History Faculty
Robert H. Abzug
Professor; Audre & Bernard Rapoport Regents Chair of Jewish Studies
zug@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7240 |
GAR 3.310
Education: Ph.D., History, 1977, University of California, Berkeley
Daina Ramey Berry
Professor; 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
Erika M. Bsumek
Associate Professor; Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor in American History
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
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 |
512-694-6673 |
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
Assistant Professor
delcastillo@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7258 |
GAR 3.216
Education: Ph.D., University of Miami
Yoav Di-Capua
Associate Professor
ydi@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7850 |
GAR 3.222
Education: Ph.D., 2004, Princeton University
Christopher Ernst
Lecturer; Course Manager and Instructor of Record, History, OnRamps
cernst@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8014 |
WWH 407
Education: Ph.D., 2011, University of Toronto
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 |
512-475-7971 |
GWB 3.200J
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests: African American History, African American Women’s History, Black Political Thought.
George B. Forgie
Associate Professor and Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor
forgie@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7231 |
GAR 3.212
Education: Ph.D., 1972, Stanford University
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 |
Spring 2018: GAR 2.120
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 |
GAR 2.116
Education: Ph.D., 1999, 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
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
Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez
Lecturer
rirlawyer@gmail.com |
GAR 1.104
Interests: The American Civil War, Lincoln, The Politics of Slavery, The American Revolution, British History
Jacqueline Jones
Professor and Chair of the History Department; 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
Professor; Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values
peniel.joseph@austin.utexas.edu |
475-7241 |
GAR 3.114/SRH 3.231
Education: Ph.D., Temple University
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; Co-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: Ph.D., 2000, University of California, Los Angeles
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
Wm. Roger Louis
Professor; Kerr Chair in English History and Culture; Distinguished Teaching Professor
britishstudies@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-9274 |
HRC 3.202
Education: DPhil and DLitt, Oxford University
Interests: History of the British Empire and Commonwealth, the Middle East, India, and end of empires
Alberto A. Martínez
Professor
almartinez@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-9426 |
GAR 0.138
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.
Tracie M. Matysik
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; Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement
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/ 512-475-8660 |
GAR 3.408
Education: Ph.D., 1988, Stanford University
Aaron B. O'Connell
Associate Professor
aaron.oconnell@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6401 |
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 |
GAR 3.106
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
Rachel Ozanne
Lecturer
rachel.ozanne@austin.utexas.edu |
Summer 2018: 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
Assistant 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.
Penne L. Restad
Distinguished Senior Lecturer
restad@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7233 |
GAR 2.144
Education: Ph.D., 1994, University of Texas at Austin
Megan Seaholm
Senior Lecturer
seaholmm@gmail.com |
512-475-7243 |
GAR 3.214
Education: Ph.D., 1988, Rice University
Interests: US Intellectual and cultural history, late 19th century-20th century; history of medicine.
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 Teaching Associate Professor
mbstoff@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7217 / 512-471-1442 |
GAR 2.138 / CLA 2.102
Education: Ph.D., 1977, Yale 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
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
James M. Vaughn
Assistant Professor
jmvaughn@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8268 |
GAR 3.218
Education: PhD, University of Chicago
Sam Vong
(on leave)
Assistant Professor
svong@austin.utexas.edu |
GAR 0.112
Education: Ph.D., 2013, 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 Normandy Scholar Program on World War II
wynn@utexas.edu |
512-475-7234 |
GAR 1.120
Education: Ph.D., 1987, Stanford University
Emilio Zamora
(on leave)
Professor; Fellow of George W. Littlefield Professorship in American History, and First Vice President, Texas State Historical Association
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 (on leave, Spring 2019 and Spring 2020)
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: PhD, 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
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
Nicole Burrowes
Assistant Professor; Fellow of Lee and Joseph D. Jamail Chair in African American Studies
Education: Ph.D., 2015, History, CUNY Graduate Center
Don E. Carleton
Senior Lecturer; Executive Director, Briscoe Center for American History
d.carleton@austin.utexas.edu |
512-495-4527 |
SRH 2.106; ANB 2.101
Education: Ph.D., 1978, University of Houston
Tshepo Masango Chéry
Assistant Professor; Fellow, Lee and Joseph D. Jamail Chair in African American Studies
tmchery@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3. 108
Education: Ph.D., 2012, History, University of Pennsylvania
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)
James R. Denbow
Professor
jdenbow@austin.utexas.edu |
512 471 8512 |
SAC 4.152
Education: Ph.D., University of Indiana
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
Van A. Herd
Lecturer
herd@austin.utexas.edu |
512-692-9310
Interests: Neurophysiology, Baroque Science, and Jacob Boehme
William Inboden
Associate Professor, LBJ School; Executive Director, Clements Center; Distinguished Scholar, Strauss Center
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Mónica Jiménez
Assistant Professor
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
Minkah Makalani
Associate Professor; Fellow of Lee and Joseph D. Jamail Chair in African American Studies
makalani@austin.utexas.edu |
+1 512 471 4745 |
BLS 3.114
Education: Ph.D., 2004, History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Al Martinich
Professor; Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professorship in Philosophy
martinich@austin.utexas.edu |
512-484-8186 |
WAG 416A
Education: PhD, University of California at San Diego
A. Azfar Moin
Associate Professor
amoin@utexas.edu |
+1 512 232 7224 |
BUR 518
Education: PhD, University of Michigan
Mark C. Smith
Associate Professor
mcsmith@mail.utexas.edu |
512-232-2015 |
BUR 428
Education: Ph.D., American Studies, 1980, University of Texas at Austin
Shirley E. Thompson
Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., 2001, History of American Civilization, Harvard University
Marjorie Curry Woods
Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor in English; Distinguished Teaching Professor
marjoriewoods@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., U. of Toronto
AI/Adjunct Faculty
Rachel Ozanne
Lecturer
rachel.ozanne@austin.utexas.edu |
Summer 2018: 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
Professors Emeriti
Robert A. Divine
George W. Littlefield Professor Emeritus in American History
Education: Ph.D., 1954, Yale University
Lewis L. Gould
Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor Emeritus in American History
Richard Graham
Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor Emeritus in History
Education: Ph.D., 1961, University of Texas at Austin
Michael G. Hall
Professor Emeritus
mghall@mail.utexas.edu |
512-475-6785 |
HRC 3.102G
Education: Ph.D., 1956, Johns Hopkins University
Antony G. Hopkins
Walter Prescott Webb Chair Emeritus of History
tony.hopkins@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., 1964, University of London
Brian P. Levack
John E. Green Regents Professor Emeritus in History
levack@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7204 |
GAR 3.502
Education: Ph.D., 1970, Yale University
Standish Meacham Jr.
Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Professor Emeritus in History
Education: Ph.D., 1961, Harvard University
G. Howard Miller
Associate Professor Emeritus; Distinguished Teaching Professor
Education: Ph.D., 1970, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Gail Minault
Professor Emerita
gminault@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-3261
Education: PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Sidney Monas
Professor Emeritus
smonas@mail.utexas.edu |
512-471-5001 |
HRC 3.325
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
M. Gwyn Morgan
Professor Emeritus
512-471-5742 |
WAG 109
Education: Ph.D., 1962, University of Exeter, U.K.
David M. Oshinsky
Jack S. Blanton, Sr. Chair Emeritus in History; Distinguished Teaching Professor
Education: Ph.D., 1971, Brandeis University
