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 Kovacs

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

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Avis D. Merry

Joint Department Coordinator with Modern Languages and Literature Department
[email protected]
 

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Kaitlyn Greer

Student Assistant
Major: Exercise Science

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Hannah Krebs

Student Assistant
Major: History


History Faculty


U.S. HISTORY

Gordon Andrews

Associate Professor
Social Studies Education
US Labor History, 20th century
Gordon Andrews Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday 1-2PM, Wednesday 1-2PM
 

Gabriele Gottlieb

Associate Professor
US Colonial, American Revolution, Crime and Punishment
Gabriele Gottlieb Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday 10-11AM, Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:30, 3-3:45PM

Douglas Montagna

Associate Professor
19th-century US History, Religion
Douglas Montagna Profile
On Sabbatical Fall 23

Louis Moore

Professor
African-American History, US 20th-century, Sports History, Gender
Louis Moore Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1-2PM

Paul Murphy

Professor
20th-century US Intellectual and Cultural History
Paul Murphy Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 1-3PM

Sean O'Neill

Professor
Social Studies Education
US Native American History
Sean O'Neill Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 1:30-2:30PM

Nora Salas

Associate Professor
US Latino/Latina History
Nora Salas Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: By appointment through Calendly: https://calendly.com/salasn

Scott Stabler

Professor
Social Studies Education
US Civil War, US Native American History
Scott Stabler Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Thursday 12-1, 2:30-3:30PM

Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin

Professor
Assistant Chair
History of Medicine, US History, Public Health
Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:-11:45 AM, Monday and Wednesday 1-2PM

David Zwart

Associate Professor
Assistant Chair
Social Studies Education
20th-century US History, Immigration
David Zwart Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Thursday 4-5:30

Steve Tripp

Professor
US 19th and 20th-century History, Culture and Society, History of Manhood
Steve Tripp Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: By Appointment


SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION

Tamara Shreiner

Associate Professor
Social Studies Education
Tamara Shreiner Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Tuesday 1:15-2:15, Thursday by appointment

Annie Whitlock

Associate Professor of History/Social Studies
Social Studies Education
Annie Whitlock Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Tuesday 11-1, Wednesday 1-3

 


PUBLIC HISTORY

Matthew Daley

Professor
Michigan History, Great Lakes History, Urban History, Public History
Internship Coordinator
Matthew Daley Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Tuesday 1-3, Thursday 1-4

Abigail Gautreau

Assistant Professor
Public History
Abigail Gautreau Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 4-5:30PM


EUROPEAN HISTORY

Alice Chapman

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

Fall 23 Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 2:30-3:30PM

Grace Coolidge

Professor
Early Modern Europe and Spain, Gender
Grace Coolidge Profile
On Sabbatical Fall 23

Jason Crouthamel

Professor
Modern Europe and Germany, Memory, Gender and Sexuality
Jason Crouthamel Profile
On Sabbatical Fall 23

William Morison

Associate Professor
Classical Greece and Rome
William Morison Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday 1-2PM, Thursday 4-6PM (all online)

James Smither

Professor
Director of Veteran's History Project
Early Modern Europe and France, Military History
James Smither Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11-12, Monday and Wednesday 2-3PM


NON-WESTERN HISTORY

Steeve Buckridge

Professor
Director of Namibia Study Abroad, Brooks College
African History, Caribbean History, Material Culture and Dress
Steeve Buckridge Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Wednesday 10-12PM, Thursday 11:30-12:30PM

David Eaton

Associate Professor
African History, World History, 20th-century
David Eaton Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 10:00-11:15

Michael Huner

Associate Professor
Modern Latin America, World History, 19th and 20th century, State Formation
Michael Huner Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Thursday 4-5PM

Chad Lingwood

Associate Professor
Middle East History, History of Iran
Chad Lingwood Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Thursday 5:30-6:16, online Wednesdays 3:30-5:45PM

Patrick Shan

Professor
East Asia, History of China, 20th-Century
Patrick Shan Profile
On Sabbatical Fall 2023

David Stark

Professor
Colonial Latin America, Caribbean, Slavery
David Stark Profile
On Leave Until Fall 2024

Yosay Wangdi

Professor
South Asia, Tibet, History of India, Religion, Environmental History
Yosay Wangdi Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 3-4PM all online


Visiting and Affiliate Faculty

Eric Covey

Visiting Professor
African, World, US
Eric Covey Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 10-10:45, 12-12:45, 2-3:30 PM. Availability on https://calendly.com/ericcovey/

Brent Purkaple

Visiting Professor
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Brent Purkaple Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-11AM

Ian Van Dyke

Visiting Professor
U.S. in the World; religious and intellectual history; politics and political thought
Ian Van Dyke Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 3-4:30PM

Joshua Morris

Visiting Professor
US, 20th Century, Labor 
Joshua Morris Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: By appointment

Sarah Tate

Affiliate Professor
Social Studies, Elementary Education
Sarah Tate Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 11-12PM


Adjunct Faculty

Jennifer Gonzalez Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Wednesdays 2-3 PM (all online)

 

Scott Lingenfelter Profile 
Fall 23 Office Hours: By Appointment

Patrick Pospisek Profile 
Fall 23 Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 10-11:30

Gillian Hendershot Profile
Fall 23 Office Hours: Tuesdays 3-6PM

Denice Fett
Fall 23 Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 10-11:15

Stephanie Jannenga
Fall 23 Office Hours: Wednesday 3-4PM

Joseph Jones

John Byczynksi


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



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