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African History

Sierra Silva, Pablo M.

Associate Professor of History

Office Location: 461 Rush Rhees Library
Telephone: (585) 275-8354
Email: pablo.sierra@rochester.edu

Interests: African Diaspora, Latin American, Caribbean and Atlantic History

American/US History

Gamm, Gerald

Professor of History

Professor of Political Science

Office Location: 319 Harkness Hall
Telephone: (585) 275-8573
Email: gerald.gamm@rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Political Science; American History

Jarvis, Michael J.

Professor of History

Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project

Office Location: 455 Rush Rhees Library
Telephone: (585) 275-4558
Email: michael.jarvis@rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Public History and Museum Studies; Early American and Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History

Rubin, Joan S.

Dexter Perkins Professor in History

Professor of History

Office Location: 363 Rush Rhees Library
Telephone: (585) 275-9347
Email: joan.rubin@rochester.edu

Interests: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Cultural and Intellectual History; The History of the Book

Theobald, Brianna

Associate Professor of History

Director of Graduate Studies

Office Location: 454 Rush Rhees Library
Email: brianna.theobald@rochester.edu

Interests: U.S. Women's and Gender History; History of Native America; History of Reproduction

Atlantic World

Jarvis, Michael J.

Professor of History

Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project

Office Location: 455 Rush Rhees Library
Telephone: (585) 275-4558
Email: michael.jarvis@rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Public History and Museum Studies; Early American and Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History

Sierra Silva, Pablo M.

Associate Professor of History

Office Location: 461 Rush Rhees Library
Telephone: (585) 275-8354
Email: pablo.sierra@rochester.edu

Interests: African Diaspora, Latin American, Caribbean and Atlantic History

Europe

Devaney, Thomas C.

Associate Professor of History

Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences

Office Location: 364 Rush Rhees Library
Email: thomas.devaney@rochester.edu

Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; History of emotions; History of the senses; Urban History; Interfaith Relations; Popular culture

Lenoe, Matthew E.

Professor of History

Graduate Career Advisor

Office Location: 370A Rush Rhees Library
Email: matthew.lenoe@rochester.edu

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

Professor of History

Professor of Humanities, Eastman School of Music

Office Location: 447 Rush Rhees Library
Telephone: (585) 275-3616
Email: jpedersen@esm.rochester.edu

Interests: Modern European History; French History; Feminist Theory, Women's History, and Gender Studies; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of Knowledge; History of Academic Disciplines