People
Faculty by Themes
Cultural/Intellectual History
Borus, Daniel H.
- Professor Emeritus of History
- daniel.borus@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9356
- 417 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: US Cultural and Intellectual History
Devaney, Thomas C.
- Associate Professor
- Director of Graduate Studies
- thomas.devaney@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6861
- 452 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; Urban History; Interfaith Relations
Kaeuper, Richard W.
- Professor of History
- richard.kaeuper@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7878
- 441 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval Britain and Continental Europe
Lenoe, Matthew E.
- Associate Professor of History
- matthew.lenoe@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9355
- 370 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History
Pedersen, Jean
- Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor of Humanities, Eastman School of Music
- jpedersen@esm.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3616
- 447 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Modern European History; French History; Feminist Theory, Women's History, and Gender Studies; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of Knowledge; History of Academic Disciplines
Rubin, Joan S.
- Dexter Perkins Professor in History
- joan.rubin@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9347
- 365 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Cultural and Intellectual History; The History of the Book
Slaughter, Thomas P.
- Arthur R. Miller Professor and Professor of History
- Editor, Reviews in American History
- thomas.slaughter@rochester.edu | (585) 273-2799
- 369B Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families
Smoller, Laura Ackerman
- Professor
- laura.smoller@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7721
- 457 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy
Westbrook, Robert B.
- Joseph F. Cunningham Professor of History
- robert.westbrook@rochester.edu
- 440 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Modern American History
Economic History
Inikori, Joseph E.
- Professor of History
Professor of African and African-American Studies
- inik@mail.rochester.edu
- 437 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Atlantic World Economic History
Environmental History
Ball, Molly
- Lecturer
- mollycball@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7184
- 449 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Modern Brazil; Economic History
Jarvis, Michael J.
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of Digital Media Studies Program; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- michael.jarvis@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4558
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Museum Studies; Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transational); Material Culture and Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History
Mandala, Elias C.
- Professor of History
- elias.mandala@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2058
- 439 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Southern Africa since the 19th Century; Social History
Pierce, Morris
- Adjunct Professor
- m.pierce@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4331
- 364 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Military History; Science and Technology
Slaughter, Thomas P.
- Arthur R. Miller Professor and Professor of History
- Editor, Reviews in American History
- thomas.slaughter@rochester.edu | (585) 273-2799
- 369B Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families
Global Perspectives
Brown, Theodore M.
- Professor of History
Professor of Medical Humanities
- theodore_brown@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2051
- 368 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Intellectual; Institutional; Political History of Medicine
Devaney, Thomas C.
- Associate Professor
- Director of Graduate Studies
- thomas.devaney@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6861
- 452 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; Urban History; Interfaith Relations
Ho, Dahpon
- Assistant Professor of History
- dho2@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7869
- 459 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: East Asian History
Inikori, Joseph E.
- Professor of History
Professor of African and African-American Studies
- inik@mail.rochester.edu
- 437 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Atlantic World Economic History
Jarvis, Michael J.
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of Digital Media Studies Program; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- michael.jarvis@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4558
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Museum Studies; Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transational); Material Culture and Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History
Lenoe, Matthew E.
- Associate Professor of History
- matthew.lenoe@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9355
- 370 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History
Mandala, Elias C.
- Professor of History
- elias.mandala@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2058
- 439 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Southern Africa since the 19th Century; Social History
Pedersen, Jean
- Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor of Humanities, Eastman School of Music
- jpedersen@esm.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3616
- 447 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Modern European History; French History; Feminist Theory, Women's History, and Gender Studies; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of Knowledge; History of Academic Disciplines
Sierra Silva, Pablo M.
- Assistant Professor
- pablo.sierra@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8354
- 458 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Latin American and Atlantic History
Slaughter, Thomas P.
