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
Chris Jansson
Joint Department Coordinator
[email protected]
Cora
Student Assistant
Major: Behavioral Neuroscience
Chrissy
Student Assistant
Major: English & History
Kate
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 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.
SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION
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.
PUBLIC HISTORY
Matthew Daley
Professor
Michigan History, Great Lakes History, Urban History, Public History
Internship Coordinator
Matthew Daley Profile
Fall 2025 Office Hours: T 1p-3p; TH 1p-3p
OR by appt.
Abigail Gautreau
Associate Professor
Public History
Abigail Gautreau Profile
Fall 2025 Office Hours: M/W 4:15p-6p
OR by appt.
EUROPEAN HISTORY
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
James Smither Profile
Fall 2025 Office Hours: M/W/F 11a-12p; M/W 2p-3p
OR by appt.
HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, AND MEDICINE
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
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 2025 Office Hours: Th 2p-3:30p
OR by appt.
David Eaton
Associate Professor
African History, World History, 20th-century
David Eaton Profile
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
Chad Lingwood Profile
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)
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 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
Sarah Tate Profile
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
Adjunct Faculty
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.
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