HISTORY DEPARTMENT

Mackinac Hall D-1-160
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, MI 49401
Phone: (616) 331-3298
Fax: (616) 331-2535

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Dr. Michael Huner
[email protected]
(616) 331-3420

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Elizabeth Ehlers

Department Coordinator
[email protected]
(616) 331-2037
Elizabeth Ehlers Profile
 

Chris Jansson

Joint Department Coordinator
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Cora

Student Assistant
Major: Behavioral Neuroscience

Chrissy

Student Assistant
Major: English & History

Kate

Student Assistant
Major: History

Gordon Andrews

Associate Professor
Social Studies Education
US Labor History, 20th century
Gordon Andrews Profile

Fall 2025 Office Hours: Online M 1p-2p; W 1p-2p

OR by appt.

Gabriele Gottlieb

Associate Professor
US Colonial, American Revolution, Crime and Punishment
Gabriele Gottlieb Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: TH 10a-11:30a 

OR by appt.

Douglas Montagna

Associate Professor
19th-century US History, Religion
Douglas Montagna Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: M/W/F 10:00-10:50

OR by appt.

Paul Murphy

Professor
20th-century US Intellectual and Cultural History
Paul Murphy Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: M 1p-1:50p; W/F 11a-11:50a 

OR by appt.

Sean O'Neill

Professor
Social Studies Education
US Native American History
Sean O'Neill Profile

Fall 2025 Office Hours: by appointment

Nora Salas

Associate Professor
US Latino/Latina History
Nora Salas Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: by appointment

Scott Stabler

Professor
Social Studies Education
US Civil War, US Native American History
Scott Stabler Profile

Fall 2025 Office Hours: W 1:30p-3:30p with notice

David Zwart

Associate Professor
Assistant Chair
Social Studies Education
20th-century US History, Immigration
David Zwart Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: Th 4:30p-5:30p

OR by appt.

Tamara Shreiner

Associate Professor
Social Studies Education
Tamara Shreiner Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: M 3p-4:30p

OR by appt.

Annie Whitlock

Associate Professor of History/Social Studies
Social Studies Education
Annie Whitlock Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: MWF 9a-10a; F 12p-1p

OR by appt.

Matthew Daley

Professor
Michigan History, Great Lakes History, Urban History, Public History
Internship Coordinator
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Fall 2025 Office Hours: T 1p-3p; TH 1p-3p

OR by appt.

Abigail Gautreau

Associate Professor
Public History
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Fall 2025 Office Hours: M/W 4:15p-6p

OR by appt.

Alice Chapman

Professor
Medieval History, Intellectual History, Church and State
Alice Chapman Profile

Fall 2025 Office Hours: by appt.

Grace Coolidge

Professor
Early Modern Europe and Spain, Gender
Grace Coolidge Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: T 4:00-5:15 & by appt

Jason Crouthamel

Professor
Modern Europe and Germany, Memory, Gender and Sexuality
Jason Crouthamel Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: M 12p-12:45p; W 2p-2:30p; F 12p-12:45p

OR by appt.

William Morison

Associate Professor
Classical Greece and Rome
William Morison Profile

Fall 2025 Office Hours: M 2p-3p

OR by appt.

James Smither

Professor
Director of Veteran's History Project
Early Modern Europe and France, Military History
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Fall 2025 Office Hours: M/W/F 11a-12p; M/W 2p-3p

OR by appt.

Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin

Professor
Assistant Chair
History of Medicine, US History, Public Health
Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: M/W 11a-11:45a & 1p-2p; F 11a-11:45a

OR by appt

Blair Stein

Assistant Professor
History of Science and Technology

Fall 2025 Office Hours: T 1p-5p

Yue Liang

Assistant Professor
Environmental (Disaster) History; Science, Technology, and Medicine; Modern East Asia

Steeve Buckridge

Professor
Director of Namibia Study Abroad, Brooks College
African History, Caribbean History, Material Culture and Dress
Steeve Buckridge Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: Th 2p-3:30p

OR by appt.

David Eaton

Associate Professor
African History, World History, 20th-century
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Fall 2025 Office Hours: TH 4p-5:15p

Michael Huner

Associate Professor
Modern Latin America, World History, 19th and 20th century, State Formation
Michael Huner Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: T 1p-3p

OR by appt.

Chad Lingwood

Professor
Middle East History, History of Iran
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Fall 2025 Office Hours: T 5:30p-6:15p (in-person); W 3:30p-5:45p (online only)

Patrick Shan

Professor
East Asia, History of China, 20th-Century
Patrick Shan Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: TH 12:45p-3:45p

OR by appt.

Yosay Wangdi

Professor
South Asia, Tibet, History of India, Religion, Environmental History
Yosay Wangdi Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: T/Th 11:30a-12:30p (online only)

OR by appt. (online only)

Ian Van Dyke

Visiting Professor
U.S. in the World; religious and intellectual history; politics and political thought
Ian Van Dyke Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: MWF 12p-2p

OR by appt.

Brent Purkaple

Visiting Professor
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Brent Purkaple Profile

Fall 2025 Office Hours: M/W/F 10a-11a

OR by appt.

Sarah Tate

Affiliate Professor
Social Studies, Elementary Education
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Fall 2025 Office Hours: W 1p-5p 

OR by appt.

Austin Setter

Visiting Professor
History and History Education

Fall 2025 Office Hours: M/T/W 1:30p-2:30p; TH 2p-4p

Derek Ide

Visiting Professor

Fall 2025 Office Hours: M/W 9:30a-10a & 12p-12:30p; F 12p-1p

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Fall 2025 Office Hours: W 1:00-2:00 Online

OR by appt.

Scott Lingenfelter Profile 
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: TH 5:15p-6p

OR by appt.

Patrick Pospisek Profile 
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: TH 10a-11a

OR by appt.

Gillian Hendershot Profile
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: T 11a-1p (online only); T 5p-6p (in-person)

Denice Fett
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: By Appointment

Stephanie Jannenga
 

Fall 2025 Office Hours: M 3p-4p

John Byczinski

Fall 2025 Office Hours: MWF 1p-1:45p

OR by appt.

Edward Cole

Professor Emeritus

Dennis Devlin

Professor Emeritus

James Goode

Professor Emeritus

Frances Kelleher

Professor Emeritus

Lynn Mapes

Professor Emeritus

Joseph Preston

Professor Emeritus

Gary D. Stark

Professor Emeritus

John Tevebaugh

Professor Emeritus

Anthony Travis

Professor Emeritus

Kathleen Underwood

Professor Emeritus

David Stark

Professor Emeritus