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History Faculty

Daina Ramey Berry

Professor and Chair of the History Department; Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professorship in History; Fellow of Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History; Fellow of George W. Littlefield Professorship in American History

drb@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-3261 |
GAR 1.104

Education: Ph.D., 1998, United States History, University of California, Los Angeles

Miriam Bodian

Professor; Director, Institute for Historical Studies

bodian@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4358 |
GAR 2.104A

Education: Ph.D., 1988, Hebrew University

Henry W. Brands

Professor; Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History

hwbrands@austin.utexas.edu |
GAR 3.306

Education: Ph.D., 1985, University of Texas at Austin

Benjamin Claude Brower

Associate Professor

benbrower@utexas.edu |
512-475-6813 |
GAR 3.204

Education: Ph.D., 2005, Cornell University

Jonathan C. Brown

Professor

j.brown@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7218 |
GAR 1.114

Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

Interests: raising horses, tennis

Erika M. Bsumek

Associate Professor

embsumek@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7253 |
GAR 2.104C

Education: Ph.D., 2000, Rutgers University

Walter L. Buenger

Summerlee Foundation Chair in Texas History and Barbara Stuart Centennial Professor in Texas History; Chief Historian, Texas State Historical Association

w-buenger@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-7214 |
GAR 3.118

Education: Ph.D., 1979, Rice University

Matthew Butler

Associate Professor

mbutler@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7972 |
GAR 3.414

Education: Ph.D., University of Bristol

Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra

Professor; Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History

canizares-esguerra@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7694 |
GAR 2.108

Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Indrani Chatterjee

Professor

ichatterjee@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7252 |
GAR 3.412

Education: PhD, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Adam Clulow

(on leave)

Associate Professor

adam.clulow@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7267 |
Garrison Hall 2.202

Judith G. Coffin

Associate Professor

jcoffin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7235 |
GAR 2.206

Education: Ph.D., 1985, Yale University

David Crew

Professor; Distinguished Teaching Professor

dfcrew@austin.utexas.edu |
GAR 2.126

Education: Ph.D., 1975, Cornell University

Susan Deans-Smith

Associate Professor

sdsmith@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7205 |
GAR 3.302

Education: Ph.D., Cambridge University

Lina del Castillo

Associate Professor

delcastillo@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7258 |
GAR 3.216

Education: Ph.D., University of Miami

Yoav Di-Capua

Professor

ydi@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7850 |
GAR 3.222

Education: Ph.D., 2004, Princeton University

Toyin Falola

Professor; Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities; University Distinguished Teaching Prof.

toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7224 |
GAR 2.142

Education: Ph.D., 1981, History, University of Ife

Ashley D. Farmer

Assistant Professor

adf@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7230 |
GAR 2.148

Education: Ph.D., Harvard University

Interests: African American History, African American Women’s History, Black Political Thought.

George B. Forgie

(on leave)

Associate Professor and Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor

forgie@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7231 |
GAR 3.212

Education: Ph.D., 1972, Stanford University

Signe Fourmy

Lecturer

signepfourmy@utexas.edu

Education: Ph.D.,, University of Texas at Austin; J.D., University of Houston Law Center; B.A., Notre Dame

Interests: Slavery, Resistance, and the Law

Alison K. Frazier

Associate Professor

akfrazier@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-6375 |
GAR 2.109

Education: Ph.D., 1997, Columbia University

Joshua Frens-String

Assistant Professor

jfstring@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-8361 |
GAR 0.136

Education: Ph.D., New York University

Seth W. Garfield

Professor

sgarfield@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7269 |
GAR 2.120; SRH 1.304A

Education: Ph.D., Yale University

Virginia Garrard

Professor

garrard@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7822 |
GAR 2.204

Education: Ph.D., Tulane University

Laurie B. Green

Associate Professor

lbgreen@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7245 (Email only in Fall 2020) |
GAR 2.116 (Working remotely in Fall 2020)

Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago

Sumit Guha

(on leave)

