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

Avis D. Merry
Joint Department Coordinator with Modern Languages and Literature Department
[email protected]

Kaitlyn Greer
Student Assistant
Major: Exercise Science

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
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