History Directory
Faculty
| Name | Title(s) | Research/Focus | Room | |
| David Atkinson | Associate Professor | American Foreign Relations, Global Migration History, International History, American and British Imperial History | atkinsod@purdue.edu | BRNG 6180 |
| Ekaterina Babintseva | Assistant Professor | History of Science and Technology in the 20th Century | ebabints@purdue.edu | BRNG 6178 |
| Andrew Bellisari | Assistant Professor | Modern France and Europe, Colonialism and Decolonization, Southeast Asia (Vietnam), North Africa (Algeria), Military History | ahbellis@purdue.edu | BRNG 6169 |
| Tithi Bhattacharya | Professor | South Asian History, Social Reproduction Theory, Feminism, Gender and Sexuality, Marxist theory, Empire | tbhattac@purdue.edu | |
| Kathryn Cramer Brownell | Professor
Director, Center for American Political History and Technology (CAPT) |
U.S. Political History | brownell@purdue.edu | BRNG 6174 |
| Huiying Chen | Assistant Professor | Chinese History, Early Modern History | chenhy@purdue.edu | BRNG 6158 |
| Erik Conway | Professor | History of science and technology in the 20th century; aerospace history; history of earth and planetary sciences, agnotology | emconway@purdue.edu | BRNG 6168 |
| Austin Cooper | Assistant Professor | Contemporary International History, History of Science and Technology | cooperar@purdue.edu | BRNG 6132 |
| Frederick Rowe Davis | Department Head
Professor R. Mark Lubbers Chair in the History of Science |
History of Science, Environmental History | frdavis@purdue.edu | BRNG 6104 |
| Christopher Ewing | Assistant Professor | Modern European History/LGBTQ History | cbewing@purdue.edu | BRNG 6130 |
| Deborah L. Fleetham | Clinical Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies |
Modern European History, German History, History of Religion | fleetham@purdue.edu | BRNG 6148 |
| Ariel de la Fuente | Professor | delafuen@purdue.edu | BRNG 6164 | |
| William G. Gray | Professor | Modern Germany, International History, History of Capitalism | wggray@purdue.edu | BRNG 6152 |
| Stacy E. Holden | Associate Professor | Modern Middle East and North Africa, US Relations with the Arab World | sholden@purdue.edu | BRNG 6166 |
| Tina Irvine | Assistant Professor | 20th US century; Cultural and Social History; History of Ideas | tirvine@purdue.edu | BRNG 6114 |
| Kathryn Maxson Jones | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience, Biology, AI | kmaxson@purdue.edu | BRNG 6118 |
| T. Cole Jones | Associate Professor | Early America, American Revolution | colejones@purdue.edu | BRNG 6160 |
| Rebekah A. Klein-Pejšová | Associate Professor | Human Rights History, Modern Jewish History, Modern (East Central) European History | rkleinpe@purdue.edu | BRNG 6156 |
| Wendy Kline | Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine
Professor |
History of Medicine in the U.S., History of Women's Health | wkline@purdue.edu | BRNG 6110 |
| Michelle LaBonte | Assistant Professor | History of Medicine | mlabonte@purdue.edu | BRNG 6122 |
| Jonathan Lande | Assistant Professor | Civil War Era, 19th Century African American History | jlande@purdue.edu | BRNG 6126 |
| Zachary Loeb | Assistant Professor | Computing, Cybersecurity, Technology, Disasters | zloeb@purdue.edu | BRNG 6116 |
| Dawn G. Marsh | Associate Professor | Native American and Indigenous History | dmarsh@purdue.edu | BRNG 6108 |
| Aaron Mendon-Plasek | Assistant Professor | History of Science and Technology | amendonp@purdue.edu | BRNG 6171 |
