History Department Faculty
Here is a brief list of the full-time faculty and their areas of research and interest.
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James Gump: Professor/Department Chair: African history; Comparative Frontiers
gump@sandiego.edu and http://home.sandiego.edu/~gump/ 260-4545/PJ263A
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Iris Engstrand: Professor: California history; Spanish Borderlands
iris@sandiego.edu/260-4038/PJ265
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Colin Fisher: Assistant Professor: U. S. Environmental history; American West
colinf@sandiego.edu and http://home.sandiego.edu/~colinf/ 260-4039/PJ279
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Michael Gonzalez: Associate Professor: 19th Century America; History of Mexico
michaelg@sandiego.edu/260-4043/PJ269
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Molly McClain: Associate Professor: British history; 18th-century Europe
mmcclain@sandiego.edu and http://home.sandiego.edu/~mmcclain/ 260-4044/PJ267
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James Otte: Professor: European Studies; 12th-century Europe
jotte@sandiego.edu/260-4041/PJ278
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Steven Schoenherr: Professor: U.S. history; Media history
ses@sandiego.edu and http://home.sandiego.edu/~ses/ 260-4042/PJ266
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Kenneth Serbin: Associate Professor: Modern Brazil; History of the Catholic Church in Brazil
kserbin@sandiego.edu/260-4037/PJ268
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Kathryn Statler: Assistant Professor: U. S. Foreign Relations; Twentieth Century France
kstatler@sandiego.edu and http://home.sandiego.edu/~kstatler/ 260-4652/PJ271
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Yi Sun: Assistant Professor: Modern China; U.S.- Asia Relations
ysun@sandiego.edu/260-6811/PJ270
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Ali Gheissari: Visiting Associate Professor: Middle East
alig@sandiego.edu/260-4736/PJ290
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Tom Kinnersley: Lecturer
260-4046/PJ289
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Tom Lide: Lecturer
260-4046/PJ289
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Kathleen Crawford: Lecturer
260-4736/PJ254
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Maureen Byrnes:Staff: Our indispensable department secretary
mbyrnes@sandiego.edu/260-4756/PJ262
History Department | USD campus home page | updated 8/24/03 by Schoenherr