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

Cora Cockroft
Student Assistant
Major: Behavioral Neuroscience

Ashlynn Scafidi
Student Assistant
Major: History

Shehnaz
Student Assistant
Major: Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Kate
Student Assistant
Major: History

Rachel
Student Assistant
Majors: English and Education
History Faculty
U.S. HISTORY
Gordon Andrews
Associate Professor
Social Studies Education
US Labor History, 20th century
Gordon Andrews Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: By appointment
Gabriele Gottlieb
Associate Professor
US Colonial, American Revolution, Crime and Punishment
Gabriele Gottlieb Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T/TH 11:30-12:30, 3-3:45, or by appt
Douglas Montagna
Associate Professor
19th-century US History, Religion
Douglas Montagna Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M/W/F 10:00-10:50 & by appt
Louis Moore
Professor
African-American History, US 20th-century, Sports History, Gender
Louis Moore Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M,W,F: 10-10:50
Paul Murphy
Professor
20th-century US Intellectual and Cultural History
Paul Murphy Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M 11:00-11:50; W 9:00-9:50; F 11:00-11:30 & by appt
Sean O'Neill
Professor
Social Studies Education
US Native American History
Sean O'Neill Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: by appointment
Nora Salas
Associate Professor
US Latino/Latina History
Nora Salas Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: by appointment
Scott Stabler
Professor
Social Studies Education
US Civil War, US Native American History
Scott Stabler Profile
On Sabbatical Winter 2025
Steve Tripp
Professor
US 19th and 20th-century History, Culture and Society, History of Manhood
Steve Tripp Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M/W 2:00-3:00
David Zwart
Associate Professor
Assistant Chair
Social Studies Education
20th-century US History, Immigration
David Zwart Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: Th 4:30-5:30 & by appt
SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION
Tamara Shreiner
Associate Professor
Social Studies Education
Tamara Shreiner Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T 1:00-2:00 & by appt
Annie Whitlock
Associate Professor of History/Social Studies
Social Studies Education
Annie Whitlock Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M/W/F 10:00-11:00 & by appt
PUBLIC HISTORY
Matthew Daley
Professor
Michigan History, Great Lakes History, Urban History, Public History
Internship Coordinator
Matthew Daley Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T 1:00-2:15; R 1-2:15, 4:00-5:00
Abigail Gautreau
Associate Professor
Public History
Abigail Gautreau Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T/Th 10:00-12:00 & by appt
EUROPEAN HISTORY
Alice Chapman
Professor
Medieval History, Intellectual History, Church and State
Alice Chapman Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T/TH 10-11am & by appt
Grace Coolidge
Professor
Early Modern Europe and Spain, Gender
Grace Coolidge Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T 4:00-5:15 & by appt
Jason Crouthamel
Professor
Modern Europe and Germany, Memory, Gender and Sexuality
Jason Crouthamel Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M/F 12:00-12:45; W 2:00-2:30
William Morison
Associate Professor
Classical Greece and Rome
William Morison Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: By appointment
James Smither
Professor
Director of Veteran's History Project
Early Modern Europe and France, Military History
James Smither Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M/W/F 10:00-11:00; M/W 1:00-3:00
HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, AND MEDICINE
Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin
Professor
Assistant Chair
History of Medicine, US History, Public Health
Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M/W/F 11:00-11:45; M/W 1:00-2:00 & by appt

Blair Stein
Assistant Professor
History of Science and Technology
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T/R 1-3 PM

Yue Liang
Assistant Professor
Environmental (Disaster) History; Science, Technology, and Medicine; Modern East Asia
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T/Th 10:00-11:00; Th 4:00-5:00 & by appt
NON-WESTERN HISTORY
Steeve Buckridge
Professor
Director of Namibia Study Abroad, Brooks College
African History, Caribbean History, Material Culture and Dress
Steeve Buckridge Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: Th 11:30-12:30; 2:30-3:30 & by appt
David Eaton
Associate Professor
African History, World History, 20th-century
David Eaton Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T/Th 11:00-12:15
Michael Huner
Associate Professor
Modern Latin America, World History, 19th and 20th century, State Formation
Michael Huner Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: Th 1:00-3:00
Chad Lingwood
Professor
Middle East History, History of Iran
Chad Lingwood Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: W 2:00–4:00; & Th 5:30-6:00
Patrick Shan
Professor
East Asia, History of China, 20th-Century
Patrick Shan Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: Th 2:15-5:15 & by appt
Yosay Wangdi
Professor
South Asia, Tibet, History of India, Religion, Environmental History
Yosay Wangdi Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T/Th 11:30 am-12:30 pm & by appt / 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
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M/W 3:00–4:30 & by appt.
Brent Purkaple
Visiting Professor
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Brent Purkaple Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M/W/F 11:00–12:00 & by appt
Sarah Tate
Affiliate Professor
Social Studies, Elementary Education
Sarah Tate Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: T/Th 12:00-2:00 & by appt.

Austin Setter
Visiting Professor
History and History Education
Winter 2025 Office Hours: M/W/TH 2:30-4:20
Kevin Chrisman
Visiting Professor
Latin America, Modern Mexico, Race, Gender, and Sexuality
Kevin Chrisman Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: MWF 12:00-12:50
Adjunct Faculty
Gillian Hendershot Profile
Winter 2025 Office Hours: Th 3:00-5:00 on Zoom
Denice Fett
Fall 2025 Office Hours: By Appointment
Stephanie Jannenga
Winter 2025 Office Hours: W 12:00-1:00
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