Professor; Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professorship in History

sguha@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7236 |
GAR 2.140

Education: PhD, University of Cambridge

Julie Hardwick

John E. Green Regents Professor of History, UT Distinguished Teaching Professor

jhardwick@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7221 |
GAR 3.112

Education: Ph.D., 1991, Johns Hopkins University

Van A. Herd

Lecturer

herd@austin.utexas.edu |
512-692-9310

Interests: Neurophysiology, Baroque Science, and Jacob Boehme

Madeline Y. Hsu

Professor

myhsu@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-9303 |
GAR 3.404

Education: Ph.D., Yale University

Bruce J. Hunt

Associate Professor

bjhunt@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6109 |
GAR 2.106

Education: Ph.D., 1984, Johns Hopkins University

Interests: History of science and technology

Jacqueline Jones

Professor; Ellen C. Temple Chair in Women’s History and Mastin Gentry White Professor of Southern History

jjones@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-3261 |
GAR 1.106A

Education: Ph.D., 1976, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Peniel E. Joseph, PhD

Professor; Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values

peniel.joseph@austin.utexas.edu |
475-7241 |
GAR 3.114/SRH 3.231

Neil D. Kamil

Associate Professor

kamil@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6110 |
GAR 2.146

Education: Ph.D., 1989, Johns Hopkins University

Cheryl Kaufman

Lecturer

ckaufman@utexas.edu |
GAR 3.210

Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Interests: Monastic and church reform, Augustinian canons, and material culture in medieval European history

Mark Atwood Lawrence

Associate Professor

malawrence@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-9304 |
GAR 3.220

Education: Ph.D., 1999, Yale University

Philippa Levine

Professor; Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and Ideas; Director, Program in British Studies

philippa@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-1236 |
HRC 3.202B

Education: DPhil, Oxford University

Huaiyin Li

Professor

hli@utexas.edu |
512-475-7910 |
GAR 3.202

Education: PhD, UCLA, Department of History

Interests: Modern Chinese history; Contemporary Chinese economy, society, and politics; imperial China; gender and family; agrarian studies; Chinese culture and religions; and comparative studies of development and globalization.

Tatjana Lichtenstein

Associate Professor; Director, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies

lichtens@austin.utexas.edu |
737-701-0600 |
GAR 0.110/RLP 2.402

Education: Ph.D. 2009, University of Toronto, Canada

Alberto A. Martínez

Professor

almartinez@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-9426

Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota, M.A. NYU

Interests: History of science and mathematics, Einstein, historical myths in science, notions of race, political news media.

Monica M. Martinez

Associate Professor

monica.martinez1@austin.utexas.edu

Education: Ph.D., 2012, American Studies, Yale University

Interests: US History, histories of racial violence, US-Mexico border, Latinxs in the United States, civil and human rights, restorative justice, memorials and public memory

Tracie M. Matysik

(on leave)

Associate Professor

matysik@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7251 |
GAR 3.402

Education: Ph.D., 2001, Cornell University

Steven Mintz

Professor

smintz@utexas.edu |
512-475-7257 |
GAR 3.312

Education: Ph.D., Yale University, 1979

Leonard N. Moore

George Littlefield Professor of American History; Executive Director, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

leonardmoore@austin.utexas.edu |
GAR 512-475-7254/ SSB 512-232-2913 |
GAR 2.111/ SSB 4.118

Education: Ph.D., 1998, History, Ohio State University

Joan Neuberger

Professor

neuberger@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7219 |
GAR 2.102

Education: Ph.D., 1985, Stanford University

Mary Neuburger

Professor; Director, Center for Russia, East European and Eurasian Studies; Chair, Slavic and Eurasian Studies; and Provost Teaching Fellow

burgerm@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-9124 |
BUR 452

Education: Ph.D., 1997, University of Washington

Martha G. Newman

Associate Professor in the Departments of History and Religious Studies

newman@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-2264 |
GAR 3.408, BUR 530

Education: Ph.D., 1988, Stanford University

Aaron O'Connell

Associate Professor

aaron.oconnell@austin.utexas.edu |
202-999-0956 |
GAR 3.224

Education: Ph.D., History, 2009, Yale University

Robert A. Olwell

Associate Professor

rolwell@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7226 |
GAR 3.108

Education: Ph.D., 1991, Johns Hopkins University

Abena Dove Osseo-Asare

Associate Professor

osseo@utexas.edu

Education: Ph.D. History of Science, Harvard University

Interests: History and sociology of science, technology, and medicine, global health, Africa: Ghana, Madagascar, South Africa, nuclear energy, medical isotopes, biotechnology, plants and society, drugs, pharmaceuticals, dyes, textiles

Rachel Ozanne

Lecturer

rachel.ozanne@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-6870 |
GAR 3.226

Education: Ph.D., University of Texas

Interests: 19th century religion in the United States; theory of religion and religious experiences; intellectual history; history of psychology; ethics of Sainthood; Texas history

Megan Raby

(on leave)

Associate Professor

meganraby@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7925 |
GAR 0.114

Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Interests: History of Science, Environmental History, US and Caribbean, 19th and 20th c.

