Current History Graduate Students

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Colonial America and The Early Republic

Advisor: Dr. Erik Seeman

Burger, Brandon.

Brandon Burger

PhD Candidate

Research Interests:  Environmental History, Indigenous History and Early America

Advisor: Dr. Erik Seeman

Chandler, Clayton.

Clayton Chandler

MA Student

Research Interests: 20th Century United States History, Military History, History of Memory and Transnational History

Advisor: Dr. Gene Zubovich

Fagite, Damilola.

Damilola Fagite

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: African History, Social History of Medicine and Child and Maternal Health History

Advisor: Dr. Ndubueze Mbah

Gallagher, Angela.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Eugenics, Empire, Ireland, Medicine and Gender

Advisor: Dr. Patrick McDevitt

Gearhart, Bradley.

Bradley Gearhart

MA Student

Research Interests: Philosophy of Identity, Evolution of Nationalism, Transnational History of Early Modern Northern Europe, Swedish, Dutch and English Interactions in Colonial Mid-Atlantic

Advisor: Dr. Erik Seeman

Samantha Gibson

MA Student

Advisor: Dr. Hani Khafipour

Hawkins, Zachary.

Zachary Hawkins

MA Student

Research Interests: Academia in the Modern Day, The Digitization of Historical Documents and Historical Preservation

Januchowski, Claire.

Claire Januchowski

MA Student

Research Interests: Latin America and the Caribbean, Guatemala and the U.S., The Colonization of Latin America and The Cultural and Social History of Latin America

Jauregui, Fernando.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: History of Brazil, Indigenous History of the Americas, Food & Drink History, Gender, Ethnohistory and Ethnoarchaeology, Social & Cultural History and The History of Death

Advisor: Dr. Hal Langfur

Jones, Mitchell K.

Mitchell K Jones

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Early American History, Radical Religions, Communal Societies, Intentional Communities, Communitarian Movements, Antebellum Reform, History of Religion and New Religious Movements

Advisor: Dr. Erik Seeman

Kostin, Kevin.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Early American Religious History, Preachers and Missionaries of Color

Advisor: Dr. Erik Seeman

Labbie, Jenna.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: U.S. and the World, Gender, Human Rights and The Southern Cone

Advisor: Dr. Erik Seeman

Liu, Ning.

Ning Liu

MA Student

Research Interests: American History

Martin, Alyssa.

Alyssa Martin

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Medicine History, The History of Epilepsy, Institutionalization in the US, Ireland, & Great Britain and The Intersection of Disability, Gender, and Sexuality

Advisor: Dr. Mike Rembis

McNeil, Katlin.

Katlin McNeil

MA Student

Research Interests: Medieval History

Nachreiner, Victoria.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: West Africa, Atlantic History, Gender  and Sexuality

Advisor: Dr. Ndubueze Mbah

Ngobili, Chijioke.

Chijioke Ngobili

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Medical and Cultural History, Trauma and Music Therapy, Music History of West Africa, Afrobeats Studies, Sensory History of West African Women’s Anti-colonial Campaigns, Colonial Cinema and the Making of Archives and Memory

Advisor: Dr. Ndubueze Mbah

Nyweide, Sam.

Sam Nyweide

MA Student

Research Interests: The Civil War, World War II, The US Foster Care and Adoption System

Perkins, Chase.

Chase Perkins

MA Student

Research Interests: Modern European History, European Authoritarian Societies of the 20th Century and The History of Propaganda and Symbols

Peterson, Crystalina.

Crystalina Peterson

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: French Empire, Popular Media, Women, Gender, Social History, Race, Intersectionality, Religion, Socio-Political Movements and Revolutionary Movements

Advisor: Dr. Robin Mitchell

Pothier, Andrew.

Andrew Pothier

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: 20th Century U.S. Psychoactive Histories, Social History of Alcohol and Drugs, Substance Abuse Treatment Centers, Drug and Narcotic Control, History of Health, Healthcare and Medicine

Advisor: Dr. David Herzberg

Pryor, Beth.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: The Atlantic World, U.S. History, Colonial America, Exchange and Commodity and Early Modern Europe

Advisor: Dr. Erik Seeman

Rechichi, Michael.

Michael Rechichi

MA Student

Research Interests: The History of Piracy and The Romanticization of Outlaw Figures of History

Advisor: Dr. Claire Schen

Michael Samul

PhD Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Andreas Daum

Skylar Sanders

MA Student

Advisor: Dr. Patrick McDevitt

Schielke, Nicholas.

Nicholas Schielke

MA Student

Research Interests: Asian History and Latin American History

Schneggenburger, Olivia.

Olivia Schneggenburger

MA Student

Research Interests: 1970s United States History

Sciandra, Teresa.

Teresa Sciandra

MA Student

Research Interests: 20th Century United States History, Women’s History and Gender Politics

Seger, Emily.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Disability History, History of Eugenics, History of Childhood and History of Medicine

Advisor: Dr. Mike Rembis

Siegel, Aaron.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Urban History and Race Relations

Advisor: Dr. Victoria Wolcott

Skezas, Alexander.

Alexander Skezas

MA Student

Research Interests: Slavery and Abolitionism in the U.S and the Atlantic World

Sprow, McKensie.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: 20th Century Latin America, Public Health and Gender and Sexuality

Advisor: Dr. Camilo Trumper

Sullivan, Jessica.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: African History, Social History of Medicine and Child and Maternal Health History

Advisor: Dr. Mike Rembis

Tibollo, Ashley.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Medicine and Disabilities in Early Modern France and Atlantic Colonies

Advisor: Dr. Mike Rembis

Wan, Shu.

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Disability and Deafness in East Asia and North America

Advisor: Dr. Kristin Stapleton

Weinsheimer, Kyle.

Kyle Weinsheimer

MA Student

Research Interests: Early Modern European History, Native American History and Modern U.S. History

Will Wood

MA Student

Advisor: Dr.  David Herzberg