History

Picture	Name	Contact
	Devyn Spence Benson Associate Professor of History and African American and Africana Studies Latin American and Caribbean History, esp. Cuba (19th/20th century), Africana Studies, Afro-Latinx Studies, Transnational Black Feminisms, Afro-Latin America	devyn.benson@uky.edu POT 17th Floor, 1759 Patterson Office Tower
	Eladio B. Bobadilla Assistant Professor Modern U.S. history, Social movements history, Labor and working class history and politics, History of race and ethnicity, U.S. Latinx history and politics, Immigration history, Nativism and xenophobia, Oral history and memory	eladio.bobadilla@uky.edu 1721 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1043
	Nikki Brown Associate Professor African American history, African American women, Film and Visual Studies, Photography	nikki.brown@uky.edu 1723 Patterson Office Tower, 859-257-1868
	Jane E. Calvert Associate Professor, Director/Editor, The John Dickinson Writings Project, Early modern Anglo-American theology and political theory, John Dickinson	jane.calvert@uky.edu Patterson Office Tower 1763 859.257.2631
	Tracy Campbell E. Vernon Smith and Eloise C. Smith Professor of American History 20th Century American History	tracamp@uky.edu 1769 Patterson Office Tower 257-7811
	Francie Chassen-López Professor, Otis A. Singletary Professorship of the Humanities Postcolonial Mexico; Latin American culture and society; gender history, History and Biography, War and Gender	frclopz@email.uky.edu 1771 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-4344
	J.M.H. Clark Assistant Professor Early Modern Atlantic World, Slavery and African Diaspora, Latin America and the Caribbean	jmhclark@uky.edu 1757 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1859
	Anastasia Curwood Associate Professor, Director, African American & Africana Studies African-American History since 1865, Women's and Gender History, Family History, Biography	a.curwood@uky.edu 1715 Patterson Office Tower, 102 Breckinridge Hall 859-257-6857, 859-257-2284
	Steve Davis Associate Professor South African history; microhistory; public history, Digital Humanities, graphic history, new military history	steve.davis@uky.edu 1749 Patterson Office Tower steve.davis@uky.edu
	Mónica Díaz Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and History, Chair of Hispanic Studies, Marie Rich Endowed Professor Indigenous peoples and religion, Race, Coloniality, Visual studies, Women's writings, Gender and ethnic identity, Cultural studies, Catholic studies	monica.diaz@uky.edu 1105 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-7091
	Abigail Firey Professor, Director, World Religions Minor, University Research Professorship, Theodore A. Hallam Professorship, 2017-2019 Early Medieval Europe, legal history, Digital Humanities, Manuscript Studies	afire2@uky.edu 1739 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-6447
	Daniel Gargola Professor Roman Republic; legal history; rituals	djgarg01@uky.edu 1705 Patterson Office Tower 257-4340
	Matthew Giancarlo Professor of English, Affiliated Professor of History Medieval English literature, history, and culture, Old English literature, history, and culture, Renaissance and Seventeenth-Century Literature and Culture, Literary Theory, critical pedagogy, History of the English language	matthew.giancarlo@uky.edu 1273 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1587
	Melanie Beals Goan Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies 20th century US history, Appalachian history, gender, healthcare	melanie.goan@uky.edu 1741 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-3675
	David E. Hamilton Associate Professor 20th century America, Public policy, agriculture and the state	dehami01@uky.edu 1755 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-3104
	Phil Harling Professor, History Department Chair	harling@uky.edu 1777 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-1246
	Vanessa M. Holden Associate Professor of History and African American & Africana Studies, Director, Central Kentucky Slavery Initiative	vanessaholden@uky.edu Patterson Office Tower 1751 (859)-257-4346
	Hilary Jones Associate Professor African History, African Diaspora, Atlantic History, French Empire, Women, Gender and Sexuality	Hilary.Jones@uky.edu 1767 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-4343
	Kathi Kern Professor, Director, Center for the Enhancement of Learning & Teaching, Chellgren Professor, Associate Provost of Teaching, Learning, and Academic Innovation 19th century US history; gender history; religion, Professor Kern is not currently accepting graduate students.	kern@uky.edu 1731 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-3555
	Emily Mokros Assistant Professor Late Imperial and Modern China, History of cities and urban culture, Political institutions, media and information	emilymokros@uky.edu 1761 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1515
	Francis Musoni Associate Professor Modern African History; Migration; Refugees, Border Studies; Informal Economies	fmu223@uky.edu 1701 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-1861
	Erik Lars Myrup Associate Professor, Director of Advising Brazil, Latin America, Portuguese Asia, Early Modern Expansion, Cross-Cultural Encounters	erik.myrup@uky.edu 1735 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-3483
	Kathryn Newfont Associate Professor Appalachian history, the U.S. South, Environmental History	kathryn.newfont@uky.edu 1727 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1014
	David Olster Professor Early Christianity; Byzantium; rhetoric	dmolst01@uky.edu 1775 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-4348
	Karen Petrone Professor and Director of the Cooperative for the Humanities and Social Sciences Russian and Soviet history; gender history; cultural history; war and memory	petrone@uky.edu 1715 Patterson Office Tower (enter through 1719) 859-257-4345
	Jeremy D Popkin Professor, William T. Bryan Chair Professorship Professor Popkin is not currently accepting graduate students.	popkin@uky.edu 1725 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-1415
	Gerald L. Smith Professor African American history, Race and Sports, Black Freedom Struggle, African American Education, Kentucky African American history	glsmit01@uky.edu 1773 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-1357
	Melissa N. Stein Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies	melissa.stein@uky.edu 206 Breckinridge Hall 859-257-9205
	Mark Summers Professor, Thomas D. Clark Professorship 19th century US history; political history; political cartoons	msumm2@uky.edu 1729 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-3037
	Akiko Takenaka Associate Professor Modern Japanese History, gender, War and Memory, Visual Culture, Asian American History	a.takenaka@uky.edu 1733 Patterson Office Tower 859.257.3584
	Amy Murrell Taylor Professor, T. Marshall Hahn Jr. Professorship 19th Century U.S. South, Civil War and Emancipation, Public History, Race and Gender, family	amtaylor1@uky.edu 1703 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-1726
	Scott K. Taylor Associate Professor	scottktaylor@uky.edu 1737 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-4338
	Daniel Vivian Chair of Historical Preservation	Daniel.Vivian@uky.edu (859) 323-6392
	Derrick White Professor of History and African American and Africana Studies	Derrick.White@uky.edu 1707 Patterson Office Tower
	Tammy Whitlock Associate Professor 19th Century British History, History of Crime, Medico-Legal History	hrhwhitlock@uky.edu 1765 Patterson Office Tower 859-323-2386
	George C. Wright Professor, Senior Adviser to the President, Vice President for Institutional Diversity	gcwright@uky.edu 311 Main Building 859-257-9293

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