Mark Ravina

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Chair in Japanese Studies

mark.ravina@austin.utexas.edu |
Garrison 3.502

Education: Ph.D. Stanford University, 1991, A.B. Columbia University, 1983

Aaron Reynolds

Lecturer

aaronkyle888@hotmail.com |
GAR 3.206

Denise A. Spellberg

Professor

spellberg@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7202 |
GAR 3.208

Education: Ph.D., 1989, Columbia University

Michael B. Stoff

Associate Professor; Distinguished University Teaching Associate Professor

mbstoff@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7217 |
GAR 2.138

Education: Ph.D., 1977, Yale University

Interests: U. S. Political Culture and Public Policy; U.S. Foreign Relations; Second World War; Atomic Bomb

Jeremi Suri

Professor; Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs

suri@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7242 |
GAR 2.122/ SRH 3.378

Education: Ph.D. in History, 2001, Yale University

Cynthia Talbot

Professor

ctalbot@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7229 |
GAR 3.406

Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Alan Tully

Professor; Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professorship in American History

tully@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-6320 |
GAR 3.504

Education: Ph.D., 1973, Johns Hopkins University

Ann Twinam

Professor; Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History

anntwinam@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7213 |
GAR 2.114

Education: Ph.D., Yale University

Juliet E. K. Walker

Professor

jekwalker@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-5581 |
GAR 2.136

Education: Ph.D., 1976, American History, University of Chicago

Charters Wynn

Associate Professor; Director of Frank Denius Normandy Scholar Program on World War II

wynn@utexas.edu |
512-475-7234 |
GAR 1.120

Education: Ph.D., 1987, Stanford University

Emilio Zamora

Professor; Fellow of George W. Littlefield Professorship in American History; and former President, Texas State Historical Association, 2019-20

e.zamora@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8706 |
GAR 2.104B

Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

Affiliated Faculty

Kamran Scot Aghaie

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

kamranaghaie@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-6400 |
WMB 6.102

Education: Ph.D., 1999, University of California at Los Angeles

Kamran Asdar Ali

Professor

asdar@austin.utexas.edu |
512 471 7531 |
SAC 4.102

Education: Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

C. J. Alvarez

Assistant Professor

cjalvarez@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-6768 |
GWB 1.102F

Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago

Interests: history of the U.S.-Mexico border; environmental history

B. Alex Beasley

Faculty

beasley@austin.utexas.edu |
BUR 402

Education: Ph.D., Yale University

Douglas G. Biow

Professor, Superior Oil Company-Linward Shivers Cenntenial Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Director of the Center for European Studies

biow@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-7267; 512-232-3470 |
HRH 2.110B

Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Janet M. Davis

University Distinguished Teaching Professor; Associate Director, Plan II Honors

janetmdavis@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-1848 |
BUR 432

Education: Ph.D., History, University of Wisconsin (Madison)

Jennifer V Ebbeler

Associate Professor

jebbeler@austin.utexas.edu |
512 471 7570 |
WAG 14CA

Education: PhD 2001, University of Pennsylvania

William Forbath

Professor, Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law, School of Law; Department of History

wforbath@law.utexas.edu |
512 232 1326 |
JON 6.216

Lauren Gutterman

Assistant Professor

lgutterman@austin.utexas.edu |
BUR 406

Education: Ph.D, New York University

William Inboden

Associate Professor, LBJ School; Executive Director, Clements Center; Distinguished Scholar, Strauss Center

inboden@austin.utexas.edu

Education: Ph.D., Yale University

Mónica Jiménez

Assistant Professor

majimenez@utexas.edu

Education: Ph.D., 2015, History; J.D., 2007, The University of Texas at Austin

Interests: Empire and Colonialism, Legal history of the U.S. and Puerto Rico, History of the Caribbean, Political movements and nation building, Race and diaspora