- Arthur R. Miller Professor and Professor of History
- Editor, Reviews in American History
- thomas.slaughter@rochester.edu | (585) 273-2799
- 369B Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families
Smoller, Laura Ackerman
- Professor
- laura.smoller@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7721
- 457 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy
Weaver, Stewart A.
- Professor of History
- Interim Department Chair
- stewart.weaver@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9348
- 461 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Modern British History; Himalayan History; Environmental History
History of Science, Medicine and Technology
Brown, Theodore M.
- Professor of History
Professor of Medical Humanities
- theodore_brown@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2051
- 368 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Intellectual; Institutional; Political History of Medicine
Political History
Ho, Dahpon
- Assistant Professor of History
- dho2@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7869
- 459 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: East Asian History
Kaeuper, Richard W.
- Professor of History
- richard.kaeuper@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7878
- 441 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval Britain and Continental Europe
Lenoe, Matthew E.
- Associate Professor of History
- matthew.lenoe@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9355
- 370 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History
Slaughter, Thomas P.
- Arthur R. Miller Professor and Professor of History
- Editor, Reviews in American History
- thomas.slaughter@rochester.edu | (585) 273-2799
- 369B Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families
Weaver, Stewart A.
- Professor of History
- Interim Department Chair
- stewart.weaver@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9348
- 461 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Modern British History; Himalayan History; Environmental History
Zhang, Elya
- Assistant Professor of History
- elya.zhang@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9358
- 418 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Chinese History, Financial History, Spatial History, and Network Studies
Social History
Ho, Dahpon
- Assistant Professor of History
- dho2@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7869
- 459 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: East Asian History
Hudson, Larry E.
- Associate Professor of History
- larry.hudson@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4557
- 370B Rush Rhees Library
Interests: African-American History; Comparative Slavery; Civil War and Reconstruction; New South; Theory and Methods of Oral History
Jarvis, Michael J.
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of Digital Media Studies Program; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- michael.jarvis@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4558
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Museum Studies; Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transational); Material Culture and Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History
Kaeuper, Richard W.
- Professor of History
- richard.kaeuper@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7878
- 441 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval Britain and Continental Europe
Lenoe, Matthew E.
- Associate Professor of History
- matthew.lenoe@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9355
- 370 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History
Mandala, Elias C.
- Professor of History
- elias.mandala@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2058
- 439 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Southern Africa since the 19th Century; Social History
Sierra Silva, Pablo M.
- Assistant Professor
- pablo.sierra@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8354
- 458 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Latin American and Atlantic History
War and Revolution
Devaney, Thomas C.
- Associate Professor
- Director of Graduate Studies
- thomas.devaney@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6861
- 452 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; Urban History; Interfaith Relations
Ho, Dahpon
- Assistant Professor of History
- dho2@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7869
- 459 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: East Asian History
Hudson, Larry E.
- Associate Professor of History
- larry.hudson@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4557
- 370B Rush Rhees Library
Interests: African-American History; Comparative Slavery; Civil War and Reconstruction; New South; Theory and Methods of Oral History
Kaeuper, Richard W.
- Professor of History
- richard.kaeuper@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7878
- 441 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval Britain and Continental Europe
Lenoe, Matthew E.
- Associate Professor of History
- matthew.lenoe@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9355
- 370 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History
Pedersen, Jean
- Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor of Humanities, Eastman School of Music
- jpedersen@esm.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3616
- 447 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Modern European History; French History; Feminist Theory, Women's History, and Gender Studies; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of Knowledge; History of Academic Disciplines
Slaughter, Thomas P.
- Arthur R. Miller Professor and Professor of History
- Editor, Reviews in American History
- thomas.slaughter@rochester.edu | (585) 273-2799
- 369B Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families
Maritime History
Ho, Dahpon
- Assistant Professor of History
- dho2@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7869
- 459 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: East Asian History
Jarvis, Michael J.
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of Digital Media Studies Program; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- michael.jarvis@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4558
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Museum Studies; Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transational); Material Culture and Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History