| Silvia Z. Mitchell | Associate Professor | Early Modern Europe, Spanish Monarchy | mitch131@purdue.edu | BRNG 6120 |
| John Mulhall | Assistant Professor
College of Liberal Arts Dean's Assistant Professor |
Mediterranean History, Medieval History, History of Science | jmulhall@purdue.edu | BRNG 6134 |
| Ellen Nye | Assistant Professor | emnye@purdue.edu | ||
| Yvonne M. Pitts | Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Education |
American Legal and Constitutional History, Citizenship, Sexual Regulation | ypitts@purdue.edu | BRNG 6128 |
| Randy W. Roberts | 150th Anniversary Professor and Distinguished Professor | rroberts@purdue.edu | BRNG 6172 | |
| Michael G. Smith | Professor | mgsmith@purdue.edu | BRNG 6170 | |
| Spencer Stewart | Assistant Professor | Digital History, Modern China, Agricultural and Enviromental History | stewa443@purdue.edu | STEW 155 |
| Margaret Mih Tillman | Associate Professor | mmtillman@purdue.edu | BRNG 6154 | |
| Subodhana (Subo) Wijeyeratne | Assistant Professor | History of Science, History of East Asia | swijeyer@purdue.edu | BRNG 6124 |
| Melinda S. Zook | Germaine Seelye Oesterle Professor
Assistant Department Head |
Early Modern European History, Tudor-Stuart England, Political Thought and Culture, Women and Gender, History of Higher Education | mzook@purdue.edu | BRNG 6162 |
Associate Teaching Professor
| Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
| William White | Associate Teaching Professor | white660@purdue.edu | BRNG 2274G | |
Assistant Teaching Professor (Courtesy)
| Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
| George Elliott | Assistant Teaching Professor (Courtesy) | gdelliot@purdue.edu | BRNG 6161 | |
Limited Term Lecturer
| Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
| Mary Barford | Limited Term Lecturer | American Cultural and Intellectual History, the History of Love, Intimacy, Courtship and Dating, Labor History | mbarford@purdue.edu | |
| David Cambron | Limited Term Lecturer | American Agriculture, Indiana History | dmcambro@purdue.edu | |
| Renee Gaarder | Limited Term Lecturer | rgaarder@purdue.edu | University Hall, 331.04 | |
| Devan Lindey | Limited Term Lecturer | American Legal and Constitutional History, Political History, Educational History | dlindey@purdue.edu | |
| Jonathan Soucek | Limited Term Lecturer | jsoucek@purdue.edu | ||
| Meredith Tuttle Stukey | Limited Term Lecturer | Russian History, British History, European History, American Diplomatic History | tuttle13@purdue.edu | |
Staff
| Name | Title(s) | Room | |
| O.T. Ford | Academic Program Manager
Graduate Advisor Schedule Deputy |
otford@purdue.edu | BRNG 6175 |
| Nina Haberer | Senior Undergraduate Academic Advisor | haberern@purdue.edu | |
| Jennifer Merzdorf | Senior Administrative Assistant | jmerzdo@purdue.edu | BRNG 6104 |
| Angie Teel | Lead Administrative Assistant | teel@purdue.edu | BRNG 6104 |
Graduate Student
| Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
| Ryan Barker | Graduate Student | barker75@purdue.edu | ||
| Vipanchika Sahasri Bhagyanagar | Graduate Student | vipanchi@purdue.edu | ||
| Keri Blair | Graduate Student | blair75@purdue.edu | ||
| Umme Bushra | Graduate Student | ubushra@purdue.edu | ||
| Srishti Dutta Chowdhury | Graduate Student | sduttach@purdue.edu | ||
| Aline Coutinho | Graduate Student | acoutinh@purdue.edu | ||
| Shriya Dasgupta | Graduate Student | dasgup20@purdue.edu | ||
| Anya Eberle | Graduate Student | eberle14@purdue.edu | ||
