Department of History

College of Humanities and Sciences

Directory A to Z

Blocks of text indicate research interests.

Joseph W. Bendersky, Ph.D.

Professor

jbenders@vcu.edu

German history

anti-Semitism

Holocaust

Leigh Ann Craig, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

and Director of the Undergraduate Program

lacraig@vcu.edu

Medieval Europe

Andrew Crislip, Ph.D.

Blake Chair in the History of Christianity

acrislip@vcu.edu

Brian Daugherity, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

bjdaugherity@vcu.edu

20th century United States

Virginia

Civil Rights

Michael L. Dickinson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

mldickinson@vcu.edu

African American history

Colonial America

early republic America

Carolyn Eastman, Ph.D.

Professor

ceastman@vcu.edu

Early America

W. Scott Ebhardt

Adjunct Instructor

America

G. Antonio Espinoza, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

gaespinoza@vcu.edu

Modern Latin America

Christopher Ewing, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

LGBTQ+

modern european history

oral history

Rocio Gomez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

gomezr4@vcu.edu

Latin American history

history of science

environmental history

Melis Hafez, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Middle East

ottoman empire

nation and state formation

John E. Herman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

jherman@vcu.edu

Late Imperial China

John W. Lemza, Ph.D.

Adjunct Instructor

lemzajw@vcu.edu

Post-1945 U.S.

cold war

oral history

John T. Kneebone, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emeritus

jtkneebone@vcu.edu

20th Century U.S.

american south

public history

Sarah H. Meacham, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

shmeacham@vcu.edu

Colonial America

Michael Messmer, Ph.D.

Adjunct Instructor

mmessmer@vcu.edu

Europe

Professor

Africa and the Caribbean

Daniel Morales, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

moralesd2@vcu.edu

Public History

latinx history

immigration

George E. Munro

Professor

Russia

Kathleen M. Murphy

Administrative Coordinator

kmmurphy@vcu.edu

Brooke Newman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

bnewman@vcu.edu

The British Atlantic

John C. Powers, Ph.D.

Chair

and Associate Professor

jcpowers@vcu.edu

science, technology and society

europe

Karen Rader, Ph.D.

Professor

karader@vcu.edu

Science, technology and society

20th century U.S.

Emilie E. Raymond, Ph.D.

Professor

and Director of Graduate Studies

eeraymond@vcu.edu

20th Century America

David Roetter, M.A.

Adjunct Instructor

roettgerdw@vcu.edu

Europe

Priscilla Shilaro, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

pmshilaro@vcu.edu

Africa

Kathryn Shively, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

American Civil War

military history

environmental history

Ryan K. Smith, Ph.D.

Professor

rksmith3@vcu.edu

U.S. history

material culture

historic preservation

Gregory Smithers, Ph.D.

Professor

gdsmithers@vcu.edu

Native American history

cherokee studies

comparative history

Peter Stone, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

pjstone@vcu.edu

Ancient Greek history and arch

Timothy N. Thurber, Ph.D.

Professor

20th Century U.S.

William Whitworth, M.A.

Adjunct Instructor

wmwhitwo@vcu.edu

America

Europe

Administrative Specialist