History Department Graduate Student Directory 2007-2008
 


Name

Email

Data

Stephanie L. Baker

slbaker@uic.edu

B.A. in History from Auburn University, M.A. in History from Brown University; Areas of Interest: Latin America, Mexico, Diplomatic History, Immigration

Katie Batza

cbatza1@uic.edu

B.A. and M.A. in History from Johns Hopkins University; Areas of Interest: Modern American Social History, Gay and Lesbian, Health, Women and Urban History

Aaron Max Berkowitz

aberko1@uic.edu

B.A. in Classics and M.A. in History from University of Illinois Chicago; Areas of Interest: US, Cold War, American Conservatism, Anti-Communism

Lauren Braun

lbraun3@uic.edu

B.A. in History from College of William and Mary; M.A. in American History from University of Illinois at Chicago; Areas of Interest: The global south, immigration and ethnic history, agricultural labor.

Dan Brunsvold

danbrunsvold@gmail.com

B.A. in History from UIC; Areas of Interest: US, Labor and Working Class History

Mark Bullock

bullockus73@hotmail.com

B.A. and M.A. in History from University of Illinois Chicago; Areas of Interest: Modern Europe, Modern Germany, Women and Gender, Labor

Theresa Christensen-Caballero

tchris1@uic.edu

B.A. in History and Women's Studies from University of California at Santa Barbara; Areas of Interest:  Latino/a History, Mexican-American Beauty Culture, U.S. Women's History

Elizabeth Collins

ecolli3@uic.edu

B.A. from John Carroll University, M.A. in History from the University of Georgia; Areas of Interest: US 1920-Present, 1945-Present, Cold War, Gender & Sexuality, Caribbean

Cory Davis

cdavis26@uic.edu

B.A. and M.A. in History from University of Missouri-Columbia; Areas of Interest: US, Business, Labor and Political Economy

Max Deardorff

mdeard2@uic.edu

B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from Tulane University; Area of Interest: Early Spanish Colonialism

Juanita Del Toro

jdelto1@uic.edu

B.A. in Psychology with a Minor in Spanish from University of California, Riverside, M.A. in Latin American Studies from California State University, Los Angeles; Areas of Interests: Latin America, Central America, Mexican-American/ Chicana(o)

Tom Dorrance

tdorra2@uic.edu

B.A. in History from UC Berkeley, M.A. in History from San Francisco State University; Areas of Interest: US, Progressive Era and New Deal

Brian Druchniak

 

B.A. in History from University of Michigan; Areas of Interest: Empire/Postcolonial History

Josh Fennell

jfenne1@uic.edu

B.A in History from the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Areas of Interest: Modern American Labor, Gender and Women’s History

John H. Flores

johnhflores@yahoo.com

B.A. in History from Purdue University Calumet; Areas of Interest: Mexican American, Labor, Political History

Sarah Goldberger

sgoldb1@uic.edu

B.A. in History from University of Iowa and M.A. in Early American History from Old Dominican University; Areas of Interest: US History, Southern History, Early Modern Europe

Michael Goode

 

B.A. from Goshen College; Area of Interest: Early Modern British Atlantic World

Dan Harper

dharpe2@uic.edu

B.A. in History and French from Colorado State University, M.A. in History from University of Colorado at Boulder; Areas of Interest: Class Formation, the State, Poetry, Populism

Sean Harris

sharri7@uic.edu

B.A. in Psychology from Hope College, M.A. from University of Illinois Chicago; Areas of Interest: US since Civil War, African-American, World Religions, Middle East

Jeff Helgeson

jeffhelgeson@aol.com

B.A. in English Literature, Creative Writing, & American History from Macalester College; Areas of Interest: 20th Century US, Urban and Migration

Catherine Jacquet

cjacqu1@uic.edu

B.A. in History and French from University of Connecticut, M.A. in History from UIC; Area of Interest: US Women’s History

Karen Johnson

karenjoyfricke@gmail.com

B.A. in History from Carleton College and M.A. in Christian Thought from Trinity International University; Area of Interest: History of race and ethnic relations in Chicago

Peter Jones

pjones4@uic.edu

B.A. in History and M.A. in Interdisciplinary African Studies from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; Areas of Interest: Modern Africa, World, Middle East, West Africa

Lara Kelland

lkella1@uic.edu

B.A. in American Studies and Cultural Studies from University of Minnesota, M.A. in Interdisciplinary Humanities from University of Chicago; Areas of Interest: Public History, American Cultural History

Michal Kwiecien

michaelkw37@comcast.net

B.A. from UIC; Areas of Interest: Eastern European/Polish history, communism and nationalism, gender and sexuality, nation building, ethnic cleansing, and Stalinism

Emily LaBarbera-Twarog

elabar1@uic.edu

B.A. in Women’s Studies and M.A. in Labor Studies from University of Massachusetts Amherst; Areas of Interest: US History (Immigration), Labor History, Women’s History, Progressive Era, Great Depression, working class women’s activism

Gwynne Langley

glangley@gmail.com

B.A. in History and English from Scripps College, M.A. in History and Museum Education from Tufts University; Area of Interest: 19th century U.S. communal and reform movements

Joe Lapsley

jlapsl1@uic.edu

B.A. from Rhodes College, M.A. in History from University of Memphis; Areas of Interest: US, Sexuality, World

Joseph Lipari

joeylipari@hotmail.com

B.A. in Anthropology from Louisiana State University; Areas of Interest: African-American, Racial/State Violence

Corinne Louw

corinnelow@hotmail.com

B.A. in Graphic Design from Potchefstruom University, South Africa and M.A. in Art History from University of Illinois Chicago; Areas of Interest: Africa (Southern Africa) Women and Gender Studies, WRGUW

