, Atlantic history
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Kurk Dorsey
Associate Professor of History
414 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3022
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: kd@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Cornell University, 1987
M.A., Northwestern University, 1989
Ph.D., Yale University, 1994
Courses Taught:
HIST 406: Modern United States
HIST 444: When is War the Answer?
HIST 567: History of Canada
HIST 618/818: Modern American Environmental History
HIST 619/819: US Foreign Policy to 1900
HIST 620/820: US Foreign Policy since 1900
HIST 797: Senior Colloquium (The United States in World War II)
HIST 940: Readings in Modern American History
HIST 990: Research Seminar in Modern American History
Fields of Research:
US foreign policy, environmental history, history of Canada
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Eliga Gould
Associate Professor of History
412 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3012
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: ehg@cisunix.unh.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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Education:
A.B., Princeton University, 1983
M.Sc., University of Edinburgh, 1987
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1988
Ph.D., ibid., 1992
Courses Taught:
HIST 405: History of Early America
HIST 605/805: Revolutionary America
HIST 797: Senior Colloquium (Anglo-American Right to Bear Arms)
HIST 939: Graduate Readings in Early American History
HIST 949: Graduate Colloquium on the World of the American Revolution
HIST 949: Graduate Colloquium on the British Atlantic, 1500-1800
HIST 989: Graduate Research Seminar in Early American History
Fields of Research:
Colonial America, the American Revolution, and the early modern Atlantic world
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Nicoletta F. Gullace
Associate Professor of History
413 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1715
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: nfg@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Rochester, 1983
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1987
Ph.D., ibid., 1993
Courses Taught:
HIST 436: Western Civilization
HIST 656/856: 20th Century Europe
HIST 701/801: Seminar/British Empire
HIST 843: British Empire
Fields of Research:
modern Britain, European cultural history, women's history
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Lu Yan
Associate Professor of History
443 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3025
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: ylu@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Fudan University, Shanghai, 1982
M.A., Michigan State University, 1989
M.A., Cornell University, 1993
Ph.D., ibid., 1996
Courses Taught:
HIST 425: Chinese Civilization
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking
HIST 579: History of China in Modern Times
HIST 580: History of Japan in Modern Times
HIST 681/881: Modern China Topics
(including: "Society and Culture in Twentieth-century China," and "Women in Chinese History"
Fields of Research:
media in Modern Chinese history, Hong Kong-mainland relations from the Cold War to the age of globalization, trans-cultural practice in Modern Chinese history, Modern Sino-Japanese relations
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Gregory McMahon
Associate Professor of History
408 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3023
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: gmcmahon@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Kansas, 1975
M.A., Miami University, Ohio, 1979
Ph.D., Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1988
Courses Taught:
HIST 435: Western Civilization
HIST 575: Ancient Near East
HIST 675/875: Early History of Ancient Greece
HIST 676/876: Classic & Hellenistic Greek Worlds
HIST 677/877: Roman Republic
Fields of Research:
Ancient Near East, Greek history, Roman history
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Julia Rodriguez
Associate Professor of History
301A Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-0354
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: juliar@cisunix.unh.edu
Curriculum vitae
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Education:
B.A., New School for Social Research, 1989
M.A., ibid., 1992
M.Phil., Columbia University, 1995
Ph.D., ibid., 1999
Courses Taught:
HIST 427: Crime and Punishment in Modern Society
HIST 531: Modern Latin America
HIST 532: The Americas
HIST 600: Women and Gender in Latin America
HIST 797: Senior Colloquium: Race, Gender, and Nation
Fields of Research:
Latin America, history of science and medicine, women and gender, Atlantic history
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Lucy Salyer
Associate Professor of History
409 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3021
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: les@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of California at San Diego, 1979
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1983
Ph.D., ibid., 1989
Courses Taught:
HIST 406: History of Modern U.S.
