At this time, history department faculty and staff are working remotely. All phone numbers listed below are land lines. We recommend email as the most efficient mode of communication. For general inquiries, please contact history@vcu.edu.
Professor, modern Germany
jbenders@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9755
Associate Professor, medieval Europe
lacraig@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9666
Blake Chair in the History of Christianity
acrislip@vcu.edu
(804) 828-0155
Associate Professor, twentieth-century United States
bjdaugherity@vcu.edu
(804) 828-4498
Assistant Professor, African American history
mldickinson@vcu.edu
(804) 827-3901
Associate Professor, early America
ceastman@vcu.edu
(804) 828-0053
Adjunct instructor, America
wsebhardt@vcu.edu
Associate Professor, modern Latin America
gaespinoza@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9398
Assistant Professor, LGBTQ+, modern European history, oral history
cewing@vcu.edu
(804) 827-3900
Assistant Professor, Latin American History
gomezr4@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9706
Associate Professor, Middle East
mhafez@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9767
Associate Professor, late imperial China
jherman@vcu.edu
(804) 828-2856
Adjunct Instructor, Post-1945 U.S., Cold War
lemzajw@vcu.edu
(804) 690-9533
Associate Professor Emeritus, twentieth-century U.S.
jtkneebone@vcu.edu
Associate Professor, colonial America
shmeacham@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9758
Adjunct instructor, Europe
mmessmer@vcu.edu
(804) 828-4386
Professor, Africa and the Caribbean
bmoitt@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9675
Assistant Professor, public history
moralesd2@vcu.edu
804 828-2783
Professor, Russia
gmunro@vcu.edu
(804) 828-2211
Administrative Coordinator
kmmurphy@vcu.edu
804-828-1636
Associate Professor, the British Atlantic
bnewman@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9670
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
ohallahanrc@vcu.edu
Chair, History Department and Associate Professor, STS and Europe
jcpowers@vcu.edu
(804) 828-1736
Professor, STS and twentieth-century United States
karader@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9642
Director of Graduate Studies, Professor, twentieth-century United States
eeraymond@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9809
Adjunct Instructor, Europe
roettgerdw@vcu.edu
(804) 827-3901
Assistant Professor, Africa
pmshilaro@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9814
Associate Professor, American Civil War, Military History, Environmental History
kmeier@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9714
Professor, United States history, material culture
rksmith3@vcu.edu
(804) 828-9932
Professor, Native American history,Cherokee Studies, comparative history, history of race and racism
gdsmithers@vcu.edu
(804) 828-4386
Assistant Professor, ancient Greek history and archaeology
pjstone@vcu.edu
(804) 828-8577
Professor, twentieth-century United States
tnthurber@vcu.edu
(804) 828-4760
Adjunct instructor, America and Europe
wmwhitwo@vcu.edu
(804) 828-1635
Administrative Specialist
wighta@vcu.edu
804-828-1635