| Caroline Fish | Graduate Student | fish9@purdue.edu | ||
| Ignatius Gyapong | Graduate Student | igyapong@purdue.edu | ||
| Nathan Halder | Graduate Student | nhalder@purdue.edu | ||
| Shelby Jones | Graduate Student | jones2354@purdue.edu | ||
| Anisha Kar | Graduate Student | kar7@purdue.edu | ||
| Cathy Kerton-Johnson | Graduate Student | ckertonj@purdue.edu | ||
| Xuening Kong | Graduate Student | kong58@purdue.edu | ||
| Samuel Leibovsky | Graduate Student | sleibovs@purdue.edu | ||
| Evie Levin | Graduate Student | levin30@purdue.edu | ||
| Zach Logsdon | Graduate Student | zlogsdon@purdue.edu | ||
| Daniel Melbert | Graduate Student | dmelbert@purdue.edu | ||
| Stefano Palermo | Graduate Student | palstef@purdue.edu | ||
| Secret Permenter | Graduate Student | sperment@purdue.edu | ||
| Will Rater | Graduate Student | wrater@purdue.edu | ||
| Abby Riehl | Graduate Student | riehla@purdue.edu | ||
| Amanda J. Rumba | Graduate Student | reason@purdue.edu | ||
| Adam Taylor | Graduate Student | taylo810@purdue.edu | ||
| Alicia Venchuk | Graduate Student | avenchuk@purdue.edu | ||
| Justin Wohlford | Graduate Student | jwohlfo@purdue.edu | ||
| Alex Yates | Graduate Student | yates47@purdue.edu | ||
| Connor Au Yeung | Graduate Student | cauyeun@purdue.edu | ||
Emeriti Faculty
| Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
| Tracey Jean Boisseau | tjboisseau@purdue.edu | |||
| John J. Contreni | European Middle Ages | contreni@purdue.edu | ||
| Susan Curtis | curtis@purdue.edu | |||
| Charles Cutter | cutter@purdue.edu | |||
| Raymond E. Dumett | rdumett@purdue.edu | |||
| James R. Farr | jrfarr@purdue.edu | |||
| Nancy Gabin | ||||
| Sally A. Hastings | sahnolte@purdue.edu | |||
| Patrick J. Hearden | phearden@purdue.edu | |||
| R. Douglas Hurt | doughurt@purdue.edu | |||
| Charles W. Ingrao | ingrao@purdue.edu | |||
| Franklin T. Lambert | flambert@purdue.edu | |||
| John L. Larson | larsonjl@purdue.edu | |||
| Lois N. Magner | magnerln@aol.com | |||
| Robert E. May | Southern History, American Expansionism | mayr@purdue.edu | ||
| Jon C. Teaford | teaford@purdue.edu | |||
| A. Whitney Walton | awhitney@purdue.edu | |||
Administration
| Name | Title(s) | Research/Focus | Room | |
| Frederick Rowe Davis | Department Head
Professor R. Mark Lubbers Chair in the History of Science |
History of Science, Environmental History | frdavis@purdue.edu | BRNG 6104 |
| Deborah L. Fleetham | Clinical Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies |
Modern European History, German History, History of Religion | fleetham@purdue.edu | BRNG 6148 |
| Yvonne M. Pitts | Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Education |
American Legal and Constitutional History, Citizenship, Sexual Regulation | ypitts@purdue.edu | BRNG 6128 |
| Melinda S. Zook | Germaine Seelye Oesterle Professor
Assistant Department Head |
Early Modern European History, Tudor-Stuart England, Political Thought and Culture, Women and Gender, History of Higher Education | mzook@purdue.edu | BRNG 6162 |
History Library Liaison
| Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
| Adriana Harmeyer | History Library Liaison | STEW 451 | ||
| Kristin Leaman | History Library Liaison | leamankb@purdue.edu | Stewart Center, Room 253 | |
Director, Center for American Political History and Technology (CAPT)
| Name | Research/Focus | Room | ||
| Kathryn Cramer Brownell | Professor
Director, Center for American Political History and Technology (CAPT) |
U.S. Political History | brownell@purdue.edu | BRNG 6174 |