Faculty and Staff
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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History Staff
Elizabeth Ehlers
Department Coordinator
[email protected]
(616) 331-2037
Elizabeth Ehlers Profile
Avis D. Merry
Joint Department Coordinator with Modern Languages and Literature Department
[email protected]
(616) 331-8554
Ashlynn Scafidi
Student Assistant
Major: History
Shehnaz
Student Assistant
Major: Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Cora Cockroft
Student Assistant
Major: Behavioral Neuroscience
History Faculty
U.S. HISTORY
Gordon Andrews
Associate Professor
Social Studies Education
US Labor History, 20th century
Gordon Andrews Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: Monday/Tuesday 1-2pm or by appointment
Gabriele Gottlieb
Associate Professor
US Colonial, American Revolution, Crime and Punishment
Gabriele Gottlieb Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: T/Th 10-11:30am and 2-2:30pm
Douglas Montagna
Associate Professor
19th-century US History, Religion
Douglas Montagna Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: M/F 12-1pm
Louis Moore
Professor
African-American History, US 20th-century, Sports History, Gender
Louis Moore Profile
Paul Murphy
Professor
20th-century US Intellectual and Cultural History
Paul Murphy Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: M 11-11:50am | W 9-9:50am | F 11- 11:30am
Sean O'Neill
Professor
Social Studies Education
US Native American History
Sean O'Neill Profile
Nora Salas
Associate Professor
US Latino/Latina History
Nora Salas Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: Tues 9:30-10:30am and Thurs 1-2pm virtual only or by appointment
Scott Stabler
Professor
Social Studies Education
US Civil War, US Native American History
Scott Stabler Profile
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Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin
Professor
Assistant Chair
History of Medicine, US History, Public Health
Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: MWF 11-11:45am | MW 1-2pm
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David Zwart
Associate Professor
Assistant Chair
Social Studies Education
20th-century US History, Immigration
David Zwart Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: Th 4:30-5:30pm
Steve Tripp
Professor
US 19th and 20th-century History, Culture and Society, History of Manhood
Steve Tripp Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: M/W 2-3pm
Blair Stein
Assistant Professor
History of Science and Technology
Fall 24' Office Hours: MWF 10:00-12:00
SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION
Tamara Shreiner
Associate Professor
Social Studies Education
Tamara Shreiner Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: Tuesday 1-2pm
Annie Whitlock
Associate Professor of History/Social Studies
Social Studies Education
Annie Whitlock Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: MWF 10-11am
PUBLIC HISTORY
Matthew Daley
Professor
Michigan History, Great Lakes History, Urban History, Public History
Internship Coordinator
Matthew Daley Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: T/Th 1-2:15pm and Th 4-5pm
Abigail Gautreau
Associate Professor
Public History
Abigail Gautreau Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: W 2:30-5pm
EUROPEAN HISTORY
Alice Chapman
Professor
Medieval History, Intellectual History, Church and State
Alice Chapman Profile
Grace Coolidge
Professor
Early Modern Europe and Spain, Gender
Grace Coolidge Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: T/Th 4-5:15pm
Jason Crouthamel
Professor
Modern Europe and Germany, Memory, Gender and Sexuality
Jason Crouthamel Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: M 12-12:45pm | W 2-2:45pm
William Morison
Associate Professor
Classical Greece and Rome
William Morison Profile
James Smither
Professor
Director of Veteran's History Project
Early Modern Europe and France, Military History
James Smither Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: M/W 2-4:15
NON-WESTERN HISTORY
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Steeve Buckridge
Professor
Director of Namibia Study Abroad, Brooks College
African History, Caribbean History, Material Culture and Dress
Steeve Buckridge Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: T/Th 10-11am
David Eaton
Associate Professor
African History, World History, 20th-century
David Eaton Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 1-2:15pm
Michael Huner
Associate Professor
Modern Latin America, World History, 19th and 20th century, State Formation
Michael Huner Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: T 1-3pm
Chad Lingwood
Associate Professor
Middle East History, History of Iran
Chad Lingwood Profile
On Sabbatical Fall 2024
Patrick Shan
Professor
East Asia, History of China, 20th-Century
Patrick Shan Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: Th 2:15-5:15pm
Yue Liang
Assistant Professor
Environmental (Disaster) History; Science, Technology, and Medicine; Modern East Asia
Yosay Wangdi
Professor
South Asia, Tibet, History of India, Religion, Environmental History
Yosay Wangdi Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: T 2:30-3:30pm | Th 2:30-3:30pm, Virtual Only
Visiting and Affiliate Faculty
Ian Van Dyke
Visiting Professor
U.S. in the World; religious and intellectual history; politics and political thought
Ian Van Dyke Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: M/W 3-4:30pm
Brent Purkaple
Visiting Professor
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Brent Purkaple Profile
Sarah Tate
Affiliate Professor
Social Studies, Elementary Education
Sarah Tate Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: Wednesday, 12-4pm
Austin Setter
Visiting Professor
History and History Education
Fall 24' Office Hours: MWF 10:00-12:00
Kevin Chrisman
Visiting Professor
Latin America, Modern Mexico, Race, Gender, and Sexuality
Kevin Chrisman Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: M/F 11-12pm
Adjunct Faculty
Gillian Hendershot Profile
Fall 24' Office Hours: T 5-6pm | Th 12-2pm
Denice Fett
Fall 24' Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:45-11:00
Stephanie Jannenga
Fall 24' Office Hours: T 2:30-3:30pm
John Byczinski
Fall 24' Office Hours: Virtual and By Appointment
Emeritus Faculty
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