Faculty
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Bakhmetyeva, Tanya
- Professor of Instruction, History
Professor and Associate Academic Director of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
- tatyana.bakhmetyeva@rochester.edu | (585) 273-5187
- 535 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Russia; Soviet Union; Gender; Masculinity; Nature; Science (glaciology)

Ball, Molly
- History Lecturer
- mollycball@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7184
- 449 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Brazilian History; Latin American History; Economic History; Immigration History
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Devaney, Thomas C.
- Associate Professor of History
- Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
- thomas.devaney@rochester.edu
- 364 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; History of emotions; History of the senses; Urban History; Interfaith Relations; Popular culture
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Fleischman, Thomas
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- thomas.fleischman@rochester.edu | (585) 275-1140
- 460 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: German History; Environmental History; Animal History; Agricultural History; State Socialism; Cold War

Flores, Ruben
- Associate Professor of History
- Department Chair
- ruben.flores@rochester.edu
- 440 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: US and Mexico Studies
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Gamm, Gerald
- Professor of History
Professor of Political Science
- gerald.gamm@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8573
- 319 Harkness Hall
Interests: Political Science; American History
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Hayata, Michael
- Visiting Assistant Professor
- michael.hayata@rochester.edu
- 459 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Modern Japanese History; Japanese imperialism; Race; Indigeneity, and settler colonialism; Theories of capitalist development
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Jarvis, Michael J.
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- michael.jarvis@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4558
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Public History & Museum Studies; Early American & Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History
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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
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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
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Pedersen, Jean
- Professor of History
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

Pierce, Morris
- Adjunct Professor of History
- m.pierce@rochester.edu
- 401A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Early Modern Europe; History of Technology
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Raz, Mical
- Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Health and Policy
Professor of History
Professor of Clinical Medicine in the School of Medicine and Dentistry
- micalraz@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4097
- 370B Rush Rhees Library
Interests: History of Medicine and Health Policy

Rubin, Joan S.
- Dexter Perkins Professor in History
Professor of 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
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Sierra Silva, Pablo M.
- Associate Professor of History
- pablo.sierra@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8354
- 461 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: African Diaspora, Latin American and Atlantic History

Smoller, Laura Ackerman
- Professor of History
- laura.smoller@rochester.edu
- 369A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy
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Theobald, Brianna
- Associate Professor of History
- Director of Graduate Studies
- brianna.theobald@rochester.edu
- 454 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: U.S. Women's and Gender History; History of Native America; History of Reproduction
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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