People

Faculty by Themes

Cultural/Intellectual History

Economic History

Environmental History

Global Perspectives

History of Science, Medicine and Technology

Cultural/Intellectual History

Borus, Daniel H.

Professor
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

Outram, Dorinda

Gladys I. and Franklin W. Clark Professor of History
dorinda.outram@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4097
369A Rush Rhees Library

Interests: History of the Enlightenment

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

Beaumont, Daniel

Associate Professor
daniel.beaumont@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5224
436 Rush Rhees Library
Website

Interests: Contemporary American Culture; Arabic Literature

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
Website

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
Charles E. & Dale L. Phelps Professor of Public Health and Policy
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.

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

Outram, Dorinda

Gladys I. and Franklin W. Clark Professor of History
dorinda.outram@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4097
369A Rush Rhees Library

Interests: History of the Enlightenment

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
Charles E. & Dale L. Phelps Professor of Public Health and Policy
theodore_brown@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2051
368 Rush Rhees Library

Interests: Intellectual; Institutional; Political History of Medicine

Outram, Dorinda

Gladys I. and Franklin W. Clark Professor of History
dorinda.outram@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4097
369A Rush Rhees Library

Interests: History of the Enlightenment

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

Outram, Dorinda

Gladys I. and Franklin W. Clark Professor of History
dorinda.outram@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4097
369A Rush Rhees Library

Interests: History of the Enlightenment

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
Website

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
460 Rush Rhees Library

Interests: African-American History; Comparative Slavery; Civil War and Reconstruction; New South; Theory and Methods of Oral History

Jarvis, Michael J.

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

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.

Interests: Museum Studies; Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transational); Material Culture and Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History