HIST 509: Law in American Life
HIST 609/809: Special Topics/American Legal History
Fields of Research:
American legal history; Modern American and Progressive era history; race, ethnicity and immigration
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Cynthia Van Zandt, Associate Professor of History, winner of a University Excellence in Teaching Award
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Cynthia Van Zandt
Associate Professor of History
Director of Graduate Studies
410 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-2018
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: cynthia.vanzandt@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Virginia, 1984
M.A., University of Connecticut, 1991
Ph.D., ibid., 1998
Courses Taught:
HIST 405: History of Early America
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking
HIST 603/803: European Conquest of America
Fields of Research:
Colonial North America, Native America, Early Modern Atlantic world
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Ethel Sara Wolper
Associate Professor of History
A409 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3884
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: esw@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Chicago, 1982
M.A., ibid., 1984
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1994
Courses Taught:
HIST 425: Islamic Culture and Civilization
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking
HIST 585: Venture of Islam: 6-15th Century
Fields of Research:
history of the Middle East, history of Islam, history of Islamic art
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David Bachrach
Assistant Professor of Medieval History
132 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1926
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail:bachrach@cisunix.unh.edu
Curriculum vitae
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Education:
B.A., Carleton College, 1994
M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1997
Ph.D., ibid., 2001
Courses Taught:
HIST 435: Western Civilization
HIST 501: Medieval Military History
HIST 502: Latin Readings in Medieval History
HIST 540: Foundations of Medieval History
HIST 640: Holy War in the Holy Land: The Medieval Crusades
Fields of Research:
military, religious, and administrative history of Medieval Germany and England
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Marion Girard-Dorsey
Assistant Professor of History
438 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3014
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: mlgirard@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Stanford University, 1993
J.D., Harvard University, 1997
Ph.D., Yale University, 2002
Courses Taught:
Hist 422: World History in the Modern Era
Hist 444: Wartime Propaganda
Hist 537: History of Espionage
Fields of Research:
European history, history of law, diplomatic and military history, history of medicine in the United States
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Jessica M. Lepler
Assistant Professor of History
Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1765
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jessica.lepler@gmail.com
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Education:
B.A, Newcomb College, Tulane University, 2000
M.A., Brandeis University, 2005
Ph.D., ibid., 2007
Courses Taught:
HIST 405: History of Early America
HIST 500: Introduction to Historical Thinking
Fields of Research:
early American history, American economic history, the culture of capitalism, narrative history, political history, Jacksonian America, intellectual history, legal culture in the long nineteenth century, and Atlantic world history
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Elizabeth W. Mellyn
Assistant Professor of History
Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1765
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: ewmellyn@gmail.com
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Education:
B.A., University of Chicago, 1999
A.M., Harvard University, 2002
Ph.D., ibid., 2007
Courses Taught:
HIST 642/842: Religious Conflict in Early Modern Europe
HUMA 512: Renaissance and Early Modern: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
Fields of Research:
history of medicine and law, origins of forensic medicine in Europe, reception and appropriation of Greco-Roman and Arabic learning, medieval and early modern travel and communication in the Mediterranean, education and culture in medieval and early modern Italy
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Judith N. Moyer
Research Assistant Professor
Director, History in Perspective
P.O. Box 754, Durham, NH 03824
E-mail: jnmoyer@hopper.unh.edu
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Jonathan Couser
Lecturer
435 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-4599
E-Mail: jbk27@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Yale University, 1992
M.Div., Yale Divinity School, 1999
M.A., University of Notre Dame, 2004
Ph.D., ibid., 2006
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Robert Macieski
University Center
Manchester Campus
E-mail: macieski@cisunix.unh.edu
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Jeanne Ann Mitchell
Academic Student Services Assistant
405 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1765
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jeanniem@cisunix.unh.edu
Susan Kilday
Administrative Assistant I
405 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1764
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: skilday@cisunix.unh.edu
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African History
Funso Afolayan - West African History, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Slavery and Gender Studies
Ancient History
Gregory McMahon - Ancient Near East, Greece, Rome
Asian History
Lu Yan - History of China (modern and pre-modern), history of Japan (modern)
European History
David Bachrach - Medieval European history
Jeffry M. Diefendorf - German history (early modern and modern)
Cathy A. Frierson - Russia and the Soviet Union
Marion Girard-Dorsey - European history, history of law, diplomatic and military history, history of medicine in the United States
Jan Golinski - History of Science
Nicoletta F. Gullace - Modern Britain
Elizabeth Mellyn - history of medicine in Europe, medieval and early modern travel and communication in Mediterranean and education and culture in Italy
Janet Polasky - European Women, French history
Latin American History
Julia Rodriguez - Latin American history, women's history
Middle Eastern History
Ethel Sara Wolper - History of the Middle East, history of Islam
Religious History
David Frankfurter - Religious Studies Director (Religious Studies Program)
United States History
W. Jeffrey Bolster - Social History, African-American, Caribbean, Maritime
Kurk Dorsey - U.S. foreign relations, environmental history, Canada
Ellen Fitzpatrick - modern American intellectual and political History, Historiography, Women's History
Eliga H. Gould - History, Atlantic World, British Empire
J. William Harris - U.S. social history, Southern history, Civil War
Jessica Lepler - early American history
Lucy Salyer - American legal history, Progressive era, immigration
Harvard Sitkoff - Twentieth century U.S. history
Cynthia Van Zandt - Colonial American, Early Modern Atlantic World, Native American, and Cultural History
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