Faculty Profiles

Faculty:

Name	Office	Phone (216)	Email	Research Interests
Gregory Conerly Associate Professor	RT 1312	687.3928		African American History, Gender/Sexuality/LGBTQ Communities in the U.S.
Stephen Cory Associate Professor	RT 1327	687.6883		Early Modern Islamic World, Modern Middle East
David J. Goldberg Professor	RT 1314	523.7187		Early Twentieth Century American History, Immigration and Labor History
Thomas J. Humphrey Associate Professor	RT 1321	523.7183		Colonial and Revolutionary America
Wenqing Kang Assistant Professor	RT 1305	875.9688		Gender and Sexuality in China
Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt, Chair Professor	RT 1320	687.3920		Late Medieval/Early Modern Europe, Gender History
Joyce M. Mastboom Associate Professor	RT 1822	687.3660		Early Modern European History, Economic and Social History
Meshack Owino Associate Professor	RT 1357	523.7264		Democracy and Human Rights in Modern Africa, Origins and Nature of African States
Shelley Rose Assistant Professor	RT 1355	523.7186		German history, Social Studies, gender history
Robert S. Shelton Associate Professor	RT 1325	687.3927		19th Century American History, Civil War and Reconstruction, African American History
Jose O. Sola Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies	RT 1356	523.7189		Modern Latin America, Colonialism and Imperialism, Popular Culture
Karen Sotiropoulos Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies	RT 1328	687.3940		African American History, American Cultureal, Gender and Feminist History
J. Mark Souther Associate Professor	RT 1310	687.3970		Public History, U.S. Urban History, Tourism, 20th Century United States History
Mark T. Tebeau Associate Professor	RT 1306	687.3937		Social, Industrial and Urban, 19th and 20th Century American, Social Studies
Laura A. Wertheimer Associate Professor Director of Classical and Medieval Studies and Liberal Studies	RT 1329	687.3930		Medieval European, Ancient Mediterranean
Regennia Nanette Williams Associate Professor	RT 1308	523.7182		African American History and Culture, History of the African American Church, Social History and Policy
Kelly Wrenhaven Assistant Professor	RT 1629	523.7167

Lecturers:

Name	Office	Phone (216)	Email	Research Interests
Daniel Ashyk	RT 1303	687.5118		American Labor History, Ohio History, U.S. History
Eugene Boia	RT 1313	523.5117		European, Russian, The Balkans, Terrorism, Facism
Kim Carey	RT 1326	687.3926		African American History
Eric Limbach	RT 1311	523.7191
Kyriakos Nalmpantis		687.3926		Western Civilization
Benjamin O. Sperry	RT 1311	687.7191		United States History
Donna M. Whyte	RT 1254	687.9396		African American History

Emeritus:

Name	Office	Phone (216)	Email	Research Interests
David Adams Professor	JH 371	802.3024		United State History, American Indian Policy
James A. Borchert Professor				U.S.Urban, African American, Social and Public History
Thomas L. Hartshorne Associate Professor				Recent American History, American Cultural and Intellectual History
Lee A. Makela Associate Professor	RT 1302	687.3920		East Asian Studies
Roger B. Manning Professor				British and European History
Deborah L. Pearl Associate Professor				Russian History
Allan Peskin Professor				Nineteenth Century American History
Donald Ramos Professor	RT 1309	687.3925		Latin American History, Brazil and Family History
Robert A. Wheeler Associate Professor				American Colonial and Family History, The Western Reserve

Department Staff:

Name	Office	Phone (216)	Email
Erin Bell Project Coordinator	RT 1307	687.2172		Center for Public History and Digital Humanities
Sherri Robertson Administrative Coordinator	RT 1315	523.7190
Mary Ann Tokmenko Administrative Secretary	RT 1319	687.3920