Allison O’Mahen Malcom

aomahe1@uic.edu

B.A. in History and Music from Knox College, M.A. in History from UIC; Areas of Interest: US, 19th Century Nativism and Anti-Catholicism

William P. Malone

wmalon1@uic.edu

B.A. in Spanish from Loyola University, M.A. in History from University of Chicago; Areas of Interest: Latin America, World, Cultural History

Doug Miller

dmille22@uic.edu

B.A. in History from University of Minnesota; Area of Interest: Twentieth Century American Indian History

Sam Mitrani

vdmitran@yahoo.com

B.A. in Tutorial Studies and M.A. in History from the University of Chicago; Areas of Interest: 19th Century U.S. Industrialization/State Building

Rebecca Morrow-Nye

 

B.A. in Social Welfare & M.S.W. from University of Illinois at Urbana, M.A. in History from Northeastern Illinois University; Areas of Interest: 20th Century US, World, Southern Africa, Hispanics in Urban US

Amanda Murphy

iamamurphy@hotmail.com

B.A. from McGill University; Areas of Interest: Canada, Quebec, Nunavut

Jeff Nichols

jnicho6@uic.edu

B.A. in History and English from University of Iowa; Area of Interest: Chicago history

Jenna Nigro

jnigro2@uic.edu

B.A. in History and French from Allegheny College, M.A. in French Studies from N.Y.U.; Areas of Interest: Modern France, Colonialism

Bruce Nye

bjamesn@aol.com

B.A. from University of Utah, M.A. from Central Michigan University; Areas of Interest: Modern France, Napoleon

Anne Parsons

aparso2@uic.edu

B.A. in Classics from Smith College, M.A. in History from N.Y.U.; Areas of Interest: US, Gender & Sexuality, Public History

Lisa Penn

lisampenn@yahoo.com

B.A. from University of Texas-Austin, M.A. from Purdue University; Areas of Interest: African American and AfroCaribbean History

Ben Peterson

bpeter6@uic.edu

B.A. in History and Politics at Willamette University; Areas of Interest: US, Labor, Progressive Era

Adrienne Phelps

aphelp2@uic.edu

B.A. in History of Vassar College; Areas of Interest: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century U.S. History, Gender and Disability

Matthew Popovich

mpopov4@uic.edu

B.A. in Political Science and History from Purdue University-West Lafayette, M.A. in History from UIC; Area of Interest: American Urban History

Libby Hearne Purcell

libbypurcell@yahoo.com

B.A. in History from Oberlin; Areas of Interest: Women’s History, History of Medicine, Witchcraft

Wayne Ratzlaff

wratzl2@uic.edu

B.S.E. Social Sciences, Emporia State University; M.A. in History, UIC
Areas of Interest:
Modern American History, World History

John Reda

jereda@earthlink.net

B.A. in Teaching Of History from University of Illinois at Chicago, M.A. in History from University of Illinois at Chicago; Areas of Interest: U.S. Colonial, Early Republic, and Antebellum

Maria M. Ritzema

mrize1@uic.edu

B.A. in Telecommunications from Michigan State University, M.A. in Urban Planning from UIC; Area of Interest: South Asia

Kimberly A. Rorie

karorie@yahoo.com

B.A. in English, Peace & Justice Studies and M.A. in History from University of Saint Thomas;  Areas of Interest: 20th Century Europe, Soviet Russia, Eastern Europe, Socialism

Sarah Rose

srose3@uic.edu

B.A. in East Asian Language & Civilization and M. A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago; Areas of Interest:  Disability in 20th Century USA, Labor History, Progressive Era, World History

Rhoda Rosen

rrosen@spertus.edu

B.A. and M.A. from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Areas of Interest: Spatial Studies, Diaspora Studies.

John Rosen

jrosen2@uic.edu

B.A. in Modern European History from UC Santa Cruz, M.A. in U.S. History from San Francisco State University; Areas of Interest: U.S. 19th and 20th Centuries, Politics, Labor, Race

Matt Rothwell

mrothw1@uic.edu

B.A. in History from Northeastern Illinois University, M.A. in History from University of Illinois at Chicago; Areas of Interest: Latin American History, International Communism, Chinese History (20th century)

Joshua Salzmann

jtsalzmann@aol.com

B.A. in History from Evergreen State College, M.A. in US History from UIC; Areas of Interest: US, Urban, Environmental, Business, Politics, and Law

Tim Soriano

gorbls@comcast.net

B.A. in Political Science from the University of Mississippi and M.A. in History from DePaul University; Areas of Interest: West Africa and Modern France

George Stachokas

gstach1@uic.edu

B.S. in Economics from Purdue University, M.A. in History from Indiana State University, M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Area of Interest: History of Information Science

Christopher van den Berge

cvande3@uic.edu

B.A. in History from UIC; Areas of Interest: Early Modern Europe, Imperial China

Exa Von Alt

exa.vonalt@gmail.com

B.A. in the Humanities from Wheelock College; Areas of Interest: Modern American social history

John Webb

 

B.A. in African American History from Eastern Illinois University, M.A. in Inner City Studies Education from NEIU, and M.A. in History from UIC; Areas of Interest: 20th Century African American Political History, Social Transformation Movements, Critical Race Theory

Benn Williams

bwilli7@uic.edu

B.A. from North Central College, MA. From University of Illinois at Chicago; Area of Interest: Modern Europe (comparative, Holocaust, food)

Chalice Wilkerson

cwilke1@uic.edu

Areas of Interest: Early Modern Europe, Spain

Gregory Wilson

 

B.A. and M.A. in United States History James Madison University; Areas of Interest: 19th Century African American Urban and Labor History

Neici M. Zeller

nzelle3@uic.edu

B.A. from Yale, M.A. from UIC; Areas of Interest: Latin America, Caribbean, Women, Gender



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