People
Faculty by Geography
African History

Inikori, Joseph E.
- Professor of History
- inik@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9020
- 437 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Atlantic World Economic 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.
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- pablo.sierra@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8354
- 458 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: African Diaspora, Latin American and Atlantic History
American/US History

Gamm, Gerald
- Professor of History
Professor of Political Science
- gerald.gamm@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8573
- 319 Harkness Hall
Interests: Political Science; American 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

Inikori, Joseph E.
- Professor of History
- inik@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9020
- 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

Rubin, Joan S.
- Dexter Perkins Professor in History
- joan.rubin@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9347
- 363 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 of History
- Director, Seward Family Archive Project
- thomas.slaughter@rochester.edu
- 369B Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Europe and the Americas, c.1500-1900; Early America; American Revolution; Abolition; Humans and Nature; Families

Theobald, Brianna
- Assistant Professor of History
- brianna.theobald@rochester.edu
- 454 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: U.S. Women's and Gender History; History of Native America; History of Reproduction
Atlantic World

Inikori, Joseph E.
- Professor of History
- inik@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9020
- 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

Sierra Silva, Pablo M.
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- pablo.sierra@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8354
- 458 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: African Diaspora, Latin American and Atlantic History
East Asian History

Zhang, Elya J.
- 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
Europe

Devaney, Thomas C.
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of Graduate Studies
- thomas.devaney@rochester.edu
- 452 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; Urban History; Interfaith Relations

Inikori, Joseph E.
- Professor of History
- inik@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9020
- 437 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Atlantic World Economic History

Kaeuper, Richard W.
- Gladys I. & Franklin W. Clark Professor in 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
- Graduate Career Advisor
- matthew.lenoe@rochester.edu
- 370A 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

Smoller, Laura Ackerman
- Professor of History
- Department Chair
- laura.smoller@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7721
- 369A 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
- stewart.weaver@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9348
- 368 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Modern British History; Himalayan History; Environmental History
India/South Asia

Weaver, Stewart A.
- Professor of History
- stewart.weaver@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9348
- 368 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Modern British History; Himalayan History; Environmental History
Latin America

Sierra Silva, Pablo M.
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- pablo.sierra@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8354
- 458 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: African Diaspora, Latin American and Atlantic History