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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

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; Director, Institute for Historical Studies

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

Professor

adam.clulow@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4358 |
Garrison Hall 2.104A

Education: Ph.D., 2008, Columbia University

Judith G. Coffin

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

Associate Professor

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

Education: Ph.D., African American Studies, 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

Instructor

signepfourmy@utexas.edu |
GAR 3.210

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

Interests: Slavery, Resistance, Motherhood, 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

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

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

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

Mark Atwood Lawrence

Associate Professor

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

Education: Ph.D., 1999, Yale University

Talitha LeFlouria

Associate Professor and Fellow of the Mastin Gentry White Professorship in Southern History

Talitha.LeFlouria@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-7267 |
GAR 2.202

Education: Ph.D., Howard 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

lichtens@austin.utexas.edu |
737-701-0600 |
GAR 2.138

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, US-Mexico border, Texas, Latinxs in the United States, civil and human rights, race and memory, racial violence, public history

Tracie M. Matysik

(on leave)

Brian D. Bolton Associate Professor of Secular Studies

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

Education: Ph.D., 2001, Cornell University

Madeline McMahon

Postdoctoral Fellow

m.mcmahon@utexas.edu |
GAR 0.134

Education: Ph.D., History, Princeton 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, UT HBCU Initiative

leonardmoore@austin.utexas.edu |
GAR 512-475-7254 |
GAR 2.111

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

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

(on leave)

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, healthcare textiles, 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

Associate Professor

meganraby@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7925 |
GAR 3.410

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

Annette M. Rodriguez

Assistant Professor

annette.rodriguez@austin.utexas.edu |
512–471–3261 |
GAR 3.214

Education: Ph.D., 2016, Brown University

Denise A. Spellberg

Professor

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

Education: Ph.D., 1989, Columbia University

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

(on leave)

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

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

Associate Professor

cjalvarez@austin.utexas.edu

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